7 months

Another month has come and gone, tomorrow the babies will be SEVEN months. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how fast they grow and I say it allll the time how it makes me sad but then I saw something on Facebook that really hit me. It was a video talking about how if they don’t grow there’s so much you miss. If they stay little you miss them learning to walk, talk, tell you they love you, etc. so I’ve been really trying to stay completely in the moment and remember these days but still appreciate time moving forward. I am so blessed to be able to spend my days with them! It’s been SO hard and rewarding and I feel like I’ve changed and grown so much myself in the past 7 months that I am looking forward to what the future is for me. I almost feel like I am fresh  of college again- minus the high alcohol tolerance ;) because when the time is right for me and our family for me to go back to work, I truly don’t know what I will be doing or where I’ll end up. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and there are some paths I’d like to explore, all with time. I don’t have to feel “stuck” going back to a job I didn’t love, and that’s a super freeing and also scary thought!

I joined the YMCA!! I am so proud of myself. I’ve been doing weight Watchers also and I’m down 15.4 lbs (I’ve lost exactly as much as Elliott weighs!) Tom has also cut out pop and sugar and is down  40 lbs. (side note... how annoying, haha. He can lose weight just by thinking about it) But - he feels great and I am proud of him! Cutting pop was not easy for him. Anyways- I joined the Y and with that comes childcare! So while I go workout, the babies go into their daycare center. It’s an adjustment for sure, but I think it will be good. Poor samuel has a hard time, he is really not a fan of change. But they do a great job there and I’m hoping by continuing to go he will learn to enjoy it! We definitely cause a scene rolling in though ;) I have a stroller, one baby hooked to the back with a carabiner, and carry one. Ha! Elliott threw up all over in his car seat on the way there and I went to change his outfit I realized there was NO clean clothes in the diaper bag... ughhh. He ended up wearing a shirt from the Y’s lost and found!

On to the babies updates!

They are officially down to two naps a day. It kind of happened fast, all of a sudden their schedule shifted a bit. That’s the thing about this whole parenting gig... once you get something down, something changes! So they nap from about 845/9-10 and then again from 1-330. Bedtime is still 630 and Elliott is usually either asleep at 615 or falling asleep drinking his bottle so it works for us. It leaves enough time to get out and do something in the morning between 10-1 and again in the afternoon from 330-6. I feel like my whole day is a just trying to coordinate schedules, naps, feedings. I’ve been getting a lot of anxiety lately about them getting “off” schedule so that has been frustrating. Like if we have an appt the next day at 9 am, I’ll be up at night several times trying to play out when to feed, when they will nap, etc. I know in my head that it doesn’t really matter and we can always get back on track but that’s what anxiety is, it doesn’t care!


Elliott - at his last appointment he was 15.4 lbs. He’s been having some rough nights, waking up in the middle of the night wide awake :/ or waking up really early ready to start the day. He’s sort of a problem child :-) we aren’t sure now if we will need to move him into his own room or just wait this phase out. The problem is he screams and cries and if we go in and try to settle him down it just makes it worse he wants to get out of bed.. andddd he wakes up the other babies. Well, mostly just Samuel, Molly wakes up for two seconds and then goes right back down, haha. But then we have two babies up. Just another triplet problem, ;) the last two nights though he’s slept through the night so maybe he will continue to do so. He’s still having stomach issues, so we are dealing with that.. thinking about possibly taking him to the chiropractor, but we will see. He is such a sweet guy (until
He’s not.. he can go from happy to really mad fast) and has a big personality. He’s been eating solids for a few days now  and doing really well. He likes everthing he’s been given and can’t seem to get enough. He recognizes his name now and he smiles so big when I tell him how much I love him!

Samuel- at his last appointment he was 17.6 lbs!!! He is a solid little dude. His big news this month is he is officially off the oatmeal in his bottles and is just in on straight formula. His hair is growing in nicely and it’s so funny how different it is then the other two. I originally thought it was dark but it’s turning lighter, so I guess we will see what it looks like! He’s been having a rough month it seems. Pretty much anytime we go anywhere, he loses it. He cries and cries and it’s really hard to get him to calm down.. till we leave the store or get home. It’s like the instant he gets out of the store he stops. So that’s been super frustrating and I’ve tried to limit the amount of things we do and just spend more time at home, which is probably good for all of us! Although the YMCA has been hard for him I think ultimately  it will be good for him. He’s been doing great with his physical therapy and we are down from every week to only once twice a month now! He still has the head tilt, but it’s looking so much better. His “homework” the next two weeks are to practice sitting up! He started solids a few days after Elliott and has done pretty well so far.  We have a few kidney appointments coming up soon and I’m anxious but looking forward to getting more information.

Molly- 13.6 lbs, she is getting bigger! She is still our easy going lady, so thankful for that. She has a tooth!!! She’s the first to get one! She’s still teething pretty bad and really the only time she cries is when her teeth hurt.. she puts both fists in her mouth and just screams.  She’s drooling like crazy and goes through several bibs a day. She is also just on straight formula now, one less step for us while making bottles and it’s really nice! She has little to no interest in solids, so I’m just trying to give her some time. I offer but she usually just clamps her mouth shut. So, she’ll start when she’s ready. That is one of the hard parts about them getting older is they are all reaching milestones at different paces. It’s truthfully hard sometimes to remember they are three separate babies, so each will develop at their own pace. Molly is the most alert and curious, and she’s so patient. She is rolling all over and loves to be sung to. The last few nights she’s woken up around 8ish, wanting to be snuggled. She seems like she’s tired but just doesn’t want to sleep. Hopefully that’s just a short phase.

Tom has been working hard and is almost finished with the basement!! This past weekend we got the floor in (I can say we because I helped with the floor pad, haha. If our marriage can survive triplets and a complete basement finish, we are in good shape 🤣) and the trim is about halfway done. So exciting to see it all come together!! Our FIVE year wedding anniversary is coming up this month and I can’t believe it! I am so thankful for him and our marriage. I know it’s not the typical relationship/life we have (as far as schedules with Toms job)  but it’s ours and we both work so hard for what we have! Ending this by saying I really am trying to be as open and honest with this blog as I can. I dislike social media posts and  people who breeze through the hard stuff. It’s hard. It’s so hard. But it’s also life, and life is real, messy and also beautiful.

Thanks for reading!
Xoxo