Week 28 ~ Milestones and Belly Fun

This week my babies and I reached a few milestones.  The first one is that we reached week 28 and according to experts (and the doctors), the babies, would they to be born now, should be old enough to live without too many complications.  Their lungs should be developed enough so that they could keep growing outside of the womb with assistance until fully developed.  To be honest, it's the first time I can breathe and truly feel happy and blessed about this pregnancy.  Every week from now on is just the toppings on the sundae.  Let's hope I make it all the way to the cherry on top, which for me would be week 34.  So cross your fingers and send some good thoughts to my boys so that they stay in my belly!  Yes, I am getting more and more uncomfortable daily, but I will suck it up and hack it as long as possible to ensure that these babies spend the least amount of time possible in the NICU and so that we can bring them home with us quickly. The second milestone is the weight of the babies... All of my little monkeys, including baby C, are all above 2 lbs this week.  At my latest growth scan, baby C was 2lb 1oz, baby A was 2lb 6oz and baby B, my superstar, was 2lb 8oz.  Baby C is smaller but he's staying just above the minimal growth curve.  Being a math person, I felt comforted when the specialist showed me the max, min and median growth curves so that I could visualize where my babies were situated.  For my math geek friends, you'll understand, for the rest of you, just know that baby C is fine ;).  The doctors are really happy and impressed with my progress.  As anything can change on a dime, I will be having appointments weekly; one week with the specialists and the other with my OBGYN.  So I now have at least 7lbs of baby in my belly, plus all the other stuff that's in there!  My belly is quite heavy and hard to lug around.  I sometimes wish I could just take it off for a few minutes to give myself a break...ha ha!  Sleep... oh what fun sleep is... now that's the time I wish I could put my belly on my night stand until morning.  Once I fall asleep, I guess I snore like a lumberjack but it takes a while to get there... oh well, not too too long to go now, it's not like I'll sleep well again for the next what? year? haha.... I just want to sleep on my tummy again!

I've had a few nice visitors this week, always bringing me treats... Mel and Lisa-May brought me tea and a cupcake and Tracy brought me a great chai latte, a pumpkin muffin and updates on RHS life which I so desperately craved!!!  Thanks ladies, and I would have welcomed you with open arms even without the treats!!!

My mom and I worked hard this week at organizing the room (mostly my mom as I'm useless on my feet), but we had a good time at Wal-Mart...

Yep, that's me in a motorized cart... It was fun, and then embarrassing when I had to back up and a wide load sound started... yeah, didn't have too much fun then...  Here's the view of the closets...

We are ready for them if they come and that makes me happy!


Today, my sister treated me to a belly paint.  Melissa (from Melissa's painting...check her page out on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/MelissasPaint) came over to the house to paint my very pregnant belly.  She did a really good job!

For my three little monkeys! 

With my sis in the baby room

Adorable right?

She said that she had never done monkeys before... you could never tell, I think she did an amazing job!  It's as cute as anything and will give us some good memories!! She's super nice too which helps :)  It took a while, but I was sitting comfortably on my couch while she worked around me like a contortionist to make sure I was always at ease and what a final product!  I'll have more pics in future blogs...

As it is Halloween week, I also had to break out my nifty t-shirt that I got just to wear for the occasion, even thought Gabe tells me that there are only like 5 kids that come trick or treating at our house... sad face...

I won't get to show it off too much, but it's still cute!!!
 I'll pay it forward to another triplet mom for next year! 

Anyways... HURRAY FOR 28 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!