M is Officially a Pre-Schooler!!!

Friday was Madison's first day of Pre-School! I was actually much more calm than I had anticipated! Josh took the morning off so we could drop her off and pick her up together. (He also told me he didn't want me crying by myself for the next two hours.)

Jengo wished her well for her first day, too!

We all arrived around 8:25am. The parents were ushered to the cafeteria for a brief orientation, and by 9am we said our good-byes for good and left. It was SO hard leaving, really. But, when we returned the room after the orientation she was happily sitting at the table with the other students coloring. That made it easier seeing how happy she was. She kissed me and there were no tears (from either of us). It was SO weird walking out of the school. I couldn't believe she was now in school!!!

I couldn't stop thinking about her for the next couple hours. I kept on wondering what and how she was doing. Josh and I ran some work errands together. And, at 11:30am we returned and picked her up. Yay!!!

In the car (and later on), here's some of the things she told us about her day.

"I colored."

"I had goldfish crackers and milk!" (She was super excited to hear that there was snack time everyday at school!)

"The kids were wild at the park (she was talking about the playground). They were chasing each other! I went up and down the slide."

"My teacher said, 'Time to clean up books and toys.'"

"My teacher said, 'Have calm bodies.'"

"I got sand in my shoes!"

"My teacher said, 'No laying on the floor.'"

"I had to go to time out 'cause not following directions." (I'm not sure if this was true or not. She is ALWAYS in time out at home for not listening and following directions...but at school they call it the "quiet corner' so who knows. I wanted to email the teacher and ask her if she was in the quiet corner today or not...but Josh told me not to worry...and to 'not be that Mom that emails the teacher on the first day! I still kinda wanted to email her...but I am letting it go.)

When we asked her if she liked her teacher, she said, "No!" But...she said it with a smile...I think she knew she'd get a reaction by answering, no.

Here she is when we picked her up...clearly very happy with her teacher. LOL!


"I was looking for you at school. But...I couldn't find you." She told me that later at lunch. That made me sad. But, I just reminded her that Mama or Daddy will always return to pick her up.

Oh yeah, here's the only picture I took last Wednesday at Unpack Your Backpack. She was SO happy to have her hand painted.


Josh and I are very pleased with our decision t enroll her this year for Pre-School at Rivermont. I actually think tomorrow - dropping her off for her second day - might be harder on me than last Friday! Wish me luck! :)

The Announcement

And this is why I haven't blogged in 2 months:

Since discovering I'm pregnant, every second not spent caring for M, or completing minimal house work/errands and TNT office work is now spent sleeping/resting or eating. LOL! I go to bed at 9 or 10pm and drag myself out of bed at 8:30am.

Here's Our Story So Far:
Barely pregnant at 5.5 weeks we went in for an ultrasound due to some light spotting.
Ultrasound Tech: "Are you on fertility drugs?"
Me: No.
Ultrasound Tech: "Oh. Well...I want to let you know that I definitely see fraternal twins."
Me and Josh: **Silence**

After the ultrasound here's what happened:
Midwife: "Did the ultrasound tech. talk to you much about the pictures?"
Me: "Um yeah...she showed us the two sacs and the two yolks. She said she saw everything she'd expect to see at this stage. (Dang..I thought to myself...I'm getting quizzed about it?!!!!)
Midwife: Ok. Well...I want to tell you that you may actually be carrying triplets. There could be a second yolk in one of the sacs. You'd have identical twins and a fraternal triplet. it's still early. But, I'm fairly confident it's triplets.
Me: (In my head. WTF?!?! WTF?! - sorry...but that's the truth.)
Midwife: We'll have you back in a week and a half for another ultrasound.

I remember that Josh laughed and thought it was kinda funny. JERK. Of course he thinks it's funny...it's not his body with all this responsibility!

We left the office feeling happy, confused, and scared (I was anyways!)

All kidding aside. Of course we are thrilled with these tiny miracles. Thrilled (and TERRIFIED)!

I didn't really sleep at all until our next ultrasound. My mind was always racing with the thought of twins or triplets.

At 7 weeks our ultrasound confirmed triplets and we saw our three tiny miracles with heartbeats.

At 8 weeks the babies (I can't believe that's plural) were still growing on track with strong heartbeats.

At 10 weeks another ultrasound still showedthree little babies and three little heartbeats.

I go for my 12 week appointment this week.

I think it took a good month for me to come out of my denial and accept the fact that I was going to be a mother of 4. FOUR. F-O-U-R children. Whew! It's still hard for me to even type that. LOL!

Some quick FAQs:
Q: How are you feeling?
A: Ok. Weeks 6-8 were terrible. Things got a bit better after 8 weeks, but I still have bad days here and there. I'm usually tired. I find myself eating every couple hours...but it's been hard since nothing usually sounds good or tastes good once I start eating. I don't even have an appetite for ice cream...and that seriously makes me sad. LOL! All in all, I'm surviving though!

Q: Was it natural? Do multiples run in the family?
A: Our triplets were completely spontaneous and natural. I did ovulate two eggs that were both fertilized and one split into twins. They told me that runs on the mother's side...and since I'm adopted I have no clue if there are multiples on my biological side or not.

Q: Due date?
A: Official due date is Feb. 17th, but they'll likely arrive end of December/early January.

Q: Genders?
A: We'll find out as soon as we can!

Q: What does M think?
A: She knows Mama has 3 babies in her belly and that makes her a big sister. She says she will feed them, but won't change their diapers. She did ask me their names the other day, and I told her they didn't have names yet, and she looked at me like I was ridiculous! :)

Q: Are you showing?
A: Yes. It's crazy. I'll post a picture soon.

I'm really going to try and blog more. I promise! I need it to get all my crazy thoughts and emotions out...but to also document this next crazy-exciting journey in our life. But for now...I'm exhausted. And hungry. Time for a snack and a nap before M wakes up! (Sorry if there's a ton of typos.)

And, a first of many THANK YOUs to all our awesome friends and family for their kind words and support for us and the babies!