At least one post in April!!!

What is it they say about the path to heaven being paved with good intentions? Well, I intended to do a better job keeping up with this blog. Somehow (don't ask me!) 3 babies, a husband, a dog and a full-time job keep getting in the way of regular posts! So here you go ... April ... the month in pictures! My-oh-my how quickly they grow!

Jackson wants Mommy's bacon!

Their first Easter! Check out their cute baskets. Of course, I had to help them eat their peeps!

All 5 of us that the Netherton's house after Church on Easter!

Kelly with the babies (everybody needs a Kelly!!) on Easter

William and Addison arm wrestling! Jackson looking at William having a "come apart" as my mom would say! The boys just hanging out before William's come apart.

W, A, and J just chillin'! W, A, and J

W, A and J

They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery! Who is imitating who?

They love their carrots! J, A, and W

The following set of pictures lets you see how much work really goes into getting these cute photos. Especially the ones of all 5 of us when we are taking them ourselves!

Babies everywhere! W and A falling down.

W and A on the decline ...

It is starting to fall apart! Jackson breaking away ...

There goes W again!

Somehow we pulled it all together! Of course, only Mom and Dad are looking at the camera. They need someone standing there making funny faces at them so they will look at the camera!

NICU reunion day! Look at all the triplets!

Jackson

Jackson

Addison

Mom and Jackson hanging out on Sunday!

Play time in the back yard on a beautiful Saturday morning!

Addison

All 3!

William sitting in Mommy's lap ... almost a "self portrait"!

J and A playing together

J, A, and W playing with their keys

Jackson

A says "I've got you now!"

Jackson looking too cute in his bouncer

We went to the Dallas Arboretum with two sets of twins from our multiples class. It was a lot of fun and a beautiful day to be there. Of course, with 7 babies, we drew a lot of attention. One woman even hiked 1/2 way across the Arboretum to see the babies. Then she said all the baies were the best flowers in the place! I agree!

William snoozing

Addison

Jackson

All 3!

Mom with the babies!

Dad with the babies!

Mom as a butterfly!

A blanket full of babies!

Addison

Allie and Brooke and their parents (see link to their blog on our site). They are identical twins ... and I definitely can't tell them apart!

Peyton and Lainey and their parents (see link to their blog as well). They are not sure if they are identical or not, but they look just alike as well!

So how did we get 3 very different babies!!!!! The end of a long day! We are losing Jackson!

Mom and Addison having a little Mommy and me time on a Saturday afternoon.

Cool babies! J, A, and W

Jackson

Addison

William

Going for a walk!

The boys playing around!

Green beans ... compliments of Dad when Mom was out of town!

Addison

William

Jackson (otherwise known as smiley)!

William chewing on Addison's fingers!

W and A playing!

A and W

Rice cereal anyone?

Addison

Jackson

William

GETTING CAUGHT UP!!! YIKES!!!

Well, it has been a while since I have had a chance to post anything. It is that working full-time and having triplets deal that keeps getting in the way! So, in an effort to get caught up, here are some pictures taken over the past month. Most recent ones are at the top of this post and the ones toward the end go back to the beginning of March. Here's hoping that I keep up with April a little better!

W, A, and J today before their 6 month check-up. They were approximately 17, 15 and 16 pounds respectively!

The "Four Generation Picture" taken this past weekend in Alabama. L-R Quenta, Addison, Grandmom and Mimi. Did I mention that we drove 650 miles to spend the entire weekend in Huntsville Hospital with Addison? That was a lot of fun. She got sick while in Alabama and had to be treated for dehydration. She is much better now as you can see from the picture above.

Her oh-s0-cool hospital bed. Did I say she looks like an Angel?

She was a good sport ... about everything but the IV!

A and W in their Easter outfits. Yes, we know it is a little early!

W, A, and J with my parents.

William hanging out.

Addison playing!

Jackson literally hanging out!

Sweet Addison.

Sleepy William.

Addison.

William.

Jackson.

All 3 smiling at the same time! W, A, and J.

Addison.

Jackson.

Mom with all 3! W, A, and J.

William ... teething???

Mommy's boss baby-sits and gives Mommy and Daddy a much needed break!

The Berutti's Baby-Sit! Wow, they were brave.

Jackson.

Mommy giving William his breathing treatment.

Pictures from Saturday, March 3rd

Well, you are going to see what you will think are multiple picturess that are basically the same. And you are right! However, when you have 3 babies, it is almost impossible to get them to all smile and look cute at the same time ... thus the need for multiple pictures that all look similar! PS note that Jackson is almost always smiling! In this first series, it is L to R: William, Addison, and Jackson.

William ... our little boy!

Jackson, the smiley one!

Addison ... our angel! Addison (otherwise known as SuperGirl) flies off with the two villians she captured (William on the left and Jackson on the right)!!

We are still here ...

Not much time to update the blog recently ... we have been very busy to say the least! Long story short, since we put the kids in daycare, they have been sick. William and Addison are on breathing treatments four times each day. Luckily, they only have mild cases of the respiratory infection so we don't have to wake them up during the night to give them their Nebulizer treatments. In spite of the little ones being sick, we have had a great couple of weeks. We pulled them out of daycare two weeks ago (ask me about William's hand). Since then, Grandpa and Mimi Coblentz came and took care of them for a week and Great Uncle Charles and Great Aunt Lulu (Linda) have been here this week. We are thankful for family!!! Here are some recent pictures:

Jackson and William enjoying some "tummy time" together.

Jackson in the car coming home from church.

Mom holding Jackson during Baby Dedication at church.

Mimi Coblentz and Grandpa Coblentz with William during Baby Dedication.

Dad with Addison at Baby Dedication.

Mom and Jackson again!

JACKSON IS EATING!!

My apologies to those of you who have already seen the above picture (William looking so serious, Addison and smiley Jackson). It is one of my favorites!! I think they look so cute in their little overalls. Funny when you have multiples, it really is fun to dress them alike. I don't have a lot of matching clothes ... in fact, this is the only outfit that all 3 have (complements of Grandma Coblentz). I have a few more that the boys each have ... but they look so cute dressed alike! I can't believe I'm one of "those" moms! For those of you who were not aware, we have been having some concerns with Jackson and eating. Basically, back around Thanksgiving, he started having difficulty eating. When it started out, he would visibly be in pain and not want to eat. Lately, no signs of pain, but his daily volume just continued to dwindle to the point that Mom was driving Dad crazy with my concern over it. This is a great example of why you have to be an advocate for your children. After two weekly weight checks where Jackson had lost weight (about 4-5 ounces total), I insisted that something was wrong ... it is just not right when a little baby doesn't want to eat!!! Long story short, we went for a Barium Swallow test this past Thursday. What they have found is that he is having some minor problems when he swallows ... just a muscle developmental thing and he will grow out of it. When he swallows, a tiny bit gets aspirated into his nasal passages ... making it uncomfortable for him. Couple this with a child who has acid-reflux and you can see how he has come to associate eating with pain and discomfort. Good news ... they changed everything! They put him on the skinny Dr Brown's bottles versus the wide-mouth bottles. Did I mention that bottles are about $4 each!!! They also changed what we are thickening his formula with ... instead of using rice cereal, we are now using a substance called Simply Thick. The thicker the milk, the less likely he is to aspirate it or reflux it. Finally, we had to go back to the old NICU hold for feeding him ... in a nutshell, we turn him slightly to the side to feed him and that uses gravity to bypass the nasal openings and get the food going down the right pipe! So, a few $$ later with the bottles and the not-so-inexpensive Simply Thick ... Jackson is eating like he used to! And I would pay a lot more than what we have for this ... what a relief for Mom and Dad. And ... this past Friday, he had made up for the lost weight and then some. When we started this deal 3 weeks ago, he was 13 lbs. 6 ounces ... he went down to 13 lbs 2 ounces and Friday he was 13 lbs. and 15 1/2 ounces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One last thing ... if any of you know anyone about to have a baby ... we highly recommend the Dr. Brown's bottles. We have had 3 babies at once on them ... they are supposed to help against getting colic. None of our babies had colic ... thank goodness! When we had the swallow study done, the Dr. who did the study said that she did a test on bottles a few years ago and that Dr. Brown's did indeed allow the least amount of air in when feeding ... she said Avent were the worst ... and this was under a Barium test where they can literally see the air that gets in when babies swallow. Please pass this on to others. One last update ... we are currently on the search for a Nanny again. Have I mentioned that day care is wearing us out? Al and I are just tired constantly from the crazy schedule that is our life. If we can find a nanny that we like, we think things will get much easier! We interviewed one nanny this weekend and have one more interview today ... wish us luck! Quenta