Girls weekend

Instead of the annual (11 year now!) girls trip to the beach this year they decided to make the trip to NJ since Beth and I are both here now. The girls spent some of their weekend lounging on the couch with me, making me dinner, bringing me awesome cupcakes, and sweet baby gifts!

It gave me something to look forward to and it was so good to do our normal activities....reading celebrity gossip, watching reality tv, and also sharing baby tips with me!

Thanks for making the trip to Sparta ladies!

28 weeks!

We have made it to a major milestone... 28 weeks! Seven months pregnant! The percentage of having healthy babies just went sky high today! There could always be issues, but in most instances triplets born after 28 weeks face long NICU stays but are developed enough to enter the world.

So as of today if we go into labor the doctors will try to stop it so they can keep growing, but if they are born we have moved past "worst case" situations!

Last night Brian commented that we are 6-7 weeks from having the babies.... I laughed and said actually we are anywhere from one hour from this moment to 6-7 weeks!!!

Thanks for all the prayers, love and support that helped get us here. Please keep them coming, the longer the babies are cooking the easier their entrance to the world will be!

The Groves - almost a family of 5

We have been in our new home for a couple of weeks now and Brian has worked tirelessly to have it completely moved in as quickly as he can. As soon as he got caught up all of the baby goods arrived! Now we just have to find places for all of that!

It's really telling that Brian can barely reach around me I guess?!!

Family week

These are my worker bee's for the week...thank goodness they love me and my babies! We are about to send Big Amy off but luckily my mom is staying longer. It was so great to have family in our new home and spend a week with them... as usual saying good-bye was hard but I know once these sweet babies are born they won't be able to stay away!

Thanks to both of you for the many hours of work you did this week!!

Brian's first baby project

Brian is starting to cross the line into fatherhood! This is his first ever baby project - putting together a bouncy seat! We all just sat back & watched him in action. Since then he has put together more bouncy seats, two pack & plays, a co-sleeper and several other baby items.

As I laid on the couch and laughed I realized it will be him laughing the first time I try to do these things!!

27 weeks and feeling great!

27 weeks! Even though I love everyday of my life and I don't want this to end it still makes me so happy when we hit another week marker. One week longer for our babies to grow! I still feel pretty good and I am able to get around well. I honestly don't feel that big. My doctor is still happy with everything my body is doing (except that silly cervix of course) but I have only gained 2lbs in the last two weeks so he sent me home with instructions to GAIN WEIGHT! We are trying to figure out a new plan for eating since there is no room in my stomach! I am going to try grazing all day long and stopping about 7:30 in the evening so I can sleep at night with no heartburn, indigestion, or the most troublesome issue - severe reflux!

Baby clothes explosion

Did Babies R Us explode in my living room??? This is about day three of trying to organize baby clothes by size and gender. It was hilarious to watch them try to keep up with all of their piles, match socks, and remember what their plan was for organization!

We now have a nursery stocked with washed & folded premie, newborn & 0-3 month clothes. We also have tons of storage bins in the basement with clothes broken into 3 month intervals up to 4T! Now we just have to figure out a way to trick Neva into believing hand me downs are way better than the new clothes the boys will be getting!

A delivery from the south

Big Amy & Mom drove up last Sunday with a UHaul truck full of baby goods! This is all of our shower gifts, all of our donated goods, and tons of other items that have been waiting in Durham for months. After a hard weeks work we are much closing to having a baby ready house! Talk about reality setting in even more! We have a room with all of the baby gear for downstairs and it looks like we are prepping for a small army!

It was a long drive for them, a lot of work this week, and all 5 Groves really appreciate all they have done. It was also wonderful to have nightly meals prepared and to have the company during the day.

I have said it before and will say it again.... we are SO BLESSED to have such amazing support!!!

Baby monitoring - triplet style

For the mom's out there do you remember the days of monitoring your babies heartbeat? Well this is how we do it triplet style. Three heartbeat monitors and a contraction monitor. It involves several steps...finding each baby, ensuring that we are actually listening to three different heartbeats, then finding babies again because they have moved, then finding babies again because they have moved....repeat about 7 times. All this time I am trying to lay as still as I can to help with the process! The last trip to the hospital it took about 2.5 hours each day of monitoring to get a consist 30 minute strip for the doctor to review! It least it passes the time!

If some of you have heard me comment on how low Neva is this is proof. Do you see that heartbeat monitor down there so low??? I think she is trying to escape!

My nurses

We had another stay in the hospital this past weekend and were so fortunate that my best friends were in town to assist. While Brian worked so hard in our new home Dawn and Rebecca kept me company day/night playing friend, nurse, entertainer, information relayer....and everything else you can imagine! All 5 of the Groves' are so blessed to have an amazing support system in place!!

P.S. As we were watching Remember Me one night we even took time to educate my nurses on Robert Pattinson and all of the wonderful things he brings to your life. I am sure we converted quiet a few people that evening!!

Another reality check

As of last Thursday we are mini-van owners. I can't believe I just wrote that sentence! We knew we had to get a vehicle since Brian would loose his company car but we were not planning on this! I am still in denial! I know that all of you moms tell me I will love it, and I am sure that I will, but it's another step towards the reality of our future! (Yes, even at 26 weeks I don't think either of us have fully accepted what is happening!) I often envision the very first time I look back in the mirror and it's full of babies. Then I quickly block that thought out because I get so scared!!! :)

25 weeks - 2 days

Don't be scared...it's just my massive stomach!! I am starting to wonder if aliens have taken over my body! This is a good view of my baby belly (it seems like there should be a new term for it by now) in all of it's glory! My belly button has popped out and I am seeing tons of baby movements by just looking down. For the most part I am still able to move around easily and get comfortable. I still love it and think it's so beautiful!

Closing day

Finally... the day has arrived that we get to move from our apartment into our new home and really start our life in NJ. I couldn't go to closing & Brian had just returned with the keys to our new home! He spent the next week working nonstop to unpack, organize, grocery shop, etc preparing for our arrival!