Sweet smile

How many people - babies - do you know that can smile even with a breathing tube in their mouth?!! Jackson is starting to share his sweet smiles and even some laughs with us! Little does he know that it's about to be over...no more breathing tube after tomorrow!!!

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!