How "just one trip" became three (babies)... update 6/29, huge triplets photo update

[aheape1979]

Happy 1st Mother's Day Lease! I'm sure this day has a whole new meaning for you now, especially since the boys should be home today! Enjoy every waking minute!

 

[thunderbird1]

Heard you on the podcast, went in search of the thread, recognized you (!!), and posted on the other thread (birth announcement under the DIS Unplugged), but thought I should stalk you over here as well.

With the boys home now, I don't expect to hear anything back, but wanted to add my congrats to the rest of your fan club!

 

[jackdis]

Congratulations on the birth of the boys and congrats on them coming home!!

I have been a follower/poster since the beginning. I haven't checked in since the beginning of April. How exciting! It was like a suspense novel....I just had to keep reading to catch up!

LOVE the family picture in the hospital and the ones with each of you holding all three. I got the goosebumps just seeing those pictures, and I don't even know you!!!!

All the best.........

 

[torsie24]

Hope the 5 of you are having a wonderful time together at home!

(And fitting some sleep in too!)

What wonderful news.

 

[maidenfairy]

Congratulations! Your boys are beautiful and welcome to the best ride of all.

 

[pl'smama]

Wow, I have missed so much this past month. It must be wonderful to have your beautiful boys home now. The next few years will be full of exciting firsts and lots of love and laughter. I am so happy for all of you.

What a wonderful first Mother's Day this must have been for you Lisa. I think you got the ultimate gift by having your babes home with you. Major vaklemp on that one!!! I think they are a bit young to make you breakfast in bed ( and I can imagine you are sick of being in bed by now!!), but you just think of the wonderful treats to come in the next few years. And make room on your fridge for all the great and creative crafts.

Cody, your photos are wonderful! Your sons are so photogenic, just handsome little guys. The first photo of Andrew with his eyes open immediately made me think of Lisa. He favors his mommy already!! Now, the photo of all three in your arms Cody is priceless. I can relate to that wonderful feeling you had when you held them. This will only intensify over the years. Just wait for those first smiles. Our little man, William, started smiling all the time about two weeks or so ago and this is the sunshine in my life!!!

Your family shot takes the cake. It is wonderful and you all look so happy and complete. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. I must say that I think that all three look identical or as close as you can get. Just handsome little men.

The homemade gifts from Abby, Abbey's Dad and Linney Lou are beautiful!! Such talent and what wonderful keepsakes.

I am looking forward to seeing your boys photos as they grow. I hope that you feeling better Lisa and healing. Take your time so you don't have trouble later. I hope you both are getting some sleep. Take it when you can get it. Do you have some help at home for when Cody is at work?

Okay, this is enough for now. God bless, you are all in my prayers.

Suz

 

[Abby's Dad]

Our little man, William, started smiling all the time about two weeks or so ago and this is the sunshine in my life!!!

OK Suz, speaking of photos, when do we get to see one of young Mr. William? I didn't miss you posting one, did I? Good to hear that everything is great on your end too.

Best wishes from here on the Michigan end of the 402 - GO WINGS!!!!

 

[pl'smama]

OK Suz, speaking of photos, when do we get to see one of young Mr. William? I didn't miss you posting one, did I? Good to hear that everything is great on your end too.

Best wishes from here on the Michigan end of the 402 - GO WINGS!!!!

You are so sweet Abbey's Dad!! I do want to post some photos, I just don't know how!! And time is not a friend of mine these days. I have a six year old to, Emily and so I have my hands full these days. That is why I can not even get on here to check in on NAP!!! But, I will get my DH to show me how to post some photos soon and then I will probably not stop!!

The gifts you sent to Cody and Lisa are just beautiful. I know from reading your TR that Abbey is crafty and I believe your wife is to. That was so thoughtful of you three. I am sure that they will have those quilts and monkeys for a life time. Can you imagine the story the boys will tell their own children about where they came from? "My parents met these wonderful folks on the Internet and then at Disney World.............." What a tale that will be!!

Okay, I will get some photos up soon. Thanks for your interest Abbey's Dad. Dare I say it, Go Leafs, although I guess it should be Go Jays now!! I will have to bone up on my sports trivia for my little guy now!!

Have a good night, Suz

 

[TKDizneyluver]

Hey Code & Lease,

Just want to say thanks so much for sharing the pictures of your complete family, their awesome!

And what great gifts from your Dis'er friends!

Good luck to you both.

 

[Glendamax]

LOVE the pics! Thanks so much for taking the time to share this with us! I'm actually TEARING UP! Imagine how I'll be the first time I spot you all in the parks! May God Bless you and keep you!

 

[Glendamax]

Abby's Dad LOVE the gifts you sent! The quilts are soooooo cute!

 

[Leanne1972]

Congratulations x3. Your children are beautiful! Welcome to the world of parenthood; you will love it. Soon you won't remember what it was like not to have children. I know that sounds funny but, wait and see!

 

[Lease]

Thanks everyone who has been following along and stuck with us

Instead of doing baby updates on our trip report I've been doing them on our family blog. It's a work in progress and I'm just too busy/lazy to post on both sites. So if you want to see how the boys are doing and what we are up to the link is in my sig. Plus I hope to someday get back to our actual trip reports. At least before we take the boys to Disney for the first time.

 

[pl'smama]

Thanks everyone who has been following along and stuck with us

Instead of doing baby updates on our trip report I've been doing them on our family blog. It's a work in progress and I'm just too busy/lazy to post on both sites. So if you want to see how the boys are doing and what we are up to the link is in my sig. Plus I hope to someday get back to our actual trip reports. At least before we take the boys to Disney for the first time.

It is nice to hear from you Lisa. I can only imagine how tired you must be everyday. I just wanted to let you know that I have checked out your family blog. The boys look great and your photos are wonderful!!! I posted some comments, but am awaiting approval from Google, so hopefully they will get posted. In the meantime I will keep checking in. Hope you are feeling well and healing.

God bless, Suz

 

[Circusgirl]

Way fun to catch up on you and the boys! Thanks for sharing the link, it's great to see how well everyone is doing. Hope Cody is all better, and good for you dodging the virus!!!

 

[Mrsdisneyb2b]

Hi guys!
Just wanted you to know that my class has continued to keep you in their prayers! They are dying to see new pictures of those b euatiful babies!

Hope all is well!

 

[bekkiz]

I just came across this, and I am SO amazed! Your wife looked awesome for 35 weeks and the boys are so healthy and strong. I made it to 35 weeks w/ the twins, and I was DONE after that. I can only imagine with 3!

You all are a gorgeous family and I wish you the absolute best.

 

[Lease]

I just came across this, and I am SO amazed! Your wife looked awesome for 35 weeks and the boys are so healthy and strong. I made it to 35 weeks w/ the twins, and I was DONE after that. I can only imagine with 3!

You all are a gorgeous family and I wish you the absolute best.

Thank you and Welcome. Your boys are adorable! Let's just say at 35 weeks I was really uncomfortable.

 

[seobaina]

Hey Code and Lease. Been off here for a couple of months with RL stuff but just wanted to say a very belated CONGRATULATIONS!!! Oh and the boys have the same birthday as me YAY it's the best day to be born ;-) xxx

 

[Code]

Sorry I've been MIA since we brought our boys home.. obviously my spare time is limited and I've been procrastinating this post for a while. I can't believe they are 9 weeks old!

Life has been an amazing blur since we brought them home. Even though we're tired and stretched thin, we're extremely happy because our boys are simply incredible. I have to put my wife up on a pedestal here.. she is awesome! I feel stretched yet she is doing at least twice as much as I am during the day, plus pumping, plus all the night feeds, plus still recovering and still holding it together well. Don't know how she does it!

The boys have been doing extremely well and gaining weight quickly. At 8 weeks, Nick was 8 lbs 8 oz, Andrew was 8 lbs 15 oz, and Parker was 9 lbs 6 oz, so by now Parker should be pushing 10 lbs! The only real problem that Nick and Parker have had is some reflux, but it is controlled with meds.

We can both easily tell them apart now, but to me Nick still looks identical to Andrew and Parker.. the DNA test is tempting just so we will know but it's $160, ouch. They all have times where they look exactly like one of their brothers, just depends on what face they're pulling.

Trying to think of what else to say.. uhh, any questions?

Thanks everyone for waiting around for more photos.. this post will have a ton

I'll start photos where I left off 7 weeks ago.. the night they came home! We were at the hospital for several hours while they did the boys' car seat tests and told us all we needed to know. Parker and Nicholas didn't pass their car seat tests, so we had to bring them home in car beds that they rented to us.

Here they are ready to go home!!...

It was a very surreal drive home. I said quite a few times that the first drive in the minivan with all three boys in the back was going to be very heavy, and it definitely was. Here they are at home for the first time right after I unloaded them...

(Andrew, Parker, Nicholas)

And in their crib for the first time after we had them fed and changed...

(Andrew, Parker, Nicholas)

(Parker)

The next night, the feeding schedule was already starting to wear us down with both of us doing every feeding, so I decided to try bottle propping to feed all three myself, and it worked wonderfully. I was so proud of myself that I had to take a picture...

(Andrew, Parker, Nicholas)

And here are some other shots from their first week home...

(Parker, Nicholas)

(Nicholas)

(Andrew, Parker, Nicholas)

(Nicholas)

(Andrew, Parker, Nicholas)

(Andrew)

(Parker)

(Nicholas)