You know, sometimes I feel that I have little readership beyond our parents. But, just when I consider to discontinue the blog, I find that I have some followers. After Will's surgery, we had some folks looking for updates, and I did not provide any! So, here it is:
Will has recovered well from his surgery. It was more invasive than planned. But, we had a fantastic surgeon and lots of love for Will when we brought him home. Grandmas and Grandpas spent the entire weekend holding the little guy. We could certainly tell that he did not feel well. He was quite subdued, but just a few short days later, he was crawling all over the place. Unfortunately, Will learned to pull himself into a stand right before his surgery. So, a couple days after the surgery, he stood and then plopped on the ground. Ouch! Lots of tears...
Addie also can now pull herself into a stand. We sometimes cannot get the little booger to lie down in her crib at bedtime. All she wants to do is stand. Lila has a great army crawl, and she can now move from a lying position to a sitting position. Go Miss Lila!
The kids are now 10 months old. I cannot believe it. The pediatrician gave us the go ahead for dairy products. (Will may have gotten a taste of ice cream the weekend of his surgery before the official ok. :-) )We gave the kids cottage cheese last weekend. They all gave us disapproving looks. But, a few bites later, Lila was screaming for the cottage cheese.
It's funny, the kids have grown so much over the last 10 months. But, somehow, 10 months after their birth, I still am recovering from some of the strange side effects of pregnancy. As I was getting my haircut this morning, the hair stylist commented on all the new hair that I have growing and how my hair is very awkward right now. (I would like to think that it is a phase, but I always have awkward hair.) I lost a lot of hair around my face in the first months after the delivery. And, of course, there was my first dental visit after the delivery, which was months and months ago. But, the hygenist was giving me a very hard time about the shape of my gums. I was relieved when the dentist (a female) overheard the conversation and told the hygenist to lay off. She said, "what do you expect, she just had three babies!" I like to tease my Mom about not telling me some of the details of pregnancy and early motherhood. In reality, I was just so focused on the delivery of healthy babies that I cared little about myself and the effects of triplet pregnancy on my body.
Today was a good day. I mailed a paper to my professor. I intend that paper to be the last academic paper I ever write. I am now OFFICIALLY done with grad school. My husband is really sweet. The last six months have been hard on everyone in our family. But, when I arrived home from my last class this past weekend, he had a gift for me. It was a new diaper bag. I had been wanting it for a while but thought it was not a necessary purchase. He knew that I would never buy it for myself. When I started grad school 2.5 years ago, I thought I wanted a new car for graduation. (Note that I did get a new minivan, but I don't think that counts!!!) I never would have guessed that what I really would want was a snazzy new diaper bag to carry around gear for new triplets. Thank you for all of your support, Derek.
Finally, Happy Belated Grandparents Day to our parents. Their love and suport has been phenomenal!
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As a nana to Holt triplets born the same day as yours in Iowa, we want you to know that your babies have been in our prayers. Congratulations on your graduation and to your very supportive hubby! We love reading about your babies' accomplishments. All these little ones are such blessings. God bless you all.
--An Iowa nana and poppa
i am happy to hear that will's surgery went well and he is now recovered! way to go holt babies on getting mobile! i also wanted to tell you that just when you think it cannot get any better, things just get more and more fun!
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