The Big Day Monday May 17, 2010

This video is of the babies right after they are being born. Its a little scary to see all the iv's and poking and all the wires but they all did so well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5U4wUSjutg


So here are some of the pics that we had taken that day which isn't a ton because we were so caught up in everything else and we'll try to get some more pics and video of the babes and our life in the NICU!

                                                      Here is me and Eden after c-section

                                                        Precious Eden I knew she had red hair

                                                       This is Talon on a lil oxygen

                                                Eden snuggling on mama

                                          Look at the crazy visitors all excited to see babies

                                                    Daddy admiring lil Noah

                                                                         Talon

                                                          Hill Clan

                                                                               Noah

                                          Eden and Talon got put into an incubator together!

                                                                             Here is me and Eden

I looked so sick and swollen and the hair has seen better days!Next is Lil Eden with no Oxygen

Next is Talon. This pic is scary because he had to have IV's in his head and Oxygen

Here is me holding Talon

Talon in the Incubator he found his thumb

Daddy and Talon and he finally got off oxygen

Here is a video of Eden and Talon in the NICU and in the same incubator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5U4wUSjutg

Lil Eden in the incubator strikin a pose

Me and Talon

Next is Noah who was born very sick and had pnemonia and had to be on oxygen, ventilator and c-pap this was the scariest time of mine and Derecks life and luckily he pulled out of it and I finally got to hold him after 7  days and I didn't even know what he looked like until this day and he I got to try to nurse him too!

Noah still on Oxygen

Talon is next but only a feeding tube

On this next pic Noah got moved upstairs with the Eden and Talon and so we took a brother pic with dad

Finally the 3 babies together in 1 crib which is how it is suppose to be 1st Noah 2nd Talon and 3rd Eden

Me giving a bath in the NICU and lovin every minute of it

So on  Eden was release on May 28th after being in almost 2 wks and came home with us and she wore a cute lil headband that one of the NICU nurses made for her!

Next to come home was Talon on May 31st exactly 2wks after being in the NICU

On June 1st Noah was release from the Nicu and all babies finally were home together! All I can say about the whole Nicu experience for those who have never had to do its is that preemie babies are so differant from regular newborn babies trust me iv'e had 2 and so I do know the differance. First off is that they suck at nursing only because they aren't great at sucking and you can wear them out just from holding them and they can lose weight just from handling them to much or even giving them a bath. I was trying to nurse them and they would weigh them before and after to make sure they were getting milk and also that I wasn't wearing them out and making them lose weight now that was so weird. If they were to worn out to eat we had to feed them through what is called an ng tube which fed them through the nose and into their stomach. I hated those tubes and the babies would pull them out a ton too! Since preemies are not fully developed their body works differant and for my babies they spit up so much and have some reflux worse that old faithful.

The Monitors were the most scary part because they are constantly beeping and checking their oxagen level and heart rate. It would fluxuate from time to time and send off the alarm. It was so nice bringing them home and it's taken 3 months and now they suck really well and I can nurse two at a time! Wow life is always busy and never a dull moment but we feel so blessed

The Triplets are Coming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m12NX8IEPCw
This is me preggo with the triplets and almost at the end. My belly was stretched to the max and I still had bruising from my heprin shots in my belly. The stretch marks hurt so bad and they are all over. I never had any with my last two kids. Moving on the left is Eden and Talon is on the right. Poor Noah is on the bottom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-I3j9y3vUs

This video was of us headed to the hospital ready to bring these precious babies into the world. We were all so excited and nervous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ1wTZOu5RI
Here is Dereck and me in labor and delivery with my parents waiting for the c-section.

So here is some of the last pics right before I had the babies!  I was suppose to have the babies on Friday the 21st of May but I couldn't stand it any longer I hadn't slept in a long time and definately couldn't breath and worst of all my heart started doing weird fluttery stuff and was just plane miserable and emotional and had come to my sanitys end and so we called Dr. Leavitt and told him my issues and he said to come in Monday May 17 and we would get ready to deliver them at 5:30 pm that night so we went in and I still hadn't dilated or anything at 35 and a half weeks and so we were going to do a c-section. We had called my sis in law and she agreed to take Kobe and Ariel for us for the night and then we went to the hospital at like 4pm. By this time I was ready and not afraid at all of the c-section I just wanted them here and safely.The only part that scared me was the laying flat on the operating table due to the lack of air because of all the weight from the babies but they reasurred me it was going to be quick!

These are the pics right before going to the hospital

Wow I look huge and I started getting stretch marks and they are bad!

Here is Dereck and I at the hospital and I have my iv's in and they gave me a warm gown with warm air puffing threw it so I don't get cold and i also had to have my own memory foam pillow and I felt ready to go

Here I am with my awsome mom and dad who drove up for the special day from st. george and had to drive back home then next day!

Here is my McDreamy all scrubbed out and ready! He looks so dang hot to me right here.

What a lovely pair on a special day!

Derecks 30th B-day

We had to celebrate this special 30th birthday for Dereck and this is the day that starts to make you think about getting old not that 30 is old you it just starts to make you think that you've been through some experience in life! Also Dereck wanted to share this birthday with the triplets but the doc said they had to wait one more day! Sorry babe

We took Last few pics before babies arrived of our small family

Thanks to cute Katelyn my sis in law she took these awsome preggo pics! Enjoy

Here is our cute family

Here is my supermodel kids look and cute Ariel already posing!

Beautiful Ariel

Good Looking Kobe

Dereck showin some love hehehe

Best Friends

Best Buds

Tasha

Scary Huge belly 34 wks along

We loved these new pics and had to show off the belly before it was gone forever and I wanted pics to show the kids of how big my belly had gotten

Skateworld

How funny that my kids are now learning to skate when it was just me a few years ago. Well not a few years but I remember how fun and cool it was. Kobe got to try on rollerblades and Ariel on skates and they bolth weren't sure at first but they stuck it out and loved it. They said that they want to do that for their birthdays. We'll have to plan to go sometime in the summer and invite everyone. Here is some awsome pics

Here is Kobe wiping out

Here is Ariel and Grandma Hill

Babies update

The Triplets are all doing just fine and growing well! They weigh about 4 lbs from what they can tell. I have been getting so frustrated because I keep getting told all of these dates of when I'm going to deliver and I just ball because it's already so uncomfortable and don't think I can make it any longer with no sleep and being so out of breath and big. Originally my doc said 34 wks and I should have had him write it down because now they are saying 36 to 37 wks which is practically like a newborn but here I am carrying three ooh it's so mean! Here are some preggo pics. Normally triplets are born 28 to 32 wks.

Easter

Since I haven't kept up very well I 'll try to do some catch up. We had a fun Easter here at home. The kids woke up so early we told them to go back to bed because it was way to early. When 7am came around we finally got up and went to go on our easter hunt for baskets and this is what we found!

Here is Ariel on an Easter egg hunt at the Church

Some more of the kids

Now everyone has to have some embarasing picks when they were young and here it is with underwear on their head! I had the same pic when I was young and think it is totally funny

They did this all by themselves and came and showed mom and dad and we just busted up laughing