So far so good!

We haven't forgot about pictures of Brody's homecoming, but our main computer is down and it is much more difficult for me to post pictures now. Hopefully Daddy will be able to get them up later tonight.

So far things are going pretty well. We have all three babies on a schedule and they follow it for the most part. I only get up once a night when things go as planned, but that has only happened twice so far. They all do much better with the schedule during the day...hopefully the nights will follow soon!!! Even when the schedule goes perfectly, there is only a 4 hour window from bottle to bottle and the entire feeding process takes about 1 1/2 hours total for all 3 babies, so that only leaves a 2 1/2 hour chunks of time for sleep or whatever... I try not to think about it too much! As hard as it is to keep my eyes open at times, it is an overwhelming joy to have these three little people in our lives. We feel very blessed!! Please continue to keep us in your prayers.

Don't forget to scroll down and reply to the meet the triplets open house. We look forward to seeing everyone who has been a support system for our family through your kind words, prayers, thoughts and actions. We can't wait for our babies to see how many people already love and care for them---they truly are blessed!

Brody is Home!!!

We are happy to report that our family is now complete! Brody came home yesterday and is doing very well. We picked him up yesterday and he was very excited to see his brother and sister again. We can hardly believe that the moment we have been waiting for months is finally here. We have all of our babies home. They are such a blessing!! Last night was very interesting...let the sleepless nights begin. This is going to be tough, but we just keep saying that nothing that is worth it is ever easy. Please keep us all in your prayers... Pictures of Brody's homecoming will follow soon.

MEET THE TRIPLETS OPEN HOUSE

With the expectation of all three Kelseys being home soon, we have finalized plans for the "Meet the Triplets Open House" Please click on the evite link below and reply to the invitation. We look forward to having our babies meet our friends and family.

Logan Comes Home

Logan has finally made it home! Last night around 9:00, Mom and Dad eagerly took our little Logan home to rejoin his sister Emmerson. Brody said goodbye with promises of following his brother home soon. Logan was greeted by Emmerson with a lethargic hand to the face. Welcome home says Emmi! Although Logan was the most content of the three at the Hospital, he had a rough night getting accustomed to his new surroundings. Mom and Dad are bleary eyed this morning, and really starting to feel the effects of multiples, but couldn't be happier that we are 1/3rd closer to our full 100% capacity. Continue to pray for Brody's continued improvement, so that he can soon join his brother and sister at home and eliminate all moments of sleep for his parents.

Long Time No Post...

Things have been a little hectic these days to say the least! Having Emmerson home is wonderful but extremely tiring...especially when we need to take rides to the hospital between feedings instead of napping. Everyone says: "sleep when she sleeps" is a nice idea, but not our reality unfortunately. Anyway, things are good so far. Here is an update on each of our babies:

Emmerson:
Emmi had her first good night's sleep last night, and John and I both managed to get about 7 hours of sleep between our shifts. It was wonderful! She is now 5 lbs. 15 oz. and growing fast! She eats almost 3 oz. every feeding (80-90 cc or ml for those who follow the hospital jargen) She is the little princess at home and is definitely getting the royal treatment.

Logan:
We are saying our prayers that Logan will continue to eat well and meet his discharge requirements in the next day or so. He had his feeding tube removed and is eating pretty well by mouth. He is not eating his entire feed every time, but the doctors removed his minimum requirement and as long as he gains weight, he should be home on Saturday. They are scheduling his circumcision for tomorrow as long as he does well eating tonight and the tube does not need to go back in. Please pray for him. He is still the smallest, but coming in strong...he now weighs 5 lbs. 8 oz. ! That is quite a gain from his meek 2 lbs. 11 oz. that he entered this world at! We are very proud of our little lion and hoping he is home with us on Saturday.

Brody:
For starters, our little power house now weighs in at 7 lbs. 2 oz! That's right...he is over 7 lbs.!!! Pretty unbelievable! Everyone is very happy with this weight gain. Brody is having a difficult time eating. He has what is referred to as "strider" noises while he is eating which is leading the speech path and doctors to assess whether he is aspirating while he eats. They have now started to thicken his food to see if that helps and on Monday he will undergo a video swallow test to see where the liquid is going and to see if there is any difference between the thin and thick formula. We are hoping and praying that we will find a way to make the eating process easier for him so he too can be on his way home! We are already having a hard time imagining him at the hospital all by himself...we sure don't want that to be any long stretch of time!

I hope you enjoy the new pictures of the babies. They are now 36 weeks and 5 days gestational age and 6 weeks 2 days old. Boy how the time flies...!!!!

It is SO Great to Have Our Little Girl Home!

Even though it has been tough at times (Emmi decided that she did not want to sleep at all her first 2 nights home), we wouldn't trade these moments for anything. Emmerson has enjoyed breaking in all of the many things we have had waiting for our babies to arrive home. She really likes the CD's we play and the swing is very relaxing for her. We have many pictures of her arrival home that we will post soon. The only thing that could make this feeling better is if we had all of our babies home and back together again. Hopefully this will happen soon! Logan and Brody have both taken their entire feed at least once and are continuing to take at least 1/2 their feed every time...they are doing great and it shouldn't be too long now... Brody is now 6 lbs. 11 oz and Logan is 5 lb. 5 oz. They are really getting big! Emmi goes for her first doctor appointment on Monday, so we will get a weight update then. Keep us all in your prayer...John and I will definitely need them as we really entire the wonderful world of parenthood now!

Emmerson is Coming Home!!!

Emmi will now be residing at 214 Willington Way! She is being discharged today and this evening, John and I are going the hospital together and leaving, for the first time, with our little girl! We can't even believe it. We have been working like crazy to get the house all ready for her arrival and we just can't wait to walk through the door with her. Once our boys are discharged, our house will really become our home. They are doing well, eating at least half their feeding every time. There is no potenial release date and being able to come home had nothing to do with how much they weigh. It will be based soley on when they take all of their food by mouth. This can happen at anytime, when THEY are ready...the Lord knows I have been ready for a while now!:) So GREAT news for the Kelsey family today...one down, 2 more to go! Keep praying...God answers prayers!

Yeah Emmi!

Emmerson went to PO ADD LIB today and so far so good. She needs to continue to do well this evening and all day tomorrow while continuing to gain weight. If she does this, she will be home Thursday! It is very exciting but we are trying not to get our hopes up too much. Please keep the prayers coming! The boys are doing well, but still not eating enough to be where Emmi is, so they will be in the hospital for a bit longer. Please continue to pray for them as well. Also, we are shooting for September 22 for our "Meet the Triplets" open house. We will keep everyone posted via this blog as this will be the only form of an invitation. Nothing is for sure yet, but we wanted to put that date out there.

Still Going Strong...

Each baby is continuing to do very well with eating. Emmerson is still doing the best and the nurses are deciding if she can go to PO add lib (which means she can eat whatever she wants each feed- as long as she continues to eat close to if not more than she eats now) While doing this they will monitor her weight gain. If she goes PO add lib, and gains weight for 2 days, then she is coming home! SO...there is a possibility we could have our little girl home by Thursday or Friday. Please keep her in your prayers. God knows we are ready to have our babies home!
Logan and Brody are also doing well. Logan is a stronger eater than Brody. He usually takes over half his feeds and he wakes up early showing signs he is hungry. He does a good job pacing himself and as soon as he gets more stamina, he will be on his way home too. Brody is still struggling a bit with the suck, swallow, breath concept, but overall, he is doing well and taking almost half his feeds each time.
Emmerson now eats 65 ml every 4 hours; Logan is eating 60 ml each feed; and Brody is eating 70 ml every feed. This is excellent since they tolerate their feeds every time.
Weight update: Emmi = 2445 grams or 5 lbs. 6 oz. Brody= 2835 grams or 6 lbs. 4 oz. Logan=2210 or 4 lbs. 13 oz.

Brody is 6lbs.!!!!

Brody is getting SO big! He is now 6lbs 1 oz. or 2775 grams! Way to go Brody! Logan and Emmerson are also getting big too. Emmi is now 5lbs. 4 oz. or 2385 grams and Logan is 4 lbs. 12oz. or 2160 grams. It is incredible to see how big they are getting...in only 1 month!!! They celebrated their 1 month birthday on Friday. The eating scoop: Emmerson is doing GREAT with eating! She has eaten her ENTIRE feed 6 times now and even when she doesn't finish it all, she usually takes around 45 ml. If she keeps this up she will be home in no time. Brody and Logan consistently take over half their feeds and they are doing very well. This is very impressive since they are now on a PO (eating by mouth) EVERY feed. The only thing left to do is eat ALL their food every time and then they will be home. We got our car seats checked yesterday, so we are all set for them to come home!

Quick Weight and Eating Update...

Today Emmerson weighed in at 2360 grams or 5 lb. 3 oz. Logan is now 2080 grams or 4lb. 9 oz. and Brody is weighing in at a hefty 2700 grams or 5 lb. 15 oz. He will most likely be 6 lbs. tomorrow! They all had their first vaccination today, the Hep B shot. They were brave! Everyone is still eating the same amounts: Emmi and Logan = 55 ml and Brody 65 ml. They are still feeding by mouth every other feed and doing well with it each time. It is such a fun time for John and I as it is a great time for us to interact with our babies. Logan always wants to look around and see everything going on around him. Emmerson is very alert most of the time and makes great eye contact and on the rare occasions that Brody is awake and alert, he is very in tune with us and likes to hold hands and follow us with his eyes. They are really developing their own personalities and getting bigger so quickly.

A Long Awaited Post...

Everything is still going very well. John and I went on an over-night trip for our anniversary, and that is why we haven't posted in a little while. It was so hard being away from the babies, but their grandparents were there to spend some quality time feeding and loving on them, so that made it a little easier!
The babies have been doing so well eating that they have moved them all to eating by bottle every other feeding. The next step will be every feeding and then eating whenever they want. (Although, since we are going to put them on an eating schedule to keep our sanity, I am going to see if we can skip that last step. :) ) This morning Emmerson took 40 ml, Brody took 36 ml and Logan took 34 ml by bottle! This is over half of their feedings and is a great sign they are learning! Emmerson and Logan are both up to 55 ml for each feeding and Brody is at 60 ml or 2 full ounces! And it is really showing in their weights.....Emmerson: 2260 grams or 4lb. 15 oz. (WOW...almost 5 lbs. !) Brody: 2575 grams or 5 lbs. 10 oz. and Logan: 4 lbs. 6oz (still the smallest, but what a gain from his 2lb 11 0z. start!!!) One more piece of good news: Brody came off the caffeine on Saturday and since then NO SPELLS! This means that he has "grown out" of that "side effect" of his prematurity. They are all doing wonderful and we know that God has truly heard all of our prayers. Thank you for continuing to keep them in yours!