Yoo Hoo… I’m still here! My head is surfacing above the sleep-deprived fog that surrounds our home these days. Kind of funny that it is 2:05 in the morning and I’m surfacing now! 🙂 I am pumping breastmilk for our boys – I try to do this every 3 hours or so. I know this is a curiosity to many people as to how this works for multiples. I really do not know and am learning along the way. haha! Right now Crews is only on breastmilk b/c his little tummy does not do well on formula. The other two boys get 1-2 bottles of breastmilk a day. I feel like Bessie the cow – but, am so in love with these 3 tiny beings that it’s okay. 🙂 (I pump right now b/c everything needs to be measured. Soon, I hope to begin nursing all the boys. We will see how it works, though. No guilt, I try to tell myself).

I’ve started about 3 posts in the middle of the night, and my brain conks out mid-way through. I’m going to try to consolidate these in this post. The last few nights have been crazy. Being a new mom of 3 baby boys and 1 toddler girl has proved to be very draining physically, but not as bad as I thought it would be. (I don’t think that sentence really makes sense, but I know what I’m saying.. :-).) I know the Lord gives strength to the weary and power to the weak! I feel both of these. I am doing my best to blog, but my brain is not really geared for this right now. What pushes me to write is that I don’t want to forget a thing. I want to remember every detail of this hazy life right now. I know it will be inscribed on my heart forever but, yet how do I put it into words? Last night as I crawled into bed next to Chris, my heart was so full it felt like it was going to break. Part of this is because my life is so blessed, part of this is because my hormones could about shoot me to the moon and back. It will be nice when they begin to settle some more.

Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that we are still alive and hanging in there. I hope to blog more in the near future. I definitely need to be taking more pictures for sure, though! It will get done… along with all the other little adjustments. It just takes time. Thank you for all the prayers and support everyone! We love you!

Oh, and by the way…can you stand the little picture of my 8 little feet for the header? Thank you AUNT NANCY for that great photo! I can’t wait to see more!

(just a disclaimer for this post and all future posts… please forgive typos. 🙂)

My heart overflows and there are no words to express to my Jesus the thankfulness Chris and I have for the answered prayers. Thank you for your prayers. He has HEARD and ANSWERED us! I have learned so much about prayer over these last 9 months and how crucial it is to our faith. So, thank you for taking your time to call out to the LORD for us.

We left the hospital on Sunday afternoon with all three of our little guys. We had a great time in the hospital with such an amazing staff. The doctors and nurses took such great care of us, and we were able to sing praises to our LORD every time one of them mentioned how “uncommon” it was to have ALL THREE boys so healthy and in the room with us on the day of birth! I love it when God shows off!

Just wanted to let you know that we are home, and doing well. Our first night wasn’t bad. Chris and I did it ourselves!!! We wanted to know how it was first hand. We were pretty tired the next day, but managed. Nancy came in from NC on Monday night, so we split the middle of the night feeding time with her and mom. It worked out well!

Monday we had to take the boys into the Dr’s for a little visit to get weight and jaundice checks. They are fine on the jaundice – still a little yellow, but nothing to be alarmed about. Their weights turned out to be fine. They are slowing down on losing weight, so hopefully we should start seeing an increase soon. Their little appetites are picking up, so next week at the doctor, our boys should be a little heavier!

They are just absolutely the tiniest and sweetest little ones. I am swimming in a sea of love crazy post-partum hormones! I am so happy to be a momma to boys! Every time I walk by their crib or pack-n-play, I look in and can’t believe those 3 babies are mine… much less… how in the world did they fit in my tummy?!?!

I have several things I want to blog about, and hopefully will be able to before they become jumbled in my memory. (I’m making this list mainly so I won’t forget all I want to say!)
– Visitors we had during pregnancy (I never finished that one)
– The Night Before Triplets
– Their Birth Story (not graphic, just what I remember)
– My Hospital Stay
– Coming Home Day
– Our First Night

These will come in time. Oh, along with pictures of the nursery. It is still a work in progress as Mom is living in it right now. The boys sleep in a crib in our room right now, so it works out well.

Here are some pictures of our first few days home 🙂

The Blanton Six

Maverick, Crews, Warner

Harper taking a peek at “babies” (as she calls them). She has been doing great adjusting. When we are feeding them, she comes over and gives them kisses on their heads – even without being asked to. I held up Crews to her yesterday when his eyes were open. I told her that he wanted to say hi and that he loved her. She just looked at his little face, said “awwwww”, and then reached to hug him. It was so cute to see her (what now seems to be gigantic) little hands and body completely engulf this little guy. I can’t wait to see them grow up together.

Harper loving on Daddy & playing with him

Our 3 little Gnomes 🙂

A glimpse of Grandma Dee Dee feeding, and of another baby resting in the pack n play

Harper, Dadda, and a baby (i don’ know which one – hah – i have to see their faces)

Snuggly Brothers

{aunt nancy, reporting in once again…}

i think the thing i keep hearing over and over again is only God could have done this.

it’s so true.

God has shown His faithful hand through each step of this pregnancy and delivery, bringing Warner, Crews and Maverick into the world. all the nurses keep telling my sister how rare it is in triplet births to not have to be a part of the NICU at all & to have all three doing so well. it’s just like God to do things out of the norm for His glory! i know my sister and chris love Jesus more than anything and will give Him praise every step of the way.

the doctor told my sister that she could be released from the hospital today if she was ready, to which she replied she wasn’t quite yet. so, she will be released tomorrow ( sunday )! and if the boys remain on the track they are all on, all three will be coming home from the hospital with them.

keep them in your prayers as they transition from the hospital to their home. also, thank you for your prayers for my sister’s fever… it broke the next morning. she is walking and recovering very well, but she isn’t getting much sleep as she is monitered very closely throughout the night! pray for much rest before they are on their own :).

It’s Aunt Nancy again! Everyone is happy and well. There are a few prayer requests I will share in a moment, but for the most part everything has been wonderful. ML and Chris truly want me to thank all of you for your prayers, encouragement and support. They are so amazed at how faithful the Lord is, and how He truly hears the prayers of His children!

Everything in the surgery went great. ML didn’t throw up (yay!) and the boys delivered beautifully. Dr. Kang gave them an A+ C-Section! ML can elaborate more when she is up to blogging… I only hear bits and pieces but I know it went smoothly.

I am also happy to report that all the boys now have names!

Baby A = Warner William
Baby B = Crews Christopher
Baby C = Maverick Miller

They all made it to their hospital room last night. Warner was the first to visit with them, and Maverick joined next. Crews was the last to complete the trio and they were all able to finally be together. What a miracle!

A few prayer requests –

Please pray for ML as she has a fever this morning. She has been put on antibiotics and will hopefully kick that fever to the curb soon. Continue to pray for her overall health and recovery.

Also pray for little Crews. A heart murmer has been detected, and they are keeping an eye on him.

Pray for Sissy & Chris to be able to rest a LOT these next few days. Sissy is exhausted and Chris has been such a servant to her. Pray that they can gain the strength they need before returning home.

Pray for Harper as she gets to meet her brothers today!

I’ll close with a sweet picture, taken last night when they were all together in the room. (I’m not sure which is which, your guess is as good as mine!)