Almost Eleven Weeks

Tomorrow we will be 11 weeks pregnant! It blows me away how quickly time has gone by! Today we had another ultrasound, and we were amazed by how active our little babies are becoming! Their little arms and legs were just flailing and moving so much. What a blessing to be able to see them in action! And they are growing too - nearly an inch and a half now! It will be sad when we don't get weekly ultrasounds anymore, I love to see them growing and developing.
Another exciting thing - we have found someone selling a triplet stroller - for half of what it would cost to get a new one! Thank you Lord for having me run in to her at the mall a few weeks ago!

Pushy Sales People

I have been out doing some shopping for maternity clothes recently and have noticed a trend - pushy sales people! I almost have to wonder if they work on commission. A little overbearing if you ask me. But, they have cute clothes and ones that fit me well, so I will go back. And if it wasn't the pushy sales ladies that made me spend so much yesterday, I would have to blame my wonderful husband who kept bringing me more and more things to try on and then wouldn't let me put any of them back - unless I really didn't like it. So, we spent three times as much as I would have wanted. We laugh though because everything is costing us three times as much, so why not in maternity clothes too, right? The title "Outlet Mall" is rather deceiving though, because you think you will find great deals, but you really don't. And you still spend a lot of money!

Nine Weeks Along

We are now 9 weeks along and loving being pregnant. It is amazing to think that just a few months ago, I thought it would be impossible for me to ever be pregnant - just wishing that I could have one baby; and now, I am incredibly blessed by being pregnant with triplets. I continue to be in awe that God chose for me to become a parent.

Though it seems premature, we have started shopping around for strollers and cribs and car seats, etc. I have already found that stores don't understand the need for mom's of multiples. It is a little discouraging, but thankfully online shopping is abundant. I just wish I could actually see what I am buying before I buy it. Especially when we are looking at $60 just for shipping for a stroller. Yikes! Almost makes me want to just take a vacation to Ft. Myers, FL to pick it up.

I love deals - so I am really hoping to find some great deals in a few weeks when I go to a "Mom's of Multiples" resale. Yes, they actually have groups for moms of multiples. And now that I am joining those ranks, I just might find such a group to be helpful.

Each of the babies are about three-quarters of an inch by now and are continuing to grow at a good rate. The arms and legs are formed - and moving by now! The facial features are developed, but the eyelids are still in the process of developing. Even their teeth have started to form - which is amazing to me, since they don't even have teeth showing when they are born, but yet they are formed so early! And watching their heartbeats on the ultrasound each week is incredible! It makes it so much more real! I will be disappointed when I reach a point in my pregnancy that I won't have weekly ultrasounds, which is just a few weeks away.