The Hopperton Family: August 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009

My First Shower with Friends 8-30

I had my first shower on Sunday and am so thankful to all who attended and made it such a very special day. Thanks to Emily for hosting it at her house and making such great food (especially her mac and cheese!) and to Lisa and Shannon for helping her. After eating an awesome 3 course meal we played a few games which included: name songs that have baby in the title, the baby price is right, and guess how many squares of toilet paper Jenny is....and of course I was a whooping 11 square of tp...about the size of a 9 month prego woman according to Lisa:) We then opened gifts and was overwhelmed by everyone's generosity. I am so blessed to have all of you in my life!!!

Three Peas Sign

Favors

Cake

Jenny opening gifts

Being measured!!!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

20 weeks and a very big belly

Watch out for the big belly....15 weeks to go!!! So I am officially uncomfortable and I now have 4 ankles; two on each side. The swelling in my legs and feet are tremendous. I was going to post a picture of them but feet are ugly anyway and when they get that big there is no need to scare people off with them. I am so thankful that my babies seem to be growing quite well but I am just not sure how this belly can stretch anymore but I guess it will. I am curious to see at my doctor's appointment next Thursday just how much they weigh.

Once again, I received a great report and my cervix is holding up quite nicely and hasn't changed....it must be made of steel to hold up so much weight. Just continue to pray that it does so that I can make it to 35 weeks without complications.

The babies were not too exciting this time around and not in a great position for pictures. However, the past few nights one of them kept creeping way over into my right side and back and forth. Well guess who that was...Baby C....the little mister causing trouble in there as always. Baby A is more on my high right side and Baby B has moved over from my belly button toward my left side now and Baby A remains lower in the center. Baby A had her hands on her head again she must be really frustrated with her brother and sister. Baby B appreared to be sucking her thumb and Baby C was looking straight at us.

Baby A-Girl

Baby B-Girl

Baby C-boy

Sunday, August 23, 2009

The Cribs are up!!!!

Thanks to the Hopperton and Frontz family we have officially started the nursery! Brad had already but together the dresser but they helped us put all three cribs together. Well I actually didn't help...I just sat on the floor and watched and ate snacks...lol!! For whatever reason it seems even more real walking into their room and seeing the cribs....wow this is really happening....we are really going to have three babies at once. I just keep reminding myself that God never gives us more than we can handle...so I guess he thinks I am up for the challenge.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

19 weeks

Belly picture at 19 weeks

I swear my belly grows 2 inches everyday. Each morning that I get up out of bed it just seems that much bigger and that much harder to even move. However, I feel very blessed though because I know that means the kiddos are growing fast:) Now that I have started to really show....well lets just say look like I am about to give birth soon....alot more people (aka strangers) ask me when I am due. The grocery clerk, the mailman, the fast food worker, you name it they ask and when I tell them that I am only 19 weeks it doesn't really register at first but then they get this look on there face look...WOW and then I open the can of worms and say I am expecting triplets and the comments are priceless. I guess you could be offended by some of their comments however I just laugh about it because I couldn't feel more blessed that God has given us these three precious miracles. Some people just stand in amazement like I am some sort of alien or something and some have only but the kindest things to say. Either way I get alot of enjoyment out of their reactions. I am SO unbelievably excited for these little ones to arrive and finally have this feeling that we can do this...we can feed, diaper, clothe and bathe three babies at one time....piece of cake:) I know that they will be so much fun and I can't wait to meet them.

Today at the ultrasound, everything looked great and I am holding up well! I really think I finally have each of these little ones figured out. Baby A as usual was quite and snuggled up in a ball. So much that she appeared to have her leg over her head. I asked if she just didn't have room since she was on the very bottom but sure enough there was plenty of open space in her sac...she just chooses to stay curled up! So I think she will be the quite and reserved one of the bunch.

Over the past week, I have felt this poking sensation in my belly button and sure enough it was confirmed today that Baby B is right under my belly button....looks like we have found the culprit. I think she will be the miss congeniality of the three. She seems to always be in the perfect position for a great picture and just hangs out. You can see below an awesome picture of her legs and feet.

Baby C was his normal self...bouncing off the walls. I believe he is taking after his daddy already and can't seem to sit still for any amount of time. So he will be the rowdy one! She finally caught a few pictures of him as he squirmed around.

I am so thankful that I get to see these precious babies each week. It is awesome to get to know each of them before they arrive and experience them in a way that most people don't ever have the opportunity to do. I thank God everyday for his wonderful blessings:)

Baby A Profile

Baby A with her foot near her head

Baby B and her legs (kinda looks like mommy's)

Baby B Profile

Baby B- posing again

Baby C

Baby C squirming

Thursday, August 13, 2009

18 Weeks

The babies are still doing great and I am still holding up really well! We finally got a profile picture of Baby A and so far it appears that they all have very different features. Baby A and B were cuddled up in a ball but Baby C, the boy, was wiggling all around and looked as if he had his hands in little fists, arching his back and throwing back his head and really having a time in there. Boy that sure is going to feel good when he gets shoved up in my ribs:)

Baby C- boy

Baby B- Girl

Baby A- Girl

Thursday, August 6, 2009

17 week Ultrasound

Its official...Baby A and B are girls and Baby C is a boy. The babies were moving around like crazy yesterday…they can’t seem to sit still like their father. Once they get a little bigger I think I am going to be a punching bag. They were fighting for space in there already and Baby A seems to be squished down at the bottom. Baby C and B are putting there heads together as you can see in the picture below and ganging up on Baby A. Baby C is holding his penthouse upstairs at the top and weighing around 8 ounces and is the biggest of the group. Baby B is 6 ounces and Baby A is 7 ounces. Everything so far looks great and we feel so blessed that they are doing so well. I have gained a whopping 40 pounds since all of this began but the doctor is happy and wants me to continue to gain as much as I can. However, when the nurse weighed me she got me on the scale and then turned to write the number down and said lets try that again and up I went again. She said well that's right:) I start modified bedrest at 22 weeks (Sept 9th) which means resting 6 hours throughout the day and then sleeping 10 hours! I plan to go finish up my registry this weekend. I have been to walmart three times and every time the scanner has been broke...that is very irritating. So hopefully this weekend I will have it all completed. I feel like I am being so greedy because we need so much stuff. I put so many items on my babies r us registry that the scanner said it was full and I needed to return it to the desk!!! WOW. Well I guess when you will go through 150 diapers a day what do you expect.