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Friday, August 14, 2009

field trips...

The tribe had been getting on my very last nerve so I decided we needed a "field trip" and it needed to be a cheap one! So I wracked my brain to think of something fun a two year old would enjoy and then it came to me, Animals! They LOVE animals especially the ones that they could touch & actually pet. So there I was searching the phone book for a nearby pet store. I know, a parent of a toddler should already know where one of these are located. But remember we do not have a dog or a cat so I really don't frequent them! We invited Grandma to go along with us. She loves animals just does NOT want one to take home! LOL! After getting everyone loaded up in the 'burb we headed off to our local pet store, Pet Supermarket. It is SO close to Grandma's house I could walk there. OK I may not want to walk there but I could! We decided to go inside stroller less. This was going to be an "adventure", one where they would probably be getting into MANY things! But why not? Let them enjoy themselves! As soon as we walked through the door we caught everyone's eye. I cannot tell you how helpful every employee was! They brought out each & every "friendly" animal for the tribe to get an up close & personal view of. They were feeling on bunnies, parakeets & even fed some fish! They were in heaven! (= To our dismay they do not have any puppies, don't even sell them! Darn! )= Linz LOVES puppies! Overall the tribe had a blast! Their eyes were BIG in amazement when they got to hold a bunny! I was just glad that they were too young & over the moon in excitement to ask to take one home! Michael & I keep saying that eventually we will get a dog but I am no where near able to care for a dog PLUS the tribe! Maybe in a few years, but for now we will just have our...

field trips...

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Georgia Aquarium...

Here are a few pic's from out recent road trip to GA. We were lucky enough to visit the Georgia Aquarium. If you have not been there yet you really should! It is one COOL aquarium with a TON of things to see. Happy Viewing!!

My niece Sarah & Miss Linz soaking up the snuggles! Awwwh...

Finally Mommy gets in a picture! I have Bren & Uncle Rick has Cam.

Avery LOVED being able to see all of the fishies up close & personal!

Katie showed Linz all of the fish! Just look at the size of them! WOW!

I hope Avery doesn't catch her Daddy holding Miss Linz!! uh oh! (=

We happened upon the otter exhibit just as they started to feed them. Look how close we all were to them! Just the glass between us! It was SO cool!

Camryn posing with her new fish friend "Mr Grouper". They told us how grouper is WAY over fished. SO eat less grouper people!! (=

The tribe could not get over seeing all of those fish! WOW! Now that is one AWESOME tank & check out our front row seats!! Loving it!

Camryn was checking out the Jelly Fish! SO beautiful but don't try touching it!

More pictures to come from our recent outing at the...

Georgia Aquarium...

Friday, April 25, 2008

bye,bye, fishy,fishy....

We lost our pet fish the other day! He/She was the best fish a person could have. It was a VERY rare fish, a red hawk fish! Not only did it do what other fish do meaning swim around the tank, it also would sit. Yes our Red Hawk fish would swim around and then take a load off & sit on a rock. It was one cool fish! I could stand at the edge of the tank & call "fishy, fishy" and he/she would swim over. It was SO cute! Michael told me not to name it. He said once a fish gets a name they die. I tend to think he LOVED the name & felt we were complete now that we had the babe's! As everyone who has multiples already knows having them is time consuming! Maybe we were SO busy in our quad life that we probably did not pay enough attention to our dear pet. The babies were just able to stand up next to the tank & point to "mr Fishy". They really LOVED him. I loved him too & shed a tear when Michael told me that he was gone. We were lucky & there will not be another "Mr Fishy", we will most likely not replace him. I told the babies as we passed by his tank on their way to bed, say...

"bye,bye fishy,fishy"....

Our Story...

Ok I am now over 8 years into this "job" of mine, being a mommy to multiples, high order multiples to boot! They say that if you try to conceive without protection for one year with no success then you are infertile. Those words were a lot to take in. I sought answers from everyone. We started out with our 1st OB/GYN Dr William Casale doing the normal testing that they were equipped to do. We did it all, IUI's, spermwashing, etc. I then contacted RESOLVE, a wonderful organization for people like me (could not get pregnant). I started making mental notes of what I needed to achieve my dream, to be a mom! The next step was to go see a Fertility Doctor. We chose to see Dr Mark Denker. After checking me out he then referred Michael to see a Urologist who ended up putting him on clomid. Yes, men can take this RX too! It helps make more sperm just like it helps a woman create more follicles. It is AMAZING the things you learn when you are trying to conceive! After further testing we were both told we had fertility issues, I had fewer eggs than a woman my age & they were "tough", Michael had double vericasils so that in order for us to have the "best odds" we needed to go the IVF route. I had this feeling that it was not going to work right away, call it my intuition. So we bought a package, can you even believe that they sell "packages" like a travel agency? Our "package" included 3 rounds of IVF with ICSI, minus all the meds I would need. The drugs are an expense we did not even think of but had to purchase for this entire thing to work. Well, it ended up taking all 3 rounds of IVF & accupuncture courtesy of Dr Susan Schiff for me to get pregnant & boy did I get pregnant! (Trust your intuition!) We started out with very few follicles, only 3 fertilized into embryo's and all three took. I was finally pregnant! 8 weeks into my pregnancy one of the embryo's split & became identical. Can you believe that!? What are the odds? No one told me that could happen! AMAZING! We had a lot of decisions to make. No one thought that we should keep all four. In the medical world it is called a "selective reduction". Only a few doctors even do this procedure. We did not know what our future would hold just that we could not reduce anything! In the beginning we had a hard time finding a doctor that felt like we did & wanted our four babies to thrive! We finally found Dr Moises Virelles, a fellow Christian & my now OB/GYN. He then referred us to an AWESOME Perinatologist, Dr Gary Cohen. Having the two of them on our side we knew ANYTHING was possible! My pregnancy was really uneventful. I was put on "bed rest" at 22 weeks. I later found out my "bed rest" was unlike other women's bed rest. I was just not allowed to work. I continued to do things, just stayed off my feet as much as possible. If I went shopping I would ride a motorized scooter. If I went to a party I sat pretty much the entire time. I had no issues, my cervix was long & rock solid. I really feel that God wanted me to be a mommy! The babies were great! They kicked each other more than they kicked me! People would look at me & could not believe that I had four babies inside me, I tell you I was meant to carry quads! Now don't get me wrong, it was not a joy ride, I was miserable towards the end & felt it very difficult to breathe. I never even went into the hospital prior to January 15th. Even though I asked them to admit me MANY times!! On January 17, 2007 we welcomed our GBGG quads; Camryn, Brendan, Avery & Lindsey into this world. 1 set is fraternal & 1 set is identical. They weighed 4 lb 7 oz, 4 lb 4 oz, 3 lb 6 oz & 3 lb 3 oz. I made it 32 weeks 5 days when I delivered them at St Mary's Medical Center. They were all HEALTHY and they did not need to be intubated! WOO HOO! They were little miracles destined to be here! I had nurses come up to me & tell me how wonderful it was that I carried them so long, that it was a better gift holding onto them as long as I did than a Harvard education! WOW! We were SO happy, excited & most of all unprepared for how much our life was about to change. I will say it was a GOOD change! I cannot imagine my life without them! Everyone watches our little ones in amazement & they still do. This is their story....

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