FOUR little FULTONS: bats, baseballs & just being boys...

Sunday, September 21, 2008

bats, baseballs & just being boys...

Today Uncle Bob took Dustyn & Brendan to a Marlins game. The Marlins played the Phillies at 4:05pm. It was the last baseball game of the regular season. The best time to take a 20 month old who still takes naps. Dustyn has been quite lucky to be invited to a few games but this was Brendan's FIRST invite to a Marlins game & hopefully not his last! We prepared the night before to make sure we had EVERYTHING. It was so strange planning what to bring for ONE kid. I set out the CUTEST outfit for him to wear. Had to make sure that he had plenty of sunscreen on before & during the game. Sippies with PLENTY for him to drink & of course a "manly" diaper bag with all the necessities. I packed him a toy doodle pad. I had wanted to pack some grapes, that never happened. Daddy decided on the snacks & packed some pretzels since they were going to feed him "JUNK" ie: pizza, hotdogs, popcorn, etc. once down at the game. Today was a special day so we allowed it. Having just the 3 girls home alone without him that is going to be weird. We do everything in pairs so when one of the 4 is missing things go awry. A few times Daddy asked them where Brendan was & Camryn got a concerned look on her face when she could not find him. This happened quite a few times. We wanted to see how they would react and what they would do once he finally came home. They got to stay up later tonight to wait for the boys to get home. Once Brendan arrived they each loved on him and squealed when they saw him. That reaction reassured us that we will continue with activities like this. Once home they shared what a BUSY afternoon Brendan had watching the game, eating, seeing the Mermaids, running the bases & meeting Billy the Marlin. Now we are going to have to think of a good activity we can take just the girls to. Anyone have any GOOD ideas?? Because we need to make it fair. What can we "Mom's" do with our little girls that can be just as fun? (Pictures of their "boy's day out" will be posted as soon as I get them!) Brendan is such a sweet little boy. He stays pretty content most of the time. I just wish that I could have been there to see him watch his first baseball game. To see him watch them swing their bats & hit those balls. There was a home run but it was a Phillie that hit it. Such our luck! It was a boy's afternoon, a great oppurtunity for him to get in some male bonding time with his Uncle & BIG brother. Maybe they can make this a new activity to do on the last game of each season. Uncle Bob bought him another cute toddler baseball cap. He is starting a collection. Of course he has an FSU cap just for Daddy's team! After all was said & done The Marlins ended up losing to the Phillies by 3 runs. Darn! After the game they let the kids run the bases so Brendan had his chance! Dustyn, Uncle Bob & he ran from 1st base to home plate where "Billy the Marlin" greeted them. From what I was told Brendan was a little afraid of the large fish. If I was just under 3 feet tall I'd be afraid of the 7 foot giant too! (= I guess we will have to re introduce them later! Today was just their day for...

bats, baseballs & just being boys....

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Unknown said...: It is interesting to read all your profile. It likes miracle when someone said you can't get pregnant and afterward you have 4 wonderful babies. Good luck to you!

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TODDLER GAMES; September 22, 2008 at 10:47 PM

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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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