FOUR little FULTONS: 2010

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Friday, December 31, 2010

flashbacks of 2010...

Well in just under 30 minutes it will be 2011! WOW, it's hard to believe 2010 is about to end. SO many things happened this year & since we did not do a CHRISTmas card I decided to do a brief montage of what life in the Fulton house was like over 2010. So enjoy our...

Opening presents CHRISTmas 2009

Bren & Lindsey

Their COOL tee pee!

Visiting Grandpa!

flashbacks of 2010...

Monday, November 8, 2010

HaLlOwEeNiE events part 2...

I know I am SO late in posting these pictures! Sorry! Life overtook me & postponed my plans! I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL October & most especially a SAFE Halloween! I really cannot believe how October has come & gone already! YIKES! I have SO many pictures to post!! Well here goes our...

The gang decorating pumpkins!

Uncle Andy & Mr B

Grandma, can you believe she is 80?!

Two of my men...

I think this pic says it all! Love them!

Avery flashing us that smile!

The boys...

Brendan, Anthony & Linz became FAST friends!

The girls...

The fab four!

Halloweenie events Part 2...

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Our Dad ROCKS!!!!...

Here is a little something I created for the man of the hour, scratch that, man of the day! The tribe thinks Father's Day means it is his birthday! They want to sing him Happy Birthday! LOL! Oh how fun it is to be a kid! Honey this one if for you! I hope you realize just how important you really are to all 6 of us! [=

Free scrapbooking design made with Smilebox

So after watching our little creation do you even have to wonder that...

Our Dad ROCKS!!!!...

Friday, January 1, 2010

Here's to 2010...

Here's some pictures from our New Year celebration to share. Oh the memories we made over the past few days!

Uncle Rick, fireworks extraordinaire, getting our fireworks display ready this year! He & Michael usually put on quite the show for us. They are like our personal pyromaniacs!I don't know what happened between 4th of July & New Years because the tribe wanted NO part of the fireworks display! Grandma's front porch was as close as they got! (=What a cool kite! Uncle Rick got it for the tribe! They took it out for a spin since we had just the right amount of wind. They LOVED flying it!Uncle Rick & his newest best bud, Lindsey! She just loves snuggling with her new favorite Uncle, Rick!I just LOVE this picture of Camryn on her new bike! Just look how adorable she is! Love her!
One of my new favorite photos! Brendan & Aave have THEE best smiles! I just want to eat them up! (= Happy New Year...

Here's to 2010...

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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