My Love

Five years ago today, I was about to walk down the aisle on my front lawn and say I DO to Chris. I went back to look at pictures of that day, and not only do Chris and I look skinny and young, but clueless. We had no idea of what was on the road ahead of us. Isn't that what's so exciting about weddings?!?!

This year we had talked about and planned to go to Lake Tahoe for our anniversary. We wanted to go somewhere neither of us had been... an adventure of sorts. Well, instead, we are going out to dinner because preggers can't do much of anything these days. My mom is watching Harper, and we will enjoy celebrating and reminiscing the last 5 years, and dreaming about what the next 5 years will hold. Never would I have believed that we would have a precious baby girl and be expecting 3 boys by the time this day came around! But, I couldn't be happier. Lake Tahoe...you will have to wait. We will visit you some day - probably with 4 kids in tow.

Happy Anniversary, Chris. You make my world a beautiful, safe, joyous, romantic, child-filled and hilarious place!! I love you all my heart and look forward to our adventure for the rest of our lives!!! Thank you for marrying me!

Name Announcement & A Great Visit

First of all... I will announce our boy's names because if you are like me, when I read a blog & I'm waiting for important information, I also scroll to find the info, then I will read the rest of the blog... haha. Come on, you know you do it too :-)

So, without further ado... The Blanton Boys...

Maverick Miller - Maverick was our 'back up' name with Harper. Chris LOVES this name. At first I thought it meant wild one, and was a little hesitant to name a boy "wild one." But, then I came to find out that it meant someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action. I can deal with independence. :-) Miller is my maiden name

Warner William - Warner means defender. It was also my grandmother's (Mama Dot) maiden name, and it was my mom's middle name. While I have several Williams on my side of the fam, we are specifically naming Warner William after Chris' grandfather... a man who is a strong, hardworker, and loves the Lord.

Crews Christopher- Crews is my brother's middle name, and my great grandmother's maiden name. I love having a little boy named after my brother who has one of the biggest hearts in the world... not to mention a great sense of humor! And Christopher is after his daddy.

Another question we have received about names is how we are going to name them. We are waiting until they are born to look at them and see what name goes with what baby. Oh, and all of them will go by their first names...

Maverick, Warner, and Crews. :-) My boys.

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Today we had our big ultrasound. And let me say how good God is!!! One of my prayers was that they would be able to find EVERYTHING they needed on each baby. Guess what?!?! They did! I'm not surprised at all. Both ultrasound techs that worked on me said how rare that was with multiples. Usually they have to bring the mom in several times to get all they need.

All 3 weigh 13 oz., and are measuring 1-2 days ahead. Baby B is a bit longer than A & C. A & C are breech and B is head down. The hospital that we get our u/s at is a teaching hospital. Anyway, I LOVE it when we have a student in the room with us because we get everything explained to us. Having been a nursing student for 1 1/2 years, I know some terminology so I can kind of catch on to what they are saying. Brittany, the student was so cute and excited that she got to see triplets! Sarah, my tech, told me this was only her second time seeing "spontaneous" (no meds) triplets in her career. She was very encouraging saying that she thinks I will easily make it to 32 weeks because no fertility meds were involved, and God made my body to be able to carry these babies. How encouraging!!! I pray that the Lord will bless these boys, and get my body to 32-34 weeks.

Also, our nurse practitioner, Tracie, came in to check on me to see how I was doing after the weekend. She told me she specifically prayed for me and my uterus -haha. She said she prays for many of her patients... how special is that?! It just confirms to me that I am exactly where I should be.

Next visit is in 2 weeks. I will get another gestational diabetes test done. Mom will be here at this point, so she will get to go with me to this ultrasound... yay! Chris' mom is here this week, and has been taking great care of us! We are loving it! :-) Well, I'm going to go rest... it was a long but wonderful day!!!

Do you have any questions for me that you are wondering about me, Chris, Harper, the boys, my pregnancy???? Feel free to ask me anything! I'm an open book! If you want to leave it as anonymous, that's fine. I will see how many questions I get and then possibly do a Q&A post.

20 Weeks and a Detour to the Doctors

Thursday the babies turned 20 weeks!!!! This means I'm OVER half way there! Yay! 20 weeks was a big milestone, as it is 'easy' to lose a baby before then. We are so thankful that all three are doing so well.

Next Milestones...
* April 30 - 24 weeks - Babies have a 50-70% chance to live outside the womb (if born).
* May 28 - 28 weeks - Viability of babies increases to 95%!!
*June 25- Doctor's goal for us to make it to... we're going to do it!!!

Here is my 20 week belly pic...





And here is a comparison picture of when I was pregnant with Harper. The closest one I could find was when I was 22 weeks...



I think it is quite funny that almost everyone I see says, "You aren't that big for carrying triplets." First of all, I don't know how to take this... I feel huge, but yet when they say this it boost my self-esteem and makes me feel "little." But, then I get discouraged, too because I'm working so hard to grow big babies!!! Although, I've gained 23 pounds!!! Yay!!!

I started to work on this post this morning, when I started getting more and more contractions. I usually don't get any contractions until the evening, so I started getting concerned. Last night, I had one whopper contraction and it scared me, but nothing followed it, so I drank lots of a water and went to bed. I called the nurse practitioner, and she wanted me to come in just to make sure. (Which put my mind to ease!)

The good news is I'm fine and so are the babies! I got a very quick ultrasound by Hannah - my very FAVORITE u/s tech- to check the heartbeats, and she just had to know the sex of the babies...hahaha - see why I love her so much?!? Anyway, it was confirmed that there are 3 boys! I also had a ton of tests run, which was good, and I do have an "infection" - I'll just leave it at that. But, I have antibiotics and will be fine! So, PRAISE THE LORD!!! I am to take it easy this weekend, and be "The Queen" (as my nurse practitioner told Chris and Harper - ha!) So, my feet are up and I'm drinking LOTS of water while Chris and Harper play on the floor.

We go in next Tuesday, the 7th, for our detailed ultrasound. Please pray that all is well with each little boy, and we can continue a smooth pregnancy. Also, pray that I do well during the scan - that I don't get sick or pass out since I have to lay on my back for about 1 1/2 hours.

Have a great weekend! Thank you for your prayers! We love you!

PS... I will do a post on my AWESOME shower that our church gave us. For now, I have to go lay down.