5 months old

Madeline, Matthew and Jackson can roll from their tummies to their backs. Jackson is still working on rolling from his back to his tummy. Madeline found her feet on yesterday. She thinks they are amazing. Matthew is still observing everything and everyone before he commits. Feeding is much better. Jackson must have a bottle of milk prior to feeding him food. Matthew can be convinced to get through half his meal before he demands his bottle. Madeline is now eating but require trading 4 sucks of her pacifier for a spoon of food. Imagine how long that takes! Afterwards she will take her bottle.

We are still struggling with Jackson's skin. We have gone through 3 rounds of antibiotics. We've decided it's time to see a dermatologist.

We enjoyed Christmas with the children. It was just last December 20th when I found out I was pregnant. It was a lot of work to prepare the children to be gone away from home but it was worth it. The babies were able to spend a lot of time with my grandparents and parents. I feel blessed!


The West Family wish all of you a spectacular New Year!!

Happy Holiday!

Merry Christmas from the West Family

Photos were taken by Black and White Photography

Hanging Around

18 Week update

Not much to update everyone on. Madeline, Matthew and Jackson are doing well. They are laughing and recently realized that they aren't the only ones. Matthew and Madeline are officially all night sleepers. Jackson has an internal alarm clock that goes off between 2:30 and 3:30am every morning. I am working with him. LOL! For the past two weeks they have been feed dinner from a spoon. Matthew got the hang of it immediately and loves it. Jackson wants immediate gradification and lacks patience. More or less he cries during a feeding if I dont' give him his pacifier in between. Madeline doesn't like the taste or texture and she whines or just refuses to open her mouth. I will add photos later of their first feeding. It was messy and by the looks on their faces somewhat startling. Sunday we arrived in the parking lot on time but it takes awhile to unload and get organized. We were very proud of ourselves. The triplets recently had another round of immunizations and they were very ill. They had the anticipated fever but the fever jumped significantly within hours. I was using Tylenol and switched to Motrin. After the dose of Motrin it seem to have knocked out the fever. They were not feeling well... not eating very much and sleeping alot. Even my little "time clock" Jackson slept alot. It took a few days to recover but they are back on track.

My Grand Ma-Ma calls me Matthew Henry.

My Daddy calls me Baby-Girl. He says I'm the Baby-Girl of the World

Mr. Jackson is what they call me.

14 Weeks

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything. I've taken the time to actually try to sleep or take a break when the children are down. Jackson now can roll from his belly onto his side (his favorite position to sleep in) and then onto his back. He hasn't figured out how to do this in reverse yet. His disposition is much more pleasant. He smiles and coos so sweetly. He's only fussy if he's hungry, sleepy or if he has placed a gift in his diaper that needs to be removed. LOL! Matthew is pretty much the same. He doesn't like to nap. He sleeps a long time once he's sleep but the journey to the nap is a challenge. Matthew wakes in the morning happy like his father. He whines for someone to come and get him but as soon as I sing Good Morning to him he immediately breaks into a smile. He's a cuddly baby that listens intensly to every word you say. Little Miss Madeline is a sweetheart! She smiles with her entire mouth open and coos so sweetly. She seems to find her voice in the late evenings. She also has determined she would rather be awake than sleep in the evenings. This is why she is now yelling out when she's sleepy. Holding her close and offering her a pacifer seems to do the trick. She's usually sleep in minutes.



Bath time for everyone is still the same. No one loves. They all tolerate it.



We are now attending church service regualarly. The catch now is to get there on time. We are working on it each week. It's a lot of work to prepare three babies to go out for a few hours at a time. A lot of planning and packing is required.



With regards to their health; they are doing well. They've begun their Synergin injections for RSV. To learn about what RSV is and how it affects babies, especially preemies see http://www.synagis.com/what-is-rsv.aspx/.



Madeline is now 10 lbs 12 oz

Matthew is now 9 lbs 5.5 oz

Jackson is now 9lbs 8.5 oz.



I dvr a show called Handy Manny which Madeline and Jackson watch and seem to enjoy. They sit very quietly while it's on. Sometimes my recording interupts Marcus' football viewing, especially on the weekends. I laugh when I hear him yell from the bedroom because the television changes in the middle of a play. I tell him it's all for the kids! LOL! We are enjoying the sweeties every day!