April 10-22, 2011

Wow, these past few weeks have flown by once again!  Today the triplets are 2 months old!  I worked a few days here and there since my last posting.  Sarah's 24 hour urine test came back normal, so her kidneys and liver healed despite how bad her preeclampsia was!  Sarah is the best mom and wife ever!  She is still breastfeeding all 3 and it is going better each day!  She is determined to do it until they are at least a year.  Hayden quit using his bottle and is now just using his sippy cup!  Also, our mare Anna (registered APHA name: Dun in Montana) had a nice colt on 4/20/11.  He looks to be a dun with black points tobiano.  He also could be homozygous for tobiano and for black.  He will be for sale! 

On April 13, 2011 their weights were:

Hunter 9 lbs 3 oz

Hadley 7 lbs 11 oz

Holden 8 lbs 15 oz

Hayden is having more and more fun with them.  They are liking to play on their play mats.  On 4/21 Hunter actually reached up and touched the toys!

Today, on April 22, 2011 (exactly 2 months old) their weights were:

Hunter 9 lbs 14 oz

Hadley 8 lbs 5 oz

Holden 9 lbs 4 oz

Our awesome 4 kids!

Hunter, Hadley, and Holden wearing outfits my mom got them!

Hayden holding Holden, Hadley, and Hunter. 

They are 2 months old in this picture.

Holden, Hayden, and Hunter.  We have awesome sons!

You can see more pictures of our colt at:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150157437672130.289539.515222129&l=a782a626e2

Thanks,

Casey

April 2-9, 2011

This past week I went back to work 2 days, which was really hard being away.  However, these 2 days flew by and I now have 8 days off!  My aunt Michelle helped Sarah on Tuesday while I was at work.  Our parents continue to help us too.  My aunt Michelle and Presley helped watch the babies and Hayden with me while Sarah went to NW Perinatal Center for her 6 week check.  Everything went well and she now has to take 1 tab of labetalol twice a day instead of 2 twice a day.  Her blood pressure is a lot better.  She has to do a 24 hour urine test to see if her protein is going down.  This will show us that her liver and/or kidneys were not damaged from her severe preeclampsia.  Tyler and Autumn got to meet our triplets for the first time.  Autumn and Tyler are going to make awesome parents!  My Grandma and Grandpa Gescher came over for dinner on Friday night and they brought halibut with them for dinner.  This was the first time my Grandpa has been out to our house since he was hospitalized. 
On April 7, 2011 their weights were:
Hunter 8 lbs 12 oz
Hadley 7 lbs 6 oz
Holden 8 lbs 1 oz
It is amazing how strong they are all getting.  They all seem to like tummy time and we are trying to do this often for them to gain neck strength.  The Statesman Journal did an article on our family and it can be seen at: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110407/NEWS/104070353/Scio-family-adjusts-triplets?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome
We felt very blessed to have them do this story and it will be fun to show our kids it in the future!  We also got back the rest of our pictures from Julie Martin of ZoZoBugBaby.  Here they are:

Our mare Anna (Dun in Montana) is getting closer and closer to foaling.  Here are some pictures showing her pregnant belly.

Thanks,

Casey

March 29-April 1, 2011

On Tuesday, March 29th, one of our friends' triplets, Evan, was admitted to the peds ICU for NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis).  We have been praying everyday for him and their family.  We met them through our triplet group and they were right next to our triplets in the NICU.  Please keep them in your prayers.  Their blog is at: http://journeyofatrio.blogspot.com/  We know he will pull through and recover with no problems.  We are looking forward to some awesome triplet play dates and big brother play dates.  They are in the same situation as us.  They have an older son (a little older than Hayden) and their identical triplets are exactly a month older than ours.  Our parents have once again been helping us out.  My aunt Michelle, helped us all day on Tuesday and she plans to from here on out.  She calls it "Triplet Tuesdays."  We are thankful for her help!  My Grandma Gescher knitted some cute hats for the babies.  My Grandma Lulay made us homemade bread, monster cookies, and banana muffins.  We took the triplets to the doctor yesterday (March 31) for their Synagis shots to prevent RSV.  Their weights were amazing yesterday so we no longer have to wake them at night to feed!  We also decreased their kcal from 24 to 22, so we mix 130 ml of breast milk for 1 tsp of Enfacare.  Hunter also has an umbilical hernia, which should resolve by the time he is preschool age.  If not he will need surgery (but hopefully not).  My Grandpa Gescher came home from the hospital and my aunt Terri and uncle Chris got to see our triplets for the first time.

On March 31, 2011 their weights were:

Hunter: 8 lbs 1.5 oz

Hadley 6 lbs 14 oz

Holden 7 lbs 9.5 oz

A little off topic, but I leased one of my mares, Latte, out to a lady in Imbler (Carrie) and she had her foal.  He is a homozygous tobiano colt.  Her website is at: http://www.cjquarterhorsespaints.com/  She is going to sell him too, so if you need a nice colt, contact her.  Here are some pics….

My mare Sarah got me from Montana was in training last year and a stallion at the barn got out and bred her accidentally.  Of course, Anna got pregnant.  However, he was a registered paint, so the lady is going to let me register the foal.  Anna is due April 14, so we will have another "baby."  Hayden will love playing with it.  Anna is going to foal at my Grandpa and Grandma Gescher's house.  She has been at my Grandpa and Grandma Lulay's since last spring (thanks to my Grandpa Lulay for taking care of her and our gelding). 
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. 

-Casey