We are now just over 20 weeks along. If we were having just one baby, we would be 1/2 way through our pregnancy.
So we had our 20 week doctor appointment today. Everything is going along great. The doctor said that Rachel is "All baby" and that was a great sign. The weight gain and the belly growth are all going along great. Now at 20 weeks a lot more of the restrictions start. Right now the doctor wants her to limit her walking completely. So now she will have to spend even more time on the couch.
Rachel started working from home a couple of days a week to help relax and to limit her walking. This schedule will continue for a little bit longer.
Now to the babies... We are so excited to see our little girls soon. Triplets average 32 weeks and we are hoping that they will stay in their home for a little while after that. 34 weeks right now is Rachel's goal - that is July 1st.
In two weeks we will have another big ultrasound. This will allow us to have even more pictures of them that we will be able to share.
Max is so excited about his little ones coming along. Rachel is convinced he is going through the sympathy pregnancy since he seems to have more strange food cravings than she is. He is busy getting the upstairs of the house ready for the babies arrival. He has made some great progress in decluttering the upstairs.
We hope that everyone is doing great! We hope to see you all soon with the triplets!
Love,
Max, Rachel, Aina, Lilah, and Paige
And of course our fat little dogs
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Daddy's Little Girls: Lilah, Aina, and Paige
Babies galore! We are now having three girls. Our identical twins will be be named Lilah Sandra and Aina Ruth, our fraternal will be named Paige Laurie.
All babies are healthy and developing well. The ultrasound pictures have a variety of feet, heads, hands, legs, spines, and hearts. The identical are 9 ounces each and Paige is 8 ounces.
We will not be assigning the identical names until they are born. Rachel and I will just "know" who is who.
We are completely registered now (babiesrus.com and store, target.com and store, amazon.com)
thank the lord and the upstairs/nursery renovations are also going well. I think I will just have enough time to get everything done that needs to be done by the time babies come home.
On to the pictures!!!
Triplet A's feet!
Triplet B's right foot! This is soooooo cute!!!
Paige Laurie's big debut!!!
The Holmquist triplets, coming soon!!!
All babies are healthy and developing well. The ultrasound pictures have a variety of feet, heads, hands, legs, spines, and hearts. The identical are 9 ounces each and Paige is 8 ounces.
We will not be assigning the identical names until they are born. Rachel and I will just "know" who is who.
We are completely registered now (babiesrus.com and store, target.com and store, amazon.com)
thank the lord and the upstairs/nursery renovations are also going well. I think I will just have enough time to get everything done that needs to be done by the time babies come home.
On to the pictures!!!
Triplet A's feet!
Triplet B's profiles
Triplet B's right foot! This is soooooo cute!!!
Paige Laurie's big debut!!!
The Holmquist triplets, coming soon!!!Sunday, March 7, 2010
Save the Date
Save the Date...
We wanted to let everyone know that our Baby Shower for the Triplets is going to be on Saturday May 8th in the afternoon at our church's educational center. Invites will be coming.
We are registered at Target, Babies R Us and Amazon.
Now onto the important thing... the babies....
The babies are doing great. They are moving a lot now. We enjoy being able to feel them move. Hopefully this Friday (the 12th) the babies will be good and tell us if they are boys or girls or a mix a both (we are hoping for a mix of both). Grandpa Jim is going to come along to see the babies on the ultrasound.
Rachel is getting bigger and bigger everyday. She is grateful that the weather has turned warm since she cannot zip up her winter jacket anymore. It is amazing to see the changes that are going on.
In preparing for the babies Max has been working hard on getting the upstairs ready. He has been redoing the closet in the main bedroom so both of our clothes will be able to fit in that closet.
We did pick out the theme for the babies room. It sort of came upon us from registering. We were noticing that we liked a lot of the animal theme stuff so we are doing animals/safari. The room will be a light green with a yellow ceiling. Hopefully those little wonders will like it as much as the parents do! Max has been very busy with updating the babies room to get it all ready. Rachel is not much help right now since her doctor has limited what she is allowed to do and declared that she has to rest and relax in order for the babies to grow happily and healthy.
Max has also been spending his time reading parent books and pregnancy books. He has now read more books on the babies than Rachel has.
We have been very grateful for our family and friends and their support during this time and in the future with the babies. You will never understand how much your support and love has meant to us.
Hopefully this next weekend our update will be more information about the babies and who they are! We should hopefully have more pictures of them too this next weekend to upload!
Love,
Max, Rachel, the Triplets and the puppies
We wanted to let everyone know that our Baby Shower for the Triplets is going to be on Saturday May 8th in the afternoon at our church's educational center. Invites will be coming.
We are registered at Target, Babies R Us and Amazon.
Now onto the important thing... the babies....
The babies are doing great. They are moving a lot now. We enjoy being able to feel them move. Hopefully this Friday (the 12th) the babies will be good and tell us if they are boys or girls or a mix a both (we are hoping for a mix of both). Grandpa Jim is going to come along to see the babies on the ultrasound.
Rachel is getting bigger and bigger everyday. She is grateful that the weather has turned warm since she cannot zip up her winter jacket anymore. It is amazing to see the changes that are going on.
In preparing for the babies Max has been working hard on getting the upstairs ready. He has been redoing the closet in the main bedroom so both of our clothes will be able to fit in that closet.
We did pick out the theme for the babies room. It sort of came upon us from registering. We were noticing that we liked a lot of the animal theme stuff so we are doing animals/safari. The room will be a light green with a yellow ceiling. Hopefully those little wonders will like it as much as the parents do! Max has been very busy with updating the babies room to get it all ready. Rachel is not much help right now since her doctor has limited what she is allowed to do and declared that she has to rest and relax in order for the babies to grow happily and healthy.
Max has also been spending his time reading parent books and pregnancy books. He has now read more books on the babies than Rachel has.
We have been very grateful for our family and friends and their support during this time and in the future with the babies. You will never understand how much your support and love has meant to us.
Hopefully this next weekend our update will be more information about the babies and who they are! We should hopefully have more pictures of them too this next weekend to upload!
Love,
Max, Rachel, the Triplets and the puppies
Friday, February 26, 2010
Movers and shakers...
Good evening,
The triplets have begun their internal migrations over the past few weeks. So far they have been less active at night which is a good thing. We can already feel each of the babies by touch with a little pressure.
The 16 week check-up and ultrasound went well. All babies are healthy and growing with string heartbeats.
We are also slowing completing various household projects and will be readying the nursery this soon coming spring. Lots to do for this busy dad-to-be. Thankfully I am very motivated and mechanical.
Rachel is already showing a lot! Very exciting, well, for Rachel and me. I guess I luck out because all I carry is my beer belly, lol.
For whom it may concern we are registered as of March 1st at Babiesrus.com and in the stores, Target.com and in the stores, and amazon.com
On 3/12 we will have new ultrasound pictures and could potentially know the sexes although with multiples this is more typical closer to week 22.
It is with the help of God always that things will continue to progress as He has planned for us.
God Bless,
~Maxwell and Rachel
The triplets have begun their internal migrations over the past few weeks. So far they have been less active at night which is a good thing. We can already feel each of the babies by touch with a little pressure.
The 16 week check-up and ultrasound went well. All babies are healthy and growing with string heartbeats.
We are also slowing completing various household projects and will be readying the nursery this soon coming spring. Lots to do for this busy dad-to-be. Thankfully I am very motivated and mechanical.
Rachel is already showing a lot! Very exciting, well, for Rachel and me. I guess I luck out because all I carry is my beer belly, lol.
For whom it may concern we are registered as of March 1st at Babiesrus.com and in the stores, Target.com and in the stores, and amazon.com
On 3/12 we will have new ultrasound pictures and could potentially know the sexes although with multiples this is more typical closer to week 22.
It is with the help of God always that things will continue to progress as He has planned for us.
God Bless,
~Maxwell and Rachel
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Mr. Top 1% of dads
According to a book I got for my birthday, I am in the top 1% of dads-to-be since I plan on bonding with the new babies as much as I can, change all the diapers I can, feed, console, and teach my new family the best that I can, and always look out for them. Not a typical new dad fear or avoidance.
I also spent an evening with other moms at the Moms with multiples meeting (I was the only dad there) and had a great time.
I think that when you are a father expecting multiple children, there is no room for too much fear, anxiety, and avoidance. You just develop an instinct somewhat similar to mom's and go for it.
I can hardly wait. Well, I can because we need the babies to stay in mom as close to term as possible.
Cool.
I also spent an evening with other moms at the Moms with multiples meeting (I was the only dad there) and had a great time.
I think that when you are a father expecting multiple children, there is no room for too much fear, anxiety, and avoidance. You just develop an instinct somewhat similar to mom's and go for it.
I can hardly wait. Well, I can because we need the babies to stay in mom as close to term as possible.
Cool.
Friday, February 12, 2010
14 week check-up
Our 14 week check-up for the triplets was just peachy. All babies are active and healthy. No pictures since we just had the bedside ultrasound. We will have a 16 week check-up with the same ultrasound and then an 18 week check up with a more in depth ultrasound with new pictures.
Stay tuned...!
Stay tuned...!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Seeing three...
WE ARE NOW TO PROUD PARENTS-TO-BE OF TRIPLETS!!!
It looks like there was someone hiding in the larger sack.
We have an identical set and one fraternal. All three are healthy at 12 weeks today and active. There are no serious medical concerns at this time. All three were laying the same way, which is very rare for triplets at this stage. We really enjoyed watching them flip around and move yesterday. We cannot wait until we see them again!
Baby A: Identical twin
Baby B: Identical twin (And the best picture we have of them right now)
Baby C: Fraternal twin
The Triple Treat!!!
Baby C is on the left; Baby A and B are in the sack on the right.
We are very blessed with this news. We are looking at a roughly 32 week delivery date in June. Hopefully all will go well. More to come!!!
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