i wimped out.

i postponed carys' physio appointment until tomorrow. i just could not be part of the inflicting pain process twice in one day.

the injections went pretty much as i predicted, tomato boy was not as stoic as his sisters.

they also weighed the babies.

despite the extra midnight feeding, carys isn't gaining weight quickly. this month, she has only put on half a kilo, or a little more than a pound. one month ago she was 4.91 kilos, now she is 5.51. i had secretly hoped carys would put on enought weight to justify dropping the midnight feed...not yet, i suppose. sela was just fine, chewed on her fists, smiled at the group of people who gathered around us, and cried the least when given her shot. she is 6.7 kilos, an average weight.

jasper clocked in at 7.78 kilos. this should not surprise anyone. what surprises me is that he is not in the 90th percentile of his adjusted age weight range. nope, he's around the 60th percentile. something must be wrong. look at the photos. don't you think that jasper is hefty??

sebastian was at trampolining today, and for the third week in a row, i chose to be at a triplet-related appointment rather than watch sebastian boing around and collide with friends. poor pet. but i know he had a great time at his class.

he had friends adam and annie over for lunch today (fish fingers and macaroni cheese with broccoli (Shhhh!!!) stirred in). adam is a very verbal young man and so is annie. it was tough for me to observe sebastian trying to keep up with them in conversation, and beginning to stutter and scream in an effort to be heard and get his words out. he desperately wanted to be part of the conversations, but it takes him so much time to get his words out. eventually, i just upped and moved myself away from their lunch table. actually went in to see the triplets, who were sleeping.

sweet little bodies, warm in the darkened room.

carys, asleep, yet eyes open, knees up in the air. hands clasped over chest.

sela, thumb firmly in mouth (see below posts for shots of sela engulfing her thumb), legs akimbo, knees on the ground, other arm flung out at a 90 degree angle to her body.

jasper, on his side, one arm pressed against his head, to ward off the light, possibly. nothing could have woken him.

even though it had been a great day so far, i did wish i could have joined them in what seemed to be happy, deep sleeps.

instead, i kept on keeping on, and had a great time at the china staff awards.

Comments

[Mum aka Mo aka Maureen]

Ah sweetheart. The yearnings of a mother's heart. You are doing a great job of taking care of your fine fearless foursome. Once more into the breach, dear Tess!

xox

[Isabel]

Tess - I used to post on ttc.com and you used to offer sound, sensible, non-fluffy advice as we all slogged our way through IVF. I have been following your story, and that of your darling ducklings, from the other side of the world. Through my second trimester and into my third, I read your website every morning, a growing baby kicking and squirming inside me and tears rolling down my cheeks at your journey. I can't tell you how happy I am to see you all home together, safe and sound. I don't want to get all gushy (the Brit in me overrides living in California!) but I did want to say Hi!, and Hooray! and Hang in there! you're doing an AMAZING job. It's hard enough with one! (Henry Charles Cosmo Pinner was born on July 20th, IVF#3 and worth every injection, every mood-swing and every negative hpt that came before.)

Bless you all - you, Charles, Sebastian and the ducklings. May you continue to swim happily together!