The Hininger Triplets: Pre Party Catch Up!

I am so behind on blogging!!! We have been so busy the last couple of months. The boys are now pulling up on everything and walking along the furniture and behind push toys. I can't believe how big they are getting. We have been teething a lot around our house lately. Here is the official tooth count: Cade # of teeth 0! I can't even begin to tell you how many times I have said " now he MUST be finally getting a tooth", but to no avail our tooth count still rests at a big fat zero. We may need to look into getting him some dentures soon :). Alex's tooth count is at 3 1/2. He has his two bottom teeth and one and a half top teeth. Connor now has 4 teeth and I can see two more getting ready to come in on top. I'm still amazed that he was the first to get a tooth. That was not what I would have predicted, but lets face it nothing about the last year and a half of our lives have been very predictable!

The boys battled through two nasty viruses in April and May. They all had runny noses and coughs and we ended up with three ear infections (5 infected ears total) that took two rounds of antibiotics to cure. The first virus also really took its toll on Connor. He ended up with bronchitis and we were sent home with a nebulizer to give him breathing treatments at home. About three weeks later the boys caught another virus that was very similar. They had runny noses and were coughing. On the night before labor day Connor really started wheezing so being a Sunday I took him to the pediatric urgent care. They gave him several breathing treatments there and then sent us to St. Francis where he was admitted for three days. Poor little Connor was such a trooper! It is so hard to have a baby that wants to crawl around everywhere hooked up to oxygen and an IV and stuck in a hospital room. I really feel for parents that have children that need extended stays in the hospital. It is such a difficult situation to be in. I barely got to see Alex and Cade for those three days and that was so hard. Luckily my amazing friend Megan and my Mom and Dad came to the rescue and really helped out with the boys! We are truly blessed to have such great friends and family!

The only other new news is that I went back to work one day a week. We found a great babysitter that watches the boys one day a week so that I can work. It has been so nice and is the perfect balance for me. I get one adult day a week and I can keep my ultrasound skills up to par. I do have to admit that the first couple days that I was working I really missed the boys, but I think it has been a really good thing for all of us.