The Lenzendorf Family: 07/01/2007

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Pictures from 1st trip to Nana and Papa's

As stated in a previous post, we made our first trip across the state to Nana and Papa's. It was an experience for all of us. A little bit stressful, but a good trip. The kids got to meet a few family members. Enjoy the pictures.

Jen

Zach and Aunt Jeanne

Zach laughing it up with Aunt Jeanne

Jeremy's Aunt Christine and cousin Amy with Liz

Jeremy's cousin Amy with Liz

Jeremy's Aunt Christine with Zach

Casey found a comfy place to sleep

Great Grandma Dorothy with Alex

The Lenzendorf grandkids

Nana feeding Zach with 3 supervisors

Great Grandma Dorothy feeding Liz

Jeremy feeding Alex

July Pictures

As promised...lots of pictures:

7/3 - Liz exhausted from playing

7/3 - Baylee whispering in Zach's ear

7/3 - Baylee laying with the boys

7/3 - The boys in Alex's crib

7/4 - Alexing boxing on the floor gym

7/4 - Liz and Alex holding hands

7/5 The trips in 4th of July onesies (thank you Nan!)

7/5 - Alex

7/5 - Liz

7/5 - Zach

7/9 - Baylee napping with Liz and Zach

7/9 - Trips with their puppies and bunny

7/15 - Liz with Heather

7/17 - Trips napping all in Alex's crib

7/17 - Zach watching TV

7/19 - Trips watching Baby Einstein (they love it!)

7/20 - Baylee snoozing with the boys

7/25 - Me trying to keep all kids smiling

7/28 - Nana and the trips

7/28 - Papa and the trips

7/30 - Trips playing after morning feeding

7/30 - Alex

7/30 - Liz

7/30 - Zach

Hope you all enjoyed them.

Love, Jen

Monday, July 30, 2007

Answers to commonly asked questions

Okay, this is the other part I wanted to add to the previous post. People have asked and/or wondered some of the following things, so I thought I would share with all of you the answers.

1. Do you have help during the day?
Nope, it is just me and the 2 dogs and 2 cats, which do not really contribute to helping but love to make more work for me. Gotta love 'em!!! :)

2. How do you do it?
To tell the truth, I am not completely sure. I do know that without the organization, schedule and routines I would probably be bald or need a rubber padded room or in the looney bin!!! If any of you have been around me and things happen out of the routine, I get a little stressed. Not only am I needing the structure but so do the kids. You can tell when something has happened that normally does not happen.

3. Do you enjoy being a mom?
Well of course. I did not fight for 6 years for nothing. Yes, even the bad moments are not so bad. When you have been faced with the possibility that you may never be a mom, you look at things A LOT differently. I tried not to complain while I was pregnant and I try not to complain about parenthood. It is a very tough job.

4. Are you getting enough sleep?
I am getting more sleep, is it enough- some mornings yes, other mornings no. It all depends on how many times they are up during the night and what kind of day we have had. The kids have been sleeping thru the night for some time. Their schedule now is bedtime is about 10pm and they wake about 8am. Sometimes they are up about 5 or 6am to get a diaper change but that is getting to be less and less. We are really blessed to have good sleepers. Somedays I wonder how I ever did it on 2 to 3 hours of broken sleep! :)

5. How big are they?
Well we have not had an official weight recently but I weighed them on the scale with me and the boys were about 14 pounds and Liz was about 12 pounds. We just went thru a size change which was a challenge, so they are currently in size 3-6 months. We have been blessed with so many donations of clothing - the kids have very nice wardrobes. Thank you to each and every person that have given clothing to the kids, all is very appreciated!!!

6. Are you going back to work?
I had my official first day back this last Saturday. I looked forward to it. Seeing other adults was very nice. I remembered most everything. There were a few things I was fuzzy on but nothing too serious, little stupid stuff. :) I am hoping to put in a Saturday here and there.

7. What thing do you dislike the most?
I absolutely could do without cutting fingernails and toenails. I worry so much about cutting them and feel awful when I get one too short. Not to mention I have 60 to cut!! :(

8. What is the thing you like best?
One on one time with each child. It does not happen as often as I would like but it is amazing to have a little conversation with them. Having them look at me like I am their world.

9. How have I changed?
Too many ways to list but I have three main hair dos - piggy tails, pony tail, or back with a scrunchy; I usually get spit on once a day and need to change; my daily things to do list is very short and even then it sometimes does not get done; I don't worry as much about my house being clean; and I don't take little things for granted; but it is all worth it!!!

10. Do you want visitors?
Yes, most definitely!!! We want to introduce the kids to everyone. It will help socialize them as well. All we ask is to let us know when you would like to stop by.

Hope you enjoyed this post I enjoyed writing it. The pictures will be the next post, I promise. :)

Jen:)

July Update

Hello everyone. Time has gotten away on us again. We have been trying to get a post put on the blog for awhile, so my mission today was to get something on here. I will be putting another post on with July pictures.

July has been another busy month:

In the beginning of July the kids went to the pool in Kewaskum for the first time with their cousin Alexis. They did ok for their first outing. We got a few weird looks when we came on the beach with the triplet stroller. Liz and Alex did not mind the water too much but Zachary was not pleased at all.

The following weekend was our anniversary and Jeremy's birthday. Jeremy took off Thursday and Friday after the 4th and Monday (his birthday), so it was nice to hang out as a family for a few days in a row.

The weekend of the 14th the boys went to grandma's house for the day while Jeremy went fishing. Liz got to stay home with me to help me scrapbook with a couple of girlfriends. Jeremy and I both enjoyed doing some things we have not done in a while.

The weekend of the 21st was our first major trip. We took the kids to Nana and Papa's for the first time and as a trial run for a trip in the beginning of August. It was interesting and stressful for all of us. The car ride was a long for them. We left after the morning feeding hoping to arrive before the next feeding. The last 20 minutes or so of the ride we listened to Alex scream. We arrived and ran in to fix bottles and unload the kids. By the time we got everyone changed and eating we had three very upset kids. Liz and Zach did pretty well with meeting a lot of new people. Unfortunately Alex did not have the best time. We spent most of Saturday trying to comfort and settle Alex - he only was comfortable being with Jeremy or I. On Sunday Great Grandma Lenzendorf came over to see the kids. The kids' cousins - Mackenzie, Morgan, and Madalyn - got to each hold a baby. We again left right after a feeding. On the way home we stopped twice but ended up with the same results - Alex and Zach screaming. We learned a lot from the trip and hope the next one will be better.

This last weekend Nana and Papa were here. They each held all three babies at once which looks easier than it is.

Next weekend will start our busy August. We have our next trip across the state for Jeremy's cousin's wedding. Grandma and Grandpa are making the trip with us as they are the babysitters for the wedding. The kids will get to meet a lot more of their family.

I was going to write one more part but it is 4pm and I have 2 dogs and 2 cats that want to be fed and 2 out of 3 kids yelling to tell me there are done taking a nap. So I am just going to get this posted before it gets really hectic. I will try posting the other part and pictures later, but I am not promising that it will get done! :)

Love, Jen

Friday, July 6, 2007

June pictures

Hello all. Sorry it's been so long since we've posted new pictures. We had a busy June - baptism, wedding, and trip to the NICU. These are all pictures from the month of June. We had issues with our digital camera at their baptism on Father's Day or we would have pictures from that also.

The kids are doing great. Today we finally got confirmation that Zach is good to stay off his heart rate/apnea monitor! Their weights as of 6/20 were 11.3 pounds for Alex, 10 pounds for Liz, and 10.9 pounds for Zach. They're gaining well, so probably have put on a pound or two since then.

Love,
Jeremy and Jen

Nurse Judy with Alex: