The Adoption Chronicles

From thevisualmd.com: Something very interesting is happening in this, the start of your second trimester: your little fetus is starting to display his own unique personality. From this point on, different fetuses show different facial expressions. Some research even indicates that certain fetuses may start to smile at 13 weeks. Your baby may have started sucking his thumb! The brain has developed structurally; from this point on its mass will increase greatly.Your little one is looking more and more human. The eyes continue to move forward, and the ears are moving up to their final position. The neck is straighter and stronger, so he can now turn his head. The fetus is beginning to move around more in his amniotic swimming pool, although you can't yet feel those movements.

We were 13 weeks yesterday (Friday January 29) and the bump is getting really firm and growing! I love it! In this pic I'd been playing with Caleigh and she wasn't ready to call it quits. Our pup could play catch all day (as a matter of fact, I'm playing catch with her right now). I think she's going to have to learn to share and realize mom and dad are going to have a lot less time to spend playing with her. I'm sure she adjust just fine after a couple of weeks.

She's three now as of almost two weeks ago but she will always be our baby! Can't wait until she can meet the babies and they can meet her! Caleigh loves kids, especially the little ones. She is very gentle with them. It will be interesting to see what she thinks when they all come home! My loves. So much attention.

Baby C waves "hi" again to everyone, closer to his chin this time. We love you! Babies A and B together. Our two girls!!!!!!!!!!!! Mama is a little excited and proud, can you tell? We were so thankful for three babies no matter what sex they were but I really was secretly hoping for two girls and a boy...or at least a mixture! Thank you God! Amazing. I have no words to describe how we felt during this ultrasound. We didn't even know they'd be able to tell the sexes but as you can see baby C didn't have any troubles telling us he was a boy! Make no mistake. Baby C is a BOY!!!!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!! Hi there my little man! We love you!

Baby C says "hello world!" His hand is up near his head. The perinatologist said they all three are very photogentic! :) Baby C hanging out. They got pictures inbetween them moving around like littel acrobats! They were so busy in there! When I do finally start to feel them it is going to be amazing if they continue to be this active! Baby B profile photograph.

Triplet B waves "HI" to mom and dad! Ha! What a sense of humor she has! A close up of Baby A's profile. Look at that little nose and lips!! Adorable! Baby A with Baby C in the background.

Tomorrow Clint and I go into the Maternal-Fetal Care Clinic for our first perinatologist appointment-or so we hope we get to see a perinatologist and not just a tech. I am SUPER excited though because we'll get to do another u/s and this time have photos printed!!! I will post them some time tomorrow for you all to see too! Last week the babies were really fun to watch just on the not-so-great u/s machine so I bet they will be even more clear on the maternal fetal care center's machine. Plus this week they will be measured for growth too. We hope they are all about the same size but I'm almost certain one will be smaller than the other two. I hope Baby B this time has caught up with the others. Time is going quickly! We'll be 13 weeks on Friday. Only 2 to 3 more weeks before finding out the sexes! Then it will be name picking time! And no, we're not telling anyone the names until their born! :)