Ordinarily this is where I rehash the last 12 months...but you could read the entire year's worth of blog entries for that.
I will make just a few comments, however, as I have been reflecting on the past year.
I had always thought in the back of my mind that multiples would be fun. Back in the "fertility" days, I even said cool when the doctors warned that some of their treatments could lead to a multiple pregnancy. Wow...how the Lord meets the desires of our hearts...or plants those desires in our hearts, with triplets in His plan all along. Jeff will tell you I was bouncing of the walls when our attorney's office called us to say they had a birth mom expecting triplets.
I had an inkling that a triplet pregnancy was high risk, but really had no idea what all "could" have gone wrong. As I have "met" other triplet Moms in the virtual world and heard their stories, it has been more and more clear to me that the Lord protected our birth mother, and the babies she was carrying at the time. In spite of everything, our birth mom carried the boys to a very healthy gestation of 32 1/2 weeks.
Beyond that, some 32 week delivered babies have much more in the way of issues after delivery. The nurses joked in the NICU that they never had to give the boys more in the way of drugs than a suppository. They grew and developed quickly to the point of release (though it seemed long at the time), and remained healthy throughout the critical Spring season.
Of course, in regard to the adoption, there are the inherent risks as you wait for the delivery and final decision by the birth mother. I do occasionally hear of other "expectant" adoptive parents whose situations fall through. I can't imagine going through that, and am thankful that He has protected us from that twice.
As I reflect, I am overwhelmed by God's goodness to us over the last year. Little more than a year ago we were waiting/praying for a new baby. Most aptly, I had a good friend write me back early last December in reply to our news. Eph 3:20 "He...is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think..."
This season, especially, we are praising the Lord for our 4 healthy happy children.
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Hi, I was goofing off on the internet and found your blog. Wow, identical triplet boys and they are soooo cute! How lucky as an adoptive mom you you hit such a jack pot (Mary is adorable too!). You got your hands full! Haha, I kid, as a triplet mama myself, I *know* how many times you hear that one!
We also adopted triplet boys--by way of Ethiopia--when they were 5 months old. They are now 2 1/2 (just wait, it gets waayyy harder at this age!). Two are identical. ANyhoo, check out my blog:
http://ethiopiantripletland.blogspot.com/
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