Butter Balls of America

It is official Grace is now bigger than Austin! She weighed in at 10lbs. 3.5 oz and 21" .. Austin was 10lbs. 2.5 oz. and 22 1/4" .. yesterday was their 4 month appt. and they did great. It was Mom that was struggling. I have them on my own on Mondays so I packed up all three kids an hour before to drive less than a mile.. it was hilarious. We got through three shots each and home with all kids alive and in tact. Tommy played at the office with toys.. he did amazing! I was very proud considering that he normally wreaks havoc.

We are all doing well, just praying that the kids sleep through the night soon. We have help right now and do not want to let go of the sleep we are getting. Life is much more challenging with three kids when one is a two year old. We find that we are exhausted all the time regardless of how much sleep we get. I don't want to push fast forward through all of their milestones but it would be nice to put them in bed at night and wake up the next morning knowing we all slept.

Update on the insurance situation: We conference called with Accolade today who is supposed to advocate for us and they are  trying to say that we didn't have coverage in 2011 when they were born. We have all of the documentation though saying that we sent our forms on the 27th. This will be interesting to say the very least.. I am eager to see what happens. Ugh.

Hoping all is well with everyone else. . I will write more as time permits. I am kind of a three ring circus right now. :))

Much love,
Erica and Tom

Oh no!

Just when things were starting to feel normal.. A bomb drops on our heads. I got an Explanation of Benefits today that said we owe $220.000.00 to Cedars. Apparently, our rep at BCBS was misinformed when she told me that everything relating to the kids would be under one claim. I'm beside myself right now, waiting for a supervisor to call me back. This was not what I expected at all and am praying it's a bad dream.

On a lighter note, Easter was nice. The kids are getting so big! Grace weighs 9 lbs 11.5 oz and I think Austin is around 10 lbs but we will know more next week at their 4 month check up. Far cry from 2 and 3 lbs!!

More as it happens,
Erica and Tom

Three Month Pictures

Evan though they turned 3 mo old on the 25th of March, I am just now doing their pics. Things are going well.. they are getting bigger each day and sleeping better. Their personalities are starting to come out which is fun. Grace is so mellow.. she only cries when she is hungry .. which is often. She has an amazing appetite but not as amazing as Austin's. That boy can put down some formula. He is averaging about 5 oz. each feed with some 6 oz. binges in there.

We are coming to the end of our time with our night nurse which is heart breaking because we love Bethany so much.. life will be quite a bit different for sure.

I have officially purchased the kid's Easter outfits and will post pics asap. This is going to be fun!

Much love to you all,

Erica and Tom