The Miles' Trio: Time flies...

   I realized a couple days ago that I hadn't posted my weekly update - and yet I'm just now getting around to it... I'm still trying to figure out where the days (and weeks) go! Today I blinked and it was 5:00 pm - at least I'd gotten out of my pj's by 10:00 am (quite the accomplishment around here)!
   We are beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel - granted, it's more like a little, tiny speckle of a light, but still it's there... Let me explain. Over the last few days, or rather nights, the girls have all gone 4 hours between at least one nightly feeding! And Ryann went 5 hours one night! I should, however, explain what exactly this means. Unfortunately it does not mean that they sleep for four hours (or that we get to either). Rather, if they eat at midnight (which takes an average of 30 minutes or so) they might get to bed at 12:30/12:45... Now up until the last couple nights - they would then get up at 2:45/3:00 to eat again. But while they did that exact schedule last night - two of them didn't get up until 6:45 to eat again this morning (that's a whole extra hour!). We all feel like new people... sort of. I still woke up last night - or rather, this morning - at 2:00 waiting to hear them (they didn't eat well at they before bed meal). I let the dogs out, decided to pump before - instead of after - feeding them... I think I was up for over an hour before they woke up - my bad. My pump (Rita - yes, I did name her) and I have gotten to be old friends. It's like a second full-time job trying to feed these girls! Right now they're getting 3 or 4 bottles of formula a day and 4 or 5 bottles of breastmilk... but their intake is again on the rise! So the sleeping change is our big news and it's ever changing... writing this I've probably jinxed it and they'll be little pistols again tonight!
   In other news... they were approved for a second synergis shot (helps reduce the effects of RSV) and received that on Friday. While they didn't enjoy the shot - they were weighed again, which we like! And boy did they surprise us. Since their two-month appointment a week and half before they'd all gained over half a pound! Ryann weighed 8 lbs 1 oz, Brynley weighed 7 lbs 5 oz, and Hadley weighed 7 lbs 3 oz! Some of our newborn stuff is actually starting to be too small! Exciting times around here...
   Gama is heading back to Iowa on Thursday, Aunt Bre arrives Thursday for 5 days, and Grandma and Grandpa Miles arrive Friday night for a little over a week... Yep - it takes three people to replace Gama! Ha! It's hard for us to believe how much they seem to change week to week. I recently finished a photobook consisting of pictures from January and February and they don't even look like the same babies! Despite the lack of sleep, the constant feeding, playing, and diaper changes, we wouldn't change a thing! I will advise people to stop telling us that "at least we don't know any different" (in reference to having three at once rather than one) because believe me, we realize there's a difference - just as the person telling us that realizes there's a difference! All we know is that you play the hand you're dealt... and at times we play a little better than others!
   The pictures below are from the last couple weeks... the girls turned 11 weeks on Saturday! How time flies...