Warning: contains nudity (not really)

So we found out the sex of the babies...see if you can figure it out from the ultrasound picture?

Still can't figure it out? Well then let's put some names to these faces, Caleb, Eli (short for Elias), and Thomas Pittsenbarger. Looks like the Pittsenbarger name will live on. Phil and I are very excited that we are having boys, although we would have been just as happy with girls. Here are some advantages and disadvantages we thought of to having boys:

D: There will be more injuries/fights to attend to.

D: Pee on the toilet seat, I know this one all too well from growing up with one brother, now it'll be 3! I guess since I'm out numbered, I'll just have to live with the toilet seat up, at least it will insure it to be dry.

D: My house will be thrashed for years to come.

A: Manual labor. They can help Phil remodel the house by the time they are teenagers.

A: I won't ever have to worry about doing, what I consider, male duties: taking out the trash, mowing the lawn, and cleaning out the basement (I'm putting that one off till they can get to it).

A: This one I'm sure is Phil's favorite, two on two basketball.

JP

Vitamins

So, I could almost endorse Vitamin World. These are the 19 pills I take everyday!

Unattractive Newborns

Here is a picture of mom and dad as newborns, just preparing everyone, don't expect attractive newborns. Considering there is a very small number of cute newborns I don't think ours will be much different. The family said Phil resembled everyones favorite alien, E.T. I think I look like a little piglet or a baby Eskimo. But there is hope, we both did get cuter by the week.

So I'm almost 16 weeks along now, if I have the babies at 32weeks, which is the average for triplets, then I'm already halfway through my pregnancy. But we are hoping to make it to 34 weeks, that would be ideal. FYI we are having our next ultrasound next friday and are we are hoping to find out the sex. No guarantees though.

JP

Belly Progress 8-15 weeks

Pacha tested, Pacha approved

common nicknames we have for the babies:

"los tres mismos"
"the amazing circus peanut trio" (see 8week ultrasound picture)
"pittsenbarger trinity"
"the trips" (short for triplets)
"the three stankbutts"
"same same but different"
"pitts trips"

any other good ones you can think of??? we are starting to run out...

JP

First Kick at 14 weeks

So we started stockpiling baby supplies and we are already running out of room! We bought a bunch of storage caboodles from Ikea. A gently used crib from craigslits (a Baby Italia, real nice, solid wood, supper heavy). A really nice co-worker of Phil's gave us a barely used car seat, a bumbo (kids always look tortured in these things but everyone swears by them so I'll give it a try), and a little bouncy chair-thanks Yosa!. Also, we drove up to Snohomish, Washington (near Seattle) this weekend to pick up a used triplet stroller that Sue and Ed (Phil's parents) bought for us. We got a great deal because brand new triplet strollers cost about $1,000-1,500! I'd carry all three of them on my back before paying that much for something you would only use for 2years.

Also, last wednesday (May 12th) baby C started kicking me during prayer at meeting. It felt like someone was gently flicking me. It lasted a good 20 seconds and it hasn't happened since. It's was really cute but what I've read from other supermoms (moms of super twins) is that it gets old fast, makes sense, I guess 12 appendages (6 arms and 6 legs) can do a lot of damage.

JP

Diet, don't try this at home!

Some of you may have heard of my 4000 calorie/day diet, considering I'm used to consuming 1200-1500calories a day, you can imagine how hard it's been to keep up this quota. I'm still waiting for that voracious appetite that pregnant women are supposed to experience, maybe it's just masked over by all the force feeding I'm doing. At the very least I'm not on the verge of throwing up after my last meal anymore. Anyways here is a sample of what I eat in a day:

-a 500cal, as phil calls it, "mama milk snacks" which is about 12oz of lactose-free whole milk with a carnation instant breakfast mixed in and two scoopfuls of whey protein powder.
-then a breakfast burrito: eggs, cheese, and meat in a flour tortilla, sometimes it seems to weigh about 2 pounds.
-2 high cal snacks (pretzels filled with PB, dried fruit, sunflower seeds)
-lunch is whatever we had for dinner the night before
-soy yogurt with some whey protein and granola mixed in
-snack at home (avocado with lime and chile, poptart(these are actually great cause one is 220cals)+milk, pb&j)
-Dinner whatever Phil makes, no energy to cook anymore, mostly meat (no veggies, takes up too much room)
-Desert or cereal

I was even told not to drink too much water, but instead drink fruit juice since it has calories along with other nutrients. Basically I'm free to eat whatever I want with the exception of soda and candy which I'm not accustomed to anyways. I also discovered that flaming hot cheetos are a great snack. Lots of fat, carbs, iron, and other vitamins!

JP