Rachel is almost ready to come home.

Rachel was back transfered to Holland Hospital today. Her breathing is much better and has pretty much resolved. Now they are waiting for her to build strength to eat like she should. She is currently eating about 1-1 1/2 teaspoon every three hrs, but she needs to eat 1-2 ounces. So now we are just waiting for her to eat on her own.


Rachel in Emily's arms. What a cutie. She was very alert and snuggled right up to her mommy.

Rachel and Emily

Morgan visiting Baby Rachel and sitting in the grown up chair.

Rachel is off the CPAP Machine. Yeah!!!!!!

The MD's took Rachel off the CPAP machine today and she is doing well. Her sats drop occasionally so they may put her on some oxygen, but not back on CPAP. She is not eating yet and is still being tube fed, but they try and get her to nipple at each feeding. She is currently only getting 5 cc to make sure she doesn't vomit and aspirate on it. Hopefully she will be home soon, but only time will tell. Sorry no new pictures yet. I wanted to wait until some of the tubes and gadgets were off, so that you can really see what she looks like. Hopefully I can get some good ones tomorrow.

Morgan getting ready for Preschool.

Here is Morgan getting aquainted with all the toys and fun stuff at the school.

Here is Morgan with her teacher Mrs Susan.

Again Morgan having fun with all the new stuff and getting to know her new friends.

Morgan is so excited because she gets to go to preschool this year. It is a little early, but we have been blessed with good friends, who due to are unique circumstances, have worked it out so that she is able to start school a little earlier. She is so excited because she gets to make new friends and to leave Mommy's house. (She loves to go anywhere but mommy's house). I think it will be good for her to meet new kids and to have kids her own age to play with two days a week. I know if is tough on her to just have the triplets to play with all day.

Announcing Rachel Kamryn MacPherson!

This is Rachel after getting cleaned up and placed in her crib.

Here she is just after being weighed and is a whopping 6 lbs 9 oz and is 19 inches long.

Here is mom with Rachel shortly after birth. What a cutie (I mean the baby).

Well, Rachel Kamryn MacPherson is here. She was slow in coming but once she had it in her head to come out it was two pushes and she was here. Being a 36 week old preemie, she is having issues with her lungs. She has been diagnosed with Resperatory Distress Syndrome and has been placed on CPAP to make it easier for her to breath. An average baby takes 40-50 breaths per minute and she was taking 80. She was transfered to a neo natal unit about an hour away (mommy's having a hard time being seperated), but I talked with the MD today and she is doing much better and is relaxed and comfortable. Now we will pray that all will continue to go well and she will get to come home in a timely manner. We ask for your prayers as well and want to thank all for the help they have given us. Hope all is well with your families.

Ryan, Emily and Kids.

Morgan Morgan Morgan

Here Morgan is at a Whitecaps game with the whole family. We went to see Daddy's favorite cub, Ryne Sandberg. Our friends the Smedleys came along too. They just love to help with the babies (even Drew was a good sport about it).

Here's Morgan when her cousins were visiting and helping mommy with the babies. She loved playing outside in the pool and wearing her sunglasses.

Bedtime for the Tiplets

Here we are after the babies bathtime and bottle. They get a little playtime and then it is in the crib for the night. This is daddy's favorite time of day.

One Year Older and doing fine.

Today was our 12 month check up and all is well.


Jaxen now weighs 21# 8 oz, and is 31 inches tall. He is our dare devil and nothing keeps him from getting around. He loves to pull up and walk along furniture and to follow daddy around the house. In fact, daddy is his favorite person in the world and if he forgets to take Jaxen along or to say hi, then there is hell to pay.

Joshua is 22 # 8 oz and is 31 inches long. He is our fussy child now, but it is only because he can't quite keep up with his siblings. He is rolling around and has just started to army crawl to toys. He can't go far, so he often wants to be picked up and held. His smile is still the cutest ever especially with that dimple.

Gracie is 22# 5oz and is 30 1/2 inces long. She is our cautious child, but is also quite the drama queen. She crawls around and will pull up on furniture only if someone is nearby. She also does not like to share toys and will scream or throw a tantrum if one of her brothers tries to take one. We still love her though, because she is just so darn cute.

Then there is Morgan. She is just growing up too fast. Her vocabulary is getting bigger and the things she says are just so darn funny. Yesterday during her prayers, she blessed mommy, daddy, the babies and the boys (Andrew and Stefanie's kids), then she said thanks for the crazzzzy fun. We just love her to death.

Well we hope all is well. Keep in touch.