23 weeks: Visitors - part one

This week brought much entertainment. My mom came to visit on Thursday and stayed for a week. Well I should say she came to visit, but spent most of her time working on various craft projects around the house and making us some yummy food. She managed to complete all of her projects (and a couple late additions) while she was here. I'm not sure it was a vacation for her, but Brant and I sure enjoyed her visit.

Turns out while my mom was here there was a sale put on by a parents of multiples group. Brant and my mom went to this sale to hunt for some good deals on 'specialty' items. I couldn't go to the sale as there was too much standing/walking involved. They came home with a couple of good finds, but no magic stroller. I am still looking for a stroller that holds three kids, weighs 20lbs, and folds into the size of a small suitcase (therefore fitting into the trunk of our car). So far, this stroller doesn't exist - but a girl can dream...

On the way home from the sale when stopping for an emergency vehicle, someone rear ended them. Everyone was just fine and the woman took full responsibility (hey that's why they are called accidents, right?). Our car is still drivable with only minor bumper and tail light issues so overall we are very lucky.

On Sunday we got a visit from Brant's dad who was driving from Seattle to Indiana and was able to swing by Chicago on the way even though it was snowing(!) We all had brunch and were able to catch up a bit even though we just had a short time together. It was pretty surreal to see two people from Seattle in the same week :)

Brant went on his final work adventure for a while. Since we are in such a 'special' situation with our triplets, we mutually thought it was best to eliminiate travel during my neediest time. It is amazing, I really am pretty useless these days. Just sitting up for a 1/2 hour or so is exhausting - which makes me pretty useless when it comes to chores around the house. He went to DC for a couple days which is why my mom was here when she was. I can still technically be alone and I am not technically on complete bed rest, but my energy level quickly dissipates so having someone around to help is great.

We also finalized that we are moving to LA, Pasadena (Caltech) specifically. We know we will be moving in late August or early September but that is all the details we have for now. We are trying to not worry about it too much as currently we need to just focus on getting these kids big and strong and not born before June no matter how hard they try to push with their playing/kicking/punching.