New Years! Week 13...

Sherri's stomach is really starting to scare me! Ok, I know its going to get huge, but I'm not at all prepared for this yet. I guess with 3 on-board this should not be all that suprising, but I have to keep reminding myself that in a couple of weeks, theoretically at least...we'll be half way to the finish line. We have been told that for trips it is important to carry the babies to the 32 week mark, anything after that is a bonus. We are aiming for 34-35 but of course we don't really have much option but to do the best that we can.
We are spending the week in Phoenix - trying to get a break for the holidays. We've had cool weather but it's still nice to get away. Who knows when we'll have a 'real' holiday again!! Sherri's finding it tough to walk too much so that holds her back from the serious retail therapy! Us guys managed a round of golf, a Canucks vs Coyotes game - and of course multiple games of Monopoly. We took a family picture yesterday so I'll try to post it when I can. Mark loves the hotel...I think he would prefer to live here!



Larson Family Picture Dec. '09

First Pics

So here are the first "real" pictures of our little babies. 12 weeks along, these were taken today, Dec 22/09 on our first visit to Swedish. They looked awesome.

11-Week Update...

Late last week we had Sherri's final ultrasound at the fertility clinic...and we were a little suprised to find out that we wouldn't be going back! It was a little hard to say goodbye to Dr. M. and his staff, their job is "done" and now its on to more specialized care at Univ. of Washington or Swedish. Dr. M. has arranged a more detailed ultrasound at the Univ. of Washington for this Fri (18th Dec), but Sherri has taken care of business and booked an appt at Swedish for next Tuesday. We have "friends" at Swedish and all else being equal would prefer to be there.

Our last ultrasound at Dr. M.'s gave us a pretty good look at the little guys...and I was able to watch them move and wiggle a little. They are about an inch long, so their little movements are amazing. Mark was with us, so he was able to see the "babies" too. Two of the babies seem to be perfect, and the third is a little small, we don't know if this should concern us or not. The detailed ultrasound at Swedish will give us a better idea of how they are all doing - they will spend about 2 hrs studying them. This is standard procedure for triplets, they will check for any sign of abnormalities (Down's, etc...)so by next week we will have the facts. I am looking forward to having the ultrasound done, as Sherri will be 12 weeks and if all is good, we'll be able to actually tell everyone!

December 10/09: Week 10

Where do you begin to explain the journey of bringing into this world another amazing addition to your family...but this time it will be a little different- we are expecting triplets. When the ultrasound tech starts naming the babies by calling out letters of the alphabet...you know you're in trouble!! So thats what we have...officially they are Baby A, Baby B and Baby C, they are currently 10 weeks old (gestation) and yes I have seen them move, kick and squirm. This is for real now, and there's no going back!