80 Teeth. (The Tooth Fairy Better Have a Good Savings Plan in This Economy)

Sure the talk of the nation is interest rates, drops in the stock market, and the financial mess we’ve made, but we’re wondering what affect this will have on the Tooth Fairy’s investments and savings.  After all, we will have 4 mouths that will soon need her services.  All 80 baby teeth passed inspection at …

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Keepin’ It Real Rewinds 12

First Trimester: Although it’s a bit of a blur now, the uncertain days of the first trimester seemed to last a lifetime.  Every week, we returned to my RE (Reproductive Endocrinologist) to complete blood work and count heartbeats while we held our breaths. Although we knew that one or more of the embryos disappearing or …

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Keepin’ It Real Rewinds 10

I don’t know if I’ll get through this post without fighting back tears, but I’ll give it my best shot… Two weeks after the shock of our lives, (finding out we were expecting triplets), I found myself back on that same cold table, staring blankly at the black and white screen.  I immediately saw the …

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Keepin’ It Real Rewinds 08

If you are new to 4tunate, you might be new to KIRR (Keepin’ It Real Rewinds). I’m in the process of getting our story down on "paper", detailing our journey of infertility that led to an extreme high risk quadruplet pregnancy.  You can catch up on the Rewind Series HERE. After finding out that we …

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We’re All (Infected) Ears!

5/8 quad-ears are "ILL" as the on-call pediatrician described them yesterday.  Henry has a double. We made 2 trips to the immediate care clinic. (Can you believe Brad hauled 3 of them there by HIMSELF? Yep, that’s my man! Sorry, Babes, just had to tell on ya! It’s quite impressive, after all!)  Shortly after finding …

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If You Look Up Miserable in the Dictionary….

You might find an illustration similar to this picture of Brooks: The boys (minus Isaac) have been suffering from a respiratory illness going on a week now. We’d like to kick it out of our house and home, but it keeps on lingering. Good news is their O2 saturations are well in the acceptable range …

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All Aboard! Next Stop: Pediatrician’s Office

Choo! Choo! Here they are (front to back) Clark, Henry, Brooks, and Isaac sporting their Colts‘ Blue for Blue Friday. Hopefully our Colts can “chug” on to another victory on Sunday to make us a perfect “7” (7-0). This is our new Choo-Choo Wagon. Do you like it? It was highly recommended from other higher …

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Scale Tippin’ at 7 Months

*********************************************I interupt this post to inform you of some eventful news live from the Murray house. Brooks Layton Murray is exhibiting 2 lower teeth! They appear to be central incisors. That brings the Murray Quad Tooth Count to 4! Henry 2, Brooks 2. Stay tuned here to 4tunate as we bring live teeth updates, as …

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