Simply Stunning!

Thank you so much mandy for doing these pics! They are gorgeous!

THEY SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!

OMG CAN YOU FREAKING BELIEVE IT!!!

We put them down Sunday night at about 12 AM and they didnt wake up at all until 7 AM! I cannot even believe it! They are almost 5 months old but are really only supposed to be qabout 5 to 6 weeks old! I cannot believe they did it! Every night since then they have been trying to sleep through the night but we usually try to feed them at 4 AM so they dont get too grumpy.

Everybody is doing well. Madelyn is still off of her oxygen and doing great. Parker and Preston are still both off of their meds and we are in the process of weaning their oxygen as well. In fact, they have been off of it all day today. Dahlia still relies on her oxygen pretty heavily so we are being patient with her. They are all getting so big! A week ago Dahlia weighed 11 pounds, Preston was at 10 1/2, Madelyn was at 10, and Parker was at 9 1/2.

So Sunday we had our first outing (not counting doctor's visits) to church! It was great to go back and see all of our friends! The church has helped us out immensly! The babies did so well thanks to the help of Jennifer and Heather! Eva just loved seeing all of her friends again! The babies and Eva all looked so adorable in their matching outfits!

Our precious kiddos getting ready to go to church for the first time

Madelyn in her pretty dress


Dahlia- so pretty

Look at Preston's baby blues

Parker in his Sunday Best!

Eva with her bribery sucker

The whole fam

For all of our close friends and family members, we are hoping to bless the babies July 4th weekend! We are so excited to see everyone! Also, for all of our nurses, if you would like to come see the babies you are welcome anytime! Email me at jkingheritage@yahoo.com!

Our Family is Together Now!

Dahlias's first bath at home! Do you just love those chins :)

All of the babies at the eye doctor---> Note: Madelyn is crying


The King Quads

Some of our favorite nurses Sue and Laura

Here comes Dahlia!

One of the babies' doctors, Dr Perez

Eva waiting for Dahlia

Getting ready to go get Dahlia!

Preston's baby blues!

Parker

Madelyn

Preston

Parker

Preston at his first Pedi appt.

Parker watching his rattle

Mommy and Dahlia in the hospital

Eva and Madelyn

So I am so so sorry that I have not been able to post the latest news, but Dahlia came home on Tuesday! It was bittersweet to leave the NICU because we made so many friends there, but we are so happy to be together for the first time!

So... life is busy, busy, busy! There really is not much down time around here and showers are luxury! Having a toddler in the mix definetly makes things a little more interesting because we are trying to make sure that she does not feel left out. Whenever I gave birth to Eva, we would just sleep when she slept but with the quads we cannot do that because we are playing with Eva. You know I do have to say that one really great thing about them being in the NICU was that our nurses put them on a fabulous schedule, which we couldnt live without! I CANNOT believe the amount of diapers we are zooming through! We are using about 50 to 60 diapers per day for all of our kids! We so appreciate all of those that have donated to our diaper fund, we couldnt have done it without you!

We seem to have some kind of doctors appointment every single day. The babies have an ophthamologist, cardiologist, pulmonogost, pediatric surgeon, and pediatrician they all see. Plus, a program called Early Childhood Intervention has 5 therapists working with the babies to make sure they are progressing well in the developmental department. Volunteers from our church have started coming in to help me with the 11 PM feed so that Trever can catch some zzzzzzs and then he gets up for the 3 AM feed to feed the kiddos by himself. My friend Aundrea also came in the other day to help and it was the first time I was able to get caught up on all of my laundry in a really long time! We really are so very greatful for all of the dinners and help people have offered us. We couldnt do it without you! We actually are so busy most of the time that dinner becomes our only meal of the day.

The babies just had their eye appointments and they all look normal which is such a sigh of relief! Dahlia had an echo right before discharge and her heart still looks really good! The babies are really so sweet! They are just eating up all of the love and attention they are getting! In fact we are spoiling them so much that their "high maintence" status coordinates with who came home first:

Most High Maintence- Madelyn (came home 1st)

Second- Parker (2nd home)

Third- Preston (3rd home)

Fourth- Dahlia (just got home)

So needless to say 4 to 5 months of NICU scheduling and sleep training can be ruined in just a few days at home lol!

We really are having loads of fun though! Until next time.....

Thy will be done....

Well..... This morning Trever got laid off from his job. The spirit was so strong this morning and when his boss called him, we just knew. The company hasnt been doing great pretty much from the very beginning, so it was inevitable. Besides, not very many people are willing to spend 600+ dollars on an MRI in this economy. But, never did we think that right when our quadruplets were born, it would happen. There were 2 offices, and the lousy invester that owned the company told Trever's boss Tuesday night that in 72 hours he would be shutting the doors. So half of the staff would be let go with zero notice. He has been there for 5 years, we were hoping he would have at least another 3.........How do you support 5 children on 0$? How do you support 5 children, 4 of which have extreme medical conditions, with no insurance? I dont know....

All I know is that I have faith that this is the Lord's will for us. We are so blessed to have the 5 most wonderful children and a marriage full of love that could withstand anything. At least we have enough faith to say LET THY WILL BE DONE, and really really mean it......

Can You Even Believe It?!?

Eva meeting Preston for the very first time!

Homeward bound!

Preston on the way home.

Parker, Madelyn, and Preston all snuggled in.

Parker,Madelyn and Preston just getting home from picking up Preston.

Eva kissing Madelyn

Mommy tandem feeding for the first time.

Our sweet little Dahlia on her first easter

Eva on her swing.

Kissy kissy Madelyn and Parker

Mommy, Eva, Madelyn and Parker ( Madelyn is not nursing lol)

Madelyn at the pedi

Parker at his first Pedi appointment

Eva giving Parker his first bath at home

Can you even believe that our little Preston came home yesterday? I mean, it feels like just yesterday that he was on the brink of death and you all rallied around to pray for him! I remember that time so clearly. I remember wondering if I would be able to ever hold him while he was living and wondering if I would be able to raise him! It was a very emotional day for me. I am so glad our little man is home but it was very difficult to leave Dahlia alone in the NICU. I miss her so much! I just cannot wait for the day when we are all together!

So last night was our first night with three babies at home and all I can say was that it was a lot of work but we are loving every minute of it! Between Trever,my sister I we got probably a total of 3 hours sleep max!!! CRAZY!!! There is always at least one baby awake at a time and babies this size just love to grunt and groan like crazy which makes it extremely difficult for us to sleep! I do have to say that we just love being their primary caregivers! It is about dang time :)! The are all such snuggle bugs! They just love to be held! Eva was excited about having another baby and she has not even shown one bit of jealousy! She has acted like a dream amidst all of this chaos!

Parker and Madelyn had appointments with both their Pedi and Pulmonologist this week. They both are being treated for reflux and we found out Parker is tongue tied (thanks to his daddy, Trever had it too). So it is making it a little more difficult for him to eat. Parker has been taken off of all but two of his meds and little miss Madelyn is now off of her oxygen. Dahlia's little heart is miraculously healed because of all of your prayers! Instead of a month to six weeks for her to come home, we are now looking at about another two! I just cannot believe all of the many miracles that we are being blessed with!

Well I better go for now! It is 3 PM and I am thinking I might could actually sneak away to get a shower!

THE GOOD AND THE BAD

Mommy and her babies at home.

Madelyn and Parker reunited for the first time since birth.

Eva meets brother

Parker in the car on the way home

Family pic before we go pick up brother

Well we will start off with the good news...PARKER CAME HOME TODAY! We are so happy to have him home finally! Eva was so happy to meet him! She smiled so big and really did just fine having another one at home! She acted like it was a gift to her, just what I was hoping for! He is doing well so far today and has been awake looking around for most of the day! He has never been held so much! He came home on like 10 different meds so it is quite an adjustment for us. It is so worth it though! Preston should be home in just a few short days too!

The bad....Dahlia is not doing well so if you all would say a quick prayer we would be very grateful! First of all I think I have already mentioned that she has severe reflux.Her bed is elevated and her feeds are the consistency of honey. The reflux is causing her cry to be nonexistent. It just sounds very wheezy when she cries. Also, she has not been able to go down on her oxygen so they did an echocardiogram to check out her heart. That results were not good. It showed that the right side of her heart is enlarged and has been working way to hard. So they have started her on some medicine. You wouldnt believe it but they are giving her Viagra to increase the blood flow in her arteries. They are also increasing the amount of oxygen she is getting just to try and give her heart a break. We are hoping that it will heal. The doctors say it will be another 4 to 6 weeks until she can come home :(.....