Jaiden Jaan
Ariya Bella
Kailen Ishaan
Some more pics from today....
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Week 31 and Counting!!!
Geeta is doing really well and the babies are growing very healthily. In fact they are much larger than we thought they would be at this stage and they have a good chance of cracking the 4lbs mark, which is really good for triplet babies. Arya Bella is estimated to be 3 lbs 9oz, while her two nameless brothers are thought to be 3lbs 6 oz, and 3 lbs 14 oz respectively. Yes – they are still nameless but we are close to choosing their names. Mommy is starting to have practice contractions, also known as Braxton Hicks contractions, which are quite normal at this stage but serve as a friendly reminder that things could happen at anytime.
Last week we got a 3D ultrasound video done, which was a huge disappointment. The babies are so squished together that you can’t really see anything. We’ll try to post a clip of it in our next posting. We also finished our pre-natal classes...thank god!
We thought it would be interesting to take a poll. Give us your best guess (poll on top right of page). What week will Geeta deliver in?
Geeta and I really are hoping to get the long weekend together before the babies come – it could be our last one alone for some time! We’re thinking about all the fun things we could do next weekend. This past weekend, our good friends, Rob and Amanda visited us from Ottawa. It was really nice to have some fun after so many weekends of hard work preparing for the little ones.
I’m continuing to ‘enhance’ my cooking skills, which is quite funny for many of our friends who know how much I hate cooking….but the truth is I’m not minding it all that much. I can’t make anything fancy but I’m getting better! Geeta insisted I post a picture of my cooking activities to prove it; so here it is.
Keep you posted – the next few weeks promise to be very exciting. We’re getting really excited about meeting our little angels that keep poking us at night. Some pics from this morning.
Last week we got a 3D ultrasound video done, which was a huge disappointment. The babies are so squished together that you can’t really see anything. We’ll try to post a clip of it in our next posting. We also finished our pre-natal classes...thank god!
We thought it would be interesting to take a poll. Give us your best guess (poll on top right of page). What week will Geeta deliver in?
Geeta and I really are hoping to get the long weekend together before the babies come – it could be our last one alone for some time! We’re thinking about all the fun things we could do next weekend. This past weekend, our good friends, Rob and Amanda visited us from Ottawa. It was really nice to have some fun after so many weekends of hard work preparing for the little ones.
I’m continuing to ‘enhance’ my cooking skills, which is quite funny for many of our friends who know how much I hate cooking….but the truth is I’m not minding it all that much. I can’t make anything fancy but I’m getting better! Geeta insisted I post a picture of my cooking activities to prove it; so here it is.
Keep you posted – the next few weeks promise to be very exciting. We’re getting really excited about meeting our little angels that keep poking us at night. Some pics from this morning.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Little Ships and Big Ships
Life has become very busy since we got back from the holidays, but has also been very productive. Frankly, Geeta and I arrived back in Toronto on the 1st of January feeling a bit stressed - at the time, none of our big ticket items had been completed. We’re happy to say that we’ve made a big dent in our to-do list with most of the big ticket action items being completed or close to it.
Our big ship (our min-van) and our little ship (our triplet stroller) have both arrived! Our little ship comes complete with a steering wheel and brakes – LOL! Our big ship is a Honda Odyssey. Yes – As much as we hate to admit it, we are now mini-van people. Believe it or not, our stroller barely fits inside our van. It’s kind of embarrassing taking out either of our ships, but we’re getting used to it. We can already tell that our triplet stroller is quite the attention grabber – we get a lot of questions about it and we can already foresee that spending time in public with our three little ones may not be as private as we’d like.
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve also been able to finally secure a parking spot in our building, purchase and take delivery of our baby furniture, secure a nanny, get the car seats, and put together most of the baby accessories – phew!…we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be setting up the house a bit more and completing some last minute items – hopefully there is a bit of time to relax.
Geeta is doing great! She’s keeping healthy, and the babies are doing really well. The babies are almost 3 lbs each now and we’re hoping they stay in mommy’s tummy for a few more weeks. They love to kick and play – in fact if you keep your arm around Geeta’s belly as she sleeps you can feel all three of them kicking and prodding. It is so amazing to feel them. Sometimes, when I put my hand on her belly, it almost feels like the babies’ are trying to feel the contours of my hand…it’s so incredible! What’s also amazing is how the babies respond to music by my favourite band, U2. I play a lot of U2 music in the house and it’s incredible to see how they recognize it and start kicking (we’d like to think they're dancing) when it comes on.
Geeta is 29 weeks pregnant now and has crossed the critical 28 week milestone for triplets. The doctors thinks that Geeta will now deliver in mid-February, a bit earlier than anticipated; so we’ve only got only a few weeks to go! Every week counts at this point and we’re going to fight for every last day. The longer the babies stay in mommy’s tummy, hopefully the shorter the hospital stay will be for them. Next week the doctors will give the babies a shot of steroids to help their lungs develop rapidly in the event that they come a bit earlier than expected. We are aiming for 32 weeks and are hopeful that they will be close to 4 lbs each when they arrive. That may sound small but it is actually a really good weight for triplet babies. Below is a graphic indicating the positions of the babies in mommy’s tummy.
With Geeta having to stay off her feet these days, I’ve had to finally learn how to cook ;) Yes – cooking has never been a strong spot for me and I’ve never been too interested in learning. I’m pleased to report that I’m getting better at it and am actually enjoying it a bit too. Geeta typically will teach me one or two meals per week and I’ll jot down the recipe so that I can repeat it. I’m getting quicker at it now and must say that my Mac and Cheese has come a long way!
With work keeping me extremely busy these days and Geeta out of commission, it has been quite the challenge to juggle everything on the home and works front. It has been really touching for Geeta and I to see some of our friends going out of their way to lend a hand.
Our big ship (our min-van) and our little ship (our triplet stroller) have both arrived! Our little ship comes complete with a steering wheel and brakes – LOL! Our big ship is a Honda Odyssey. Yes – As much as we hate to admit it, we are now mini-van people. Believe it or not, our stroller barely fits inside our van. It’s kind of embarrassing taking out either of our ships, but we’re getting used to it. We can already tell that our triplet stroller is quite the attention grabber – we get a lot of questions about it and we can already foresee that spending time in public with our three little ones may not be as private as we’d like.
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve also been able to finally secure a parking spot in our building, purchase and take delivery of our baby furniture, secure a nanny, get the car seats, and put together most of the baby accessories – phew!…we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be setting up the house a bit more and completing some last minute items – hopefully there is a bit of time to relax.
Geeta is doing great! She’s keeping healthy, and the babies are doing really well. The babies are almost 3 lbs each now and we’re hoping they stay in mommy’s tummy for a few more weeks. They love to kick and play – in fact if you keep your arm around Geeta’s belly as she sleeps you can feel all three of them kicking and prodding. It is so amazing to feel them. Sometimes, when I put my hand on her belly, it almost feels like the babies’ are trying to feel the contours of my hand…it’s so incredible! What’s also amazing is how the babies respond to music by my favourite band, U2. I play a lot of U2 music in the house and it’s incredible to see how they recognize it and start kicking (we’d like to think they're dancing) when it comes on.
Geeta is 29 weeks pregnant now and has crossed the critical 28 week milestone for triplets. The doctors thinks that Geeta will now deliver in mid-February, a bit earlier than anticipated; so we’ve only got only a few weeks to go! Every week counts at this point and we’re going to fight for every last day. The longer the babies stay in mommy’s tummy, hopefully the shorter the hospital stay will be for them. Next week the doctors will give the babies a shot of steroids to help their lungs develop rapidly in the event that they come a bit earlier than expected. We are aiming for 32 weeks and are hopeful that they will be close to 4 lbs each when they arrive. That may sound small but it is actually a really good weight for triplet babies. Below is a graphic indicating the positions of the babies in mommy’s tummy.
With Geeta having to stay off her feet these days, I’ve had to finally learn how to cook ;) Yes – cooking has never been a strong spot for me and I’ve never been too interested in learning. I’m pleased to report that I’m getting better at it and am actually enjoying it a bit too. Geeta typically will teach me one or two meals per week and I’ll jot down the recipe so that I can repeat it. I’m getting quicker at it now and must say that my Mac and Cheese has come a long way!
With work keeping me extremely busy these days and Geeta out of commission, it has been quite the challenge to juggle everything on the home and works front. It has been really touching for Geeta and I to see some of our friends going out of their way to lend a hand.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Back from the holidays
Happy New Year everyone!!
It’s been a while since we’ve updated our blog. We’re back from the holidays..... back from Ottawa. I was there since December 11th. Sacha joined me there on December 23rd and we came back to Toronto on the 1st of January.
It was a great trip except for the fact that we both got pretty sick near the end. I got a 24 hour stomach bug and Sacha caught a really bad cold. We’re now both recovered and happy to be home to start on the nursery.
The first Saturday when we got to Ottawa, my sister threw us a baby shower. It was such a nice surprise and a wonderful time to catch up with all my friends!
On December 20th my mom threw me yet another shower. This one was a little more traditional and it was with family friends and relatives.
Sacha and I were both overwhelmed by everyone's generosity. I’ve posted a few pictures below of both showers......
It’s been a while since we’ve updated our blog. We’re back from the holidays..... back from Ottawa. I was there since December 11th. Sacha joined me there on December 23rd and we came back to Toronto on the 1st of January.
It was a great trip except for the fact that we both got pretty sick near the end. I got a 24 hour stomach bug and Sacha caught a really bad cold. We’re now both recovered and happy to be home to start on the nursery.
The first Saturday when we got to Ottawa, my sister threw us a baby shower. It was such a nice surprise and a wonderful time to catch up with all my friends!
On December 20th my mom threw me yet another shower. This one was a little more traditional and it was with family friends and relatives.
Sacha and I were both overwhelmed by everyone's generosity. I’ve posted a few pictures below of both showers......
Friday, December 18, 2009
Christmas Update
Geeta is keeping healthy and is doing great. The ‘Three Musketeers’ are keeping mommy hungry and are starting to kick a lot! In fact you can even see them poking out of Geeta’s tummy when they kick – kind of like that Maltese commercial on t.v.
Our eight year old nephew, Rohan, has taken a real interest in his Masi’s (means aunt in hindi) pregnancy asking all kinds of curious little questions about his soon to be cousins. He has even offered to raise one of them to help us out :)
Geeta is in Ottawa at the moment, allowing her mom to feed her a feast every night. I’ll be hurrying home to Ottawa as soon as work gets a little lighter next week.
Our eight year old nephew, Rohan, has taken a real interest in his Masi’s (means aunt in hindi) pregnancy asking all kinds of curious little questions about his soon to be cousins. He has even offered to raise one of them to help us out :)
Geeta is in Ottawa at the moment, allowing her mom to feed her a feast every night. I’ll be hurrying home to Ottawa as soon as work gets a little lighter next week.
Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas
A few new pics from a recent photo session we did about a month ago to capture this milestone moment in our lives.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Princess Ariya and her Entourage
Just like with any sprawling city, real-estate is precious and there is nowhere to grow except outwards. As I come into my 5th month of pregnancy the babies have all taken up a piece of “real-estate” and have spread themselves out. Our two boys are sharing the bottom and our baby girl has claimed the whole top half to herself. She has spread herself out and has quite a bit of room to herself. In fact lately she’s squishing my stomach and causing some unwanted acid into my oesophagus that is hurting me. I’m back to sleeping on the lounger in the living room. All babies are very active but they call our girl super active. She loves to kick around, use her hands (it looks like she’s saying hi to us), and do somersaults!
The good news is that we’ve chosen our baby girls name...... don’t hold us to it but we think it will be Ariya Bella Gera.
The bad news is that we still can’t agree on any boy names ;-)
Here are a few pictures from the anatomy scan at 19.4 weeks:
Trip C = Girl; Trip B = Boy on the right; Trip A = Boy on the left
The good news is that we’ve chosen our baby girls name...... don’t hold us to it but we think it will be Ariya Bella Gera.
The bad news is that we still can’t agree on any boy names ;-)
Here are a few pictures from the anatomy scan at 19.4 weeks:
Trip C = Girl; Trip B = Boy on the right; Trip A = Boy on the left
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