McMahon Family Update

For those of you who keep checking our blog, (Paulette Grieve) we apologize for our lack of blog entries these past few months. Let's just say that our lives are very different now that the girls are home from the hospital, and I have a hard time finding any free time in my schedule to sit at the computer and write.
We cannot thank you enough for your faithful prayers. The girls are both doing extremely well. We have regular appointments with our pediatrition, the infant development center as well as the neonatal follow-up program at BC Children's Hospital for developmental assessments and we're always encouraged by the news that we receive. Makaila is "on track" with her development and is acting like a healthy full-term baby weighing in at a whopping 11.9 lbs. Faith is a little smaller (only 11 pounds), and is doing the same things as her younger sister - she's just a few weeks behind. Countless doctors and nurses that we have come in contact with along the way have stated that our girls are doing 'absolutely amazing' for all that they've been through - and we wouldn't say anything different. The Lord has given us the gift of two absolutely beautiful miracle babies - and an incredible story to tell as well.
On the practical side of things, we've had a constant stream of house guests staying with us to help us out. My mom has been here a total of eight weeks since the girls have been home from the hospital. Graham's parents and my sister have also come to help us out for a week at a time. We're now just getting to the point (almost 4 months later) where we no longer have people phoning to ask us when we want them to stay and help us out. I have several close friends who live in Abbotsford who have also been a huge help - whether it's volunteering to take Isaiah so that I can have a break, helping to clean my house or feed the babies - they've all been amazing.
We're looking forward to a fun summer filled with lots of friends and family and a few trips along the way. In one more week one of my best friends will be visiting for a few days from Saskatchewan with her husband and daughter. We then have a friend staying with us the last weekend of June. In early July I plan on taking the kids to Courtenay for one week while Graham is away in Oregan on a youth trip. We also have plans to head to Kelowna to celebrate my grandmother's 85th birthday at the beginning of August, and have scheduled our own family vacation the first three weeks in September. We're just hoping that some time in between all of these events we'll manage to find time to finish painting our house!
All in all...life seems to be settling into routine now. I'm no longer completely 'freaked out' to be left home alone with all three of my children :-) All I can say is "hats off" to those women who have triplets!!!