Threes Company: First Month

Wow! Its already been a month since the our three angels joined our world. I can't believe it. Seriously! 1 month already in the books. Where did it go? It has gone so fast. It seems like just yesterday I was sitting outside the delivery room talking to country Joe about getting tubes tied and why it doesn't work. Was it really 30 days ago that I held my wife's hand and tried desperately to stop it from shaking like a leaf as our three miracles let out their first cry. 30 days since I first set eyes on our three beautiful babies and looked to my wife to assure her that they were perfect. Has it really been 720 hours since my life's purpose crashed onto my head like a tidal wave spit out of Hurricane Irene's angry eye. Or 43,200 minutes since I felt a love so big in my heart that I literally became concerned that it might burst. Has it really already been 30 days since I became a Father? How does time go bye so fast? Can't I just freeze it, if only for an instant, so I can capture your beautiful faces in my mind and place it so deep in my memory vault that no matter what happens to me for the rest of my life I know in a split second I can access those sights and relive the pure love and joy I felt over and over again. It has been an amazing first month. Every nurse that takes care of you guys absolutely raves about how good all of you are. All we hear every time we come down is that the entire NICU nursing Department is fighting over who gets to take care of the Fordham Triplets. Several nurses have told us that in their 10 or 15 or even 20yrs of experience they have never seen or taken care of a set of Triplets that are so easy. All of you are amazing. Maggie, you took 80ml of formula today in 10 mins. Larkin, your getting so big that I'm afraid by the time the DR discharges you that you will simply stand up and walk out. Kade, your curiosity at this world so far has been a wonderful thing to experience. Every day we come to visit you just open your little eyes and take everything in. Yes, it has TRULY been an amazing first month.

In the past month alone, the three of you have already lived through some of our history's greatest events. You were witness to the greatest Debt crisis our Government has ever experienced. Global stock markets have been more volatile than an Alaskan king crab boat in the middle of a Nor'easter. You were in your beds while the single greatest mass shooting (In Norway) that our world has ever known took place. As I type this paragraph right now the news on the downstairs TV bellows in the background about mass evacuations up and down the eastern seaboard caused by Hurricane Irene's brutal path. A child murderer was set free, a famous singer with beehive hair died unexpectedly, the NFL ended its lockout and the TN Vols received only probation after a 2yr investigation into their former coaches unethical ways.

However, not everything in the past month has been bad. Even though there are times it can seem that our world is filled with hate and violence sometimes feels like it permeates our culture the same way a morning fog blankets a riverbank I am here to tell you that our world is also filled with a lot of the opposite. And never has it been more apparent than it has been over the past month with the three of you. We have had our dinner paid for by a stranger, received money from people at a church we have never heard of, had family come over every day to help paint your nursery and clean out the wreck room and garage (Thanks Mimi and Deda!!!) We have received at least 30 days worth of casseroles and dinners so that KT and I can focus on the three of you when you get home. Other family's with multiples have reached out to us in an effort to help any way they can. We have received more monogramed gifts than I personally knew existed in the world. (Binky's, Bunnies, Blankets, Pillows, Towels just to name a few) We constantly have friends and family ask if they can help in any way. I have heard from friends of mine that I havent seen or talked to in 10+ years asking if they can help out. It truly has been AWESOME! I can tell you right now without a doubt that KT and I may end up being terrible parents but you will not go unloved. There are hundreds of people out there right now, many reading this, that have never met you and already love you. You three are very very special. God gave you to us for a reason. While I may not quite understand all of that reason just yet, I do know one thing. Part of it was to change the way I view the world. Yes, its been a month already. It flew by thats for sure. I can't wait for the hundreds of next months that lie before us. Happy one month Kiddos!

Daddy