Spaghetti - A Triplet Joke!!!

A wealthy man was having an affair w/an Italian woman for several years. One night, during one of the their rendezvous, she confided in him she was pregnant. Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her a large sum of money if she would to to Italy to secretly have the child. If she stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child turned 18. She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was born. To keep it discreet, he told her to simply mail him a post card, and write "Spaghetti" on the back. He would then arrange for the child support payments to begin.

One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused wife. "Honey," she said, "you recieved a very strange post card today." "Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it" he said.

The wife watched as her husband read the card, turned white and fainted.

On the back of the card was written: "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti. Two w/meatballs and one w/out."

Dave got a Job Offer!!!!

WOO HOO!!!!!
Dave was offered a position with Quest to contract out to Pratt and Whitney in Middletown CT!  He will be getting an email with all the details early next week and starts training on Monday Dec. 6th!!!

It is a 45 minute commute for now and he will train on 1st shift for a few weeks and then transfer to 2nd shift and work 3pm to 1130pm.  Even better is that he already knows that he gets Christmas off!  The plant shuts down from Dec 24 thru the 31st.  He won't get paid for the week this year since he will have just started, but at least we know for next year!  He is very excited and it is a HUGE stress off of us!!!! 

We still need to be moved by Jan 3rd so now the next big step is finding a rental place for a few months with the plan to buy a house next summer! We want Lucas to finish the school year at Ledyard, so we plan on finding something local for now.  Ideally we would like his commute to be no longer than 30 min so that will be our strategy when we plan our house search this spring!

Dave has already talked to personal property and they say it will only be 1 or two weeks to move us once we find a place since it will be a local move!  Having the Navy move us this time is a big stress reliever for me with xmas coming!  I know it will be crazy, but I know that we can do it!! ( with help from my local friends of course!! )

Anyway, thanks to all who have been praying for us and now you know what we are THANKFUL for this Thanksgiving!!!!!!

Moms of multiples are freaks of nature

I know that you want an update, but there is nothing to really update! Major stress and looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with my dad and sister!!! We are leaving on Wed at nap and with the holiday short work week, not much to do about the job or house hunts! Saw this on a fellow triplet mom's facebook account and it made me laugh so much I had to repost it here! This actually has happened to me a little bit!

Setbacks = Major Stress!

Well, Dave got word on Monday that he was not offered that job he really wanted in NY! He and I were devastated! I was soo optimistic that I even sent him looking at houses in the area after the all day interview! My cousin was excited at the prospect of having us near and I was very excited to be so close to family! However, it was not meant to be. Dave and I are now under some major stress! We are trying to figure out if we should stay here in CT, move back to PA or what.

Dave has been applying for jobs with the local stores and sending many online applications out this week. He may accept one and then work on going back to school and tyring to apply for the better jobs in a few months. We would need to rent out here somewhere and let Lucas finish the school year. We may move down to PA to be near my sister, or near other family in the northeast. Since we need to move ASAP that puts Dave and I under some major stress and we are having a rough time! I want to be in our new home by xmas since we have final inspection of this house Jan 3rd! The Navy will be able to move us though, so that is one major stress off our backs!

I will keep you posted, but we could definitely use some prayers!!!

16 years!!!

Wow! How is it 16 years already? It seems like just yesterday we were dating while I was finishing my senior year at the University of New Hampshire and Dave was on his very first 6 year enlistment with the Navy!!! I can't imagine my life without him - he has been my rock thru the good times and the bad. We have handled moving to different duty stations every few years, years of infertility, and several long separations just to name a few! My love has continued to grow a little everyday and I am so proud of the great husband, father, and sailor he has become!!!

We are entering a new stage in our lives with his retirement from the Navy this summer and Lucas starting high school, but I am sure we can handle whatever gets thrown at us! I mean we have preschool age triplets along with that high schooler! :)

We had a great day! Dave let me sleep in and made breakfast for me. Then we took the trio to their tumbling class, lunch and then home for naps! We relaxed and tried to figure out our evening plans since my friend Jessica Whitcomb was coming over to babysit for us!! We went and ate at a local Japanese Steakhouse for dinner, got ice cream from Coldstone Creamery, stopped at Target for a few items and then Redboxed a movie before we went home!

I am so thankful for everyday we are together and look forward to many, many more years! I LOVE YOU DAVID!!!!!!!!!