Future 4 triplets A, B and C!

We are the Hupp family, and we're navigating the beautiful chaos of parenthood with our extraordinary identical trio. It all started earlier this spring of 2023. A positive pregnancy test! Oh, the joy of bringing a little one into the world, but had soon come to find it wasn’t just one and it wasn’t just two, but four spontaneous lives from God were placed into our hands. 

At that time, we were stunned, at a loss of words -- What do we do? Where do we begin? Can we handle this? Through lots of prayer, along with support from family and friends we knew this was God's plan for us. We started to make a plan, ask lots of questions, find the perfect doctor and gather information on how to care for multiples. Then after many appointments and exciting milestones -- heartbreak -- our number four, baby D, the singleton was taken to heaven. The reality of losing one made us realize not only that we needed the comfort and support of our family but specific medical care to give our remaining identical triplets the best chance --- We had to leave our South Dakota homestead life behind. We picked up our belongings, including our flock and moved home to our family in Colorado.

The struggle to navigate decisions that could affect us for the rest of our lives was challenging and even more so with the urgency to find proper care for our children, a home and a job to financially support our rapidly growing family. Decisions had to be made quickly. With a high risk pregnancy, there was nothing but pressure to figure it all out while getting enough rest. The fear, the tears, the hope and the long conversations about being first time parents with one only income, the pressure of having to give up our homestead and the loss of one of our babies was overwhelming most days. The thoughts and prayers from our loved ones that the remaining blessings would continue to grow in the womb brought us peace in the quiet moments.

The team of doctors set a due date for the C-section for October 17th - that was the target we wanted to hit. God had other plans— they arrived on September 25th at just 32 weeks. Our boys were born and our lives together began in the NICU. My heart aches for the other NICU parents, as we have experienced it firsthand. Seeing your children be rolled away in a plastic box, with unknown tubes in and around them, a fleet of doctors with each baby, was terrifying.

All we remember after birth were those crucial moments and the survival of our children depended on others -- well trained medical staff and the fingers of God would be our only hope. 

But that does not take the ache and sorrow away. Not being able to hold your baby the moment they enter the world and in our case, babies, was unbearable. After hours of waiting, we finally were able to see our children, hold their tiny hands and gaze in awe at the miracle of their small delicate bodies. Immense amount of love and emotion washed over us ---- we were parents of these beautiful boys --- God chose us!

The NICU has become our second home. We were grateful for the care they’re receiving! This journey has brought on a roller coaster of emotions, wondering will they meet the milestones and pass every test to eventually come home. The travel time, the hospital time, very little sleep --all of it is exhausting. Our boys' fighting spirit has been nothing short of inspiration for us to make any sacrifice required as they have given their all. Each day brings new challenges but also immeasurable moments of hope and love as they are still fighting for their place in this world.

As parents, our hearts swell with pride and gratitude and our primary focus will always be the well-being of our little ones. We have made sacrifices to get to where we are now. We have a very small home packed to the brim with our homestead remnants. We decided to re-home the flock of 80 chickens, ducks, turkeys, and peafowl that we brought with us --- it has become evident that the boys need all of our attention as we transition into the next chapter of life.

We wouldn’t change any moment about our new life and the parts we have pieced together to survive but the new unexpected twists have brought about financial challenges that stretch beyond our means. Unfortunately, our current space and home is limited and with three rapidly growing boys they will require more of everything, including space to grow. So we are in a time of need of just about everything.

We pray our sacrifices are only temporary and we can one day have the homesteading life we had planned for our family. The hard working life of living on a farm, passionately caring for animals that provide, learning how to work with nature instead of against and teaching the importance of growing nutritious food. Ultimately our goal is for our three little boys to one day become men and take what we’ve taught them to turn it into a beautiful simple life that they can share with their families.

So now we ask with an open gracious heart, can you help lessen the financial gap we are experiencing? Your generosity would lift some of our burdens. Provide us additional resources or guide us to be apart of programs we may not have thought of. It would support the essential items, living expenses, monthly rent, estimates of 730 diapers per month, wipes, hiring extra help or a night nurse for unexpected medical needs. Most of all, to empower our family to keep our homestead dreams alive and nurture our boys in a natural way, keeping our journey as a family on track with our morals and values . To find land, with acreage and possibilities whether it needs improvements or an existing house with barns— a start to making the life we dream of possible.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for listening to our story and for choosing to be part of our boys' future and the loving start they deserve. May God bless your family as He has blessed ours. Please keep the Hupp Family in your prayers as we need that most of all ---We ask God daily to open the doors he sees fit to make a way for us.