Will - what a great smile!!
Logan- love that smile!!
Jessica - best smile yet!!
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Latest pics - 6 month photos
Will - what a great smile!!
Logan- love that smile!!
Jessica - best smile yet!!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Happy Belated Mother's Day !!
I hope that all the great moms who read this blog had a great day yesterday! I know that I had a very nice one myself. I got to take a late morning nap after Dave made me breakfast and we fed the trio. After the trio's afternoon nap we went out for an early dinner. We took the whole clan to Abbott's Lobster in the Rough! It was awesome. Everybody of course commented "you have your hands full" and "happy mother's day" and "boy are you busy" were the top three comments of the day. LOL Anyway, the restaurant is right on the water and it was a little windy, so we sat inside the covered area. The food was great as usual. Dave, Vani and I had lobsters and steamers and Lucas had extra steamers. Money is tight, but it was fun to splurge a little! After dinner Vani treated everyone to ice cream from our favorite place - Cold Stone Creamery. They have the best ice cream around. I love their Cookie Doughn't You Want Some. It is french vanilla ice cream with bits of cookie dough, choc. chips, caramel syrup and choc. syrup. Delicious!
My gift this year was ---
They are in birth order: Lucas, Will, Logan & Jess
We have a foot cast of Lucas at 6 months so I wanted a complete set! They came out perfect and we are going to do their hands next weekend. I'll post those too! It is fun to see the size difference of all four of them. Remember that Lucas weighed 8 lbs 9 oz at birth.
We also gave them their first Italian meal over the weekend. I found an Italian Vegetable Medley. Do you think they liked it ?
They absolutely LOVED it!! They ate 2 jars for dinner plus a little cereal and dessert. It was definitely a bath night !!!
My gift this year was ---
They are in birth order: Lucas, Will, Logan & Jess
We have a foot cast of Lucas at 6 months so I wanted a complete set! They came out perfect and we are going to do their hands next weekend. I'll post those too! It is fun to see the size difference of all four of them. Remember that Lucas weighed 8 lbs 9 oz at birth.
We also gave them their first Italian meal over the weekend. I found an Italian Vegetable Medley. Do you think they liked it ?
They absolutely LOVED it!! They ate 2 jars for dinner plus a little cereal and dessert. It was definitely a bath night !!!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Way to go Daddy !!!!!
Dave receiving his second Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal!!!
Today was a great day. The triplets and I actually got out of the house. We got to see Dave receive an award at work. I have not stopped by the office in quite some time and the ladies were ready to hold babies when I got there. It is so cool that his command lets the triplets make an appearance. (thanks everyone!) I can't believe that he has been at this command a year already. We are still waiting to hear what his final shore duty will be, he would love to stay right where he is! Anyway, after a short little ceremony at 1100, Dave was also given the rest of the day off! We fed the triplets at the office and then went out to lunch ourselves. The kids were great and well behaved and even fell asleep for most of the time we were out. (thank you scheduled nap times!!)
It is so great that Dave was recognized for this award. He has really enjoyed working at the Legal Office and comes home from work in a good mood. There were times on submarine commands that he would come home and just be miserable. I like the happier Dave! I am so proud of him. We have had a very stressful year. I was not exactly the worlds greatest pregnant woman and he was so great to me through out everything! I really don't think I would have been able to handle it on my own. He was my rock whenever I got too emotional or hormonal. As a matter of fact - he still is !! He always come home and asks what he can do to help me and give me a break. I feel awful about that because I know that he too needs a little break after work, but I am usually worn out by then and need the help. I love that we have the trio in bed by 7:15, that really gives us time to reconnect and hang out.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
I can't believe that it has been a week since I lasted posted! Sorry - I will try to post every few days, but this week just seems to be very unexciting so there is not much to write about.
We have added breakfast to the schedule! They are now getting 4 bottles and 3 meals a day. I seem to be in an endless pattern of either getting bottles or food organized, prepared, fed to the trio, and cleaned up. I am trying to get them to go back to back with the feedings, but so far its a no go. I have to have at least 30-45minutes in between or they won't take the bottle after lunch. Dinner is not a problem since they have an hour and half to get hungry before the bedtime bottle. Today lunch was great, but bottle time was rough. They seemed ready to have a drink, but I had to really work to get them to finish bottles.
The other exciting news is: William is finally joining his brother and sister and sleeping thru the night consistently!!! We have been weaning him off his last early am bottle for the past 3 weeks and it is finally paying off!! Everyone now gets up pretty happy sometime between 6:30 - 7:00 ! They stay in the cribs until 7 most days. It is wonderful!
Not too much else is going on. It has been pretty routine.
Thougt I would end with pics of the kids after a feeding! Not sure where Jess' pic is - I'll add it in later but for now Enjoy!!!
We have added breakfast to the schedule! They are now getting 4 bottles and 3 meals a day. I seem to be in an endless pattern of either getting bottles or food organized, prepared, fed to the trio, and cleaned up. I am trying to get them to go back to back with the feedings, but so far its a no go. I have to have at least 30-45minutes in between or they won't take the bottle after lunch. Dinner is not a problem since they have an hour and half to get hungry before the bedtime bottle. Today lunch was great, but bottle time was rough. They seemed ready to have a drink, but I had to really work to get them to finish bottles.
The other exciting news is: William is finally joining his brother and sister and sleeping thru the night consistently!!! We have been weaning him off his last early am bottle for the past 3 weeks and it is finally paying off!! Everyone now gets up pretty happy sometime between 6:30 - 7:00 ! They stay in the cribs until 7 most days. It is wonderful!
Not too much else is going on. It has been pretty routine.
Thougt I would end with pics of the kids after a feeding! Not sure where Jess' pic is - I'll add it in later but for now Enjoy!!!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Finally- the 6 Month Update
OK, so I lied. You had to wait two days for the updates, but I think it will be worth it!
First a few interesting numbers:
In the first six months the trio have had:
3,283 bottles (last month alone 1490 oz formula)
3,210 diaper changes
126 jars of baby food (that's only the last 2 months)
7 boxes of cereal (in 2 months also)
We have snapped several thousand snaps and several hundred zippers on outfits!
The kids have grown lots and are down from 8 bottles a day to only 4.
They eat a lunch and dinner and we got the go ahead to add breakfast.
WHEW !!! I almost don't believe those numbers myself. but since I am so crazy about writing everything down I got the numbers straight from my organizer !!
WILLIAM
Born - 4 lbs 10 oz 17 inches
6 Months- 13 lbs (1% on growth chart)
25 inches (10%-15% on growth chart)
Birth
3 Months
6 Months
William is a great baby. He is very easy-going. He was the first to start rolling and loves it when daddy tickles his belly. He has a great laugh and a big smile whenever he sees us. He always has those big baby blue eyes wide open and taking in everything. He is enjoying eating, but gets the messiest. Does not want to hold his bottle, prefers to have a prop and usually puts one hand over his eyes to relax and drink. He is the only one that still gets up early(somewhere between 430-530), but we no longer give him a bottle and he usually goes back to sleep without waking Logan or Jess. He is wearing 3-6 month outfits just barely. We are very grateful that he is just as he is.
LOGAN
Born - 4 lbs 12oz 18 inches
6 Months - 13 lbs 9 oz (1% on growth chart)
26 inches (20% on growth chart)
Birth
3 Months
6 Months
Logan is also a great baby. He has had the roughest start, especially considering he was the biggest. He was on the ventilator for a day when he was born and had breathing issues for the first three days or so. He is also struggling with pretty bad reflux. He would scream and cry so much at first, I felt awful for him. Now, he is on medication and while he still spits up lots, it no longer bothers him like it did. He is a pretty happy baby. He has a smile to warm your heart and baby blues eyes that just seem to be always trying to figure stuff out. His laugh is awesome and he is starting to "talk back" to me ! When I say "I love you", he sometimes says it back! I have it on video. I'll try to post it sometime. It is really too cute. He was next in the rolling over department and has figured out the back to belly roll too! He is the best eater and hardly ever makes a mess. He is teething and will probably be #1 or 2 in getting teeth. He is wearing 3-6 month outfits just barely also. He is just a joy.
JESSICA
Born - 3lbs 10 oz 17 inches
6 Month - 11lbs 6 oz (<1% on growth chart)
23 inches(<1% on growth chart)
Birth
3 Months
6 Months
Jessica has two nicknames "small but mighty" and "diva" She is a total daddy's girl. She wants what she wants when she wants it! She also has a great big smile and always wakes up happy. Her baby blue eyes melt her daddy's heart. She is the talker and has really started to become very vocal. She was the last to figure out how to roll, but is probably going to be the first to have any teeth. The doc said hers are very close to poking through both on top and bottom. She is chewing on everything, but usually one of her thumbs is always in her mouth. She had the easiest time in the NICU. She was what they call a "grower and feeder". She came home a little under 4 lbs and has had a rough time packing on the pounds. She can still wear newborn outfits weight wise, but 3 month outfits length wise. It took her a little longer to get the idea of eating solids, she started about a 3 weeks after her brothers. She has caught up quick and loves to eat and talk. I am very happy to have little girl in the mix. She is such a pleasure when she wants to be!!
They are all starting to sit up by themselves (about 5 seconds) and we have added sippie cups to mealtimes. Before I know it they will be crawling all over the house!
It has been a very hectic, busy, crazy, awesome, amazing six months, but I can't wait to see what the next six have in store for us !!!!!
First a few interesting numbers:
In the first six months the trio have had:
3,283 bottles (last month alone 1490 oz formula)
3,210 diaper changes
126 jars of baby food (that's only the last 2 months)
7 boxes of cereal (in 2 months also)
We have snapped several thousand snaps and several hundred zippers on outfits!
The kids have grown lots and are down from 8 bottles a day to only 4.
They eat a lunch and dinner and we got the go ahead to add breakfast.
WHEW !!! I almost don't believe those numbers myself. but since I am so crazy about writing everything down I got the numbers straight from my organizer !!
WILLIAM
Born - 4 lbs 10 oz 17 inches
6 Months- 13 lbs (1% on growth chart)
25 inches (10%-15% on growth chart)
Birth
3 Months6 Months
William is a great baby. He is very easy-going. He was the first to start rolling and loves it when daddy tickles his belly. He has a great laugh and a big smile whenever he sees us. He always has those big baby blue eyes wide open and taking in everything. He is enjoying eating, but gets the messiest. Does not want to hold his bottle, prefers to have a prop and usually puts one hand over his eyes to relax and drink. He is the only one that still gets up early(somewhere between 430-530), but we no longer give him a bottle and he usually goes back to sleep without waking Logan or Jess. He is wearing 3-6 month outfits just barely. We are very grateful that he is just as he is.
LOGAN
Born - 4 lbs 12oz 18 inches
6 Months - 13 lbs 9 oz (1% on growth chart)
26 inches (20% on growth chart)
Birth
3 Months6 Months
Logan is also a great baby. He has had the roughest start, especially considering he was the biggest. He was on the ventilator for a day when he was born and had breathing issues for the first three days or so. He is also struggling with pretty bad reflux. He would scream and cry so much at first, I felt awful for him. Now, he is on medication and while he still spits up lots, it no longer bothers him like it did. He is a pretty happy baby. He has a smile to warm your heart and baby blues eyes that just seem to be always trying to figure stuff out. His laugh is awesome and he is starting to "talk back" to me ! When I say "I love you", he sometimes says it back! I have it on video. I'll try to post it sometime. It is really too cute. He was next in the rolling over department and has figured out the back to belly roll too! He is the best eater and hardly ever makes a mess. He is teething and will probably be #1 or 2 in getting teeth. He is wearing 3-6 month outfits just barely also. He is just a joy.
JESSICA
Born - 3lbs 10 oz 17 inches
6 Month - 11lbs 6 oz (<1% on growth chart)
23 inches(<1% on growth chart)
Birth
3 Months
6 Months
Jessica has two nicknames "small but mighty" and "diva" She is a total daddy's girl. She wants what she wants when she wants it! She also has a great big smile and always wakes up happy. Her baby blue eyes melt her daddy's heart. She is the talker and has really started to become very vocal. She was the last to figure out how to roll, but is probably going to be the first to have any teeth. The doc said hers are very close to poking through both on top and bottom. She is chewing on everything, but usually one of her thumbs is always in her mouth. She had the easiest time in the NICU. She was what they call a "grower and feeder". She came home a little under 4 lbs and has had a rough time packing on the pounds. She can still wear newborn outfits weight wise, but 3 month outfits length wise. It took her a little longer to get the idea of eating solids, she started about a 3 weeks after her brothers. She has caught up quick and loves to eat and talk. I am very happy to have little girl in the mix. She is such a pleasure when she wants to be!!
They are all starting to sit up by themselves (about 5 seconds) and we have added sippie cups to mealtimes. Before I know it they will be crawling all over the house!
It has been a very hectic, busy, crazy, awesome, amazing six months, but I can't wait to see what the next six have in store for us !!!!!
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