Look Mom - We Can Sit !

Jess looking awesome.


Then Will joined her.



Finally, Logan joined in and they all sat for a quick photo op!



Jess is by far the best sitter. She has even started to have some serious playtime with toys while she sits. Her hard part is trying to get back down!
Will is a good sitter and loves to be up - he has fallen back a few times but is really getting the hang of it and he loves the new view and has also started to play with his toys while sitting!
Logan is an OK sitter. He is still a little unstable ( Lucas' arm is right behind him in the pic!), but he gets better with every try. Logan likes to move so much - he does not like to practice sitting still! LOL

Tooth, Scoot and Drool - Oh My !

It has been a very exciting day here at the Dudley house.

Jessica has a tooth! It is not all the way thru and up yet, but you can see it and you can certainly feel it. OUCH ! She has not been extra grouchy or anything so I was very shocked when she stuck my finger in her mouth and I felt something sharp! I gave her teething tablets after she got fussy tonight and they worked great! I hope that she sleeps well.

Logan has learned to scoot backwards! He has been working really hard and rolling all over the place and starting to put his legs under him and everything. This morning and again tonight he was trying very hard to get moving and back he went. I was so excited for him and when I said so he got this huge smile on his face - it was priceless. I have been told that this is a giant step towards crawling so I think that very soon he will officially be mobile! He also has a spot that is super hard on his gums and you can see the white - so it probably won't be long now. I'll keep you posted.

William has also been rolling all over and getting himself into all sorts of trouble. He unfortunately had another first for the trio - the first boo boo. He went rolling into the corner of the entertainment center yesterday and got a nice red mark on the back of his head. We have since started baby proofing in earnest in the living room. He has mastered sitting by himself and has started playing with toys while sitting! He is drooling all over and his outfit tonight was soaked! I think that he may be starting to work on teeth too!

They have all become very active 7 month old babies (where has the time gone?) and definitely keep us busy. All I can say is Thank God for nap time.

What a week!

Yep, that's right two of them are now holding their own bottles!! YEAH!!!! This was a big step for them and I am super excited about it. Logan is just very happy to let the prop to its part for now, but I expect him to follow shortly. I know that I had said I'd post Tuesday, but after the big trip I was exhausted and needed a day to recoup. Then I got sick. I have had a head cold the past few days, but am finally on the mend. The trip was great! The older kids loved it and the young ones did great too!!
We left on Fri night at the triplets normal bedtime - around 7:15pm. The older kids watched a movie and the triplets fell asleep very quickly. We were able to drive pretty much straight thru and only had two tiny stops. We got to my sister's about 12:45 am. The triplets woke up, but Will and Jess went right back to sleep with no problems. I ended up sleeping with Logan on my chest while I rocked him in the recliner. He and I both fell asleep for a few hours. However, by Sat morning we were back on schedule and they did great. Jess was just so excited to see her cousin Kayla. Kayla is 2 1/2 and was a big help entertaining the babies. She wanted to hold them and play with them. I kept them on the regular schedule all day Saturday and they were really great with meeting the people at the barbecue. My cousins Sandy and Paul stopped by to see everyone and to take the older kids for ice cream. Sandy brought several outfits for each baby that are perfect for summer I am excited for the warmer weather to get here!

Sunday was Hershey. We decided that everyone would go to Chocolate World and then the big kids would go with Dave and Jim to do the rest of the park. It was a fun time.




Things were very interesting when we first got there. We took two cars to accommodate everyone and while we were waiting for everybody and whole group of Asian people surrounded us and started to take pics!!! I was a nervous wreck. Most of them were not even speaking English!! At one point a woman cam and stood next to me - I thought she had questions- but NO it was just to get a good pic of her with me and the triplets!!! I was furious! I told Dave that we needed to move inside ASAP and that one of us would wait here for the rest. I am really not comfortable taking the triplets out and it is for that exact reason! I was expecting a little attention, but it was too much and we were not even inside yet! We took the babies in their car seats thru the ride on how chocolate is made- it was fun to watch them looking all around. After two times on that ride, My sister, cousin Michele and I took the triplets and Kayla home. The afternoon went by very uneventfully, but that night my sister made a trip to the ER for some pain in her abdomen - turns out she had to have her gall bladder removed this week! Thankfully everything went well and she is starting to feel better.
We left Monday morning around the first nap of the day 9:00. We stopped at my moms and feed bottles and them stopped to see my grandma. She turned 95 in Jan and has been slipping health wise. I was very glad she got to see Lucas and the triplets. It made for a very , very very long ride home, but I think that it was worth it.

We got several new toys from Aunt K and I'll close this post with a few pics of the kids enjoying them.

Quick Updates and Mini Vacation

Well, it has been a great week here. Will has almost got sitting byself all figured out! Logan and Jess don't seem to far behind either. They are all doing great and really starting to move around on the floor - no crawling yet -but I know that it won't be far off. Logan is rolling everywhere! Their schedule is going well and the 4 bottles and 3 meals are really exciting for them and soon we can add protein (a.k.a. meat) to their diet! I am really looking forward to this as I think that the cereal is becoming a little boring to them. We have added their first finger food- gerber food puffs! They love them. However, they don't have that whole pick it up put in mouth thing yet, so we have to help them. I love the smiles I get when I sign for "more" and they get so excited! We have started several signs for them to start learning. I really think it is going well. We are using "eat" "drink" "more" and "all done" for now with the hope to add many more soon. I saw how well this baby sign worked for my sister and my neice. I hope that the trio does as well!
Speaking of my sis, we are in the process of packing for a long weekend trip to see her!! I can't wait to go and hang out. she is having a barbeque tomorrow and then on Sunday Dave and my BIL Jim will take Vani and Lucas to Hershey Park for the day. K and I plan on taking the little ones to Chocolate World with them and then heading back home. It should be a great little mini vacation and I am very excited.
The only trouble is I HATE PACKING !! We have to bring soo much stuff for the trio. Even this short three day trip feels like we are leaving for a week with all the stuff!! Oh well. I better stop procrastinating, sign off and really get packing ! I will try to post pics and updates on Tues after we get back. Happy Memorial Day to All!!

MNI, Trip to Zoo, and BRU

It has been a great weekend here. Friday night was my Mom Night In. Two great ladies from the local triplet club in nearby Rhode Island that I joined came over and brought dinner! They got here just as we were getting the trio to bed so they got to spend a few minutes with them and then we ate dinner, It was a really great time. The ladies have triplets who are just a little a head of mine so it was nice to hear how they manage day to day and I learned a few new tricks. (thanks ladies!)
Saturday was another first for the trio. It was their first trip to a zoo! The zoo in Rhode Island was having a military appreciation day so we packed up the whole gang after breakfast and headed out. The weather was absolutely beautiful, not too hot nor too cold. The zoo is pretty big and had lots to see. They are working on a few expansion projects so I think in August we may go back to see the new additions! Not sure how much they were able to really see, but the kids did really enjoy being outside and I know that they at least saw the giraffes, elephants and camels. Dave was of course enjoying the attention that we were getting by people as they walked by and saw the triple decker. He pushed the stroller almost the whole time! I am still really not used to the extra attention. It makes me uncomfortable, but Dave and Lucas are enjoying it for now. I was more nervous about people getting too close to the kids, but luckily no one tried to touch them or get right in their face. Will hates it when that happens! He almost always starts to cry. Anyway, it was a great time and after a quick stop for lunch - there was more to see. I think it took us about 3 hours to walk the whole park and see everything. It was just starting to get hot as we were leaving. On the way home we stopped by the Warwick Babies R Us. We will be needing very soon : 2-3 new cribs and mattresses, 3 new portable booster seats for on the go eating, and the biggest concern - 3 new car seats and a new stroller!! I am currently trying to figure out the best place to purchase and doing alot of reasearch on all the differnt types of cribs and car seats. It is really mind boggling! We are buying a used RA (runabout stroller for you non triplet families) in Sept from a local triplet mom. I am very excited about it and am already pricing accessories for it - sun shade, seat and headrest covers etc. We will be adding a hitch to the van and buying a cover for traveling. The car seats are the biggest pain. The van has a small third row so only two seats will fit, even with the narrow Radians, but I think that those may be our best choice. They go up to 80lbs, but are about $250 a piece! I am also pricing Britax Marathons but they are also very expensive. I would really like convertable car seats since I really don't want to spend the extra $ later for boosters if I don't have to. I figure a small investment now will work out better in the long run. Right? Any ideas from you other triplet moms or anybody else for that matter? I could really use some opinions!