Monday Morning Photo Frenzy!

Since I really don't have much to update, I thought I would share photos since that is what everyone really wants anyway! These are all taken last week - bath time, visit from Mackenzie, hanging around the house, and 1st trip to Chuck E Cheese. Enjoy!

Updates

I was wanting to get this posted yesterday, but with the snow day and having everyone home it never happened. Dave was only at work for 2 hours and they sent him home and Lucas did not have school. We did not get a lot of snow - an inch or two, but lots of sleet and freezing rain - it made for treacherous driving. So much so that Lucas has a 2 hour delay today. My doctor appointment was cancelled until Monday also. All that to say sorry for the delay - onto the update!

JESSICA

I usually always go in birth order when I do updates and that puts Jessica last, so this time I thought I would change it up and go in reverse birth order! Jessica is still the smallest, but makes up for it in attitude! She and Logan are constantly trying to be top dog. She is walking like an old pro, loves to hold and feed her baby doll, is the neatest eater- even trying to start using a spoon and fork, and she is doing the best with baby sign. Jess loves to have "pretties" otherwise known as the tiny rubber bands for pigtails in her hair. Dave usually does this in the morning when they get up before he heads off to work. I have tried a few times, and can sort of do it, but he is really good at it! I have never had long hair - so this is all new territory for me. Jess loves to hide under blankets, use the ride on toys and shoot hoops with her brothers. She is very attentive and loves to learn new things. She has started to try dancing with music when its on. Jess has the biggest vocab of the trio. She says mama, dada, and got it, but she uses several baby signs - milk, more, all done, please, cereal, eat, signing time, baby, and brush teeth to name just a few. She also understands several more like sit, no, cookie, drink, and help, but has not started to use them just yet. Jess is lots of fun and always makes us smile. Uncle Larry has been teaching her to stick out her tongue and look - now she does it!


LOGAN

Logan is a treat. He is the biggest by about a pound and almost two inches! He has a great laugh that just melts my heart. He is also walking like an old pro, riding the toys, and fighting with his brother and sister. He loves to play basketball and really loves to spin the wheels on the toy cars. He has a few words - mama, dada, got it, and something that sounds like "what's this?" Logan signs more, eat, all done, and brush teeth, but understands most of the same ones like his sister. He is a messy eater, but really enjoys his food - you can always hear him humming during mealtimes! He has faced the most difficulties during his first year, and still has some muscle tone issues on his right side. He gets special therapy for it a few times a month. Like I mentioned last post, his hernia will be monitored over this year and hopefully be gone by the fall or he will need surgery. He hates getting in trouble and usually falls down in a heap crying when scolded. Logan, along with Will and Jess, love to look at books and have them read to them, but fights ensue over who gets to sit in my lap! He is usually found with a thumb in his mouth or near it and loves to dance by standing at the gate and swinging his body around. Just recently he has started to use his size to push Will and Jess out of the way when he wants something. He loves bath time and makes the biggest splashes - just ask Aunt Jen!


WILLIAM

Will is a great baby. He is my snuggler. Whenever you pick him up, he just settles right into your shoulder and relaxes- priceless! Will started walking last, but is now just as fast as the other two. He was very unsure about the basketball hoop, but now loves to play with it. He usually lets Logan and Jess do the fighting and is very happy to stay out of it. Will says mama, dada, got it, baby, and something that sounds like "what's this?" He signs more, all done and brush teeth, but understands the same ones as J and L. He is the messiest eater and always stuffs his mouth - can we say chipmunk? He shows no interest in spoon or fork, but we keep trying. Will is definitely the more sensitive guy and really takes a bit to warm up to strangers. He hates elevators and large crowds make him nervous. Still hates to have photos done as I found out on Tuesday. Will is always watching and learning new tricks. Dave taught him "high 5" the other day and it is soo cute! Will has a great smile. One of his favorite things to do is chase Lucas around - he laughs so much.

15 Months Old!

Time is continuing to fly by way too quick! It does not seem possible that the trio are now officially 15 months old, but yet it is true. They are growing up so fast, learning new things everyday and keeping us busy! I'll get to that in a minute. First things first the latest stats from the doctor's office this morning:

William is 30 inches tall (10%)
19.5 lbs (<5%)
19 inch head circ. (75%)

Logan is 31.5 inches tall(50%)
20.8 lbs (8%)
18.5 inch head circ (50%)

Jessica is 28.5 inches tall (5%)
18 lbs (<5%)
18.5 inch head circ (75%)

The percentages are actual age not adjusted for their prematurity. Everyone is doing great on their own little curve so even though they are small in height and weight for their age, the doctor was unconcerned. WOOHOO!

The doc gave everyone a full exam and I am happy to report that all is well! Logan's abdominal hernia will still have to be monitored through out this year, but no action is needed at this time. It will only become a problem if it does not go away by Oct when they turn 2. They each had to have three shots - no one was happy about it, but they all did really well and only cried for a few minutes until I broke out the snack! LOL

As far as development is concerned, they are mostly doing exactly what 15 month old toddlers do and even ahead on a few things! We need to start working with spoons and forks while eating and also on getting down stairs safely, so those are next on the list.

The one area of slight concern is speech. The doc said the average is 4-10 words by now and while we have a lot of babbling and jibber jabber, other than the occasional dada and mama, no one is talking much. Jess has more words than the boys, but she only has a few, no where near 10. The doc suggested contacting Birth to 3, so I am going to talk with their therapist tomorrow and see what we should be doing to get them talking! I am sure in several months there will be a post about how I can't stand all the talking, but for now I can't wait to hear it! LOL

I need to close for now, nap is not going well today - I think everyone needs some tylenol and cuddle time with mom. I will go into their individual stuff tomorrow. Have a great day!

Having a Rough Time

OK, it has been a little tough the last few days. The runny noses are back in full force and all three are miserable!! I am miserable because I just can not keep everyone comforted. It sucks! I hate to hear them crying and whining and all they want is to be held. I end up on the floor trying my best to hold everyone at once and they hate having to share me. And who made babes hate to have their noses wiped? I am constantly wiping snotty noses and it really makes the boys mad. Jess seems ok with it to a point, but after that forget it. They have no fevers, but sound congested and as already mentioned have very snotty noses and are extra cranky. Luckily we have a doc appointment on Monday, so everyone will get checked out and we just have to tough it out for a few more days.
Sorry no pictures today - I have not been able to shoot any good ones. Anyway, I am getting ready to enjoy nap time and get some work done. Have a great day!

In Honor of the Day!

Cousin Alli bought these t-shirts while interning in D.C. What do you think? Perhaps we are looking at a future President!