Intro.
Kris and Dave met 19 years ago while Kris was in college and Dave was on his first of several enlistments in the Navy. We have 4 beautiful kids. Lucas is 16 and he is the best big brother ever! He loves his brothers and sister. He has been waiting a very long time to be the "big brother".
William, Logan and Jessica were born Oct.25 2007 at 33 weeks and 5 days! They only spent 10 days in the NICU and came home on their big brother's birthday- Nov. 5 !! This blog will be about the ins and outs of our crazy life.
If being a twin is, as you say, tantamount to having "the perfect
companion, confidant and soul mate," imagine the experience of
triplicity. While fully appreciating the intimacy that twins share, we
triplets often feel a bit superior in these matters. After all, we've
done them one better. Being a triplet means more than just having a
playmate: it means having your own gang. -Gerry Kosanovic

Well as you can see we stocked up on big kid underwear and pull ups on Thursday to start potty training the boys. Jess has been doing great with only an accident every now and then. The boys have been peeing in the potty at least 3 times a day for about a week and a half so we thought it was time to try a "potty camp" this weekend! The boys were super excited to pick out their big boy underwear and love wearing them! We had a weekend with not alot going on so that we could be home to train. I am very excited to report that they have been doing great! I think that Will will be done first, but only because Logan hates to stop playing to go potty! Will hates feeling wet and has been catching himself and getting to the potty! They each had a couple accidents on Fri, but Saturday each went dry almost all day! Sunday was even better with only one accident all day between the 3 of them! The diaper days are behind us!!! We are using the pull ups for naps and bedtime since they are very sound sleepers and almost always wake up wet. This was a problem for me as a little kid so I am definitely not pushing the issue yet. Besides only going thru 6 pull ups a day is way better than all the diapers we used to buy!! :)
Dave should hear from Electric Boat this week! Prayers Please!!!
July went by way too fast! Dave had an interview at Electric Boat last week and it went very well! We won't know if he got the job for another two weeks, but he feels very good about it! Now we can get ready to house hunt! :) Lucas spent the last week of July at a 4 H overnight camp! He has been going every year since he turned 8. He always has a great time and we enjoy some peace and quiet! The little kids are doing great. We just finished 2 weeks of swim lessons. Jess got moved up to level 1 and the boys stayed in the parent/ tot class. Everyone did great! Jess was not very happy about being by herself in class, but warmed up to swimming by herself! With the nice summer days, we have been going to a lake on the Navy base and all the kids love it! Lucas swims the entire time and the little kids play in the sand and love splashing in the water. In other exciting Dudley family news, the boys have really started to take an interest in the potty! Will and Logan both go pee at least two times a day on the potty! I think we may try a boot camp with them very soon! It will be awesome to not have any more diapers to buy!!
Well, that is the latest and greatest from here. Prayers please that Dave lands this job at EB, and we find a house in ledyard to move into very soon after that!!
Potty Training Update!!
Jess is doing great and only wearing pullups for nap and bed. She has not had any accidents in over 2 weeks!
Life has gotten crazy around here! Not too much to really report other than - Dave is still looking for work, the house hunt is on hold until Job is found, and the kids are driving me crazy! That is it in a nutshell! Jess had her surgery and I plan another blog post specifically, but the end result - she is fine!!!
So sorry for the lack of posting, but with all the chaos around here and my mom's angelversary on July 21st I am just not myself! :( I will get back to regular posting shortly! Thanks for being so patient!