Without Mark we would never have made it through this last year. We feel very blessed to have his strength, his priesthood, and his love surrounding us.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
I'm so Glad when Daddy is home!
Without Mark we would never have made it through this last year. We feel very blessed to have his strength, his priesthood, and his love surrounding us.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
FAtQ
1. How do you tell the identicals apart?
They have individual personalities now that really help us out. They are getting more distinct in that sense every day. However, if they are not together (say only 1 of them is in a room when I've been gone), I will often get it wrong. I usually need to have them together to be sure.
2. Can the sisters tell them apart?
Makaela is really good at knowing who's who. Thea is a little less consistent. And Ella will openly claim, "I like Creighton the best because I always know who he is. I just don't know who the other two are." She is easily frustrated by the fact that she is often corrected.
3. How is it having them move?
They get harder every day it seems. Although I may be sleeping now that seems to be all I get to do and the only time I get to sit down. They get busier every day and I cannot leave them alone for even a minute or they are eating something off the floor, pulling toys down on top of each other, opening drawers and unloading them, or discovering a new something to get into. And I know that we are only just beginning! They also chase me when I leave a room now and cry when they can't see me. Weston is the fastest crawler, but Creighton has been army crawling the longest and usually leads the charge into discovery (read: trouble). Paxton is usually left behind as he crawls slower and once he is crying he is too frustrated to try any more. The best part is how they just plow over each other like 4-wheel trucks to get to toys. Sometimes the one on the bottom complains, but usually they are all pretty focused on their goal toy. It is really entertaining to watch!
4. Do you still carry more than one at a time?
I cannot carry more than 2 at a time, and it is usually only for short distances because they are so wiggly. They weigh in about 20lbs each (within 1 1/2 lbs of each other) so it gets heavy quickly as well. The most interesting thing about holding them is that they now are fully aware of when someone is being held and they are not. So when I carry them to a different location there are always two left behind crying, and then the 1 sits and cries after I put him down. And if someone is fussy the other two will start getting fussy now (mob mentality). If I pick up one, the other two will always protest as well. So we spend a lot of time dancing around, singing, and looking plain silly just to get them to stop crying.
5. How is feeding going?
Great! Just in the last few days they no longer leave behind a dust pan full of dropped finger food. It is only about 1/3 full when I sweep. They continue to eat a lot. A typical meal might be: 1/2 bag of frozen peas, 1/3-1/2 cantaloupe, 2 pieces of bread with butter, and 3 graham crackers. So I feel like we are eating a lot, but it is a lot of work to keep up those chubby thighs and cheeks!
6. How is summer going?
Busy as all moms summer is. I am more often than not grateful to have my girls home and around. And the boys do pretty good being out and about. I fee like that it takes me a lot of thought to make sure I pack everything we need for each outing, but I am also getting better at it and finding a few shortcuts (thank you food pouches).
7. How was traveling with triplets? How did they do on the plane?
They were great! We had no major melt downs, they all slept for at least an hour each ride. I could have never survived without my wonderful husband and parents willing to work so hard to help. And Makaela grew into an amazing stroller driver! It was a lot of work, but worth every memory.
Let me know if you have any other questions. Always happy to fill in my loved ones!
They have individual personalities now that really help us out. They are getting more distinct in that sense every day. However, if they are not together (say only 1 of them is in a room when I've been gone), I will often get it wrong. I usually need to have them together to be sure.
2. Can the sisters tell them apart?
Makaela is really good at knowing who's who. Thea is a little less consistent. And Ella will openly claim, "I like Creighton the best because I always know who he is. I just don't know who the other two are." She is easily frustrated by the fact that she is often corrected.
3. How is it having them move?
They get harder every day it seems. Although I may be sleeping now that seems to be all I get to do and the only time I get to sit down. They get busier every day and I cannot leave them alone for even a minute or they are eating something off the floor, pulling toys down on top of each other, opening drawers and unloading them, or discovering a new something to get into. And I know that we are only just beginning! They also chase me when I leave a room now and cry when they can't see me. Weston is the fastest crawler, but Creighton has been army crawling the longest and usually leads the charge into discovery (read: trouble). Paxton is usually left behind as he crawls slower and once he is crying he is too frustrated to try any more. The best part is how they just plow over each other like 4-wheel trucks to get to toys. Sometimes the one on the bottom complains, but usually they are all pretty focused on their goal toy. It is really entertaining to watch!
4. Do you still carry more than one at a time?
I cannot carry more than 2 at a time, and it is usually only for short distances because they are so wiggly. They weigh in about 20lbs each (within 1 1/2 lbs of each other) so it gets heavy quickly as well. The most interesting thing about holding them is that they now are fully aware of when someone is being held and they are not. So when I carry them to a different location there are always two left behind crying, and then the 1 sits and cries after I put him down. And if someone is fussy the other two will start getting fussy now (mob mentality). If I pick up one, the other two will always protest as well. So we spend a lot of time dancing around, singing, and looking plain silly just to get them to stop crying.
5. How is feeding going?
Great! Just in the last few days they no longer leave behind a dust pan full of dropped finger food. It is only about 1/3 full when I sweep. They continue to eat a lot. A typical meal might be: 1/2 bag of frozen peas, 1/3-1/2 cantaloupe, 2 pieces of bread with butter, and 3 graham crackers. So I feel like we are eating a lot, but it is a lot of work to keep up those chubby thighs and cheeks!
6. How is summer going?
Busy as all moms summer is. I am more often than not grateful to have my girls home and around. And the boys do pretty good being out and about. I fee like that it takes me a lot of thought to make sure I pack everything we need for each outing, but I am also getting better at it and finding a few shortcuts (thank you food pouches).
7. How was traveling with triplets? How did they do on the plane?
They were great! We had no major melt downs, they all slept for at least an hour each ride. I could have never survived without my wonderful husband and parents willing to work so hard to help. And Makaela grew into an amazing stroller driver! It was a lot of work, but worth every memory.
Let me know if you have any other questions. Always happy to fill in my loved ones!
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Family Vacation
It has been a while since we had a get-away together as a family. And a year ago my parents convinced us that we could indeed take all 6 kids away to their time share, with a promise to help (of course). I wasn't sure and I thought it was kind of crazy, but how could I pass this up!?! And I am so grateful we went! It was worth every effort and ounce of work to spend a week in paradise with my family. Thank you mom & dad for making this possible!
Creighton and Weston would not stop eating sand. The blanket lasted only a few minutes because it was pointless as they crawled to the edge and devoured handfuls. Paxton on the other hand hated it!
The "dipping" pool on the porch of our room
My dancer girl!
Creighton and Weston would not stop eating sand. The blanket lasted only a few minutes because it was pointless as they crawled to the edge and devoured handfuls. Paxton on the other hand hated it!
Loved watching the girls play! They all took a dip in that beautiful water.
The hot tub with a view on the top porch of the room. I could live out here.
We had the most interesting high chairs there! These were some favorites. They were often made of wood and had all kinds of interesting designs and colors. By half way through the week every restaurant seemed to know us. "You are party of 10 with 3 high chairs!" Yep. That was us.
Dinner on the beach
The boys did go swimming most every day. Creighton LOVED this as well and spent plenty of time splashing and floating. Weston also seemed to enjoy it most of the time and really liked splashing with hands and feet until he was soaking wet. Paxton... well he cried. Every time. He never did fall in love with the water.
I have at least 1/2 a dozen pictures of these book worms. Warms my heart.
Los Arcos with sand underneath
All together! So grateful to have been blessed to take this vacation!
Before Makaela and I went up in the parasail
Thea's first time parasailing. Had a few nerves but got up and did fine. Now she loves it! And when they came down Mark's foot was covered in blood! Apparently he lost a toe nail on the way up. Gross!
Creighton's model pose (he does this all the time!)
Another month has passed...
Last sunset
Last dip in the hot tub
Time to leave. We didn't see a single cloud during our beach days!
Green hair = a great vacation!
Mother's Day
Dancing the days away
This is turning into a monthly blog, but at least it is still active!
We danced our way through May and I was so happy to have all 3 of my girls on stage being beautiful and rhythmic and performers. Their recital was The Wizard of Oz and it was magical for me as their mom.
Makaela had 4 costumes, but this was a favorite from her Jazz dance. Ella and Thea got to dance to the same song just one after the other as ballerina's.
We danced our way through May and I was so happy to have all 3 of my girls on stage being beautiful and rhythmic and performers. Their recital was The Wizard of Oz and it was magical for me as their mom.
Makaela had 4 costumes, but this was a favorite from her Jazz dance. Ella and Thea got to dance to the same song just one after the other as ballerina's.
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