happy halloween

a zebra, a cat and a pig who are more difficult than ever to photograph..

 double trouble

such a sweet little cat

 

Okay enough with the attempts at taking still pictures as they clearly don't want anymore of them!

The babies had a special Halloween treat today when D rolled up in a '55 Chevy.  This car was bought new by their great grandfather, Pop, 55 years ago and thankfully D has worked hard to keep it running and looking this good.  The kids will never get to meet Pop, but they will get to know a little bit about him through this fabulous car.

Like any kids would do, they fought for the wheel and tried to peel out of the driveway.

weekend away

Will and I spent our first nights away from the babies - and we didn't even go to the same place!  I went to be with my best girlfriends in Phoenix while Will went on his annual surf strip to CA with his friend Billy.  For those of you who know both Will and Billy, you are probably as surprised as I am that they ever make it back home from this trip.  It is not surprising though that Will didn't take any pictures.. So I will share a couple from my trip.
This was our 8th year since college to go on an annual trip as a group...and every year someone has been pregnant... this year that was Andrea. Once her little boy arrives that will be 15 kids between us all... and even though I was the last to have kids, I managed to out-kid them already:)  Thank God I had all these years to learn from them -- I wouldn't be half the mom I am without them!

up high: Andrea, Lora, me, Connie, Roxie. down low:  Lisa, Julie.

Snap back to reality - BABIES.  So who took care of the kids?!  My parents flew in from NE to take over our household/baby duty. Thank God for them!  The babies were as happy as happy could be with them and I was even calm and cool about leaving... which I know shocked more people than just me.  If not for them, I don't think I ever would have left for a night much less 3.  Anyway,  it's the first time anyone has had a real taste of our life with triplets and I must say it was very validating hearing how exhausted they were!  Even though it was hard to be away I loved knowing they were having a blast with 'grammy' and 'papa'.

I just realized that I never published a post in June when my girlfriends came to Houston to meet the babies.. and help me get some sleep and sanity.  I love this picture of them with the babies.  Lora w/Willie Grace:Andrea w/Lainey:Roxie w/Oscar. Awh. They were so little here...

Will was on baby duty while we had a fun lunch at BRC, Will's newish restaurant that he and a few other guys opened earlier this year.

waking up from a nap

9 months on 9.29

Here we are at 9 months already.  As we hit the 29th of every month and wonder where the time has gone, we also realize just how much easier life has become.  This month, though, we aren't quite sure that's the case.  Willie Grace officially started crawling and 2 days later, Oscar followed her lead... so having 2 crawlers who dart across the room (and off the bed and towards the stairs and into the dogs' water bowl) in a flash has changed things.  And that's just 2 out of the 3.  We can only hope Lainey stays immobile for a little while longer.  Given her personality, we don't think that will be a problem.
The 9 month weigh-in:
Lainey - 20.1 pounds, 75th percentile height, weight
Oscar - 20 pounds, 50th percentile height, weight
Willie Grace - 17.7 pounds, 25 percentile for weight, 50th percentile for height
They were so happy eating paper at pediatricians office

I'm so proud to see them sitting up on this exam table...  at their first visit here, they were still less than 5 pounds.

A few weeks ago I stopped breastfeeding the babies so I guess you could say that I am finally starting to feel like me again.  I'm not really sure what I thought it would be like pumping/breastfeeding triplets for almost 9 months, but I now know that I can pretty much do anything.

Anyway, these little monkeys have always been very good eaters so it's no surprise that they are gobbling up almost anything I put in front of them.  Tortillas and scrambled eggs have been the favorite foods of the week...oh and cucumbers, but blueberries and carrots are way more fun to photograph.

Lainey, my little helper

this little man is something else

more?

Willie Grace prefers to feed herself big kid food. Apparently baby food is for babies. She's pretty sure she's 6.

Lainey looks so innocent and unintentional when she drops something...of course she is just testing to see if we will pick it up again and again... and again.

It finally cooled off here so we've been spending a lot of time outside

Oscar is learning a tough lesson that he has to share the swing

my boys