Little Buddies

Triplets are a lot of work (in case I haven't said it enough already), but boy is it fun watching them interact with eachother.  They're really starting to play now that they're sitting up really well.  Here's a short video of them "talking" to one another.  Sooooo cute!!

Water Run Update

For those of you interested in pledging us for the water run, here are some instructions for how to donate online:
Go to http://www.giving.runningroom.com/hm/ and click on Pledge an Athlete... Enter Christa Aadland in the search box and hit search. Then click on my name once it appears and you'll see a button to Sponsor. Donations over $20 will be issued a tax receipt. Thank you so much to those of you who have donated already or plan to do so!

Looking for Pledges

On October 8th, the babies and I (and our big stroller!) are registered to run/walk in "The Water Run 2011".  My friend Mallory asked me to join her and her 4 month old triplets in the race.  The EIGHT of us should be quite the sight!  Sooooooo.... I'm currently collecting donations... the money will be used to bring clean water to the Turkana people of Northern Kenya.  For more information, you can visit http://www.thewaterrun.ca/   If you are interested in donating, please let me know (either comment here, or message me on facebook, send me an email, give me a call... whatever's easiest!) 

Last time I visited Mallory, we tried to snap a picture of all 6 babies, but of course, one of them was sleeping.  She has two boys and a girl, so we should have some fun playdates in our future with three girls and three boys!  Here's a pic of 5 of them...

Gibsyn, Sunny, Fletcher, Tatum, Hudson (missing from photo: sleepy head Nixon)

 

First Day of Preschool

I had been looking forward to Griffin being able to go to preschool.  He was excited and I thought it'd be nice for him to get out of the house and do some "big boy" activities.  Last night however, I suddenly became overwhelmed with the idea of him now becoming a "school kid" and feeling like he is now sprinting down the path towards adulthood.  I know it may sound a little silly, since he is only going two mornings a week, but still, I'm sure you moms out there understand these feelings... right?  If he had shown any indication of discontent, I probably would have pulled him out and waited until next year.  After all, he still has two years to go before kindergarten.  However, he was sooooo excited to go this morning and I choke up just thinking about how proud I am of him.  I was terrified of starting school as a kid (actually I was terrified of starting anything new) and so to watch my excited little boy march into his classroom filled me with admiration.  Although I could tell he was a bit intimidated, he plastered a nervous smile on his face and bravely gave me an extra 4 or 5 hugs and kisses and went and sat down with the other kids.  He was beaming when I picked him up 3 hours later.  And now I can't help but wonder... how on earth will I deal with my three babies starting school one day??!

How cute are little kids with back packs??!

Come on mommy!

In his classroom... what a little man :)



Cutie Pies

I think the babies have started to hit that awesome age where they start to become a little less work and A LOT more fun!  They are 7 1/2 months now and starting to sit on their own and enjoy playing with toys and eachother.  Plus, they sleep pretty good now and have somewhat of a nap schedule happening... which means more breaks for me!

Here are some pictures taken one morning once everyone was up... it was a pajama party in my bed! 

Griffin entertaining them all:

Trying to get them all to smile... come on Sunny!

There we go!

Gibsyn trying out Griffin's hat... she thought she was pretty funny!

Sunny has been a lot "sunnier" these days... she's such a cutie:

Fletcher after eating... his new favourite past time!

And a picture of Griffin when he was the same age as the babies are now... such a cutie pie!  Man they grow up too fast!