Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my wonderful hubby... my rock... my Mr. Calm... the only man I could ever raise all these children with!  We love you Troy/Daddy!

And Happy Father's Day to my own Dad... who always makes us laugh and loves my kids as much as he loves my sisters and I.  Troy and I always joke that he and Griff are best friends!  I love you Dad!

First Swim!

My mom, Natalie and I took the babies to the pool for the first time today!  Here are some shots from that adventure.... it went really well aside from getting dressed at the end - everyone was cold and tired so the change room got pretty loud!

Here they are ready to go to the pool:

Gibsyn in her cute lil swimsuit:

Fletcher the butter-ball with Auntie Nat:

Sunny lovin' her itty bitty bikini!

All three of them relaxing in the baby pool...

It was kind of funny cause the aquasize class got out just as we walked into the change room so the babies were bombarded with "grandmotherly types"... people (especially older women) get such a kick out of three babies!

Day Trip Gone Bad

Growing up, my mom instilled in me the Golden Rule - if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.  So I tend to only blog happy, nice moments... and I feel like perhaps I have painted a very pretty picture, but not necessarily a realistic one.  I'm assuming the people who read this blog want to know what life is really like in our house, so today I wanted to share a not so happy experience...

I took Griffin and Sunny to Spectrum today (Troy stayed home with Gibs and Fletch). It's a festival downtown that has food, bouncy castles, face painting, pony rides, entertainment and so on.  It started off great, but ended with me carrying a screaming baby and dragging a screaming three year old by the arm for two blocks until we reached the mini van.  Granted, Sunny was hungry and Griffin was ready for his nap, but still, it was very embarrassing.  Here's an after shot of Griff... note the spiderman face paint which was washed away by his temper tantrum.  Thank goodness I only brought one baby...

Jumping Babies

The babies have recently started to enjoy their jolly jumpers... its so nice to have another option for them to keep busy with (especially with all the rain we've had lately)!  Here are a few shots from today.

Sunny

 Fletcher

Gibsyn



Toronto Trip

All my kids are currently sleeping (wow!) so I thought I'd do this quick post!  Troy, Griffin, and I returned from Toronto this past sunday night... we had a great trip, but it was nice to come home to the babies!  Here are just a couple shots from our trip:

Griffin LOVED the airplane ride!  Likely because he had his very own TV.

At the CN Tower: 

 At the Blue Jays game (which he only lasted through 3 innings... I think baseball is pretty boring too!)

Allyssa's wedding was absolutely beautiful... gorgeous venues, great friends, delicious food - we had a blast!  Griffin danced all night long and really impressed the guests with his moves (even I don't know where he got them all from!)  Here's a picture of the beautiful bride and myself.  By the way Allys, happy 30th birthday TODAY!!  Thanks Lyndsay for the photo!

Back at home, my mom, dad, and auntie Linda took great care of the babies.  It was hard to leave them, but such a relief to have such loving and competent caretakers for them!  Thank you Auntie Linda for driving down to help my mom out!  And thanks mom for taking some great pics of them while we were gone:

Auntie Linda, Fletcher, Gibsyn, Sunny:

Bath time!  So nice to see them all smiling through it - especially Sunny - I really thought she'd never like the water!  They are 4 months old today and just got their immunizations...

Sunny - 11lbs 5oz

Gibsyn - 12 lbs 2oz

Fletcher - 12 lbs 15oz

And my dad... falling asleep on the job!



And I'd share more, but Gibsyn is now awake so break time is over :)

Off to Toronto!

Tomorrow morning (at 5:30am!) we're heading to Calgary airport to catch our flight to Toronto for my good friend Allyssa's wedding! I've been looking forward to this for soooo long... but tonight I'm feeling a little sad.  I thought it would be such a welcome break, but it turns out I'm pretty attached to these little cutie pies (go figure, hey?).  I'm sure it'll be fine once we're on our way... I can't wait to relax with friends and especially to give Griffin my undivided attention!  We dropped the babies off at my mom and dad's house tonight where they'll be staying for the next 5 days (THANK YOU mom, dad, and Auntie Linda for taking care of them for us - I know they're in good hands!).  It was tough to say goodbye... can you blame me?  Look at these sweet little faces!  I took this picture this morning.  I went into their room at 7am cause Sunny was crying and when I looked around the room I realized all three of them were awake and ready to eat... I usually get lucky and atleast one of them will sleep in longer so I don't have to attempt to breastfeed and bottlefeed all three!  We managed though... and I had three happy babies afterwards :)

First Soccer Practice

This week we attended Griffin's first soccer practice.  When we signed him up, Troy offered to help coach sometimes, but when we got the team roster, Troy's name was on top as the one and only team coach for the "Zebras"!  People who know Troy, know that he isn't the loud, outgoing type so I was wondering how he was going to convince twelve 3 & 4 year olds to do something that resembled soccer!  So me, being the most un-athletic person on the planet, offered to help him out.  Haha... needless to say, our little zebras didn't end up doing a whole heck of a lot (and that includes Griffin)... but "I think" we had fun... not completely sure.  Thanks goodness we had my mom, Troy's mom, and Natalie there to help with the babies.  Next time, we'll have more of a game plan... and  hopefully can figure this coaching stuff out.  Griffin is the one with sunglasses in the picture below... Troy's the coach with the hat on:

Here are some baby pics as well... here's Sunny watching the hockey game with dad:

Gibsyn and Fletcher cuddling in the morning: