Little Stars

A while ago we were asked to submit a Christmas themed photo of our kids to be featured on the cover of a quarterly magazine that comes out with the local newspaper.  I was so excited to finally see the end result yesterday!  I feel so overwhelmingly blessed to have such beautiful, healthy children!  I scanned a copy of the magazine to share:
 left to right: Fletcher, Sunny, Griffin, Gibsyn... Fletcher and Sunny were actually on the back cover - I guess its tough to fit 4 kids on the front!



They also wrote up an article about our family.  My interview with the journalist was very casual and conversational... I thought we were just chatting and that he would ask me some formal questions at some point.  Turns out our "chat" was the interview and so I feel like my quotes are maybe not as informational slash intelligent as I would have liked to sound... haha, then again, I guess that is a more realistic interview! I'm just a regular mom who has had far too many brain cells sucked up by far too many umbilical cords.

Happy 10 Months Babies!

The babies are 10 months old today!

We brought out the play kitchen for them and it has been a big hit...

Yesterday Fletcher had an appointment with a pediatric cardiologist from Alberta Children's Hospital who hosts a clinic in Medicine Hat once a month.  Our pediatrician was concerned about the shape of Fletcher's heart (it looked slightly elongated on a few chest x-rays) so he wanted the cardiologist to check him out. We were very relieved to find out that his heart is perfectly healthy and although it may be slightly mishapen, it works just fine.  Here's a picture of my little red-haired boy... my handsome AND HEALTHY little man:

And my other two handsome (and GOOFY) boys... acting like "gangstas" after dinner tonight:

Sea Turtle!

Today Griffin had his last swimming lesson... he started off a little timid in the water but this week he got really brave and tried his best to do everything his instructor asked.  I was so proud of him!  Here he is with his report card... he passed!  Next up - Sea Otter! 

What do you mean it's NOVEMBER already??!

I've been saying, "I can't believe it's <insert month here> already?!!" ever since I had the babies back in January.  This year has gone by faster than any other... I was looking at these pictures that I took yesterday and I just can't get over these big kids I live with!  They are growing up so quickly and although I often find myself thinking, "oh, if only they could walk, we'd be able to do more things", or "if only they'd cut out their morning nap, maybe we could get out more" and so on, and so on.  But then I look at these pictures and think where are my tiny little babies??! Before I know it, they'll all be in school and I'll be missing baby cuddles.  Another tough thing about triplets... you get baby overload for a year and then suddenly, all your kids are grown up all at once! 

I am quite certain that December will be here before I know it.... better get started on Christmas!!!



Gibs, Fletcher, Sunny - practicing standing!

 I just love how they all look so different... different features, sizes, PERSONALITIES!

The girls really like cuddling their teddy bears... well, Sunny likes to scream into her bear's fur, but I think that's her cuddling... haha! 

Couple of cuties - Griffin showing his buddy Beau how to play word games on my iPhone. 



BARF-O-WEEN

You can probably tell by the title what kind of a Halloween I had this year.  I woke up in the middle of the night with an awful stomach flu that lasted much longer than seemed fair.  I was soooo excited to take the kids out for Halloween - they had the cutest costumes to show off!!  So I dragged myself out of bed that afternoon, snapped a few photos, stopped at a few houses, then passed out in my bed, fully clothed, at 7pm.  Don't worry, I was lucky enough to have Natalie, Tara, Krista, and Troy to care for the kids that day.  All of whom eventually experienced the same nastly flu (along with their families).  I feel terrible for spreading it around :(   We are just starting to feel normal again!

So, the pictures aren't great, but I'm glad I got some.  Now I'm thinking I could probably get them to squeeze into these costumes next year too... it'd probably be even cuter when they can walk around in them!

Here's my little cowboy and his baby farm animals....


Sunny the moo cow, Gibby the lil piggy, and Fletcher the fluffy duck






And in their outfits from Auntie Krista... I love these little skirts with tights... wish there was another occasion they could wear them for!

What a Week

Its been an interesting, busy, and tiring week!

Last Saturday, Griffin came down with a terrible flu and couldn't keep anything down.  Then on the Sunday, Fletcher and Gibsyn both got their first tooth.  And on Monday, I took Fletcher to a walk-in clinic because he was very wheezey.  The girls were also sick, but I always worry when it comes to Fletcher's breathing.  Turns out I had reason to worry, as they admitted him to the hospital right away.  He and I spent the night there and he seemed a lot better the next day so the doctor let us go home on pass for the night.  When we returned Wednesday morning his chest sounded a lot better so we were officially discharged.  He has to use a nebulizer 4 times a day for two weeks, but I'm so happy that we are able to do that at home and it has really helped him breath easier.  The hospital brought back bad memories for both of us and I was so torn since Griffin was still getting over the flu and I really wanted to take care of him as well.  Thankfully my mom and Troy took very good care of him and the girls!
Wednesday was also the babies 9 month mark.  They are currently weighing in at 19.5lbs for Fletcher, 17.5lbs for Gibsyn, and 16.5lbs for Sunny.  None of them are crawling yet, but I have a feeling somebody will soon!
Also Wednesday was Griffin's first non-parented swimming lesson.  He was a little nervous but put on a brave face and did pretty good - it'll be interesting to see what he thinks this week!

Here are a couple pictures from the week... they're pretty random, but I'm tired and I just can't do any better right now ;)

Fletcher loving on Sunny

Cuddling on the couch in the morning

A good look at the size difference between Sunny and Fletcher!

Fletcher getting some extra TLC from daddy :)

Sippy cup time!

One night Troy and I stopped running around for a moment and looked around our house... we shared a good laugh and took a quick photo of the chaos we are living in. Hahaha... we did clean up after but I thought it was a good reflection of this past week.

Soothers

The babies are already starting to fight over toys and one of the most coveted items seems to be the soother... not the soother that belongs to them, but the soother attached to the baby beside them!