Randomness and firsts

What a week! Cousin Sydney, new tooth, distinguishable words, photo shoot...

Alex: Alex is our dare devil. He hasn't quite mastered crawling, but he can army crawl anywhere he wants to go. And that's typically towards something new to chew on. He loves to "play" with the speaker and of course the cord attached to the ipod. You have to make sure you don't put the ipod above him on the couch or table... he'll grab the cord and pull it down on top of his head. He also loves moving towards the radio or playing with any of the toys that make music. Of course, it seems all of his chewing has paid off. His first tooth started popping through Friday. It's his lower right tooth. Doesn't seem to bother him much but he doesn't like when I try to open his mouth and look.

Logan: Our little monkey. He loves to be tossed around (and being so much smaller than his brothers, we accidentally swing him a little when picking him up after the other guys!). He likes to be upside down. And man, can the little dude laugh!! It's contagious. He also likes to gurgle. This is usually cute, unless he gurgling with some food or milk he has, let's say, brought back up.

Nick: Nick said 'dada' this weekend. And repetitively says it. He isn't necessarily associating it with Dad, but he is using more consonants. Especially if he's upset. Nick has been a little moody this week, but at times it has been hilarious! It's almost like he's trying to cuss us out in baby language. You just have to laugh, which of course, doesn't make him any happier.

I have some video I need to process and post. One of Nick talking and some of the boys playing. I can also put up some of the pictures from our photo shoot today. There were some cute ones, but the boys weren't real interested in having their pictures taken. They all started out fine... then Alex and Nick decided they didn't want to participate. Logan, as usual, was fine with whatever and smiled and played quite nicely. The pictures above are from the shoot.

I know I mentioned Cousin Sydney up above, but she is post-worthy all to herself (and I'm tired for tonight). I'll type up more tomorrow about our fun time with our big cousin!

So long infant carriers

I already miss our carriers. This week we switched out the infant carrier car seats for the bigger, I'm growing up and don't need baby stuff anymore, car seats. At first, it sounds great... the boys are getting bigger and better at getting around on their own; We don't have to store the carriers behind the chair anymore. But then the more I thought about it... Before, we could load the boys in their chairs, grab the rest of our gear, then load up the boys. Now - once we start putting them in their seats, we better be ready to go - it is hot outside in the van (stupid summer)! Speaking of getting them in the van, we had to take out one of the adult seats, put two baby seats in the 3rd row and the 3rd baby seat in the middle row. Did I mention these seats are still rear-facing? Let's just say it's not the easiest to get them in their seats (where as before, they just slid right in). And there's the sleep factor. Before, if they fell asleep when we were out and about, they could just sleep in their seats. Or if they were asleep when we got home, they might stay asleep for a while once we bring them in ... in the carrier.

Waa, Waa, Waa... right? Well, enough complaining. The boys are growing, which is great (I think). It's just one more step to becoming a little man. I'll adjust. And besides, we took them to the grocery store tonight and they looked so cute in their stroller without the carriers (although being the first time in that stroller, it took the adults a few minutes to figure out how to restrain the ever-moving child). And Nick in the cart was very cute! These pics aren't the best - they're from my phone - but you get the gist.


So, although we'll miss the conveniences of the carriers, I'm sure we'll learn to love the new seats too. There will continue to be new experiences (like the store today) which is always fun. Speaking of new experiences... I bought some biter biscuits today for the boys to try. Nick and Logan didn't want to even try. Alex didn't at first, but after a while, seemed to enjoy it...

The best part of the day... Adam's home again! We missed him :-)

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Hey guys... quick... while mom's in there cleaning up our mess again... let's blog!
We sure were fussy today weren't we?! It probably would have helped if we slept more, but there was something else... what was it about today... I know! It was daddy's birthday, but he wasn't here! Maybe that's why we were 'in a mood' as mom would say.

Happy Birthday Daddy!! We miss you! Mom said you're in Seattle, but we don't know where that is really. All we know is we keep looking around to find you but you're not there. We sang Happy Birthday to you today. Mom said we were practicing for Saturday. All I heard is that there will be cake ... can we have some?! (Mom already said no, but we figured we'd ask dad too... just in case he says something else).

Hey Alex - did Dreft get the blood out of your onesie?
Yeah - most of it anyway.
Why do you keep bleeding all the time? Maybe you should stop putting everything in your mouth! They're not even sharp things - what gives?!
Nah... it's cool. It's fun to put things in my mouth. I just have to work on my balance so I don't jam it into the roof of my mouth like tonight. Besides, it only hurts for a few minutes and mom gives me extra attention... and a cool washcloth to chew on!
I guess that doesn't sound so bad after all! I wonder what we could get into next...
Quick - push publish... here she comes! Bye everyone (and happy birthday dad!)!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there! We had a very busy/fun day today. We started out the morning sleeping in (slightly). Granted, this is partially due to how late the boys stayed up last night. The boys presented Adam with his father's day gift (a cool t-shirt). Unfortunately, we all then had to say good-bye to daddy... He had to go to the airport for his flight to Seattle for the SLA conference. We were going to take him and see him off, but he had to be there at the same time as the boys eat breakfast. We miss him already and look forward to him being home soon!!

With Adam off to Seattle (with a slight delay due to weather - of course), I packed up the boys to go to Decatur for the day. I know... we were just there yesterday. But my dad didn't get to see the boys much while we were in town, so we figured we'd visit some more (being father's day and all). The boys were in pretty good moods when we got there, and we took the opportunity for a little photo shoot. It's amazing how many pictures you can take of 3 babies and almost never get them all looking at the same place at the same time and happy. I know, I ask for a lot! Anyway, we did get a few good ones. (I also added more to the slideshow on the blog.) After lunch, we headed out to Uncle Matt and Aunt Denna's house for a family cook-out. Matt fixed some awesome steaks and chicken! After we ate, we took the boys swimming again. This time, everyone was more awake and could enjoy it more.
We got out of the pool just as a storm was coming in. We watched from the house as the rain and hail fell out of the sky. What is it about being in Decatur, with Adam's vehicle, on a holiday of sorts and it hails?! It didn't last for long and then we headed back to mom and dad's for baby dinner. After that, I'm not real sure what happened because I took a nap. I think the boys played with Grandma and Grandpa (I noticed Uncle Brandon sleeping on the couch too) because when I woke up, they were exhausted and ready to come home.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and a happy Father's day!

8 Months Old Swimmers

The boys are officially 8 months old! Not much new to report that we haven't already posted. Still no teeth - although some days one or two of them are grumpy until you give them a cool teether. Still no "official" crawling - although Alex has shown great promise! He gets up on all fours, rocks back and forth and maybe goes forward one movement. (Unless of course you turn on the camera - then he just rolls and smiles at the camera!) We're willing to say he's crawling, just not an expert. They do move fast though. If they want to, they can be all the way across the room in 3 seconds. Hopefully a brother wasn't in the way or he would be rolled right over! They are all able to sit up by themselves, although Logan still isn't as sure about it.

We did take the boys swimming for the first time today! We went to my Aunt Barb's house and used her pool (thanks Barb!). It was a little cool at first and they weren't really sure what to make of it, but they eventually had a good time. Well, at least Alex and Logan did. Nick was getting sleepy and wasn't too interested. He just wanted to be put down for a nap. Logan was typical Logan. We put him in one of the baby floating devices (which had a bit of an incline so he could lay back) and he did his typical... hands behind the head.





For their first time they did pretty well. Nick was much happier when we dried him off and let him sleep. Don't they look so cute sleeping!

Both Alex and Logan went under the water (purely supervised of course) and didn't care much for it. Who can blame them! They did enjoy splashing and grabbing for the bubbles in the water. All in all, it was a good experience and I look forward to more swimming adventures. Maybe next time it won't be during nap time!

And so it begins...

I have 3 little boys... I should just expect to spend a major portion of my time fixing scrapes and bruises and all sorts of other boo-boos. And then there's the thought of spending so much time in the prompt care that we get to know all the doctors and nurses and their life stories. Of course we'll probably just have a standing appointment at least once a week. They'll have a pool started for which boy it will be that week. (I wonder if I could get in on that!) Well, whoever guessed it would be Alex this week would win the pot!

Okay, so we didn't have to go to prompt care, but he was bleeding. Dawn mentioned it before she left, so when Adam brought him down for dinner, we noticed he had a fat lip! Sounds like he got carried away chewing on some toys this afternoon and bonked himself. He has to put everything in his mouth and especially likes chewing on the activity center bases or bouncy chair frames. Dawn said he didn't really cry, just sucked down the blood and contined playing. Poor little man! (Silly little man!)

Chicks dig scars!

Oh yeah... Logan pooped in his bath tonight. Freaked Adam out! I can't wait til the days when all three are in the tub together and someone poops... Mom look - a new toy is floating in the water!!!

Happy Birthday Grandma Williams!

Happy Birthday Grandma Williams! You would have been "89" years old (born in 1910). We miss you! Every time I "smack their little bottoms" I think of you and how much they would have loved to go over to your house. I mean who wouldn't with an endless supply of ham, cheese, milk and cookies (just to mention a few). And don't even get me started on your fried potatoes or chocolate pie - no one makes them like you!

2 Years ago - 96th Birthday

Thanks for taking care of Claire for us. We miss you!

Our first playdate!!

Hey everyone! This is Alex, Logan and Nick again. It's been a while since mom has let us post to the blog. She says too much computer time for babies our age is not good. We really just think she and dad want to keep the computers to themselves... but we have to share all our toys. Oh well, our toys are way cooler and fit in our mouths better. The computer screen just gets harder to see when we slobber all over it.

Speaking of toys and playing... we had our first playdate yesterday! Mom and dad took us over to meet the Schirano triplets - James, Cameron and Ella. They are a little older than us - I think mom said they were 11 months old today. Not sure what 11 is, grandpa only counts to 5 with us and Leap Frog Lily only goes to 10. Guess 11 is really old! Anyway... there were girls!!! James was pretty cool too - he was crawling all over and even walking with help - way more advanced than us. But we've never seen girls our age before. And was it just me or did they look just alike?! It wasn't just you, but we should let Alex take it from here. Logan and I (Nick) got so excited before we went that by the time we got there, we needed to nap!

Yeah, you two were awake for a while, but then I was playing with all the new toys, turned around and you were both back in the carriers asleep. And they had such cool toys! Personally, I went for the electronics - dvd player, sound system.

Mom didn't let me play with it for long so I rolled over and found a really cool ball that rolls around - on it's own! It's just like the one mom had in the basement and brought up for us to play with later that day - she was hiding it from us. Anyway, I had a really great time haning out with even more babies. Their mom got some really cool pictures of us playing. I saw them on her blog (while you two were napping again this afternoon - you sure do sleep a lot!). You'll have to stay awake longer next time so we can get a picture of all 6 of us (where the two of you aren't sleeping in the backround)!

All of this typing is making me tired. Maybe I should go join the other two for a nap. Bye everyone! Maybe I'll dream of future playdates... It would be really cool to play with more triplets again! :-)

Is it really June already?!

I may be biased, but our babies are so cute! I found it easier yesterday to update the pictures than to write a blog entry. But as I was going through all the pics, I remembered how fun our past couple of weeks has been... fun but very busy!

The baptisms on Mother's Day went very well... kinda. The boys did great during church and the baptisms were after mass. They started out good, but then Alex started getting a little fussy. I tried to keep him entertained, but he was just so tired. Everyone did well with the water on their heads. Sydney looked a little concerned at first, but came out smiling. Nick jerked his head at the last minute and got it in his face (which didn't make him happy) but the other two just kinda laughed. They all like to take baths, so I wasn't too worried. Unfortunately, the tired/fussy thing became contagious. It was nap time after all. So instead of getting some good family pictures with the boys and their godparents, etc., we packed up and headed over to my mom's house for a potluck. Mom and Dad and Brandon had put up the tent for us to eat under. Of course, Mother Nature wasn't having a happy Mother's Day in Decatur. We got to the house and the tent had blown over (it lasted all night and was fine when they left for church). We moved everything into the garage and everyone (I hope) had a good time. Sydney changed out of her cute dress and put on a new shirt announcing that she is a Big Sister! Angela is due right around Christmas.

Adam's sister, April, and her husband, Jon, came back for the baptism. While they were here, they got to spend some time with the boys. I think it was Jon's first time feeding a baby, but he did very well.

The boys are getting better at moving to wherever they want to go. They're still rolling or scooting, no crawling yet. They are also getting much better at sitting up by themselves. Nick has been able to for a while and sits up for a long time. He prefers this to laying down, although he also likes you to give him his toys so he doesn't have to reach too far. Alex just started this weekend to sit up for longer periods by himself. Logan isn't far behind, but he likes to fall back onto you - he thinks it a game! It's so awesome to hear them laugh! Not just giggle, but gut-busting laughing.

I am happy to report that they are eating much better than in the beginning. I can't say that they have any real favorites. They'll eat anything. They may make a horrible face for the first few bites, but then they just open up and gobble down. Alex still prefers the bottle first (because he can eat it faster - there is no "too fast" for Alex). Logan still prefers food to the bottle. Nick could go either way depending on the day. We have been through all the 1st foods and are about to move onto the next stage. We tried pear juice a week or so ago from sippy cups. Didn't go so well - no one was interested. We'll try again later.

The boys love to be outside - at least for now when it's not too hot. They enjoy going for walks around the neighborhood. They also really like the swings at the park. There is a small park a block away. It will be very nice when they're older. Now they mainly just swing. We can put two in one swing - back to back. I bought a baby swing for our swing set at the Mothers of Multiples garage sale this spring. I finally put it up this weekend. It is a single swing (so we have to take turns), but they really enjoy it. I need to find one that fits two babies and we'll be set! We did find that they have mommy's fair skin. Keep them out too long and their pasty white skin turns a bright red!

Okay... I gotta go and get Adam something for his birthday/father's day. Don't forget to enjoy the new pics :)

New Pictures

I know... it has been forever since I've updated the blog. Well, tonight is still not the night! But I did update the slide show in the right hand column of the blog with new pictures and I'm sure that's really what people would rather see anyway! So, check them out.

One other quick note... We unofficially weighed the boys this week before their baths. Alex and Nick are coming in around 20 lbs and Logan is around 16.5 lbs. Needless to say, they are eating well and growing just fine.

I promise I'll post more soon. For now, enjoy the pics!