18 Months Old!

Today is the boys' 1/2 birthday - Happy 18 month birthday Alex, Logan and Nick!
On Thursday we go for their 18 month checkup and after that I'll post their new stats. Until then, I just wanted to post some random reason my "babies" are so awesome (the good and the bad)...

• They will put anything in their mouths. Right now Alex is licking the heat vent. Usually, that's Logan's trick. Nick has been known to fit an entire pacifier in his mouth - the whole thing!
• They love boxes. They will climb in them and play contently for a long time. Or push them all over, climb on them and just stand tall, or pull them over to reach something normally out of reach.
• They run around crazy-like right before bath time. They get stripped down to the diaper and then just run around the room. They may go in circles or just run back and forth or chase a brother trying to point out brother's belly button. They like to find their own belly buttons. It is crazy the energy they have and burn right before bath time!
• Speaking of bath time... They love baths. They try to climb in before their diapers are off. They love to splash the water or turn the faucet on and off. They are not so fond of the shower-spray-down but they love to squirt water on themselves from the rubber ducks. A duck says "quack"
• Laughter is awesome... and contagious.
• They give lovin's to the stuffed animals and each other and best of all - to us! It is adorable to watch and better to get a big ol' hug.
• Light switches are a big thing right now. They love to turn lights on and off. Poor Logan isn't quite able to reach the light switch in the living room, but his brothers can (standing on the box).
• I love the way they notice Mr. Moon on nights that he's visible. Usually it's a full moon that they notice, but they will stare out the window for a long time pointing and saying hi/bye. The last time he was out (visible), after getting jammies on, both Logan and Nick remembered he was out there and wanted to wave bye-bye before going back to watch TV.
• I Love, Love, Love the fact that they can communicate with us more now. There is still room for improvement of course - we get a lot of grunting and pointing. But when Nick tells me he wants milk (signing to me) there is no question about what he means. They say "more" a lot when they like something and want, well, more. It's even cute when they start signing sleep because they are so tired they can't play any more. And of course the words they are saying and getting better at are just adorable to hear. My favorite tonight was Alex saying TV, which is more like Tyah. I'm also trying to get Alex to say Monster Truck (since he says big truck so much). It comes out more like meh-meh truckt. They're also starting to mimic some words we're saying like hat or hot - out of the blue they just say the word and it catches you off guard that they were paying attention.
• If they don't have the words yet, they still have the ability to answer yes/no questions. And they'll answer with emphatic head bobbing. Do you want to go downstairs and play? 3 big yes's. Of course my favorite (and mainly cause it happened to Adam) - this weekend on our way up to visit Grandma Judy & Grandpa Barry, we were hoping the boys would sleep in the car - of course they didn't. Adam said something like "you want to sleep" and Logan simply shook his head "no". Every time we suggested sleeping - Logan said "no". So cute (although maybe you had to be there - typing it out didn't make it sound as cute as I know it was at the time)!
• Recently, the dare devils have been getting more adventurous. Tonight I found them diving head first off the couch, usually in a slow manner. Alex has been known to dive off without so much caution. I also saw Nick tonight falling backwards off the couch. He's start off sitting right on the edge and then just scooching enough till he fell right off. At first, it was onto some pillows, but by the end of the night it the pillows were no longer there.
• Some of the not so fun things, but still adorable and make me smile once I know they're not hurt - tantrums. It is crazy dealing with them, especially when they seem to come out of no where and for no reason. And it's annoying when they try hurting themselves - banging heads into the floor - or Logan's newest thing is to bite his own hand. But it's kinda cute too.

I never imagined I'd have triplets. The last 18 months has taught me that I'm so lucky and grateful that we did!!!