We took the kids to see the Easter Bunny and have breakfast on Saturday at Gundaker. My friend Janet's mom is an agent there and she always invites us to stuff like this. Janet was there with her kids, Ann, Brian, Katie, and us. It was fun and the kids got to see a lot of their cousins.
We have been so busy lately. Or maybe I should say crazy, stressed, pulling our hair out! I think we are going through the terrible 2's, which really, individually, wouldn't be so bad. But, since there are 3 of them, it gets a little hectic and loud here. Lots of fighting! They are all so good, but I just wish they would get along better, or more often. When they do play together, they are so darn cute! They are starting to talk very good now. They repeat EVERYTHING and they also are singing songs, and starting to talk in sentences. Cassie's favorite song right now is Wheels on the Bus. They all sing it so cute though.
Three weeks ago, I got to go to Nashville to see Pearl Heart perform at a fundraiser for Jeffrey Steel's son who passed away a few years ago. Jim was nice enough to take a day off work and stay with the kids so I can go have some fun. It was a short trip, me, Mom, and Jane left on Thursday morning, got to the fundraiser at 5, then left the next morning at 10am, got home at about 3pm. Jim's mom came over to help him and see the kids, so hopefully he didn't have it too rough. We had so much fun though.....the girls sounded great (like always!), we got to see some other great musicians and we got to drink too much wine! I was pretty hung over the next day.
Jackie, Mom, Me, Amy, Angela, Courtney, Jane, & Bill
Jane, Mom, Me
Pearl Heart with Grandma - also, for all of you people on Facebook, you should become a fan of Pearl Heart!!!!!
All the girls---except Ann--wish you could have been there!
Mom, Jeff Steel, Jane, and Me
The day before I left, my mom called me at work and told me she was making breakfast for the kids before she got them out of their cribs, and in walks Jenna into the kitchen. Then Jimmy follows along! Oh, no! I knew the day was coming soon that they would be crawling out of their cribs. Cassie is our scaredy cat, so she was still in her crib. So, Jim and I went out and bought Alli a new bed (she was needing one b/c was getting too big for toddler bed anyway). She got twin bunk beds. Then the triplets were moved into toddler beds! This is where the craziness comes in. We have not been having fun with this at all! It takes them anywhere from 1-2 hrs for them to fall asleep at nap time and bed time. Lately, they haven't really been taking naps b/c by the time I get done screaming after 2 hrs, I figure its too late for a nap and hope they are extra tired at bed time...although, that doesn't seem to work very good either. Then we have babysitters here and the kids go right to sleep. Sometimes I swear that they hate me ;) Usually their naptime or when they go to bed at night, I get some time to myself to either work out, pay bills, clean, whatever.....hasn't been much of that lately! :(
Cassie
Jenna
Jimmy
Follow up to toddler beds....the past 4 nights, they have been going straight to bed with no problems! Yay! We still don't have naps down yet, but we found if we lay on the floor in front of all the beds, they have been falling asleep in about 20 mins. A lot better than the first two weeks!
NICU follow up - two weeks ago we took them to their 2 year follow up for St. John's. They did great. That was their last one. They are right on target with their peers that were born full term. Jenna was the best in her gross motor skills (jumping, dancing, climbing stairs, etc). Cassie was the best with her fine motor skills (holding pencils, eating with utensils, twisting lids off jars, stacking blocks). Jimmy did good too....not really sure what he excelled in, but he did stack all 11 blocks and they said no kids ever do that!
We celebrated St. Patrick's Day...well, not really, but I bought all of the kids new cute shirts to wear and made them some sugar cookies with green sprinkles. Stephanie babysat that day so she took lots of cute pics for me. Mom made us some corned beef and cabbage, which was soooo good! Even all of the kids liked it, especially Allison. She is on this health kick lately...she does my Biggest Loser CardioMax DVD all the time (way more than I do!!!) and loves to drink water and eat anything we tell her is healthy. She just wants to grow up to be so big. The other day, my mom made beef with gravy and I made some rice to go with it. I asked her if she wanted some twice, and she said "NO". Then about a minute later, she said all excited....Is it healthy??? I told her of course, and she went on to eat 2 servings of it! She cracks me up.
Pictures (courtesy of Steph :)
Oh yes...and as of yesterday (3/30), highchairs are gone!
Blurry, but thought Cassie looked cute in this picture
I just found this picture and thought it was so cute that Alli was trying to get Cassie to smile :)
I like this one too!
Its finally been getting warmer, so we've been playing outside a lot lately. The kids LOVE it out there. I do too b/c they don't seem to fight as much. Like they are now on this rainy day....playing blocks and just fighting and fighting! Ughhh!
Alli on her bike - she got this last Oct for her b-day and didn't really get to ride it, but she is so much better at it this year
Alli is doing great in school and also in her speech therapy. She used to always talk about her friend Delaney, but then I heard Delaney and Alli liked the same boy (Troy), so now she always talks about Allison T. I'm guessing Delaney won the boy. She loves to draw pictures for Allison T. all the time! They are laying all over the house. She is still going to dance once a week...her big recital will be in June. She gets to do 2 songs this year. Her little outfit is so cute....expensive, but cute! I still need to put on her video from last year!
The brakes on Jim's car started going out about 2 weeks ago, so instead of getting them fixed, we ended up getting a new car. I'm glad b/c Jim's car was old, it was a stick, and I couldn't drive it. Billy bought it for Jake and supposedly it was a cheap fix and they love it. I'm glad. We got almost 11 year out of it, so it really was a good car. And Jim deserved a new car....I've had 3 or 4 new cars since we've been together :)
2010 Chevy Malibu
We have been so busy lately. Or maybe I should say crazy, stressed, pulling our hair out! I think we are going through the terrible 2's, which really, individually, wouldn't be so bad. But, since there are 3 of them, it gets a little hectic and loud here. Lots of fighting! They are all so good, but I just wish they would get along better, or more often. When they do play together, they are so darn cute! They are starting to talk very good now. They repeat EVERYTHING and they also are singing songs, and starting to talk in sentences. Cassie's favorite song right now is Wheels on the Bus. They all sing it so cute though.
Three weeks ago, I got to go to Nashville to see Pearl Heart perform at a fundraiser for Jeffrey Steel's son who passed away a few years ago. Jim was nice enough to take a day off work and stay with the kids so I can go have some fun. It was a short trip, me, Mom, and Jane left on Thursday morning, got to the fundraiser at 5, then left the next morning at 10am, got home at about 3pm. Jim's mom came over to help him and see the kids, so hopefully he didn't have it too rough. We had so much fun though.....the girls sounded great (like always!), we got to see some other great musicians and we got to drink too much wine! I was pretty hung over the next day.
Jackie, Mom, Me, Amy, Angela, Courtney, Jane, & Bill
Jane, Mom, Me
Pearl Heart with Grandma - also, for all of you people on Facebook, you should become a fan of Pearl Heart!!!!!
All the girls---except Ann--wish you could have been there!
Mom, Jeff Steel, Jane, and MeThe day before I left, my mom called me at work and told me she was making breakfast for the kids before she got them out of their cribs, and in walks Jenna into the kitchen. Then Jimmy follows along! Oh, no! I knew the day was coming soon that they would be crawling out of their cribs. Cassie is our scaredy cat, so she was still in her crib. So, Jim and I went out and bought Alli a new bed (she was needing one b/c was getting too big for toddler bed anyway). She got twin bunk beds. Then the triplets were moved into toddler beds! This is where the craziness comes in. We have not been having fun with this at all! It takes them anywhere from 1-2 hrs for them to fall asleep at nap time and bed time. Lately, they haven't really been taking naps b/c by the time I get done screaming after 2 hrs, I figure its too late for a nap and hope they are extra tired at bed time...although, that doesn't seem to work very good either. Then we have babysitters here and the kids go right to sleep. Sometimes I swear that they hate me ;) Usually their naptime or when they go to bed at night, I get some time to myself to either work out, pay bills, clean, whatever.....hasn't been much of that lately! :(
Cassie
Jenna
Jimmy
Follow up to toddler beds....the past 4 nights, they have been going straight to bed with no problems! Yay! We still don't have naps down yet, but we found if we lay on the floor in front of all the beds, they have been falling asleep in about 20 mins. A lot better than the first two weeks!
NICU follow up - two weeks ago we took them to their 2 year follow up for St. John's. They did great. That was their last one. They are right on target with their peers that were born full term. Jenna was the best in her gross motor skills (jumping, dancing, climbing stairs, etc). Cassie was the best with her fine motor skills (holding pencils, eating with utensils, twisting lids off jars, stacking blocks). Jimmy did good too....not really sure what he excelled in, but he did stack all 11 blocks and they said no kids ever do that!
We celebrated St. Patrick's Day...well, not really, but I bought all of the kids new cute shirts to wear and made them some sugar cookies with green sprinkles. Stephanie babysat that day so she took lots of cute pics for me. Mom made us some corned beef and cabbage, which was soooo good! Even all of the kids liked it, especially Allison. She is on this health kick lately...she does my Biggest Loser CardioMax DVD all the time (way more than I do!!!) and loves to drink water and eat anything we tell her is healthy. She just wants to grow up to be so big. The other day, my mom made beef with gravy and I made some rice to go with it. I asked her if she wanted some twice, and she said "NO". Then about a minute later, she said all excited....Is it healthy??? I told her of course, and she went on to eat 2 servings of it! She cracks me up.
Pictures (courtesy of Steph :)
Oh yes...and as of yesterday (3/30), highchairs are gone!
Blurry, but thought Cassie looked cute in this picture
I just found this picture and thought it was so cute that Alli was trying to get Cassie to smile :)
I like this one too!
Its finally been getting warmer, so we've been playing outside a lot lately. The kids LOVE it out there. I do too b/c they don't seem to fight as much. Like they are now on this rainy day....playing blocks and just fighting and fighting! Ughhh!
Alli on her bike - she got this last Oct for her b-day and didn't really get to ride it, but she is so much better at it this year
Alli is doing great in school and also in her speech therapy. She used to always talk about her friend Delaney, but then I heard Delaney and Alli liked the same boy (Troy), so now she always talks about Allison T. I'm guessing Delaney won the boy. She loves to draw pictures for Allison T. all the time! They are laying all over the house. She is still going to dance once a week...her big recital will be in June. She gets to do 2 songs this year. Her little outfit is so cute....expensive, but cute! I still need to put on her video from last year!
The brakes on Jim's car started going out about 2 weeks ago, so instead of getting them fixed, we ended up getting a new car. I'm glad b/c Jim's car was old, it was a stick, and I couldn't drive it. Billy bought it for Jake and supposedly it was a cheap fix and they love it. I'm glad. We got almost 11 year out of it, so it really was a good car. And Jim deserved a new car....I've had 3 or 4 new cars since we've been together :)
2010 Chevy Malibu
