Beach Trip!

Daddy's BIG catch!

Having fun on the Merry-go-round




This past weekend, our family plus my in-laws went to Ft. Morgan for a long weekend. We had a really good time. The weather stayed overcast the whole time and we had some afternoon showers. I didn't mind b/c I didn't have to wrestle 3 wiggle toddlers every day to put sunblock on them and we didn't sweat buckets. Having no sun didn't bother me either. Since having children, I could really care less if I have a tan or not. The kids don't mind my pasty white legs!!

All 3 of the kids LOVED the ocean. C loved it the most. We had to wrestle him out of the water every day. He also got to go fishing with daddy and PaPa and acted like such a big boy. M loved the pool the best and took off swimming on her own with her swim floaties and ring float. She finally learned to kick her legs to propel her forward in the water. Z enjoyed playing in the sand the most. She likes the ocean and the pool but only if she was in someone's arms.

On Sunday, the weather was really yucky so we decided to go and ride the go-carts in Gulf Shores. We all (including MiMi and PaPa) had a blast riding them. The kids screamed "Weeeeee" the whole time and asked for "More" as soon as we got out of the go-carts. The rest of the day was spent at the condo as the kids all came down with a nasty cold.

Oh! On the way to the condo the first day, Z said the cutest thing. The sun was shining really bad in our eyes and she sits in the middle carseat. After a few very sunny minutes, she said, "Mommy, turn the light off!".

Wrapping up summer!

M saying "CHEESE!!!!)

C saying "CHEESE!!!!)

Z saying "CHEESE!!!!!)


I can't believe summer is almost over. Where has the time gone?? We have had a very busy summer and are gearing up for an even busier fall. My hubby finished his last master's class this summer and now just has to complete his final project. YEAH!!! I just got through working and selling at our multiples group annual fall garage sale. (That is why I haven't posted in awhile.) I sold a lot of the kids clothes, toys, and our junk and bought them "new" toys for their birthday and Christmas and clothes for the fall. I also made and sold hair bows at the garage sale, and a friend and I were just asked by a local business to make bows to sell in their store for the fall! I am very excited to bring in an income (no matter how small it might be) and glad to be doing something creative.

The kids had a great time at their early intervention summer camp. The therapists introduced them to the world of "The Wiggles" during the last week of camp. I think they (The Wiggles)have replaced Dora the Explorer as their new obsession. I don't mind b/c they actually sing some catchy songs. For those of you who don't know who The Wiggles are, they are 4 ex-male preschool teachers from Australia that sing and dance with all different kinds of characters....dog, dinosaur, octopus, a pirate....ect....

C and M have started private speech therapy at Children's and are loving it. Z is jealous b/c she doesn't get to "play" with them. After 3 weeks of therapy, we are already seeing an improvement with both of them. Z got new inserts to go in her shoes to help her walk and run better. The inserts are yellow so she now asks for her "yellow shoes". Other than that, they are doing really well. They LOVE to play in the dirt and swim in the kiddie pool in the front yard. They are starting to get an imagination which is fun to watch and help develop. They like to pray with us and it is so sweet to hear them utter little whispered prayers for each other.

They will start a Mother's Day Out program in 2 weeks and will attend 2 days a week. They will also attend their early intervention center 2 days a week. I will have plenty of free time to make hair bows!!! Seriously, I will not know what to do with them gone so much. Mother's Day Out will be really good for them b/c they will be with typically developing children and we hope that they will help C and M with their speech. We also want them to learn to play with different children and not just each other and other sets of multiples.

I have been approached by one of the kid's therapists to apply for a grant at one of the local colleges to get a Master's in Early Childhood Education so I could work at their center. I contacted the person in charge and she said that I would make a great candidate for the program and urged me to apply immediately. We decided that I would not apply this fall with everything else that we have going on and we would like some time to pray about it to see if this is what God has planned for me. I ask that those of you reading this please keep us and this important decision in your thoughts and prayers as well.

I will post more pictures in a few days. I have to download them off of the camera.

Dog days of summer

M-G-Z-C

Z-C (in the shades)- M

Wow! It has been so hot this summer. We are finding ourselves going outside to play VERY early in the morning or after dinner each night. When we do go outside, we always try to involve water to help cool down.........kiddie swimming pools, sprinklers, water sprayers at the zoo. I am posting one picture of our kids playing in a kiddie swimming pool with their new friend Gaines. We spent the afternoon of July 3rd with my oldest and dearest friend from high school and her family and as you can see, the kids quickly found a way to cool down. They finished the afternoon with a nice juicy watermelon too!

The second picture is of the kids playing in one of 2 mud puddles that were left after a very brief rain shower. It was so hot, the puddles were actually evaporating as they played in them!! And yesterday, we all stood out in the rain because we couldn't believe that it was really raining. Unfortunately, I did not get pictures!

"Z" had her 1st and hopefully last encounter with my razor today. I used it this morning by the sink in the bathroom to touch up a few spots and like always, she was in there with me. I laid it IN the sink and stuck my head out of the bathroom to tell my hubby something. When I turned around, she was standing there, razor in hand, with blood all over her. I tried not to panic. I tried to find the source of the blood. I calmly took the razor away and started wiping her hands and face off. She was very calm and allowed me to search her thoroughly. I finally discovered that she sliced her pointer finger in 3 places (it was a 3 bladed razor). I cleaned it off really good, put a bandaid on it, and began to tell her the importance of not touching mommies things. She LOST it!! She began crying so hard and it took at least 30 minutes to console her. Afterwards, she laid on the couch holding her arm in the arm and tried to look at pitiful as she possibly could. The joys of toddlerhood!!!

Summer fun!

"C" saw the ENT and the tube in his left ear had fallen out and was sitting in his ear canal. The nurse pulled it out and said that the ear canal was still open and he didn't need surgery to insert a new tube! YEAH!!
We learned that "Z" is allergic to Sulfa (which is in Septra). She was taken it for a UTI and about a week later broke out in the worst hives I have ever seen. She would walk in the playroom looking fine and would come out 5 minutes later covered in hives and red rashes. About 10 minutes later they would disappear and reappear somewhere different on her body. It was crazy. She is on Zyrtec now and that seems to help with the hives.
For hubby's Father's Day gift, I made an appt. for us to have our 1st official family portrait taken. It turned out so beautiful. The kids were amazing that day and we got the best portraits of them individually and in a group. Even the photographer was amazed at how happy and well behaved they were. God has truly blessed us with amazing children (and the wisdom to raise them). (I will try and post the family picture once I figure out how to turn it the right way....long complicated story as to why I can't do it)
On Father's Day, we all went to the zoo. We are loving our membership there and are getting a lot of use out of it. (thanks Aunt Glenna) I have taken the kids several times by myself and hubby joined us for the 1st time on Father's Day. He had just as much fun as they did and asked if we would like to go again tomorrow.
I am approaching my 31st birthday next week. It is no big deal to me. Just another day, but I do get to go out to dinner (KID FREE) with my hubby to celebrate!!!!
We have been enjoying playdates with other sets of triplets and playing outside when it is not to hot. The kids helped us wash our cars today and they got wetter than the cars did. They also
enjoyed playing in the sprinklers.

June Highlights

Z, C, & M cooling off in the water fountains

Playing in the stream

We are big kids now!

We are finally over the stomach bug. We learned from the stool samples that we all had giardia and were all treated with Flagyl---some yucky stuff!!! We are now all getting over sinus infections but that didn't stop us from taking our first trip to the Tennessee Aquarium last week. The kids had a blast! "M" is our nature girl and touched everything that they would let her. "Z" is our prissy one and didn't want to get her hands dirty and seemed to be bored most of the time. "C" is all boy and was just mischievous. They enjoyed the "Ocean Life" the most and got bored pretty quickly with the "River Life". Their favorite part of the whole trip was playing in the water fountain and streams. It was a nice refreshing way to end the day.

This weekend, we made the switch to eating at the dining room table. No more highchairs!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!! They are so proud to finally eat at the table with us. I enjoy not having to wash highchair trays anymore.

Ben received a promotion this week at work. He will be Director of Systems and Support. He will be in charge of 3 people and 6 or so workstudies. We are very proud of him!!!! Go Daddy!

"Z" had her 6 mo. checkup with her neurosurgeon yesterday and everything looks great. She will see him again in 6 months! He was impressed with her progress, as are we. "C" goes the ENT tomorrow to have the scar on his left ear looked at (from his hemangioma surgery) and to see if the tube in the same ear has fallen out. Hopefully not b/c that would mean another surgery to reinsert another one.

As you can see, the month of June has already been pretty busy for us! Looking forward to more fun in the sun though.

Happy Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day and I am so happy to be the mom of 3 wonderful 2 1/2 year olds. They are the joy of my life and I look forward to each and every day with them. I love watching them grow and learn new things. They love being "helpers" right now and they decided to "help" daddy make sweet rolls this morning for breakfast. Daddy left the room for just a minute and returned to see that "C" had climbed onto the counter and he and "Z" helped themselves to the raw sweet rolls. "M" took her raw sweet rolls to the living room in the hopes of not getting caught. The messy face gave them all away!!! I love my kids!!!

House of Poop!

I have been unable to post any pictures because the kids are suffering from some type of serious stomach bug. Last Friday, the pediatrician said that they had yeast in their stomachs and in their poop so he prescribed Nystatin for it. Well, that ain't helping at all!!!! They are having "Explosive" poop diapers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are so bad that we have to change them in the shower and then hose them down. If you think that is bad..........don't even ask me about the smell!! This has been going on for 3 1/2 weeks; with each week getting progressively worse. My hands are so raw from all of the Clorox that I have used to clean up their messes. Once they heal and the kids start getting better, then I'll post some pictures!! Please keep us in your prayers!

What have they been up to?

Wow! Where to begin? It has been so long since we have updated on the web about our kids. Z, M, & C are now 2 1/2 yrs. old. They are extremely active and keep us going all of the time. Z is our best talker and spokesperson for the group. M & C have some speech delays but they can communicate their needs and wants just fine. They are all obsessed with STOP signs and love yelling STOP anytime they see one while riding in the car. Their cartoon/toy obsessions are Dora the Explorer, Diego, and Thomas the Train.
They all got tubes put in their ears and their adenoids removed because of recurrent ear infections. Everyone made it through their surgery fine and they haven't had an infection since. Z also had surgery 2 days ago for an inguinal hernia and did great! They are all still receiving OT, PT, and ST services 4 days a week and are making tremendous improvements.
They will begin a Mother's Day Out program this fall and will attend 2 days a week. I am excited about that because they will get to spend time with other boys and girls their age and I will have almost 3 1/2 hours to myself. I have no idea what I will do with myself!!!!!!