12.12.09: Carrots?!?

Today was a special day for the girls full of firsts. After our morning nap (yes, that's right we are still successfully taking naps - insert my big grin here) we got the girls all dressed up in the holiday attire and into the car. Then we drove directly to the.........pediatrician's office. I know, mean huh. Well the girls are now over the six month minimum to get the flu shots and we were not about to wait any longer. At least wearing a dress made it easier to get the shots, no undressing needed.


(fiona/green, daphne/blue, stella/red)

After this painful excursion, we headed straight to Santa. My MOMs group hosts a breakfast with Santa where families of multiples can get pictures. It was wonderful. While I didn't really anticipate being in the picture, reflecting later I realized that it was probably unrealistic for Santa to hold our trio alone. It was wonderful to get an entire family portrait as those are harder to come by in the chaos that is our home most days.


(left to right: fiona, daphne, stella)

After returning home and another nap (yes, time for our afternoon nap) we awoke to our first food attempt. I say 'attempt' very intentionally. After much debate about which food to attempt first, we decided on carrots. Our pediatrician said to start with the orange/yellow foods (contrary to most people who advise to start with veggies over fruit). Since we have heard both philosophies on the best food to start with we decided that an orange veggie (carrots) met both schools of thought. I anticipated feeding taking a while, but instead we were done in about five minutes. The girls still aren't super into sitting up for very long and were not digging the carrots or eating idea at all. It was hilarious to watch but probably a bit traumatic for them. Oh well, we keep trying and eventually they will catch on. For now we know that they like to blow raspberries when we try to feed them.