8.18.11: Playmates

It may be a while before we get together with our weekly playmates again, so I took pictures with those kids the girls have spent the past two years growing up with...we are sure going to miss them!


(left to right: kenley, kamryn, stella, daphne, fiona)


(left to right: kari, stella, daphne, heather, ewan, fiona, liam)


(left to right: fiona, stella, daphne, fausto, heather, matias)

8.10.11: First babysitter

(left to right: stella, fiona, daphne)

I blew up some balloons while the girls were awake without realizing this was a new experience for them. Sure enough, the girls decided to imitate me the rest of the day. It always cracks me up when they are so excited about something new...like blowing up balloons.


Tonight we had our first (unrelated) babysitter. Heather and I did a sitting swap so both of us could have date nights without the cost (or trust issues) of using an unknown babysitter. We decided to document our happy sitter upon our safe arrival home. Since the girls were in bed before we left, they had no idea that they were getting babysat while Brant and I had a very nice dinner out.

8.7.11: LA reunion

In honor of the annual Kentucky reunion, the Williams (LA branch) had a mini-reunion today. It was the last chance to all get together before we move to Arizona. The girls were treated to some delicious food (which they devoured). I actually can't remember seeing the girls without food the entire time we were there (~three hours). We couldn't resist taking a picture of all the great-grandkids (including one who is due in a couple months).


(left to right: daphne, ian, mette/baby boy tbn, stella, fiona, devin)

8.2.11: Swimming lessons

I meet someone who runs a swim school and was willing to take on triplets + one parent for lessons. She even gave us a super deal since the lessons are usually for two kids, we got the third kid free. Thankfully Brant was able to come to a couple lessons to build up my confidence to go it alone. So for the past month, the girls and I have been taking swim lessons a couple times a week. They LOVE swimming. They learned all about kicking, paddling with their arms (aka doggy/kitty), splashing, blowing bubbles, climbing out of/jumping into the water and even gliding under water a little bit. Below are some of my favorite pictures the instructor took (fiona/pink, daphne/green, stella/purple). It was A LOT of work to get everyone to the pool and changed before/after the lesson and back home again, but totally worth it. I think we now know how to teach our girls to swim and soon they will have their very own pool to learn in.

7.31.11: Hello apes

(left to right: fiona, stella, daphne)

Today Brant and I tackled the zoo without a stroller. It was incredible, the girls did great! We even went to the petting zoo for the first time. Daphne and Stella loved petting the goats and sheep, but Fiona wasn't so sure about it. After numerous requests, we went to see every primate we could find. The girls were very tuckered out by the end of the visit so we carried them to the car, but overall they did a great job 'self' walking (as they would say).