10.25.09: Daphne rolls

Just when I thought she had no interest in rolling, Daphne proves me wrong. Instead of lifting her legs and wiggling for a while and then eventually rolling over (as Stella and Fiona did when learning) - she does it all at once. If you look away for five seconds, she has completed her roll and is already on her belly. It is as though she has been secretly practicing - or everything just finally clicked after seeing Fiona go crazy with this trick yesterday.


Stella on the left, Fiona on the right and Daphne with Brant

Today for our weekly adventure we went to a pumpkin patch. Ok, I totally admit it was just for the photo, but we still went and it got us out of the house. It wasn't even a real pumpkin patch as all the pumpkins were already loose, but the closest 'real' pumpkin patch was over an hour away and no picture is worth that. Did I mention it was 90 degrees today? So the girls were not loving the heat or the sun - so the pictures aren't too good, but we did what we could got our photo and headed home.

10.24.09: Rolling machine

Today we caught Fiona rolling all over the place. I set her down for three minutes to wash out bottles and she moved at least two feet in that time. As I have been warned several times, my days of leaving the kids for just a minute are over. Now I must 'secure the scene' before I do anything because these kids are on the move.

Daphne has yet to roll over, but she really loves to dance (lay on her back and wiggle her limbs). If I loved to dance like that I would wonder why my silly sisters were wasting time getting to their bellies at all - you can't dance when you are on your belly. Daphne has mastered breakdancing however. She lifts up her feet and flings them to the side. Using this technique over and over again, she has rotated herself over 180 degrees and managed to lick her sisters toes - perhaps the toes were the incentive - I'm not sure. I gotta say Daphne sure loves to lick - EVERYTHING.

10.21.09: Mouth full of fingers

When feeding Daphne her bottle she decided to cram her fingers into her mouth while continuing to eat - it was hilarious. Later she decided to spit up on me, but I didn't even realize it had happened until my shoulder started getting cold. I can't believe I didn't notice the spit up was there. It makes me wonder how long I would have walked around with it down my sleeve had I not gotten a chill from the wetness.



Also today, Fiona has begun pushing up while on her belly and smiling - so adorable. Stella and Daphne are still working on this skill ;)

10.20.09: Newbie

Tonight I went to the newbie meeting for the M.O.M.s group. Brant and I already know that we are SO lucky to have healthy kids but after hearing some of the stories these women experienced with just twins - we are SO lucky that our triplets turned out so well. It was great to meet new people and I learned all about the upcoming events (including breakfast with Santa - hopefully a good photo op there).

10.19.09: Fiona rolls

Again, just captured the faceplant but this time Fiona completed the roll from back to front.

10.18.09: Kicking for entertainment

short video coming soon

Today we caught the girls kicking the toys on their astronomy themed playmat. It is so fun to see them beginning to entertain themselves.

10.16.09: Paranoia

For the past couple of days when eating during the daytime, Fiona would eat an ounce and then hysterically (and I do mean hysterically) scream for at least a half hour then be ready to eat the remainder three ounces of food. This was pretty alarming and didn't seem to be getting better. So before the weekend set in I called our pediatrician to ask for suggestions. Fiona was happy the rest of the day except when eating so we knew it wasn't anything too serious. However, my call into the pediatrician set off a chain of worrisome events. Another doctor called us back and only heard me say that my four month old was having trouble eating and screaming (she ignored the other details). Just based on that she demanded that I bring her into Urgent Care to be examined. After an hour of traffic and only 15 miles, Brant and I arrived about 5 minutes before Urgent Care closed for the day. The doctor assured us that everything looked fine and we were sent home. The other girls stayed at home with Grandma Bonnie who was here one last night before heading back to Indianapolis.

I guess there are several good parts to this story.
1. Brant and I now have some idea where Urgent Care is (a different place than our normal medical office)
2. Because Bonnie was here, we were able to go together for this first experience
and mostly importantly
3. Fiona is fine (already eating better) so we are hopefully this is just a phase.

10.13.09: M.O.M.

So I did it, I joined a mothers of multiples group. The first meeting was about 'living green' lasting only a couple hours in a nearby suburb. I was glad that I went but the topic was only 'so so' since our apartment complex doesn't seem to recycle and the speakers discussed things such as repurposing your laundry water and having a hen. At this time in my life, those things are not practical, but who knows in the future.

The highlights of the meeting for me was the fact that I:
1. interacted with adults
2. was surrounded by people with twins and therefore felt a little less abnormal by having triplets.
3. reminisced about my college days in super 'green' bellingham, wa.
4. got out of the house without the kids (sounds mean, but it is necessary sometimes - mama's gotta keep sane after all)
5. was reminded of how lucky Brant and I are that our kids were born so late (for multiples) and healthy.

10.12.09: Rolling

Today Stella decided to roll over from back to front. She has been the most active in working on this skill and finally figured out this one time what to do with her inner arm (which had been blocking her successful completion of this task for some time now). The other girls continue to hoist their legs into the air and fling them to one side or another. This roll is only stopped by the kickstand (known as their inner arm) that they can't quite figure out what to do with. Stella has successfully rolled over a couple times but definitely still struggles with that darn inner arm. It is only a matter of time until everyone is rolling. I will continue to work on getting a synchronized rolling photo or video but for now all I have is the picture of the successful roll via face plant done by Stella.

10.11.09: Four months old

Today we celebrated the girls four month birthday. Grandma Bonnie is visiting and helping with the girls 'expressions' (code word for occasional screaming). For some reason, Fiona and Stella have taken a liking to screaming after they eat about an ounce of food, wanting to rest for a good 30 minutes and then deciding they are ready to eat the remaining 3 ounces. Daphne who loves to lick everything (including freckles) continues to down her milk just like her daddy downs his beer ;)

The girls are smiling all the time and talking (cooing) in a way that already makes me fear what our phone bill will look like once these girls can actually talk. They love standing up (with some adult assistance under their armpits) and sitting (with some assistance from pillows). They have also started seriously trying to roll over - something I have not been encouraging - but the grandmas were. Selfishly, I was hoping for them to stay still a bit longer, but the girls are ready. With a lifting of their legs and an enthusiastic toss to the side, the girls are starting to roll over. As of today, no one has made it all the way to their belly - they keep getting stuck on their inner arm, but once they figure out what to do with that arm - they are going to start doing somersaults, I just know it.