11.8.09: Santa Monica

Stella pink, Daphne left, Fiona right

Today we went on a big adventure to Santa Monica to visit with Jen (from Boston) who was in town on a girls vacation. I can't believe how big Kayla (Jen's daughter) has gotten since I saw her just over a year ago. The girls did great on the car ride there and did wonderful while we walked along the pier catching up. This was the first time the girls saw the ocean. They didn't go and play in the water, we figure we will save that for another trip when they can enjoy it a bit more. Even on the car ride home the girls did pretty well as Brant and I only had to break out into the alphabet song for 10-15 minutes (a success in our book). We are still building our confidence with taking the girls out on these bigger adventures. We always end up heading home sooner than we'd prefer, but each trip builds our confidence and pretty soon we will be able to go somewhere for more than a couple hours at a time (we hope).

11.7.09: Sniffles

The girls got their first cold. I knew this would be a challenge when having multiples - cross contamination. There is really no reasonable way to prevent the spread of a cold between the girls. I would like to pretend that we don't share binkies, bottles, or medicine, but I would be lying. When we first brought everyone home from the NICU we were much better about cross contamination, but soon learned it was going to happen regardless of what we did so we just decided to embrace it. Besides, at least this way they all get sick at the same time rather than consecutively. Of course that makes the couple of days they are sick very tough, but then they are all on the mend at the same time too. Thankfully the cold only seems to last a couple days and I believe we are entering the recovery stage.

11.2.09: Blankets complete

(Fiona aka Alpha)

(Daphne aka Beta)

(Stella aka Gamma)



So I FINALLY finished the blankets that I intended to make for the babies before they were born. I was on track to finish but then in late April, my hands began to swell so much that I couldn't hold the yarn or crochet hook very well and unfortunately Gamma's (aka Stella's) blanket never got completed before she was born. Of course, after the girls arrived, things have been pretty crazy and finding time to craft has been challenging. Regardless, the blankets are complete and I am ecstatic. Of course the girls aren't allowed to use them yet, they must be kept in pristine condition until I can get past the hundreds of hours I spent on them. Maybe they will be able to use them when they are 10, but no promises :)

11.1.09: Virtual babysitters

This morning we wanted to show Kelly and Rob how the girls are rolling all over the place (yes all three are going crazy with this new skill). So we all got out our laptops and Skyped with them. Both Fiona and Daphne were on their backs and rolled over to their bellies pushing up to stare at the computer screen image of Kelly and Rob. It was totally adorable. Stella waited until just after we were done skyping to begin rolling (I guess she is a little camera shy). Skype is great, I wonder if virtual babysitting will ever become popular.

The girls also got to meet their Aunts Mette and Tristen today. Another adventure out of the house for the Robertsons. Of course ending with us leaving quickly due to bedtime, but it was still great to see everyone.

10.31.09: Happy Halloween

The girls are stoplights for Halloween this year (thanks again to Kelly and Catherine). We went to a Halloween party yesterday at Brant's work where the girls got to test out their costumes. As it is Halloween I think it is appropriate to share what scares the girls the most. No, not ambulance sirens or the sound of their sister screaming - nope what scares them the most is VELCRO. They will wake up from a sound sleep and jump at the sound of velcro separating even when it is several feet away. It always cracks me up when I forget and accidentally scare them. No trick or treating this year, but hopefully next year when they will be walking.

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.