SF Heat

This past week we had record high temperatures in SF. It was in the 90's several days in a row. We took advantage of the beautiful weather by spending lots of time in the backyard. We even had a spontaneous "party" on Sunday when our old neighbors, Alex and Charlotte, stopped by with their little one, Suzanna. Suzanna was born a couple of weeks after our 3 were! Eric's co-worker also stopped by at the same time, so we ended up with 5 adults and four 9 month olds on our deck. It was lots of fun and we, definitely, loved the hot weather...at last for a couple of days, anyway. That's Alana with the cute smile in the first picture. By the way, you have to love the onesies that the kids are wearing. They were bought by another one of Eric's co-workers, Zuza. They say, "3 Little Bears". Super cute! :)

The Scooter in Action!

As I mentioned before, since the moment Josiah learned how to roll over he hasn't stopped! In fact, he can scoot from one end of the room to the next. He's not quite "crawling" since he can only go in reverse, at this time, but he can sure move! This morning, we were having play time in their room and I noticed Josiah scooting his way backwards toward one of the cribs. I grabbed the camera and caught the scooter in action. He managed to scoot all the way under the crib and even ducked his head to get past the lower edge...scary times ahead!!!

Playtime

We've been having fun trying to come up with some creative playtimes. They are changing so fast! We definitely don't have 3 of everything. In fact, we have 1 jumperoo, 1 exersaucer, and 1 walker that they each get rotated in throughout the day. We just recently added the Bumbo chairs and as you can see from the last post (Alexa's daring lunge) they are already getting too big for them! That's Alexa, by the way, with the crazy hair! :)

Happy Easter

We had an extra long weekend of family time since Friday was Good Friday and Eric was off of work. That means 3 whole days of just myself, Eric and the kids...what fun! Today was such a smashingly beautiful day that we decided to bring the kids outside to the deck in our backyard. They had fun playing outside and enjoyed the change of scenery. The last picture, if you take a close look is Alexa "falling" out of the Bumbo chair. Eric just happened to have the camera already taking a picture when she decided to lunge for her toy that she had tossed to the side. Well, believe it or not, I was able to swoop down and pick her up before she hit the ground! I can't believe we got such a great action shot. It was quite exciting! Alexa was completely fine and never even knew what happened. I guess she's gotten too big for the Bumbo chair...darn! Anyway, we had fun getting the kids all dressed up in their Easter outfits and taking them to church. They didn't have the nursery at church today and the kids did great! I think they've finally decided that they like church...we were getting a little worried because every time we went to church they would cry! I am glad to find out that they are starting to like it! :) Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!

More bath time fun & 1st Picnic

Last week when Eric's mom was in town we decided to have a little fun and put all 3 babies in the bath at once! Normally, we do one at a time sort of like an assembly line. But, we thought it'd be fun to let them get in together. Definitely not a time saver, since it takes 3 sets of hands just to hold them up, but it was fun trying. Once they are able to sit up better we can move to the actual bathtub and I think they'd all fit for awhile...
Today was our church's Annual Easter Picnic and Easter Egg Hunt. We decided to take the kids along for their very first picnic. We've taken several walks through the park, but never actually had a picnic. I took a picture of Eric holding all of our "gear". Man alive...I can't believe how much stuff you need to go on a picnic! And our church was providing lunch for us so we didn't even need to bring any food for us. By the time we loaded up our chairs, blankets, cooler, diaper bag, hats, toys, and misc. stuff we felt like we were going camping for a week rather than to the park for a short picnic. Anyway, the weather was beautiful and it was a great picnic. Lots of fun! Yeah...Picnic #1 was a success! :)

Spit-Up

As you know, Josiah is rolling over like crazy now. I put him on his back and within seconds he is on his tummy. Even after he has just finished eating he insists on rolling over to his tummy. So, he is pretty much guaranteed to spit-up! Recently, he has been spitting up and then falling into it...gross! We try to place a burp cloth under him to catch it, but sometimes he beats us to it. This morning, shortly after finishing his breakfast he squealed quite loudly. I looked over and he had spit-up and it was all over his face...in his eyelashes, eyebrows, nose, everywhere! He obviously wasn't too distraught so I ran to grab the camera and got a good shot of him being quite proud of himself! :)

Easter Photo Shoot

I know it's not Easter yet, but I couldn't resist posting the pictures my mom & I took today. The outfits are from Eric's mom, Grandma Jean.

Book Worms

We've been trying to read to the babies on a regular basis. It's amazing that when we read they actually will look at the pictures like they are really reading it with us. We got some cute shots of the 3 of them "reading" to themselves. They are going to be so smart! :)

Josiah has rolled over and over and over!

The babies had their very last Synergis shot today! Whoohoo! Because they were born so premature, they have needed to get a shot once a month for the last 6 months to help prevent RSV, a very serious virus that can affect premature babies. No shots are pleasant, but these shots seemed to be especially bad. The babies have handled all of their numerous vaccinations so far with minimal crying and discomfort. However, every time they had to get the Synergis shot they would scream as if they were "going to die" for a very, very long time! It was extremelly traumatic for me! I am happy to say thay they finally received their last shot and they don't need any more vaccinations until their 1 year check-up. Yeah! That's 4 months of no injections!

Josiah rolled over for the first time last Monday and hasn't stopped! We lay him down on his back and within seconds he's on his tummy with a big grin on his face! Such a little show off! :) The girls will be soon to follow any day now. They swing their legs around with such force that I am afraid when they do actually roll they'll be quite surprised. Josiah has also just started to hold his own bottle, when he feels like it, that is. Most of the time he is happy to let us hold it for him, but yesterday he did hold it for almost the whole time...quite exciting!

Alexa has got her first cold. I noticed yesterday afternoon that her nose was running and within a few hours, she started coughing and running a low fever. She's a trooper, though! She has developed the sweetest little whine that alternates from high to low pitch. She woke up a couple of times last night crying, probably because she can't breath as well through her nose. But, other than that she's been pretty good. They are all sleeping through the night from 8pm-5am, fairly consistently (unless, of course, someone is sick or has tummy problems). Sometimes, they'll even sleep until 6 or 6:30am. Praise God! We are trully blessed with amazing babies! I think we''ll keep them! :)

Sleepy Alexa

We shared a few months back about how Josiah communicates that it is bedtime. He still sleeps with his hands behind his head. Alexa has a few personality traits that are coming through in her bedtime ritual. When its close to bedtime she whines a bit. Originally, we thought that she was communicating that she wanted to be held. After rocking her for a bit and trying to get her to calm down, we just put her in her crib. Immediately, she stopped crying and put her hands up near her eyes, took a few sucks of her pacifier and was off to sleep. It turns out she was just saying, "put me to bed!" Thankfully, it didn't take us long to figure out her communication methods. She has started practice mumbling and is probably the most structured in her speaking so far. She says ma mo ma ma ma na all the time. Below is a picture of her in her sleeping stance....

St. Patty's Day Fun

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My mom has really taken to doing her own personal "photo shoots" of the babies. So, she decided to do a "St. Patrick's Day"shoot and she got some really cute photos. We also got a cute pic of the 3 of them enjoying some "tummy time". My sister, Janet, recently gave us a pair of super cute Uggs that Casey and Jake wore. So, we couldn't resist Joe in his Uggs and diaper...he thought he was pretty cool! :)

Riding the train

Alana has a little toy that hangs from her car seat with a ring on the bottom. She loves to hold the ring as we are driving around town. I have joked quite frequently that it is like she is riding the muni train holding the strap to balance. Rebecca and I took just Alana for a walk this afternoon and it was only appropriate that we took the train back from the beach. After a few stops, she was very ready to get off the train It turns out that we think she was looking for her strap to hold!

Getting So Big

Did they all 3 really fit in one crib? This picture of all 3 in their very first crib reminds me of how far they have come and how stinking big they are! The next picture is of them all lined up ready for their rice pudding and applesauce. They've actually come to enjoy their solid meals, which thankfully are only once a day for now. After feeding all 3 solids (quite a messy job!) I look forward to the ease of feeding them their bottles. The last 2 pictures are of the crew all dressed up for church (note that our church is an informal one). I couldn't help myself on the last photo because very rarely do they all 3 cry at the same time, and especially rare is it to get them all 3 crying in the same photo. I guess they are not always "happy campers"! This, however, was towards the end of a very long day in which they missed their afternoon nap. They behaved like little rockstars at church, but, started melting down once we got home. Oh well! At least I am still smiling! :)

Random Moments

These are just random moment pictures taken last weekend. We love the one of Josiah kissing Alexa on the cheek...too cute!