More pictures

Hello everyone! Everything is going great here with the babies. Everyone is standing up and cruising between different pieces of furniture. We're waiting any day now for someone to take their first step! Seth thinks Madeline might be the first to walk because recently she has been spotted standing up unassisted for a couple seconds, then realizes she's not holding on to anything, and quickly sits back down. It's the cutest thing. I personally think Mischa might be the first since she seems to have an advantage with most physical developmental milestones due to her being small, but then again Caleb might pass up his sisters, too! There's been a few mild injuries lately with the babies getting into everything constantly. Caleb seems to have the worst luck with injuries and is constantly bumping into things or falling over. Recently the babies have started to fight over toys, as well. Poor Mischa always gets her toys taken away by her "big" sister and brother. We've learned that it's just easier to give them 3 of the same toy when possible so no one has to fight over the same toy. Of course they don't want typical baby toys nowadays...they want other things to play with like spatulas, measuring cups, water bottles, books, cell phones, and remote controls.

Seth and I are excited to be planning their 1st birthday party. It is scheduled for Saturday, December 1st, at the Nevada Discovery Museum in downtown Reno. We are planning "A Very Hungry Caterpillar" theme. We are so excited to share this exciting time with our dear friends and family, so please come join us if you can. If you didn't receive an invitation in your email, let me know and I will send you one!



Here are some new pictures from the last week.

 

 

The pictures above are of the babies watching Elmo on my cell phone...anything to keep them entertained!

 

Double trouble

 

Triple trouble

 

Mischa

 

Did I say the babies LOVE cell phones? Especially Mischa!

 

Caleb and Madeline hadn't woken up from their nap yet so Mischa didn't have to fight for the phone

 

Just look at that smile...I think Mischa likes being an only child

 

Madeline eating silver dollar pancakes for the first time

 

Caleb enjoyed them too

 

Mischa ate two!

 

YUM!

 

They like to spin in circles on Dad's office chair

 

Whoa!

 

Here are pictures of the "baby jail"

 

 

Their latest obsession has been playing with their old baby travel swing

Madeline and Caleb

 

Think they exceeded the maximum weight limit

 

Is it just me or is Caleb flashing a peace sign?  



Madeline and Caleb

 

Mischa

And last but not least, here's a picture of Seth "working"...uh-huh, rough day at the office! 

 

10 months old today!

Today the babies turned 10 months old! They are getting so big and doing so well. Seth and I feel like we are in a good place with the babies' schedules and things are going great lately. The babies are taking two naps a day - one in the morning and one in the afternoon and they are sleeping 12 hours at night without any crying! Let's just say things are wonderful lately! They are eating so much and now snacking between meals too. They love to nibble on bits of veggies, fruits, o-shaped cereal, or teething crackers. If they see someone eating, they immediately want to eat as well...it's so cute! Madeline currently has her two front bottom teeth. Caleb has his two front bottom teeth and two front top teeth. Mischa, believe it or not, has seven teeth! YES...seven! She's got 4 on top and 3 on bottom. Who would have known our sweet little Mischa would have so many teeth by 10 months! Well, here are some pictures from today and the past week. Enjoy!

 

Madeline brushing her teeth

 

Caleb

 

Mischa

 

Drinking their morning bottles

 

Sisters

 

Caleb

 

Madeline in the tub tonight

 

Caleb

 

Mischa - love these bath visors...they keep the shampoo out of their eyes when you rinse

 

Baths done, pajamas on, bottles given, then bed time!

 

Madeline

 

Caleb

 

Mischa

 

Thanks to Grandma Lynn for the angry birds hats she crocheted

 

Mischa wasn't too happy

 

Guess she prefers hello kitty :)

 

We can't believe our precious babies are 10 months old! We are so blessed!!!

 

Take 1...

Take 2...



Take 3...

 

Take 4...

 

Wow, getting all 3 in one shot was getting tough! At this point I decided to stop before someone fell off the couch...hee hee! :)

 



Happy Fall!

Hello everyone! Everything has been going well here in the Klein household. The babies had their 9 month check up on Friday. I'm so bummed that I forgot to bring my camera to the appointment that day. They are all getting so darn big! Madeline weighs 19 lbs and is in the 50th percentile for weight and 80th percentile for height (she must have got her height from me and not Seth...ha ha); Caleb weighs 18 lbs 2 oz and is in the 25th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height; Mischa weighs 15 lbs 9 oz and is in the 10th percentile for weight and height...she's still our little peanut! The babies are meeting all of their developmental milestones so the doctor was happy as are we. It's been so exciting to see them crawling all over the place, pulling themselves up to standing and even using their thumb and forefinger to pick up pieces of food. I know we are partial but we sure do have some extraordinary, amazing, smart and perfect babies!

Seth and I decided to make a few changes to their daily routine these past couple of weeks. Up until recently, we were still giving the babies their pacifiers and helping them fall asleep by rocking them or giving them their bottles. Sometimes we were getting up multiple times during the night to soothe one, two are all three babies, so it made for some tough nights. Now, however, we are "training" the babies to self soothe and to resettle themselves back to sleep when they wake up in the middle of the night. The process started out a little rough. Let's just say there was a LOT of crying. Fortunately, as the days and nights go by, the babies are falling asleep on their own and not requiring the help of a pacifier or me or Seth, so we are so happy! Now when it is nap time or bedtime, we simply say goodnight to the babies, kiss them, and lay them in the crib and let them be. They are able to fall asleep on their own for the most part and that means more sleep for me and Seth! We also changed their bedtime to 7 pm so that they are sleeping for 12 hours until 7 am and let me just say it is AMAZING!

Here are pictures from the past couple of weeks! Enjoy :)

Caleb

 

Mischa

 

Madeline (love how she holds on to her toys in her sleep)

 

Caleb

 

Mischa

 

Madeline

 

Mischa, Caleb, Madeline

 

Seth and the babies

 

Mischa, Caleb, Madeline

 

Mischa - this is how she gets out of eating her vegetables

 

Caleb - eating is hard work sometimes

 

Madeline doesn't skip a meal...no wonder she's the biggest!

 

The babies at the park





Caleb with his new hat Grandma Lynn made for him

 

Grandpa Armin & Caleb - He came down to visit from Seattle and the babies loved him

 

Grandpa Armin & Madeline

 

Caleb

 

Caleb & Madeline - back massagers make great toys...anything to keep them occupied!

 

Mischa 

 

A few of my favorite people!

 

 

And here's a couple videos from this weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 months old today!

Wow, the babies turned 9 months old today! I say it in every post but, jeez, where is time going? To celebrate 9 months old, Seth and I bought a set of play yard gates that we put together in the dining room in order to contain these rambunctious babies! As of recently, all three babies are crawling up a storm, including Madeline, who was the last to grasp the concept of crawling. Now she's really got the hang of it as do Caleb and Mischa. We've had several minor injuries lately due to babies falling over and bumping their heads on the wood floors so we knew it was time to finally buy a baby "jail"...ha ha! The babies don't like being contained in an enclosed space but sometimes we have no choice but to keep them in one space in order to get anything done and in order to prevent more bumps and bruises.

 

We've had a great past few weeks. Grandpa Lanny and Grandma Lynn came to visit us 2 weeks ago. We had such a wonderful time together. My parents were a big help with feeding, entertaining, bathing and monitoring these wild babies. Mischa and Madeline had a little stranger anxiety torwards them at the beginning but warmed up to them as the days went by. Caleb loved them from the start and, therefore, got lots of kisses and hugs. Then for Labor Day weekend we drove to North Star and hung out with Auntie Adina, Uncle Colin, and cousin Amelia. The babies had a lot of fun playing with Amelia and all her toys.

 

Since we have not posted any videos in quite some time, I decided to dedicate today's blog post to videos. These are videos taken from the past 2 weeks. Seth is so great about taking videos of the babies every week but, unfortunately, many of the videos are too large to upload to this blog. Here are some of the shorter videos. Thanks for checking in! We'll keep you all posted on the babies in the coming weeks!