The Kleins

11 months old...OMG! Wow, the babies are only one month away from their first birthday! We can't believe how fast time is going by! Our little babies are growing so fast and changing by the day. On Sunday they officially turned 11 months old. Seth and I had a wonderful weekend with the babies. To celebrate 11 months, we took the babies out to eat at one of our favorite breakfast spots called Peg's. The staff at the restaurant was so accommodating of our party of 5. We had a nice table towards the back away from the majority of people and we were able to have 3 high chairs. The babies loved being in a new environment and were so curious of their surroundings. Any time there is food around, they are sure to be content! I brought them oatmeal and cheerios from home and we also ordered them pancakes and they loved them! We were prepared with their sippy cups, catch-all bibs, disposable place mats, and LOTS of napkins and hand wipes! We were so pleased with how well the babies did. They didn't fuss at all and seemed to have a good time. The staff and the people sitting near us were all impressed and told us that we were pretty gutsy for bringing all 3 to a restaurant! The babies explored everything on the table from the silverware, to the condiment containers, to the small packets of jelly and half and half creamer. Mischa managed to use those 8 (yes, EIGHT!) teeth of hers to open a single serve container of half and half and before we had noticed, she already drank most of it. A little fat and dairy surely won't hurt her! :) We managed to get in the restaurant, eat, clean up, pack everyone up and get home before their 9:20 am morning nap time. Of course, the time change definitely gave us an advantage. Later in the day, Seth took the babies for a walk around the neighborhood which they enjoyed as usual. I went to run a few errands and bought them a couple new toys to play with. Well, here are pictures from the weekend!

Friday afternoon walk with Dad

The babies drinking their morning bottles...think they missed the memo about the extra hour of sleep!

Caleb at Peg's

Madeline waiting for her pancakes

Mischa eating a cheerio

Caleb eating his pancake

Madeline and her "dollar fifty pancake" as Seth called it

Mischa

Madeline, me and Mischa

This is Caleb with that look of determination...

Here's Caleb 2 seconds later (yeah, that's half and half in his mouth and hand)

Seth and the babies

Madeline scrunching up her nose

Caleb

Mischa

11 months old!

Madeline and Mischa playing with their new activity center

Madeline is happy!

Caleb

And last, but not least, a few new videos...enjoy!

Happy Halloween everyone! Today the babies celebrated their 1st Halloween! Seth and I tried to make the most out of the holiday by joining in on a lot of festivities over the past couple of weeks. Two weekends ago we went to a local pumpkin patch with the babies. We had so much fun dressing the babies up in their Halloween costumes and taking pictures at the pumpkin patch. The only bad thing about the day was that it was a really windy and chilly day here in Reno, so there was a lot of hay dust blowing everywhere. The poor babies had dust in their eyes and runny noses. We managed to get some photos taken and meet up with some friends, but we weren't able to stay too long due to the weather. Last weekend we went to a Halloween party with the Northern Nevada Twins Club. The party was at a jump/play place and the babies had so much fun crawling around and exploring everything. It was so cute to see all the babies and children dressed up in their Halloween costumes. We managed to get a few pictures from the day but Seth and I were so busy trying to keep up with our three rug rats crawling around in different directions that it made getting pictures a little challenging. Today for Halloween, I dressed the babies up in their costumes one last time to celebrate the day. They ate pureed pumpkin for the first time and really enjoyed it.

Within the past week or so, Seth and I have really noticed that Madeline tends to have the most dominant personality out of the three. She will not hesitate to take a toy out of her brother's or sister's hand no matter what, even if she has the same toy in her hand. I've caught her a couple times pushing Caleb and Mischa away if they even attempt to look at her toy. She will shield her body away from them in an effort to keep her special object out of their reach. It's pretty amusing to watch although we really have to keep an eye on her. It's interesting how she is the biggest of the three and is the most dominant. Caleb isn't quite as aggressive and will usually distract himself with something else if she doesn't give up her toy. Mischa, poor thing, definitely is the shy one out of the bunch. She usually gets her toys taken away by Madeline and Caleb and will often cry out in frustration. She doesn't like confrontation and will crawl away. She's definitely more of a "mama's girl" and prefers to come to me whereas Madeline is by far a "daddy's girl." In fact, on the weekends when Seth is watching the babies, Madeline will almost ignore me if her dad's in the room. It's the funniest thing! I guess those two have their special bond! Caleb, well he doesn't mind who holds him...he'll take anyone he can get!

We've been trying to enjoy the fall weather as much as possible before it gets too cold and we're not able to go outside as much. The babies like to spend time outside in the backyard playing on the grass. Unfortunately, they all like to eat the leaves! Seth and I experienced our first flat tire on the jogging stroller last week. We had to get a new tire at the bike shop since the triplet jogging stroller doesn't have normal small stroller wheels, but actual bike wheels that require pumping. Thankfully, the stroller is back in business so Seth can take them on their Friday walks while I have some "me" time. Well, not much else going on here. We went a little crazy with the pictures these past couple of weeks, so here are LOTS of pictures!