17 months old!

Howdy everyone! Where is time going? Last Saturday, the babies turned 17 months old! Seth and I can't believe we are almost at the year and a half mark. Everyone always says time goes fast when you have kids and boy, were they right. It sure does seem like the months are flying by.

The babies are all doing really great. They are down to one nap a day now after lunch and still sleeping from 7pm to 7am (thank heaven for us parents). They are eating well and its been fun introducing them to different foods, although they make it well known if they don't like something because it ends up thrown on the floor immediately (let's just say tofu wasn't their favorite). The newest event in our household has been Mischa letting out her aggression with her teeth! She's been biting her brother and sister when she gets upset with them. Poor Caleb and Madeline have teeth marks and bruises on their arms to prove it. Fortunately, Mischa doesn't lash out too often but we try to gently yet sternly tell her no. Is it even possible to be gentle yet stern? HA! :) We're pretty sure she understands that it's wrong because she gets a certain look on her face and will stop, then sometimes cry. Hopefully this is a phase that passes soon. And wouldn't you know Mischa happens to have the most teeth out of the bunch...OUCH!

Last weekend we made the transition from infant car seats to convertible car seats. Wow, our little pumpkins outgrew their infants seats finally in terms of height. They used to look so tiny in their infant seats when we brought them home from the hospital. What precious little babies they were! The new car seats are great in the fact that these will be the last car seats we will need to buy since they convert to booster seats once the kiddos reach 65 lbs and then will last until they weigh 100 lbs. Did I mention that buying three new car seats costs the equivalent of a half a month's mortgage payment pretty much? Luckily, all three car seats fit in a row in the middle aisle of our Pilot since these convertible seats are pretty big and cushioned. By the way, if anybody needs any information about convertible car seats, I did enough research to probably write a 20 page dissertation, and then some! The funny thing is that in the end I ended up going with the recommendation of a friend (thanks, Rachael)!

Here are pictures from this past weekend to mark 17 months old!

 

Mischa, Madeline and Caleb post-baths

 

Caleb & Madeline (Mischa is on the right side)

 

Chow time

 

Madeline

 

Mischa with pigtails

 

Caleb and those dimples

 

Madeline eating goldfish

 

Mischa - she likes to cram handfuls of food in her mouth at once

 

Caleb grabbing the camera (and Madeline grabbing his face)

 

17 months old today!

 

Mischa and her 17 month old cute feet

  

 Caleb is happy to be 17 months old!

 

Madeline

 

Caleb double fisting (block in one hand, bottle in the other hand)

 

Love those red cheeks :)

 

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take 2...

 

take 3...

 

There we go!

 

Aww, love these little ones so much! <3

 

 

 



 



Spring is finally here

Hi everyone! Finally Spring is officially here in Reno as the weather has been so sunny and beautiful! The babies are loving the outdoors right now, especially playing in the backyard. In fact, they go outside to play multiples times each day and have so much fun running around on the grass, playing with their toys, or exploring the plants, dirt and rocks. Luckily, no one seems to be interested in eating anything outside, so that's a plus! Seth and I enjoy having the babies play outside as it gives them an opportunity to burn off some energy. With the long winter we had, the babies often went a little stir crazy in the house all day, so this has been a nice change for them. Since the babies are going inside and outside many times throughout the day (after breakfast, before lunch, after lunch, after their nap, before dinner, after dinner, you get the point), getting three pairs of shoes on and off can be quite a pain. So, last week I purchased three pairs of crocs for each of the babies, and I must say, they are SO convenient as they slip off and on easily plus they're washable (not to mention pretty stinkin cute too). They know that when we put their crocs on that it's time to play outside and they get so excited!

These past few weeks I have finally had the time to do a lot of things that I have wanted to do for so long, but just never had the time or energy for. I redecorated the kids' bathroom, hung new family pictures around the house, sold a lot of their old baby items, and even planted some flowers in the front and backyard. In fact, I haven't planted flowers in over 2 years between being super busy last Spring with the babies and then being on bed rest the year before that. I even planted a few tomato and bell pepper plants in the garden and I'm so excited to see them grow. Spending time in the yard is one of my favorite hobbies so I am very happy to be getting back to some of my favorite pre-baby activities. Of course, everything is modified now as I still have limited time and can only commit a few hours each week to gardening and flower planting. Hopefully the babies will enjoy these activities with me as they get bigger and we can plant flowers and vegetables together in the future.

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks. Seth and I can't believe our kids are getting so big!

One of the few pictures we could get of the three of them

 

Caleb playing in the backyard

 

Madeline

 

Mischa

 

Say cheese!

 

Mischa and Caleb playing in their old co-sleeper bassinet

 

Madeline

 

Caleb - this was taken right after a haircut...not too shabby!

 

Mischa right after her bang trim...oops, it's a little crooked

 

Out for a walk around the neighborhood

 

Madeline

 

Madeline's yellow crocs

 

Caleb

 

Caleb's blue crocs

 

Mischa

 



Mischa's pink crocs...did I mention these are the best invention ever? :)

 

Seth and Madeline...what a daddy's girl

 

Caleb

 

Mischa

 

One of our pretty tulips

 

Here is a short video of the babies taking a bath last Sunday

 

 



16 months old!

The babies are 16 months old today! This has been such a fun age. They love to play with balloons, read books, and play outside now that the weather is starting to warm up a little. Even though they are still crazy busy and super active, Seth and I both believe it's easier now compared to when they were little babies, but they are into everything and need constant supervision. Sometimes we both count down until 7 pm each night which is bedtime for the babies because we know we can finally relax and read a book or watch TV together. Some days are really hard and exhausting, but other days are so fun and enjoyable with the babies, so we both try to take each day one day at a time. It's so funny because Seth and I have a joke where the days I go to my job at the hospital I refer to as "my days off"...taking care of triplets is about a thousand times harder than my job as a nurse practitioner...HA!

One of the funnest experiences with the babies has been feeding them. Now that they have more teeth (Caleb and Mischa both have some of their molars but Madeline still has only 6 front teeth), we've been able to experiment with different foods. In fact, I haven't had to use my baby brezza machine to blend foods a lot like I used to. Now I just use the machine to steam vegetables or crunchy fruits and then cut them into bite sized pieces for the babies. Some of their latest favorite foods include greek yogurt with blended berries and softened granola, scrambled eggs with cheese, almond butter sandwiches (with the crust cut off), mashed avocado mixed with mashed bananas, and cheese quesadillas. As long as everything is cut up into small pieces, they love being able to feed themselves. In the past month or so, we've noticed that they babies are definitely becoming more picky and some of the things they used to love eating, they don't seem to enjoy as much any more. As with many other things, this seems to be a phase and will hopefully pass. They have taken a disliking to many vegetables so I have to be sneaky and add vegetables to foods like spaghetti or scrambled eggs. Seth and I love to order breakfast on Sundays at one of our favorite breakfast spots near our house. We used to order the babies plain scrambled eggs or pancakes with fruit, but then we noticed they started eating off of our plates more so now we order them the Joe's Special which includes scrambled eggs, ground turkey, spinach, onions, mushrooms and a side of cottage cheese. Ha, who would have thought they'd end up loving this meal more than pancakes? :)

Here are some pictures from today and earlier this week.

Mischa playing in the backyard

 

Madeline being silly

 

Caleb playing with the water hose

 

Mischa running away from me

 

Here she comes...what a BIG smile!

 

Caleb playing in the dirt...typical boy ;)

 

Caleb all cleaned up

 

Madeline in her new outfit from Grandpa Lanny and Grandma Lynn

 

What a happy girl

 

Caleb liked his new baseball outfit

 

"Let me out of here!"

 

Whoa, that flash was bright!

 

Me and Mischa

 

Caleb

 

Mischa

 

A short video of Madeline and Mischa from last Saturday

 

Mischa

 

Madeline

 

On a walk by the Truckee River

 

Madeline love these smoothies

 

Sweet Mischa

 

Caleb being silly

 

Getting ready for a bath tonight

 

Happy, happy Mischa

 

Caleb and his half smile

 

Madeline all clean

 

Mischa and my water bottle

 

Caleb loves to reach for the camera

 

Madeline

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! Oh, and a big Happy Birthday to Grandma Lynn! We miss and love you!