Lucy and Her Babies

Becky

Jamie's cousin Eric lost his wife Becky (40-ish?) on Saturday evening. Praying for Eric, Wyatt (11) and Nathan (10). Not sure, but thought to be a heart attack. My heart aches so much for them. Becky is home. It just makes life feel empty for those she left behind.

Eve's Party

Had fun at Eve's 2nd birthday party on Saturday. Missed the fish fry though because of church.

Beautiful Girls

Joshua and Abigail

Joshua and Abigail came over to play with Lucy and Grace on Friday. We watched movies and played outside in the water...HOT HOT day!

Forever and ever and ever

I asked Lucy if she'd come lay by me last night and she said "I want to lay by Daddy forever and ever and ever."

Who's Who?

Fun in the Sun

4 adults 3 boys 2 girls 1 swimming pool

Dirty Dishes

Jamie took this picture and told me to blog it. We usually do two loads in the dishwasher a day but tried to squeeze it all into one load. Unfortunately they didn't all fit :(

What's More Fun Than Toys?

Playing Hide & Seek in Daddy's closet.

Great Uncle Junior

Just found out that Great Uncle Junior has lung cancer. Shirley comes across very positive about everything. It can be treated with chemo and radiation. Praying for a positive outcome and for Shirley & all their children and grandchildren.

6pm

Lisbeth came to help feed the boys at 6. She is always very helpful. After feeding two of the babies and rocking all of them, she read Gracie a book. Lucy was too crabby to join in. She was still tired from the long day of swimming.

Swimming

Went swimming at the Reeds on Monday after work. The girls LOVED it. Alice and Carol helped feed babies. Autumn played with the girls. I was amazed at how well they did. The shallowest end was about 2 - 2 1/2 feet deep. The girls spent most of the time jumping off the side to Autumn or me. They went all the way under water almost every time and only one time did Lucy "choke" on water, and Grace never choked on water. Lucy was even brave enough to jump off the diving board.

The E-Z Reacher

When I was feeling very pregnant, a couple from work gave me this "reacher" tool. I really thought I'd never be able to bend over again. I couldn't believe I needed it to begin with...but it was getting so hard to keep up with the girls messes. It worked great and I used every day! It made me feel old and fat, though. I am now happy to be giving it back to them so they can pass it onto the next needy soul.

New Vehicle?

Here is the Conversion Van we are looking at buying. I am having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that we need a vehicle this big. But we are ruining the boys carseats in our minivan - the back seat is not wide enough to hold them...so we're squishing them in there. Lucy loves that it has a tv. After we looked at it last night, she said, "I'm not coming out, ok mommy."

Rough Weekend

We had a horrible weekend. Vaughn and Lincoln cried most of the day Saturday. Lucy and Grace fought most of the day. When Grace has something Lucy wants it, when Lucy has something Grace wants it. Grace has developed this shriek that drives me nuts. You just have to look at her funny and she gets mad and lets out this noise that sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. It felt like we were yelling at them all day. You know how when you're having a good day...it's funny when they do certain things...and when you're having a bad day you just want to scream.

Today we ended up taking them to CoralRidge mall. We were exhausted from Saturday and today was starting out the same way. We all needed a change of pace. It actually worked. The girls got to burn off some energy. We got some peace. We tried to count how many people stopped us or made comments to us about the triplets. It was well over a hundred. Seriously.

We all ate lunch - including the boys. This is them using their "hands-free" Podee bottles.

I stopped at Flash Photography to set up an appointment for the kids in October. As soon as I walked up the two gals shrieked and wanted to take the boys pictures...RIGHT NOW! I explained that they weren't dressed in cute or matching clothes. They didn't care. They stripped them down and did a little photoshoot. They had a super cute pose that I loved, but the boys wouldn't cooperate. They did get a couple cute pics though. The session was free and we got a free 8x10 and 10 birth announcements.

Stopped at Scheels to look at boats. One of Lucy's favorite things to do at the mall. When their are no employees around, Jamie gets a canoe down for her and Grace to play in. This time however, as the girls were running back to the canoes,
Gracie knocked down an oar, which fell into another oar, which fell into another oar, which fell into another oar...see pic.

Whoops!

Emmerts came over for dinner tonight. Just about cancelled because of our horrible weekend. But I knew with Kendall having her baby next week, if we cancelled it would be impossible to reschedule. Glad we didn't. Lucy and Grace had a great time. And we had a great time. The boys were super good until about 15 minutes before the Emmerts left. Lucy and Sophia sang Twinkle Twinkle and the ABC's to the boys. Sammy made up some new dance moves to the rhythm of their cries.

Bedtime - Take 2

Jamie put Lucy to bed early tonight (rough day for us). He told her she cannot get out of bed. About 20 minutes later, Lucy comes into the Living Room. I said, "Lucy...does Daddy know you're up? He told you not to get out of bed." She said very matter-of-factly, "God knows I'm up."

Bedtime

We slept with the windows open last night. We told Lucy she could sleep in the window at the head of our bed (the window is flush with the bed). So she crawled in there and then a minute later stuck out her head and said..."Mommy, I made a wish." "What did you wish for?" I asked. "God." "oh, Lucy, that's very nice" I said, giving her a big hug and feeling so proud of her. She crawled back in the window and stuck her head out..."Mommy, I made another wish" "What did you wish for this time?" She looked at me, and while glancing desperately around the room said, "The door."

Stay Off the Road

Hilary just got a new car and is driving! Watch out! A 1994 Mazda Protege. I need a picture Jenny :)

I first met Hilary when she was 5 years old! Where does the time go?

Out for Dinner

Friday night we decided to go out for dinner. Jenny, Paul and Hilary were coming up to visit so we thought it'd be perfect since we'd have help. We talked about every restaurant in Muscatine and tried to determine where there would be the most room for all of us. We finally decided on the Button Factory. I called to make a reservation but they weren't taking any more reservations for the night. There were tables availabe at the time...they just couldn't hold one for us. (I even played the triplet card -hoping we'd get a break and not have to load up all the kids for no reason!) So we all hopped in the van (doesn't that sound so easy?) and went down there...but they had just filled all the tables and it would be an hour wait. I was so bummed!! Instead, we ordered off the menu and Jamie & Paul went to pick it up later. I got my favorite - the Grilled Sirloin Meatloaf - YUMMY!

A Bath?

Thursday night Gracie decided to give her Cabbage Patch Doll a bath. In the toilet.

More Pictures

Lucy & Lincoln

Grace

Vaughn, Gavin, Lincoln, Lucy

Grace & Gavin

Lucy & Vaughn

Pictures

Lincoln

Vaughn (looks like Shrek here!)

Gavin


Vaughn & Gavin - Fighting already!

Thursday

I'm finding less and less time to Blog so instead of breaking them out into subjects, I'm squishing everything into one entry.

We were watching the last 5 minutes of "America's Got Talent" last night. The judges voted for "Realis" to go to the finals. Realis are a pair male and female acrobat gymnists that are amazing. The guy throws the girl all over the place and she balances upside down as he supports her with one arm. Anyway...Lucy looked at me and said "Daddy could do that with you."

As I was leaving work, I tripped on...well, actually nothing...my toe? my shoe? the sidewalk? I fell down the two steps that were there and landed flat on my face. It hurt so bad. But I couldn't stop laughing because it was the busiest time of the day in front of McDonalds and about 200 people had to have seen it. My legs and hands were all scraped up and bloody. It really was a sight.

Sarah S. came over to help with the babies and play with the girls. She got to hold and feed Gavin. She did a great job. She also played with Lucy for a while...they climbed all over the swingset, rode bikes, played with Barbies and ate fruit snacks. It was a fun day.

Mona came at 2 to help feed babies.

Debbie Martin came at 6 to help feed babies. She brought two cartons of strawberries for us to have for dessert. I cut up all the strawberries, added some sugar and lemon juice and then ate ONE ENTIRE CARTON myself. No one else asked for any...so I just ate them all! While Debbie was there I cleaned the girls room. It was great to have some time to do it in peace. It didn't too long. But I finally decided it was time to get it done when I found tostido chips and a crumbled biscuit in the closet.

Exhausted again

Karen and the self-named "Super Sitters" came to help with the kids yesterday. Erin and Karen each fed a baby (I already had Vaughn fed by the time they got there...I think he's going through a growth spurt.) Jonathan and a friend (Shanesa?) played with the girls. The girls loved Johnny. He played dress up, chased them, and did acrobats with them in the living room. He really is a "Super Sitter". Lucy's favorite thing to do right now is somersaults and headstands. She is really getting good at headstands...I'm amazed!! Gracie had a meltdown when Karen had to leave...she really wanted to go to. After they were gone...all three boys took turns fussing until their next feeding. But the girls napped so it was a little bit of a break. Jamie came home at 5:30 and made supper. Heidi, Silas and Seth came over around 6 for the next shift :) Chris joined us around 7. By the time they left at 7:30 I was exhausted from 2 hard days of fussy children. But they took the girls to the park for about 20 minutes to play. Vaughn fussed the rest of the night. And when I say fuss...I actually mean screamed his little head off. I really am trying not to believe he has colic. Jamie has been saying that he does for a few weeks now. It's getting harder and harder to console him. I fell into bed at 11:04 last night. Feeling really beat up and exhausted.

Pictures to come later.

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Gavin - 3 months

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Lincoln - 3 months

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