Big Girls!!

Look at us!! We sit up all by ourselves! It is so crazy! They are getting so big!! We still have to occasionally "right" them. But for the most part they sit and play with toys. Peek a blocks are a big hit!!until they all want the same one. Ava is working on her two bottom teeth at the same time.She hasn't slept through the night in about a week. We feel so bad for her. Lila's second tooth came in without any fanfare. Meanwhile, Olivia has no teeth but that doesn't stop her from putting down the food!!

All the Zink Girls!!!!

We had our first big girl tubby this week!!! They loved the water. I'm not sure they got real clean but all 5 of had fun!!! After the bath, we took them in the nursery to dress them. We put them all in one crib to play a little. Olivia reached over, grabbed Ava, gave her a kiss, then threw her to the mattress!!! Luckily we have it on video.


Still trying to crawl. Now they just get really mad because they can't go anywhere. they see a toy and try to get it but their little legs and arms just don't cooperate!! Our living room has been officially taken over by the babies. We took them to the park and put them in the baby swings. They really liked it. Screaming and laughing as we pushed them. I'll try to get the pics on photobucket tonight. We developed a disposable camera that we had from when the girls were in the hospital. It is really hard to believe they were that little. It is their first pediatrician visit and all you can see are these little heads in the carseats!! Just crazy to see those pics. I guess I should go back and look at some of them. These little girls have a lot of fight in them!!! Thank god they got my stubbornness!!!

Happy Father's Day!!

First Father's Day!!

We spent father's day at the shore. Had a pretty successful beach day. The girls lasted a couple of hours. It was a pretty good weekend!!

I borrowed a couple of jumpers from my triplet group. The first day they used them, the girls went to bed at 6:15!! They love them. Here are a couple of pictures of Olivia and Ava in the jumpers.




Check out our new family truckster!! We traded in Mike's pickup on a Chevy Trailblazer. It is great, plenty of room for us. We already filled it up for our trip to the shore. It will definitely hold the girls next carseats.



The girls had their 9 month check up this week. It went really well. Dr. Rivera was happy with all their development. They are not crawling but she said to give them the 2 months to make up for the prematurity. She said we can start giving them more table food. Which is fine with them because they love to feed themselves. When we put their finger food on the trays they go crazy. Lila and Olivia are really good at it and Ava is just starting to get it. Figures that I just pureed a bunch of baby food!!! Here are the vital stats:
Lila - 18#6oz 27 3/4 inches
Olivia - 19# 2oz 27 3/4 inches
Ava - 17#9 oz 27 1/4 inches
They are all 25 - 50% for weight which is great considering where they started!!!
We started baby proofing our living room. The rolling over is crazy!! They go so fast! Next thing you know someone is ontop of the other or kicking her in the head. They all get up on all fours and rock a little. I think that means they want to crawl. It is funny to see them get their legs going but not actually move anywhere.

We took the girls to the Camden Aquarium for being so good at the doctor's office. Some of the smaller things were lost on them. But the big tanks and the shark tunnel were big hits. Lila followed the sharks with her eyes bigger than normal!! They even got to touch a jelly fish in the touch tank. They really reached out for it and the guy working there lifted one up to the surface for them. It was a fun afternoon.

I put some more pics on photobucket so make sure to check it out.
Also check out the link to Uncle Mike's band. They are having a CD release party and the info is on their site.

We're working on one...

...Tooth that is!!! Lila has a bottom tooth just peeking out of her gums. I noticed it yesterday in Gap. Of all places. All the sales staff were so excited!!! So far, she has been pretty good. Everyone told me that teething was the worst. But she is fine with it. Maybe when she gets more they will bother her. All the girls are rolling around the living room as I type. Sometimes I have to go rescue them - dig them out from under furniture or flip them back over when they get stuck!!

Mike had his "audition" for millionaire. Unfortunately he didn't make it. He is going to go up and take the test again. He was really mad and is now determined to get on!! We had a really good day in the city though. We had lunch in a deli on Times Square (pastrami of course), walked all around, bought the girls some cute shirts in the M&M store then hung out in Central Park for a while. The weather was nice and it was a nice day to just get away.

Our newest food addition this week is cottage cheese. They do well gumming it. We are going to try broccoli too. I read the nutrition info on those gerber puffs. You can eat 80 of them and they only have 25 calories. I should be eating them!!!

Ava loves the computer

Just a quick update on something funny Ava did today. I had the laptop on the floor looking at cars when Lisa asked me to come into the sun room. When we came back in Ava was doing this...
She was opening and closing windows by pressing the mouse buttons on the laptop.

We decided to let her type with me...


I saved what she wrote for her first blog entry.

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She's gifted. : )

I also thought that this was good picture of the girls in their pink overalls.