Quick Update on Mom and Dad

We decided to go to a local ice rink and take in a little skating to pass the time. We were the only people there (Lisa, me and our friends Jeff and Melissa). Lisa and I surprised ourselves with our moderately OK skating ability. I took a header once (it was a controlled descent) but we all left with no major injuries.

Here is a shot of Lisa coming off the bench and me about to lay a vicious check (you can see the crazed look in my eyes).

Gross story

Maybe not if you have kids. The other night we gave the girls a bath. The logistics of getting three in and out of the tub are kinda complicated, as you can imagine. So we settled on - I took Ava into the nursery to dry and dress her, Mike got Liv and Lila dried in the bathroom. Before he could send them across the hall to me, Lila peed on the bathrug. Strike one. The girls make it over to me in the nursery. Strike two is the conversation that follows after Olivia picks something up off the rug and hands it to Mike:
Mike - Did you by any chance bake brownies today?
Me - No I did not. Oh my god!!! That means that what you are holding is poop!!!
It was in fact poop. That is what we get for letting two toddlers go diaperless for even a few minutes!!!

Mike and I are updating from a hotel in Binghamton NY. No we did not finally join the multiples protection program and run away. We are here until Tues to see some hockey and have a short getaway. Maybe we will get a short day of snowboarding in at the local mountains up here. I miss the girls already but we'll see them soon. I put some pics on the photobucket site and I'll put some below.
Extreme close up of Ava!



















Olivia wearing Mike's hockey jersey!



















Lila squeezing!!

We all survived!!

With a lot of help from grandmom and poppop and grammy and poppop. Mike was away in Chicago for three days last week. He was supposed to be home on thursday night and of course we had a snow storm. So he stayed until friday morning. Boy were we glad to see him!! The girls have been kinda cranky lately. they are getting molars fast and furious. Hell knows no fury like triplets teething!! It hasn't put a damper on their appetite though. These girls eat an amazing amount of food. We have been trying to have family dinner every night, so that means the girls eat what we are having. I'm not interested in cooking twice!!
Ava is a climbing fool. She is constantly standing on something she shouldn't be. That kid is a walking co-pay!!! Olivia is good at sharing. If you tell her to give something to her sister she does. Although she sometimes tries to outsmart us and her sisters. If she has a toy that she doesn't want to give up, she will grab another toy and try to pass that on to her sister. They usually fall for it but we see what is going on!! Lila's new trick is "squeeze". She balls her fists up, draws up her shoulders and crunches up her face!! The other night she had veggie burger squeezing out of her fingers at dinner!!
Other than that we have been doing our usual things. Library babies, playdates and trying to stay sane in the house this winter!! Wish us luck and start the countdown to spring!!

Better late than never

We took the girls for their 15 month checkup on January 3rd and have just not gotten around to posting their new vital info.

Lila now weighs the most at 24# 7 oz. Olivia is 23# 8 oz. Ava is 21# 6 oz. They are all above 30" tall and puts them all in the 90th percentile for height. The nurse measured Livi as the tallest, but we think it is Lila, we just haven't done an independent verification.

Everything was good. The doctor wants them to climb which we're not sure we want. They do go up stairs when we go the Discovery Museum (we don't have any at home) so I don't think the doctor will be disappointed next time.

Christmas Morning Movies!

I finally got some video onto the blog. I had to wait until I filled the min-DVD before I could pull the movies off into the computer. This is a little bit of what the girls' first active Christmas morning was like. Enjoy!