Mia Heart Sophie!

Mia has finally met Sophie. Even though Sophie was here long before Mia, she has just now realized Sophie is there. And its so cute. She laughs and stares at Sophie. The other girls stare but Abigail has just now started laughing at her and Charlotte still isn't sure if Sophie can be trusted. Sophie is so good with the girls though. She sits still so they can pet her and look at her and she doesn't try to bit or play rough with them. Im so impressed. She DOES try to lick them but I think Mia would also try to put Sophie in her mouth if she could. (She's in that stage where she wants to put everything in her mouth.)

Seeing.....TRIPLE?!

Left: Mia Right: Abigail

Charlotte

Is is bad I still sometimes think "There are 3 babies on their tummies right now, and they are all mine....."? Cause I do. And I still freak out. I guess I will for the next 50+ years.

Church Time!

Charlotte is the only one who hasn't grown back her hair yet so she still has to wear the bands. And she hates them. HA! But she's so flippin cute!

Abigail looks mad in this picture but is really just working on her angry model pose! haha

Mia getting a little tummy time with Sophie before we head out.

So church is now always difficult to get to and from. We have ALL been going for a few weeks now but I leave with the girls after sacrament meeting. When we have my grandparents here it goes pretty smoothly. When we don't.... it doesn't. The girls are pretty good during the meeting but its in the middle of their naptime. Therefore, their sleep schedule gets thrown off a bit and they are a bit cranky by the time they get home. And Im exhausted.

2010 Photo of the Year!

Our girls WON! Thanks everyone who voted for our sweet girls! We won a FREE photo session and Im so happy! It got a little dicey after all the drama of the contest and I was ready to pull our girls out of the competition altogether. But Jared and Gwen (sister in law) rallied together and got a ton more votes. So then OF COURSE my competitive nature kicked in and I could NOT loose! haha

September 1 really put up a good fight but in all fairness you can't compete with TRIPLETS! haha No seriously, they have a precious looking baby and I wish them well. And I told Jared last night, if I hadn't known ANYone in the pictures I would have voted for March. Nothing is sweeter than a mother with her baby. *Thanks Amy for including our girls in your contest and I hope you won't let this particular contest keep you from doing it again in the future.*

Thanks again everyone! I will let you know when we get our photos done!

Charlotte, Charlotte, Charlotte....

I got so frustrated with my Charlotte this morning. She is SO finicky with her bottles. Every feeding is such a struggle. She gets it all down until about the last 3 ounces of her bottle and then she wants to play. She laughs and talks and looks around. So you burp her and warm the bottle back up and practically hold her down.... (not really) and THEN she finishes, sometimes. Then we got the solid food. At first she will put it in her mouth and then blow her lips together so that it goes all over me... and her. She sticks her fingers in her mouth and by the end of it we are both covered in pears.

But after I wiped her up and changed my shirt she looked up at me and just gave me this huge ear to ear grin. It was precious. And I just laughed with her. Such a "Mom look at how cute I am" moment. Anyway, to say the least I got over my frustration. But I still dont understand why every feeding is a chore with her. I guess I should be grateful the other two aren't like that. In fact, they are the complete opposite. They actually cry when their food is all gone. haha its so cute.

Down Time

Just wanted to write real quick how great this night is going. I am laying in bed with my hunny watching Wipe Ou,t which we recorded on DVR. The girls are asleep and we are able to just RELAX. Life is so good. I love this show so much. I ALWAYS laugh my head off. Its such a cheesy show but those announcer guys are hilarious to me and I just laugh till I cry. Its great. Life is good.

Rub-a-dub-dub

For some reason this stubborn video took me FOREVER to upload. Anyway, it finally made it on here. Its Mia LOVING her jumperoo Aunt Ran got her for Christmas. SO CUTE!

On a few side notes, the girls ended up loving zucchini. All of them. Today I gave them sweet potato. Abigail and Mia loved it. They would giggle every time they got a spoon full. Charlotte however wasn't sure about the texture. Its a lot thicker than she's used to but she still ate it. So Im sure by the end of this week she will be lovin it to.

Also, I bought this really cute bath tub for the girls. Its a blow up tub that fits in the bathtub. It is so cute! I was SO excited to try the girls out it in..... so i did last night. And oh dear. As soon as I put Abigail in it she started crying. And it was a scared cry. So sad. So I had to get her outta there ASAP. Charlotte like it a lot better but I found out the tub is really for babies who can sit up really well. I thought they could lean back and relax but its just too scary for them. So it was a total bust. We are back to our infant bath tub. But I think I will start bathing them in that, in our tub. I used to do it on our kitchen table so its easier on my back but they have started splashing and kicking so much and making a HUGE mess EVERYWHERE! This way when they splash, its in the tub. haha

The grandparents will arrive today! YEAH! We are so excited. I need a shower! HA!

**Keep voting everyone, the girls are barely in first place right now! But voting doesn't end till January 24th. We can do it!!**

Please Vote!

I know this is super cheesy but PLEASE help my girls win! Its super easy!

Just go to this website http://www.amybostonphotography.com/

Then click on August 1 and hit VOTE

We are in 4th place so we need all the votes we can get! Please! We get a free photo session if we win! Love you all!

Catching up on photos and videos

Snow Day! These are some pics from the snow we got at Christmas.

Above is my monkey of a nephew, Nicholas, trying to rip out our tree. And little Nathan exploring the snow!

Here's Natalie all bundled up ready to play!

Nick trying to make a snow angel.

Nathan wondering how deep is this snow! None of them had been in snow before so it was an extra special treat visiting Mimi at Christmas time.

Above is Abigail showing off her new trick. Since this was taken Mia loves to do it to. Charlotte just likes to talk by bursting out these loud screams every once in a while. Its pretty funny.

Here's Abigail talking to herself.... so adorable.

Lots going on with triplets!

Mia on the left in brown and Charlotte on the right in blue. Got to get our tummy time cranked up!

Abigail on the left in cream and Mia in brown. Roll over girls!! PLEASE!

This week was a big one for the girls! They turned 6 months old! I still cant believe it. SIX MONTHS OLD! Wow! They went to the doctor this week AND had their first experience with food.

We had Grandma Toone here this week to help us out with the girls and looks like she brought the snow all the way from Utah with her. Ha! We got a ton of it but we've enjoyed it, especially mom because she has gotten some freebie days from work off. The girls have so enjoy spending time with Grandma and we appreciate ALL her help! Looks like we gave her a cold this trip too. Sorry!

We went to the doctor on Friday and everyone is doing great. Abigail is my chunkiest at 17.11. Mia is right behind her (as always) at 17.6. And Charlotte is the most proportion at 17.1. They are in the 97th percentile for weight. haha Good eaters! For height they are in the 75th percentile so doing great there too. They checked out ok, everything looked great and got their 6 month shots as well. The only thing that is giving us concern at this point is the fact that they still are not rolling over at will. The doctor is suggesting physical therapy which he says is typical of premies. The thing is I know they COULD roll over if they wanted to. They just honestly don't have the motivation to. HA! When I work with them on the floor I start it off and they do the rest (90%) of the work. So if they would just initiate it, we would be okay. I will give them a few more weeks and then start worrying about it. They just need more floor time I think.

The doctor also gave us the go ahead to start real food this week! I am actually making my own baby food. I already made zucchini, squash, sweet potato, peas, apples and pears. I froze them so that I would be ready to go when I got the go ahead from the doc. (They stay good for 2 months in the freezer.) This has been so fun for me to do for my girls. My mom bought me this awesome baby food making kit for Christmas and I've just loved it. Its healthier than jarred food, tastes better AND MUCH CHEAPER! haha I can make it ahead of time and freeze it or refrigerate it. And it will be so much easier to get the girls to eat the foods Jared and I eat as I can just puree and grind up whatever we eat at the table for them when they get older. I really feel like this will help them eat healthier and not be such picky eaters. And will really push me to stay out of the fast food lanes as much as possible.

Anyway, I chose zucchini as our first experience. Its mild in flavor and fairly runny without adding milk to it. It was a little sketchy at first. They really didn't like the flavor initially. It set off the gag reflexes. But Mia and Charlotte ended up finishing all 2 ounces of it. Abigail only ate about half. The next day we tried it again but this time Charlotte and Mia seemed to really enjoy it. Abigail still isn't sure about it and is only eating about half. They get it again today and I think our next veggie will be squash since its so similar to zucchini, it will be an easier transition. So all in all, doing great so far. Now they are getting an 8 ounce bottle in the morning. 7 1/2 ounces at noon with the 2 ounces of veggies. 8 ounce bottle at 4. And 7 1/2 ounce bottle at night with rice cereal mixed with apple juice. We tried the baby oatmeal and it was NOT a good experience. So we went back to the rice cereal. They are growing up so dang fast!

Here are some pics and videos to enjoy!

Here is Abigail NOT enjoying her first taste of zucchini:

Here is Mia not sure about her zucchini:

And Charlotte gaging on zucchini: