Oh what a week

This has been quite a week, and it's not even over yet.  Monday started off great with our favorite chiropractor coming over to adjust the girls.  Margaret was a little less stiff for about 24 hours - I think she needs several more adjustments.  On Monday night, I went to the STORM dinner meeting, and I ended up volunteering to be the vice president.  This should be interesting....

Tuesday morning started off with a change in formula.  I was rudely awakened by Robin at about 6:30am asking for help to feed the girls because they weren't liking the new formula.  After getting them fed and going back to sleep, I got up to find out exactly how much Katherine didn't like the new formula.  I had to clean up my first ever blow-out diaper mess.  Wow - it stunk so bad and almost her entire onesie was wet with poo.  Poor girl.  This event resulted in three unexpected baths.  Later on Tuesday, I went downtown for a focus group that ended at 5:15.  I haven't had to drive in rush hour traffic in quite some time, and I sure don't miss it!  Tuesday culminated with a support group meeting at the Swedish NICU which ended up moving to a local bar.  Yummy!

Wednesday was relatively calm.

This morning I woke up to this:

Oh dear - here we go - let the rolling over begin.  Isabella has been about 90% of the way there for about 3 days.  I knew it was going to happen by the end of the week.  Now I'm worried about her getting stuck on her tummy.  A new adventure begins....

This afternoon Robin took half a day off (as he also did on Tuesday when I went to the focus group).  We took the girls for their 5 month check up.  They are doing fabulously and growing like the weeds in my yard.

Katherine: 12lbs 1oz; 23.75 inches

Margaret: 11lbs 4oz; 23.25 inches

Isabella: 11lbs 3oz; 23.25 inches

It's ironic that Isabella is now the smallest of the three girls AND she's the only one who can roll over.  Katherine isn't too far behind though.  I bet she'll roll over sometime next week.

I also had my last Love and Logic class tonight.  I'm going to miss going to that class, and I hope that the theory of parenting through empathy and consequences remains with me as the girls grow.

This evening ended with Isabella spitting up all over me - my shirt, my arm, my pants, the floor - everywhere!

I wonder what tomorrow will bring....

Outings

This past week we made it out of the house twice!  And, what fun we had.  Last Sunday we met up with our friends we met at the NICU (through the support group they started) and their twin boys who are 1 day shy of being exactly one year older than our girls.  Robin took some pictures of their boys playing in the water fountain, and we had margaritas and mexican food on the patio.  We were able to go straight to the patio seating without going through the restaurant.  No one even seemed to notice us.  On the way out, one man did ask if they were triplets.  Ugh!

Today we met up with about 15-20 other triplet families for the STORM (Super Twins of the Rocky Mountains) summer picnic.  It was so nice to spend time with other triplet families who have already been through what we're going through.  I also enjoyed seeing the many different age groups of triplets.  They varied from 3 months old to about 8 years old.  Unfortunately, the picnic was on the hottest day of the year, but we still had a great time. 

At the STORM picnic (Isabella, Margaret and Katherine):

Me holding Margaret and Jessica (another triplet mom) holding Isabella:

...not to minivan...

Well, we did it. We bought the much needed *new* car. It's a 2005 Lincoln Navigator Ultimate. It has pretty high miles, so we got a good deal on it. We paid less than "fair" condition on Kelly Blue Book, and we got the seller to fix several things as well. Robin and I love bells and whistles, and it's got them all. From navigation to rear DVD to power mirrors, foot pedals, rear hatch and third row of seats.

I don't know how I'm going to park this monster. It's going to be challenging to get used to such a big car, but I know I'll appreciate it when the girls are older.   It's so big that it won't fit in our attached garage because it's too tall and too wide.  Good thing we have the monster three car detached garage (as seen in the background of the 1st photo).  

And BTW - we did not buy it from the broker listed on the plates - it was a private party deal.

Hands and 4th of July

While I want this blog to be filled with funny (and hopefully witty) commentary on my girls' lives, I also want to use it to document their milestones.

Over the last few days, all three girls have started to notice their hands. They stare at them incessantly - watching them open and close. I have not seen Margaret suck her thumb again, but tonight she was staring at it as if she was wondering how she could get it into her mouth. Katherine has started to grab at things. I put her and Isabella on the play mat today, and both girls grabbed at the toys dangling above them. Katherine was very much enjoying it, but probably not as much as I was!

Yesterday was the 4th of July. I finally got to experinece some normalcy when we took the girls over to a friends house for a BBQ. It was nice to get out!

Here is our 4th of July photo - I wish we had a better "blue" outfit. Oh well...next year....