March 20th, 2010 (yes, a new post, really)

Hello everybody!

Okay, so I have been a very bad boy and it has been 4 months since my last blog!

Enough of that, time to get to the update:

So the SD3 are now a year old and doing grrrreat! They just had their 1 year check up and here are their particulars:

Drew - 19lbs 11oz - 29" tall

Julia - 17lbs 5oz - 28" tall

Madison - 22lbs - 30" tall

So as you can see, they have gotten much bigger and really are growing like weeds. Julia is still our little peanut-o, she is so adorable. What she lacks in size, she makes up in temper, hahah! She has a wee bit of an attitude sometimes when she doesn't get her way, but she does have a great smile and is a very good humored baby. Madison is a little more even keeled and is happy all the time. She laughs a lot, even when we don't know what it is that she finds funny. Inside jokes I guess. She is the biggest and is such a sweetie. Such a sweetie that she is the first to say her first word...Ma Ma!!!! (Shara just can't get enough) ;-) She has started belly crawling and is getting more mobile by the day. Drew is 100% boy. He has been crawling for some time now and gets every where he doesn't belong. He is such a flirt and knows how to play everyone's heart strings. He is pulling to stand and just started cruising as as well. He is so funny, but also has started figuring out it is fun to pull on his sisters' hair!

Here are some pictures. We hope you enjoy and I hope to be a little more on top of my updates!

Puff time!

Drew

Julia

Madison

November 18th, 2009

Hello everybody!

I am a little better this time and didn't wait months for the next post, haha!

The kids are doing great! They are so funny and getting bigger all the time. Drew has not been weighed since the last post, but the girls got weighed today. Julia is now 14lbs 3oz and Madison is 18lbs 4oz! She is huge! HAHA!

They are so fun. Drew laughs and giggles all the time, and really has started playing games with us. He is starting to sit a little longer each day before falling, so it should be any week now! He loves his belly and rolls over to sleep every night. So cute! Julia is such a cutie. Everyone that comes over just instantly falls in love with her. We call her baby baby as she is like the others but a more baby version, lol. Madison laughs all the time for no reason and by herself sometimes. She is such a good humored baby. Her hair is crazy long and matches her personality.

The kids are now up to Level II foods twice a day and they love eating. I posted pictures of their new feeding table they use that makes feeding so much easier. A little messy, but it is great!

We have a baby proofing expert coming over next week as they are going to be mobile sooner than later, so we better get cracking!

That is it for now, just wanted to ensure everyone that is still following the SD3 got a quick update. Here are some new pictures showing off their table and their new winter gear! Enjoy!

Our table!

Drew Bug!

Julia!

Madison!

The SD3 is ready for winter!

November 3rd, 2009

Hello everyone! Well it has been waaay too long since my our last post, again. Sorry to all those who like to keep up on the SD3's progress. The triplets are doing great! They are getting so big so fast, we can't keep up! Here are their weights these days:

Drew - 14lbs 14oz

Julia - 12lbs 10oz

Madison - 16lbs 10oz

As you can see, Madison is leading the pack. In fact, she is now in the 30th percentile for her biological age, not her corrected age! She is so much bigger that her big sister, haha!

They are so adorable and such happy babies. Drew is a real little boy. He has begun rolling from his back to his belly and even without crawling, he seems to find a way to move all over the place. We are going to have to keep a close eye on that little guy. He smiles all the time and has the greatest laugh ever. Julia's personality has really come to life. She has a smile that lights up the room and makes the cutest little noises. She melts hearts everywhere she goes. She is so small and loves being held whenever she can. Madison is the big flirt. She smiles all the time and finds almost everything funny. She finds the sound of others coughing to be hysterical, haha. She is the queen of the jumperoo and rocks that thing like no one's business.

The kids are now eating cereal and fruits/vegetables twice a day and loving it. They like apple sauce, pears, sweet potatoes, peaches, bananas, squash and will even eat sweet peas. They do NOT like green beans at all, but you can't win 'em all!

Here are some new pictures, including some Halloween pics. As you can see, they were Care Bears for their first Halloween and were so freakin' cute! We hope you enjoy!

September 14th, 2009

Hello everyone!

It has been a looooong time since I last posted anything. I swore I was not going to do that, but guilty as charged. We want to give everyone a quick update on how the SD3 are doing.

It has been a couple weeks since the kids were last weighed, but here is their most recent numbers:

Drew - 12lbs 7.5oz

Julia - 10lbs 2oz

Madison - 12lbs 14oz

As you can see they are getting bigger all the time! Drew is the tallest, and Julia is by far the shortest, by 2 1/2 inches hahah! They had a follow up visit to the doctors to see how they are developing and so far so good! We are truly blessed and keep taking things one day at a time.

They are so talkative now (no real words yet!), always making noises, laughing, squealing and cooing so much! They sound like they are really trying to tell you something. They find everything funny too, which is a great way to live your life, especially in the morning. Seeing those three with their bright eyes make an early wake up call not so bad.

We are working with them to do things like rolling over. Julia is a champ and rolled from her stomach to her back 5 times in a row today! Drew did it once with a little help and Madison cried her eyes out when I rolled her over, hahah! Definitely the baby of the family, lol.

The SD3 have started on rice cereal and even a little apple sauce once a day. It is a messy affair, but fun to see! It is awesome to have one of them pass right out in the middle of a mouthful of food. When it is nap time, it is nap time! They are growing up so fast, we don't want it to go by so quickly. The are also sleeping through the night most nights after their 11pm feed. It is so great to get uninterrupted sleep, we forgot how that felt!

The babies are now 6 months old and cute as ever. Here are some new pictures to get you by....

Julia enjoying her fav thing, her pillow

Is that Madison or Minnie Mouse?

Drew is like his Daddy, a big Phillies fan!

Madison on game day. Give her an E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!

Only Drew could pull off this look...

Perhaps the world's smallest Phillies fan, Julia!

Madison smiling at the camera? No...Mom took it when she was looking at Dad! She freezes when she notices the camera, haha!

Mmmm, Drew and the outside of his face say YUMMY!

Julia thinks she is getting it right, but swallowing it is not in her repertoire!

August 13th, 2009

Hello everyone! Wow, it has been a long time since our last post. Bad Daddy! Hahaha! Things have been going great, hectic, but great. The kids are doing well and are sort of in between appointments right now, so it has been almost a month since they got weighed. They are definitely getting bigger, with Madison seeming to be the biggest now. She certainly eats the most! She has gotten a nice big belly and loves showing it off! Drew is still a big boy and cute as a bug. Julia is the little peanut but is loaded with personality, good personality as long as you don't try to put her in her crib (as I am doing right now, the neighbors are going to wonder what that sound is, haha).

All three have started to smile, with Drew doing it the most. He laughs too, at nothing sometimes, but he laughs! He is such a good boy and has been sleeping in his crib every night. The SD3 have started skipping their 3am feed too, but we cross out fingers every night and definitely don't expect it to happen every night, but we will take it when it does!

Life with triplets is very busy and very rewarding. We started going to malls and they are like rock stars! It is fun and the kids love to go for the walk.

Here are some pictures of the little ones. I hope you enjoy. Time to go find out what Julia is up to!

Drew laughing it up

Julia taking a bath

Madison wondering how the bubble got there

July 21st, 2009

Hello everyone! Look at me, blogging again only a week later. All the babies must be sleeping right now, hahaha!

Anyways, the SD3 just had their 4 month vaccinations, oh what fun! They had 2 on Friday and 2 today to make it easier on them. They did great! They also got weighed:

Drew - 10lbs 7oz

Julia - 8lbs 4oz

Madison - 9lbs 13oz

They are getting bigger everyday it seems. Drew has actually started smiling and laughing now! It is soooooo cute! They are so precious and we are so lucky to have them in our lives. Not much else has been going on. Shara's parents take them to a different park every Sunday. They love it and we get to nap! They are still eating every 4 hours, so we are just waiting for the day to come when they sleep through the night. It sounds like heaven, so we shall see, hahah!

Here are some new pictures. We hope you enjoy!

Drew

Julia

Madison

July 13th, 2009

Hi everyone! It has been a looooong time since I last updated the blog. I apologize, but things are quite crazy around here. Not sure why, hahaha!

The SD3 are doing great and getting bigger everyday. As of last week they weighed:

Drew - 10lbs 8oz

Julia - 7lbs 12oz

Madison - 9lbs 1oz

Julia is the smallest and has some catching up to do, but she is getting there. The other two are eating machines and their size proves it. They are really starting to get more alert, as they stare at you, follow you with their eyes and Drew has even started smiling when he is happy! They are still on their every 4 hour feeding schedule, but we are hoping that they will start sleeping through the night by the fall. That we be soooo awesome, haha!

They are starting to want to be awake more and more, which means we have to find ways of entertaining them. You would never guess how hard it is to entertain 3 infants. There is only so much time they can take swinging, staring in the jungle, or watching Baby Einstein!

I will try and do a better job at keeping everyone updated here. Also check my facebook page as I post pictures there as well. Here are some new pictures of our trio. They are so unbelievably adorable!

The Drew Bug

Julia and her new favorite place to be

Madison - the towel gives it away ;o)