Teeth

Cecilia got her first tooth last week, the bottom right and this week the bottom left popped through.

Cohen has fangs. He does not have his top front teeth, but the side ones came in last week...yes, both of them in one week. His gums are still really swollen and red so I think the front ones are coming soon though.

Christian still only has his bottom teeth, but he is drooling SO bad. Hopefully something will come soon for him.

Cookies with Santa

Tonight we went to another family of triplets home to have cookies with Santa. We also went there for the hayride and Caleb had a great time. The biggest hit was when Santa drove away in a mini cooper with lights and antlers on it. Here are the photos of the kids. I think they speak for themselves.

Caleb and Santa

Cohen and Santa
Christian and Santa

Cecilia and Santa

The whole gang....priceless

Busted

So I was in the kitchen and hear squeals and Caleb say "Wow, Cohen really likes the blue icing". Had I not heard this comment the blue on their faces would have given it away.

Thanksgiving weekend

The day after Thanksgiving is always dedicated to the outside lights and this year was no different. Mark and Caleb worked hard and now Santa will for sure be able to find our house.

Saturday when we woke up Mark and I decided that we should go do something since the weather was supposed to be so nice. The first thing out of Caleb's mouth was the magic house and he insisted that we go there, so what the heck, we went. I had not been there in forever and love the beanstalk they have for the kids to climb. Here is Caleb climbing.

The babies loved the magic house too, once we got them to the right area. Mark and I split up since it was hard to keep track of Caleb and manage the stroller of babies. There was no one in the 0-24 month area so we took over. I was a little nervous about the germs but since no one else was there and there was a sign about where to put toys that had been drooled on so they could be sanitized I felt better about it. The babies were just happy to be free!!

Christian, Cecilia and Cohen enjoying the outside of the ball pit.

Yuck Cecilia-get that out of your mouth!!

After the magic house we grabbed lunch and headed to the Rocket Park, which is one of Caleb's favorites. I stopped by our friends house (Ryan and Jen) and drug them out so Caleb had Alex to play with and they had a great time. Once the kids woke up from their nap they were so excited to be out in the grass and playing.

Cohen and Christian

Thanksgiving night

Here are some pics of the kid 'helping ' decorate. At one point I said no more! They were all crabby and Mark and Caleb were having all of the fun while I tried to contain then and keep them happy. Once we got them situated and off to bed Mark, Caleb and I put all of the ornaments on the tree and they finished putting up the train. Caleb was mesmerized by the train again this year and the babies love to watch it now too.

Cohen (ear infection and all), Cecilia and Christian

Caleb

Happy Birthday Markie/Daddy!!!

Cohen, Cecilia and Christian with Daddy and Caleb

Today is Mark's birthday and he was able to come by for a quick bite at lunch. Since

everyone was up and Caleb was SO excited about his gift and more importantly the cookie cake we got his we sang him happy birthday. This is the crew after blowing out the candles. Mark was holding all 3 babies but they were attacking the cookie and squirming so Cohen got booted to the chair. They all enjoyed O's with daddy as he ate his lunch and Caleb sliced everyone some cookie.

Mark and I do get to go out to dinner tonight and we are both looking forward to it. Dinner hour around here is so hectic I am concerned that we might scarf our food down the minute they put it in front of us since that is the habit. It will be nice no matter what since we will be by ourselves :)

sick

What is it with my kids getting sick on the holidays? Cohen was needy all day yesterday and thankfully Aunt Sarah and others helped tend to him while they were here. Everyone said that he was pulling on his left ear. I called the dr and of course they would not call in anything but I did have some numbing drops from his last ear infection. Between that, the ibuprofen he and the swing was ok (loves the swing when he is not feeling well). Today I took him to the doctor and it was confirmed that he did have a puss pocket in his ear. I just knew they were going to tell me nothing was wrong with him. When the doctor walked in and said 'you are not supposed to be smiling, you are sick' and I thought here we go again, but not this time. Last time he had the flu so really it just wasn't 'nothing'. I just don't want to be 'that mom' that is taking her kid to the doctor all of the time. This time we were right on with the ear infection diagnosis. Now, if we could all just get rid of these snotty noses we would be in good shape!

Last night was the worst night I have had with the kids in months. Everyone was up at some point or another and Cecilia was probably the worst. She was up for about 2 hours so I laid with her on the couch finally and she fell asleep. Thankfully Mark got up with all of them this morning so I was able to sleep a little longer, but he was up with them too so we were both tired today. Hopefully tonight is not a repeat of last night!!!