Caleb

The big brother and my big baby. I keep telling him that even though he is getting bigger he will always be my baby. Of course he argues with me about it, but he knows. Most days I think 'Why me?' I am with him all day, he chooses not to listen to me most of the time, we argue, negotiate, have fun and yet he still insists that I wipe his butt 'EVERY DAY!' (if you know Caleb this is one of his saying for a lot). He also only wants me to read him stories, shampoo his hair, wash his body and brush his teeth. Can a girl get a break?? You would think that without seeing Mark all day long he would want him to wipe his butt, but NO!! Then when I see the sad look on his face I usually give in and deep down inside I have that mommy pride and know that he loves me. And then there are other day when he is all about Mark and that makes me feel good too because he loves his daddy.

Recently he realized that we will allow him to double dip at bedtime. He gets me to read him two books and then he says he needs one more and that daddy should read it to him. Little does he know that he always got 3 books before now we just get to split our time. I am still the better negotiator (or so I think :))!!

How could we be more proud of him, he is the most amazing big brother and absolutely adores the babies. He is very proud of him and tells everyone that he has 3 babies. They are so crazy about him, I don't know what they would do without his entertainment. Their faces light up when he enters the room and they follow his every move.

He is in his second year of preschool and loves it. It is so hard to believe that he will be going to kindergarten next year. They grow up so fast.

Christian

Mr Christian or as we like to call him, Caleb little. You have to admit that he is a mini Caleb. Every day he looks and feels more like Caleb. Caleb is currently really into Christian and they were giggling together and Mark and I just looked at each other and laughed. The giggles were exactly the same!!! They even laugh alike!!!

Christian was the first to get his teeth and is generally a very happy guy. He, like Caleb at this age is getting so thick and feels so heavy when you pick him up. He is by far the messiest eater. He likes to put his hands in his mouth and of course when feeding 3 I can't constantly watch him so he get food all over his hands and then his sleeve and then he of course has to touch someone else and then it gets in someones hair..you get the drift. Most recently he has been blowing bubbles into his bottles and thinks it is pretty funny. He recently discovered that sleeping on his belly is much nicer than his back. He is up and rocking here and there, but doesn't appear to be too interested in going anywhere just yet.

Cecilia

Oh miss Cecilia. By default since she is the only girl I think she will always be singled out. She has the most nicknames out of all of the kids...sassy pants..baby girl...Cici Lou...sasafrass...spark plug...fire cracker....but most of all she is called Cilia and that is because that is what Caleb calls her. I don't even think people realize it half the time that he has shortened her name, but anyone around Caleb a lot calls tends to start calling her that. I think it is sweet. He still likes to hear the Simon and Garfunkel Cecilia song over and over and knows some of the song by heart.
As her nicknames suggest she is the sassy one. She lets all of us know what is going on and if she is happy about it or not. She was very vocal for awhile and had developed a very high pitch squeal. It had gone away for awhile once she learned to dive her way across the room but for some reason it returned today. She loves to jump and is always on the go! She is a woman in control and her favorite toys are the telephone, remote and small (about the length of her) wooden bat of Caleb's. She is most inquisitive and was in to everything even before she was crawling. Her chuckle is hilarious and makes everyone laugh. I think it all has something to do with the red hair!!

Cohen

So Cohen is back to his old smiley self and is actually up on all fours and rocking. He really hates it when Cecilia moves forward and he moves backwards so hopefully he will not take as long as she did to figure out the whole arm/leg movements. He is also starting to cry when mommy leaves the room when he is not in the best of moods. Mark notices it most often in the evening when he is tired and crabby (Cohen that is, not mark....well sometimes Mark is tired and crabby too but I am not talking about him:)). He seems to be getting so much longer so I think he is going to be tall and thin. He is happiest when he is being fed real food....quickly....yes, he gets about two bites for everyone else's one. We still call him Momma's bright eyes and smiley pie.

She did it!!!

Cecilia finally figured out how to officially crawl. She was quite good and getting where she needed to go, but now....she can move those arms and legs at the same time. We will see what tomorrow brings, but I'm sure she will be fast as lightning here pretty soon.

Infected

Well, when we went to the doctor last week we seemed to have managed to come home with a present. Cohen had a fever last weekend and we thought that it was teething or another ear infection. Monday morning Mark agreed that we should call to have his ears checked so I did. I even at one point thought about canceling since he seemed fine and then he had a melt down for about an hour and could not be calmed down which is totally not him. So we went in and he was smiling at everyone at the office which was the reason I was apprehensive about taking him in since the last time we thought he had an ear infection it was just teething. So the doctor came in and of course there was no ear infection and I was like seriously, this is all just teething?? I am in big trouble!! I think he felt sorry for me so he went a head and swabbed him for the flu since everyone and their brother have it and surprise, surprise he had it too (Influenza A). I was shocked and extremely upset. We had just been with Marks entire family for Sunday dinner and all I could think about was infecting all of them. Plus, it is so early in the season and someone is already sick...how do I keep them all from getting this and how do I handle 3 sick babies. What if I get sick....whew, it was stressful just thinking about it.

I am happy to announce that we survived and as of this evening no one else is sick. I have been lysoling and sanitizing toys like crazy but I guess it has worked. Cohen had his moments, but he was such a good boy. I think he was struggling with his teeth more so than anything. His first tooth popped out last weekend and another one is ready to pop out any minute.

Check up

Today was the babies 6th month check up and they all did really well. They received 4 vaccines, 3 of them were shots and 1 was a liquid. No tears were shed until they got the flu shot. Mark and I both got our flu shots the other night and our arms were really sore the whole next day so we are really sympathetic to this one. All of them are growing appropriately and are developmentally on track for their age and in some cases ahead of the game (developmentally) since they are triplets and were premature. The good news is that he said we can switch to regular formula when we run out of the special stuff (I have enough to last another month or so) and that I no longer need to wake them after they go to bed at 8 for a late night feeding-YEAH!!

Cecilia weighed in at 13lbs 10 oz and is 25.25 inches long. She grew quite a bit in length over the past two months but is still our little petite girl (with chubby thighs). The doctor was surprised that she is almost crawling. We thought she would have been doing it by now, but she still has not gotten the arm thing down. She can get to where she is going by moving her legs and throwing herself forward.

Cohen weighed in at 16lbs 2 oz and is 26.75 inches long. We did notice that he has tooth ready to pop through so any day he will have one.

Christian weighed in at 16lbs 15oz and is 25.5 inches long. He has been pretty steady with his growth and doing well. Big guy still has just two teeth, but I swear there are more that are going to show up any day.

Caleb was at the appointment and was very reassuring to the babies and kept asking when they were going to get their shots. He wanted to get prizes for them :) He was also happy to know that he was not getting any shots today. He originally was going to get his flu shot today but they did not have the shot for his age in yet. We have to go back in a month from now for the babies flu shot booster so Caleb will get his then. I guess they will all get their H1N1 shot then too as long as it is in.