Yeah Spring!!!

The Callahan household is SO glad the spring is finally here (even if it was only 40 degrees on Sunday)! For those who know me well, you know how much I LOVE planting flowers and gardening. I can't wait to get started on getting some things planted here at the new house soon:-D We had someone come out yesterday and make the flower beds for us so all we have to do now is plant and mulch...I know Bry is so excited;-D

I am also loving spring because I have finally been able to get the babies out some more for walks around the neighborhood. They love getting out and getting fresh air just as much as mommy I think! Of course, we are a total spectacle around the neighborhood with our triplet stroller/mini-bus. It is a miracle if I get through a walk without being stopped at least once for someone to ask, "is that triplets?!?!?". That's ok though...we love showing off our cute little trio:-D

Speaking of the triplets, Olivia and Harry both reached big developmental milestones last week...they are both now rolling from their back to their tummies! It is so cute!!! In fact, we can't seem to even keep them on their backs for anything now...even when sleeping. Check out this picture of Harry...this is how we found him napping a couple days ago:



Cute, huh?!?! Madeline is doing great also though!!! She is not trying as much to roll on her tummy but she is really close to being able to sit on her own. It is fun to have three babies at once and see how differently babies grow and develop. They are all three of course still VERY vocal and super smiley. Here are few more pictures of the kiddos:

Crazy Madeline with Mommy



Sisters :-)



Madeline and Harry...don't they look a lot alike in this picture?


The girls again...look, they are holding hands!


Some other fun things that have been going on for us is that this past Sunday we had my parents over and Bry's mom over to have a small to-do for my 28th birthday. It was nice to have everyone together for dinner, cake and play the babies. Here is an adorable picture of Olivia and I celebrating mommy's b-day:



Also, a couple of weeks ago we got a triplet feeding table for the three munchkins. We decided to go with this instead of three high chairs for sake of room and convenience. We have not actually started any solid foods yet. We are waiting until they are about 6 months adjusted age ( they are about 4 1/2 months adjusted age now) to start that new adventure. Here are a couple pictures of them in their new table:

Another fun thing mommy and the triplets did was go on our first play date!!! Last wednesday, I took the kiddos over to my friend Megan Corcoran's house to play with her triplet boys. Megan and I have become great friends because we have so much in common...we both went to Butler, we have triplets and they were born only 2 weeks apart from each other. Anyway, it was a super fun morning with the kiddos all together. I tell you though...it was crazy to see six babies all together and to know that they were all ours!!! Here a couple pictures:

Quinn and Madeline having fun together:


Yes, there are six babies in this picture!!!!

Last thing, just this past weekend, the triplets got an early visit from the Easter bunny!!! Our realtor, Jamie Boer, arranged the whole thing and it really was so cute. We thought for sure Madeline would cry when she saw the easter bunny but she actually did great! Here is their first picture with the Easter bunny:

Say Cheese!

We had 6 month pictures taken of Harry, Olivia and Madeline last weekend by Amanda Walters. You may be familiar with her work if you have seen some of the pictures she has taken of Brooke and Brandon Kline's son Garrett. She is just amazing at what she does and we couldn't be more thrilled with what she did! Here is a small sampling of some of the wonderful pictures she took. Enjoy!

6 Months Old....Already?!?!?

It is so hard to believe that the triplets are already 6 months old!!! And boy are they growing too! We had them in for their 6 month doctors appointment and here are their updated weights:

Harry: 14 lbs. 7 oz.

Madeline: 14 lbs. 6 oz.

Olivia: 16 lbs. 2 oz.

Of course, Olivia continues to be our big girl:-D Dr. Stanley said that on the adjusted (preemie) growth curve, the girls are in the 90th percentile for height and weight and Harry is in the 75th percentile. Pretty good considering these guys all started out less than 3 lbs. just 6 months ago!

Everything else is going great for the Callahan household. We were so excited to have a visit from our friends Laura and Jeremy who were in town from Louisville. Their little girl Addison just turned 1 years old!!! Our good friend Erin Hillebrand had her bachelorette party last weekend so it was so much fun to get to go out for the night and see friends I have not been able to see much lately. And yes, for those who are wondering, Bryan stayed home with the kiddos and watched them all by himself! He is such a great daddy:-D

Also, this past weekend we took the babies up to Nana's house to celebrate her birthday with her which was a lot of fun. We don't get out of the house much unless it is to go to the doctor so at least the kiddos know that there are other places to go that are much more fun:-)

Not much else new here....the babes just continue to grow so well physically and developmentally. Dr. Stanley says that they are actually ahead for their adjusted age which is great to hear. We will continue to keep everyone posted! Enjoy some updated pictures below:


Here is Harry doing his own version of "tummy time"...he seems to really be enjoying himself:




Madeline doing tummy time correctly:-D :


The triplets at Nana's house for her birthday:

Here are all three having play time together...poor Harry is always being picked on by his sisters:

Madeline having a blast with Daddy:

Aunt Leah came to visit with the kiddos a few weekends ago...Harry enjoyed his Valentines Day card with Elmo:

Daddy with his two little Valentines:

Mommy with all three of her little angels...check out the smirk on Harry's face:

Daddy tickling Madeline....she just squeals! :

Grampy and Harry having some bonding time:

Here's Olivia....what a happy girl! :

Here they all are getting ready to go for a walk in the stroller aka. "mini-bus" :

Is it spring yet?!?!?!

Can you tell that the Callahan household is getting some serious spring fever?!?!? We are SO ready for RSV season to be over so that mommy and the triplets can be released into public:-D I guess we are getting closer though!

We are so, so blessed as our three little munchkins just continue to do so well. They will be three months adjusted age next week and are all three growing so great physically and socially. We had to take Olivia in last Friday for a swallow study because she was showing signs of discomfort while eating her bottles. Sure enough, the swallow study showed that she was having some deep penetrations above her air way which can really hurt when they are eating. So Olivia has to have her bottles thickened with rice cereal which seems to have helped her a lot. Other than this minor issue Olivia is doing great though! We had her weighed at her swallow study and she was just over 14 lbs.!!!! She is smiling a ton and likes to have little conversations with you...it is so cute:-)

Madeline and Harry are doing great also! We have not had them officially weighed in about 3 weeks but we think they are both somewhere between 12 and 13 lbs. Madeline has really progressed physically and socially over the past few weeks. She can hold her head on her own very steady and can roll from her tummy to her back almost every time. She also loves to grab on to her toys and put them in her mouth or just have a conversation with them....she is such a funny baby:-) She has also found her squeal and loves to hear herself do that. And her favorite is when her daddy tells her how pretty she is....she will smile from ear to ear everytime he does it...so cute!

Harry, our little hambone, continues to do great also. He has many nicknames but the most fitting for him is Mr. Happy. The boy almost never stops smiling from the time he wakes up until the evening. He just loves to be told he is handsome and the funniest is everytime to say to him, "show me your gums", he smiles! He also LOVES to carry on conversations with you. This kid definitely has to gift of gab and can talk to you forever. I guess this is no surprise considering who his parents are:-D

Here are some updated pictures of them from the past couple of weeks...enjoy!

Olivia and Grampy hanging out...she loves to sit like a big girl!


Daddy and Harry watching Illinois play basketball:



Harry being a hambone:


Ok, Olivia may never forgive us for this but this is a picture of the face she makes while she is pooping...we call it "poopface". We laugh everytime! :

Daddy is convinced all of his children will be Illinois fans...here is Olivia wearing Daddy's hat:

Here are the girls playing with their Dog, Daisy...it was so cute! :

Mommy and Harry...he's kind of a momma's boy:-D :

Here are the triplets hanging out together...they are getting bigger aren't they?!?! :

Here's Harry taking a nap in Daddy's chair...he seems comfy:

Here's Olivia and Harry playing...of course I didn't put them this way...Harry weasled his way around so that he could kick sissy for awhile...already rotten! :

Getting Bigger!

Well we took the kiddos for their Synagis (RSV) shots yesterday and got updated weights for them...they are continuing to get so big!!! Here are their weights:

Olivia (aka. Budda) : 12 lbs 8 oz
Harry : 11 lbs 13 oz
Madeline : 11 lbs 15 oz

We are just so blessed that these three little miracles continue to grow as well as they have. They are now 9 weeks adjusted age and have almost already grown out of their 3 month sized clothes! We really are so glad they are getting so big but at the same time I can't help but get a little sentimental when I realize how fast they grow up. Of course, I here from everyone it only continues to go faster as they get older so I try not to wish time by too fast. This can be hard to remember though when you are feeling sleep deprived and I can't wait for spring time so we can finally leave this stinkin' house!!!! I think all four of us are getting a little stir crazy from having to stay at home all the time. Boy will we be glad when RSV season is over!!! For those who may be wondering when that is, it will be sometime in April.

Really not much else new for us though. All three of our little munchkins keep continuing to get more and more social with smiles and cooing....that is just so much fun:-D Here are a couple new pictures...enjoy!!

The triplets hanging out:



Sisters...so cute!:


Here they are again in their bumpos:

And here's Mr. Smiley!:

Madeline watching football...she thinks she's a big girl:-D :

Happy New Year!

Well what a crazy year 2008 was for the Callahan family...we went from 2 of us to 5 of us?!?!? But what three little blessings God gave us as I can't imagine what life would be without all three of them. It is hard to believe that 2008 is already gone though...it was definitely a year that we will never forget!

Our first New Year's as the five of us was VERY low key. Since we can't take the kiddos anywhere, it was just us at home and in fact, we went to bed at 9:30pm!!! Oh how life has changed for us:-D But Olivia decided that at 11:45 she wanted to get up and ring in the New Year so we were actually up at midnight...hehe.

The triplets' first Christmas was wonderful though! We celebrated Christmas day at our house with Grammy, Grampy, Nana and Aunt Leah. It really was so nice to have the whole family here so that everyone could spend quality time with the babies. They of course were spoiled for Christmas with toys, diapers (this is a big deal for us!) and a Jumparoo. They are too little for their Jumparoo right now but I think they will love it once they are a bit bigger.

Speaking of size, they are continuing to get bigger and bigger. We haven't had them officially weighed in a couple of weeks but based on our scale Olivia is up to 13 lbs.!!! Harry and Madeline are not too far behind either. They turned 8 weeks adjusted age on Wednesday so they seem to be doing just great even though they were so premature.

All three of them continue to be more and more social and interactive which is so much fun for Mommy and Daddy...those smiles and laughs are addicting!!! They have all discovered their hands too and are starting to grab at things a little more. In fact, Olivia has found her thumb! She has decided that her thumb is much better than her pacifier which is fine by us for now:-D It really is so cute though!

Well that is about it from the Callahan front for now! I've posted some new pictures below and will continue to update everyone as I find the time...which is easier said than done:-D Happy New Year to everyone!!!

Madeline looking at the Christmas tree:

Madeline is a goof-ball...she likes to take her hand and flip her boppy on her head...don't ask:-D :

Not sure where she learned this from but check out the pouty lip on Olivia! :

Mommy and Harry:

The Triplets on Christmas...I think Olivia was done with Christmas by the end of the day:

Aunt Leah hanging out with Harry and Olivia:

Madeline with her stocking:

Olivia gets her first horse:-D :

Harry LOVED his stuffed Frog:

The whole family on Christmas:

Harry and Olivia in their Christmas jammies:

Olivia sucking her thumb...so cute! :