We're Back!!!

Yes, we are finally back from our blog hiatus. I apologize for the extreme almost 3 month delay in updates...I have no real excuse except laziness;-) Or maybe a better word for it is sheer exhaustion! You see, since our three little pumpkins have officially become toddlers...I can barely keep up! Yes, it is official...everyone is now walking...or make that running:-) Harry was our last to master the fine art of mobility but once he did he has never looked back! The triplets are basically non-stop movement from the time they get up until they go to bed (except for afternoon nap of course). But boy are they SO much fun! We have just loved watching how much they have changed over the past couple of months as they have officially become toddlers and not babies anymore (yes, I am getting teary-eyed as I write that). And not only are they walking everywhere but they are all talking so much more too! Olivia is probably our biggest chatterbox and can pretty much mimic every word we say. Her favorite and 1st word was of course "clothes"...yes, you heard me right. She gets it honestly though;-) Harry and Madeline are talking more and more too. And boy are these three getting big! We just got weighed today and Madeline and Harry are about 24 1/2 lbs and Olivia is pushing 27 lbs.!!! Anyway, since I have about a thousand pictures uploaded, I'll just catch you up on our last couple months that way...enjoy:-D

I know everyone wants pictures of the kiddos but this first one is of us in Florida. We took a short vacation to Marco Island on Feb.10-14 just the two of us for some much needed r&r. It was a little on the chilly side for Florida but we had a great time!


Mommy and the kiddos back in february

Olivia and Madeline with their baby stroller. They would fight over this thing so much, Nana was so kind as to get us a second one. Now the girls have what we like to call "stroller derby" around the house...it is so cute!

Once these three figured out how to get themselves on the couch there was no stopping them...they love it up on the "big" couch!

Olivia with her pony...I still have high hopes for an equestrian;-)

Harry and Madeline

We got the kiddos sunglasses for the summer...isn't Harry so cool;-)

The triplets LOVE books...and I mean LOVE! They beg for their books so they can look at them...here they all are having story time.

Remember how I mentioned about the sunglasses...well here is Madeline with hers. The other two won't leave them on but Madeline cries when I take them off of her! She definitely loves her accesories:-)

I'm sure most of you have seen pictures from our sleepover at the Sabelhaus' on Feb. 20th but in case you haven't here are all of our kiddos...so much fun!

You may remember pictures of the ball pit the triplets got from their Nana for x-mas. Well they still LOVE that thing and have since found new ways to play with it. I have to hand it to them with their creativity!

Olivia with the big ball!

"Hi mom!"

Harry on his car beanbag

Madeline doing her best supermodel pose on her pink beanbag:-)

Olivia!

Harry with daddy on St. Patty's Day

Story time with Daddy

I was SO excited to finally get the triplets outside to play once the weather finally got warm enough. We've been to the park (story for another day!), out for walks and fun playing in the back yard. Here they are playing with some of our neighbor's kids.

So probably our biggest adventure since Christmas time was our trip for the triplets' first haircuts! We took all three of them to Clubhouse Cuts for Kids on March 21st. They all did remarkably well although none of them were big fans of the cape...I think we'll pass on it next time:-)

Here is Madeline during her haircut

And here she is after!

Harry before..

during...

and after!

Olivia before...

and after!

And her is the whole fam!

And here is Harry on the way home from his haircut...notice anything different??? Yep! They are all facing front in the car like big kids now!

Olivia:-)

Aren't they so cute watching Micky Mouse Club on their beanbags?!?! Oh, and notice the girls' t-shirts?...go Butler!!!!!

Playing with our tunnel

Madeline and her lion...she loves to walk around with lion and rub her face with his tale...so cute;-)

Little man!

Olivia taking her dinosaur for a walk!

Harry hiding behind the bookcase

Playing with our balloons we got from Garrett's 2nd birthday party....Happy Birthday Garrett!

Madeline hanging out with Uncle Nate...watch out Aunt Leah...you may have some competition here;-)

And I just though this picture of Harry was a great way to close out the blog for now...isn't he great?!?! We think so:-D

Christmas Pictures and more...

As usual this post is a little outdated at this point but I am finally getting my picture posted from Christmas this year. We had a wonderful Christmas with the triplets and the rest of our family. It was so much fun to see their faces on Christmas morning with the presents under the tree (and no baby gate!). Of course, I still don't think they really get the whole Christmas thing but they still had so much learning how to rip open presents and playing with their new toys. We spent the morning at home just the five of us, opening our presents and spending time as a family. We then took the kiddos over to Bryan's mom's house for Christmas dinner and more present opening. Over there, Bryan's sister and her boyfriend Nate and my parents all joined us. It was a great time together! The triplets were of course spoiled by everyone with great gifts and attention:-) Here are some pictures from the day:

Seeing the tree for the first time on Christmas morning

"Look! We got our first ponies!!!"

Harry getting his Christmas card

Harry "reading" their Christmas card to his sisters....they loved this card because it sang 'Jingle Bell Rock'

Harry taking his first golf swings with Daddy...according to Bryan, it is never too early to get them started;-)

Harry still checking out his first golf club set

Harry playing with Grampy and Aunt Leah's new puppy

Olivia opening her present from Aunt Leah...she got the girls preemie twin Cabbage Patch dolls...so cute!!!

Opening presents with Nana

Harry with Aunt Leah...he was officially done with Christmas!

Madeline playing with the Ladybug they got from Grammy and Grampy

Harry trying out the Ladybug too!

The girls helping Grampy put their new toy together

"Let's open this present together!"

Our family Christmas tree:-)

Here are the girls riding their new rocking horses...what naturals!!!
Madeline playing with her new baby....she looooooves her baby doll! She even gives him kisses:-)

So the triplets finally got to experience snow for the first time on the Sunday after Christmas. We decided to bundle everybody up(this is a feat in itself!!!) and take them out to play in the snow. We had bets on whether Olivia or Madeline would be the first to cry but we both lost that bet! Harry HATED the snow...he may look like Daddy but I think he is definitely his Mommy's son in that aspect;-) Here are some fun pictures:

Olivia loved the snow the most...can you tell?!?!?

Our three lil' snow bunnies:-D

Check out Harry's face...that pretty much sums up his opinion of snow!

Harry after his traumatic experience in the snow...such much happier now;-)

One of the triplets' big presents for Christmas was a ball pit from their Nana. They absolutely LOVE this thing! They will play forever with it. Here are some cute pictures of them playing with it:

Everyone knows that we are huge Colts fans so of course we our kiddos are too;-) We've even taught Olivia to say "Go Colts!" and Harry will put his arms up when we say "Touch Down!"

Go Colts!

For New Years Eve, our good friends the Sablehaus' invited us over for a family slumber party with our kids and us. It was so much fun! We took over the pack n plays and had a great time with them and our other good friends the Klines. The kiddos were able to all play together for awhile and then we put them to bed so us adults could ring in the new year together. It was so nice to get to do that with them! Here are some fun pictures from the night:

Playing with "Uncle Brad"...he's so much fun!

Madeline and Cole playing together

Madeline, Cole and Garrett in the play room

And of course I close out this post with some extra fun and random pictures...enjoy!

Olivia getting herself stuck in her rocking horse....don't ask...

And since that looked like so much fun Madeline decided to try it too! Crazy girls;-)

Madeline and Daddy

And here is our crazy little Madeline...still being crazy:-D