Crazy Little Olivia!

Check out this funny video of Olivia being crazy with her little musical toy. She LOVES to be the center of attention and seemed to really enjoy Daddy videotaping her. Hope this brings a smile to your face like it does us:-D

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Triplets' First Easter

Well we had a wonderful first Easter as a family of five! The Easter came to visit the triplets and brought them a fun Easter book (we could've done the traditional easter basket thing but of course Bry and I would be the ones eating the candy:-). Here's a picture of Daddy reading their new book to them.


And here's Olivia "reading" her first Easter card:


Madeline and Harry enjoyed their first cards too:-D


We actually spent our first holiday with the trio away from our house. We took the babies over to Grammy and Grampy Skinner's house for an afternoon of eating, playing and family time. Nana Callahan and Aunt Leah also joined us over there and we all really had a great time. The triplets are the most laid back easily adaptable babies so it makes it easy to take them places. They just made themselves right at home playing, taking their bottles and even taking a great nap! Here are some pictures from the wonderful day:

Our first Easter picture as a family of five


Playtime at Grammy and Grampy's!

Nana with Harry and Grammy with Madeline

Aunt Leah with all three!

Harry enjoying time with his Grammy

To close out for today I had to include the next couple of pictures because they are too cute. This one is of Harry and Olivia "playing". Harry kept wanting to stick his hand in Olivia's mouth but she was not impressed at all. 2 seconds after this picture was taken, Olivia burst into tears because Harry began hitting her repeatedly since Olivia wouldn't let him put his hand in her mouth...and this is just the beginning:-)

Olivia sitting like a big girl in Daddy's chair...isn't she getting so big?!?!

Harry Loves Daisy!

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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! :