Happy Birthday Dad!

Well I still don't know what gave me the bright idea to do a birthday gift for Walter from the kids. My heart was in the right place but the practicality of organizing 4 toddlers and paint was not well thought out. Problem 1 is I decided to do this gift the day of Walter's birthday. Problem 2 I decided to do this 30 minutes before we were to have company and last but not least Problem 3 I decided I could handle all four painting at the same time. I was so not prepared! What transpired is to distressing to go into detail but A will be pooing pink paint for a while, my camera will never look the same (mulicolored hues now decorate it's exterior), and to top it off who knew Lakeshore made paint that wasn't washable! Needless to say the "art" turned out cute, but the kids well that's another story and as for me I need a drink!

Happy Birthday Honey!

Silence is Deafening not Golden

I knew the day would come when I would be all alone in the house. I just can't believe it has already happened. The kids started preschool 2 days a week on Tuesday and I honestly don't know what to do with myself! Scary I know. I find myself wondering around with nothing to do. Okay I really have plenty to do...just not the motivation to do it. The silence in here is almost too much. I guess after 2 solid years with very little time away from the kids your ears get accustomed to always hearing someone talking, crying, screaming or laughing, but for now all I hear is Gretta snoring. Didn't even know until today the dog snored. Pretty sad! Well I have promised myself to attempt to get something done today so the computer is going off and I am going to do something. That being said I may stare at the walls, but it's something :)

"A" needs glasses

Well it all started a few weeks ago when we noticed A was starting to cross one of her eyes out of the blue. After a week of worry and trying to get into see a pediatric ophthalmologist we are now wearing a patch for 6 hours a day and glasses full time. Apparently A's vision is terrible and she began crossing her right eye (the one with the worst vision) in an attempt to focus. This crossing if not treated could have caused her to completely lose vision in that eye. Scary stuff. We are now patching the "lazy" eye in a attempt to keep it from crossing on a more permanent basis. She has been a real trooper and never once complained about the patch or the glasses for that matter. We had no idea that things were as bad as they were and she is truly now seeing the world for the first time. The "lazy" or crazy eye as we call it is getting better each day and she is loving her glasses. I on the other hand don't really like seeing my sweet little girl wearing glasses, but know that is what's best for her. I think in part is they make her look so grown up and I am not ready to part with my "baby". I keep getting visions of her shipping off to Harvard at any moment :)

She has made the change with amazing grace and takes each day completely in stride. I wish I could say the same for me. I think I am coming around though as to see her without glasses only after 3 days she looks strange to me without them. They day she got them was like she was really seeing me for the first time. As I strapped her into her car seat she sat and stroked my face and tugged at my hair. She has done this a million times before, but this time it was different. We got home and she sat outside just staring at the trees and grass like she had never seen them before. The real biggy for me was that she began to pick up pebbles and sticks to put in her little car. Something we had seen G and C do a million times, but this was a first for A. Makes me wonder if this is the first time she had seen them. It was a bittersweet moment for me.

Each day continues to bring new challenges and joys. We will have both C and G screened in the next month since the poor vision A has can be hereditary and due to prematurity. So it makes the other two more at risk. We are hoping they will be free of any big vision issues. We know that G has astigmatism (where the eye isn't perfectly round) and he is more at risk for glasses later on. So guess we will find out soon. What is so strange to both Walter and I is that we literally had no idea about her vision. Kids have such an amazing ability to compensate in areas where they are lacking and we are so thankful we finally caught it when we did.

Happy Birthday Babies!

Where did this year go? Where did those 3 lb babies I gave birth to go? They have been replaced by running, laughing, crazy 25 pound plus toddlers. I am sad they are growing up, but at the same time in constant awe of just how far we have come! It honestly seems like yesterday (and in the same breath I can say it feels like a million years ago) that I was staring at babies so tiny in their litte incubators at the hospital wondering how on earth they would ever be big enough or healthy enough to come home and now I am staring down the noses of healthy, happy little kids who don't look like they ever spent a single day in the hospital. We are so Blessed! It is with great joy that we celebrated their 2nd birthday (January 30th). Each year we wonder how on earth we could love these little guys anymore, yet each year we do. We look forward to watching them grow and become the little people God has made them to be. Can't get anymore exciting than that.

Hand in Hand

These are the days I know that I am undoubtably blessed!

Laundry, Laundry, Laundry

Honestly does the laundry ever end? I thought it was bad in the baby days of spit up, but it seems to be getting more and more ridiculous! I guess the kids clothes are getting bigger (unfortunately mine too) and taking up more room in the washer. It also doesn't help that S changes her clothes about 4 times a day. If this is what I have to look forward to with A and C I am done for! Is there such a thing as a professional laundry maid? If so where do I find her and how much does she charge cause I want one! Oh well off to do another load.

G's Hat Fetish!

Okay I have decided the kid has truly lost it (and so have I for that matter). I spent most of the summer plopping hats on the kids heads to protect their little faces from the sun only to so lovingly in return have the hat thrown back at me with yelling and whining that no one was going to wear the darn things! So when we got several different hats this Christmas from my mom I honestly thought to myself what a waste that would be even though I hoped it wouldn't be so. No one was going to wear them for sure (except maybe S if it happened to match her outfit, little diva!). Well G now has this fetish with hats. Doesn't matter what kind but the kid is constantly wearing one now. I think he might even sleep in them if I let him.
Today I wish I would have snapped a picture because he looked like a little garden nome. You know the one from the Travelocity commercials? He had a stocking cap on pulled up at the top and this impish little grin so proud he can put them on all by himself! I did however snap a picture of him in his big sisters hat. He does not discriminate when it comes to hats. Any apparently will do.
Now what's the likely hood I can get him to wear them this summer? I am guessing the novelty and fetish may wear off by then, but a girl can dream right?

San Diego

How crazy are we? We finally decided to do a little more California exploring this weekend and ended up in San Diego for the weekend. What an absolutely beautiful city. Honestly if Walter's fellowship had landed us there we may never be leaving California. The weather was perfect and we had a wonderful time. We took the kids to the San Diego zoo and they had a blast running all over the place and checking out the animals (monkeys being the crowd favorite). S even got the chance to feed a giraffe. Of course she would tell you the highlight of our trip was staying in the hotel, silly girl! (even the triplets seemed to really enjoy this temporary home away from home).We are trying to cram in all things California between now and July but I think for sure it will be impossible. One thing we learned on this trip is that I will be flying back to Dallas with the kids come July and not making the long drive with Walter! They were great for the 1st hour in the car (a two hour trip to San Diego), but come the second hour they were bored to death and so the whining started. Other than the car drive though it was a great time.

The Rose Parade

Okay so there are some definite advantages to living in California that we will truly miss. For one the amazing weather. The last few days the highs have been in the low 70's. Pretty close to perfect. The other is being so close to the world famous Rose Bowl and all that goes along with it. Yesterday we got to get up close to all the amazing floats that were in the Rose Bowl Parade. Each year after the parade they park the floats on Sierra Madre Blvd (the end of the parade route) and open it up to people to come and see them (2 miles of road lined with floats). Words cannot describe the amount of work that goes in to these floats. The detail and enormous amount of natural material is truly something everyone should get the chance to see at least once.
What made yesterday more special is that I got to meet up with some other triplet mom's from around the LA area. We were a sight to see for sure. People weren't quite sure what to think of us. Were we a daycare? Oh my gosh sextuplets (mind you my friend Steff and I have very different looking kids who are a year older!) and lots of other interesting comments and questions, but the kids were oblivious to all the onlookers and enjoyed the day.
Days like this are when we realize we have really grown to love California and although we can't wait to be back "home" in Texas we are really going to miss it here.

Our Life with the triplets and their big sister

Okay I have finally decided to start recording some of the strange and crazy things that go on in this house of ours. Our days consist of lots of laughter, hugs and kisses, fighting and some days down right chaos, but we wouldn't have it any other way. So I will give it a go. Hoping to share with our family and friends updates on the kiddos and our "extended vacation" here in Los Angeles set to end in July as we head back to Texas!