Sunday, June 15, 2008

Tasty tongues

We've been working hard on eating.  Maya and Hannah are doing really well with eating from a spoon, but Fiona's taking a little while to warm up to it.


After eating, there's obviously quite the clean-up job for Bella and Sandy.


After eating, sometimes we hang out in the sun room.

All the cleaning and baby-tending sometimes leaves the puppies a little tired out, though.


For reason that escape us, Hannah and Fiona both enjoy sucking on their own tongues.  What exactly makes their tongues so curiously delicious?  I'd love to know.  Here's Hannah, snacking on her tongue.


Happy Father's Day to the girls' wonderful daddy, and also to both of their granddads!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

7 months old!

I can hardly believe it, but Hannah, Maya, and Fiona are 7 months old today!

All 3 girls are doing really well. We had a nice weekend recently when they got to hang out with their cousin Caiden and their uncle Josh.




We've been going for lots and lots of walks, now that the weather is nice and warm. Between their morning walks with Kathleen and their afternoon and weekend walks with me, they get so much fresh air. We even saw our first rainbow after a storm last week.

Our big task for now is learning how to eat. We tried the rice cereal a month or so ago, and it was roundly rejected with 3 thrusted tongues. We waited a few weeks and tried again, and the girls are getting much better at eating. I made them a batch of carrots the other week, which received a lukewarm response. I think the texture wasn't smooth enough. This past weekend, I made them sweet potatoes, which are a much bigger hit.

Fiona looks a little skeptical, but still takes a taste:

Hannah was a little confused I think, but she's warming up to the idea:

And little Maya fell in love with sweet potatoes:

They get so messy so very quickly after eating, it's crazy. Thank goodness for dogs on clean-up patrol, or else we'd have to start taking a LOT more baths.

Some more recent pictures are here.

The pictures from our sweet potato adventure are courtesy of Jodi. Jodi and my mom were up this weekend for a visit, which was great. Jodi took a bunch more pictures, and those are here.

This weekend, the girls have several parties to attend. With all the wonderful clothes we got this weekend from both of their grandmothers, I'm sure they'll all be quite fashionable.

Happy 7 months old, girls!!!

Monday, May 12, 2008

Fun in the sun

A few new pictures of the girls- we had a nice, sunny weekend.

Fiona:

Hannah:

Maya:


This weekend was nice and sunny here in Lynn.  Our back porch gets lots of morning sun, so Jay decided we should all go out and enjoy it.  Margie and Sam got the girls the cutest sun hats, so we had to use them in the sunshine.  Here's a little video of our time on the porch:


Some more photos are here.  Enjoy!

Sunday, May 4, 2008

6 months old!!!

Happy 6 months old to Maya, Hannah, and Fiona!

I can't believe my little bitty girls are a half a year old.  They're getting big- and tall!

Some updates from the pediatrician:

Maya- 11 pounds, 4 ounces; 22.75 inches
Hannah- 12 pounds, 11 ounces; 22.75 inches
Fiona- 11 pounds, 11 ounces; 22.25 inches

They're still small compared to full-term 6-month olds, but compared to their adjusted age of 4 months, they're beanstalks!  Tall and skinny.  They all gained a lot of weight in the last 2 months, but they grew over 2 inches each, which is a lot.  Maybe we have the future Lynn girls basketball team on our hands.

Here are a few pictures from the beach:

All 3 girls together, then Maya, Fiona, and Hannah:






Happy birthday, big girls!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Giggles

The girls are all doing great.  They slept through the night last night, from 8pm to almost 8am, with one binky replacement.  I'm so proud of them!  We all needed the sleep.


For reasons that escape me, Hannah and Fiona now giggle when you stretch their legs.  It's really cute, so we couldn't help but try to catch it on video.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Movie time

A couple of quick videos, mostly of Maya and her verbal skills.  The first is a video of Jay talking to Maya, as well as our puppy Bella saying hello to Hannah and Fiona.


And here's a video of Maya in her swing, talking to her hands.  They don't always cooperate and follow her instructions.


Enjoy!