Insurrection

Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot; and there ain't any real difference between triplets and a insurrection.
- Mark Twain

I had this on my Facebook before but wanted to share on here, of course this is an exaggeration but some days it feels like it. Mason is a climber and that makes things hard, he has now figured out how to get out of the baby fence that I have in the living room and has gotten out a few times. The first time that he got out he pushed a toy box to the fence and both Mason and Kyle climbed out. Now I need to figure this out, most likely I will take the fence down and just baby proof the house. :-(
 
Kyle is walking so well now, he is starting to walk more stable and he hardly falls now. Kyle loves to play with balls of any kind and he will go pick them up and walk them over to Daddy (or me if Daddy is at work) and throw the ball to us. Mason is starting to take a few steps now and he has a huge smile on his face the whole time.
 
Alyssa has been meeting with a nutritionist every 2-3 weeks and has had 2 appointments so far. The first appointment was on 10/1 and she weighed 14 lbs 5 oz on 10/17 she weighed 14 lbs 10 oz  so 5 oz in 16 days which means 1/3 of an oz a day which is perfect!!! I am so happy that she is growing and doing so well with her milestones now.

They are getting too big.

Kyle has been walking for about a month now. He started walking on the 12th or 13th of September and now he is trying to run. He wants to go faster than he can handle at the time so he falls a lot but he doesn't mind, he just finishes crawling where he wants to go. Alyssa is starting to stand a little bit. Mason will take a step or two but he has the best balance to just stand when you set him on his feet. Also, Mason is a climber. He uses anything that he can find to climb, so far he hasn't fallen but he gets so excited that he forgets how to get down sometimes.

Alyssa's Surgery

Alyssa had ear tubes put in her ears on 9/14. After the tubes were placed and the fluid was drained the Dr did a hearing exam and... ALYSSA HEARS PERFECT NOW!!!

Alyssa did not want to be at the hospital. She also didn't want anyone to touch her other than me, including John. I put her down long enough to take a picture of her in her gown and this is what I got. They gave her an oral sedation so that they could take her from me and into the OR without her freaking out. After her surgery John and I met her in the recovery room. She was sleeping when we got there but once she woke up she woke up in a great mood. When we were getting ready to leave her nurse gave her a stuffed bunny for doing such a good job. The whole way home Alyssa was a super happy baby, she talked and jabbered the whole way home to herself and her toys.

1st Birthday

Mason, Kyle, and Alyssa turned 1 on 9/3/11. For their birthday we went camping at Patricks Point Campground, which is on the Northern California coast.

People who came-Relationship to the babies:
Mason-Birthday Boy
Kyle-Birthday Boy
Alyssa-Birthday Girl
Ashley-Mommy (Me)
John-Daddy
Joe-Grandpa
Laura-Grandma
Emily-Auntie
John-Grandpa
Kay-Grandma
Catherine-Great Grandma
Mark-Great Grandpa
Debbie-Great Aunt
Keith-Great Uncle
Tyler-Second Cousin
Lane-Second Cousin
Katelyn-Second Cousin
Robin-Great Great Aunt
Hector-Third Cousin
Rosie-Third Cousin (soon to be, she marries Hector on 9/30)

We drove to the campground on Saturday the 3rd, when we got there we set up camp and then they had cake, then we went on a hike to agate beach. On Sunday we went to the beach in Trinidad and then the babies opened their gifts from everyone (our walk was long the previous day so by the time we got back it was dark and bedtime for the babies). Monday we had a big breakfast, packed up camp, and came home.



 Here is a Picture of our family on the triplets 1st birthday (I never call them triplets in real life, I always call them by their names, on here it is easier to just put triplets)

John is holding Kyle and I am holding Alyssa and Mason.

Alyssa can crawl!

Wednesday evening (8/24) Alyssa began to crawl, I am so excited and she is very proud of herself.

Mason's Surgery

On Wednesday, 8-24-11, Mason had surgery for a testicular hernia as well as a chordee repair. I think that this whole thing was harder on me than him. I was so scared because they had to put my baby under with general anaesthesia to do the surgery, but he was great. He was very groggy that day of but since he hasn't been in pain, even without pain medication. Everything is healing very nicely.

Below you can see Mason before his surgery. He looked so cute in his hospital gown. Poor little guy had to go without eating but he was happy because his nurse said that he could play with the call button (she just showed me how to turn the alarm off.

Mason in his hospital gown

She sat up on her own!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Over the past month or so Mason and Kyle have gotten fast at crawling and they walk along the furniture quickly as well. It is so much fun to see the two of them crawl after each other and they love it too. They race and wrestle which causes them to giggle (and sometimes cry). Alyssa hasn't really shown any interest in crawling and she just lays on her back and uses the back of her head and her feet to scoot backwards. When we sit her up she can sit for a long time and if she is near something she can pull herself up into a standing position and walk along the fence or the couch or whatever. If you haven't seen my living room the whole thing has a fence around it. It goes all around the furniture with the TV on the other side. On the inside we have all of their toys so the whole area is completely baby proof.  OK, back to my point, Alyssa wasn't really interested in crawling at all and I was convinced that she was going to walk and skip crawling, she may still, but today she finally was up on all four's and trying to go. That little girl has a temper and not being able to figure this our was pissing her off. In the process of getting angry she did figure out how to go from hands and knees to sitting which is awesome.