Past few months

Here are some photos from the past few months that we wanted to share. Enjoy!

Here are some shots from their 6 month session with Easy Street Gallery

8 Months Old!

Today the babies are 8 Months old. They have had some recent changes. Charlotte has joined Ellie and Evan and now loves food. Their favorites are: pears, peaches, green beans, and butternut squash. They choose not to eat peas unless mixed with carrots. Evan is the still the biggest - 15lb. Charlotte a pound lighter at 14lb and Ellie at 13lb. They sleep good through the night and take good naps. Charlotte looks like she will be the first one to crawl. Evan was the first to roll over from front to back, but he has now forgotten how and just cries until we move him. Ellie has started to catch up with reaching and grabbing. She also thinks everything is funny - such a giggle box. Evan grins when excited. Charlotte smiles a lot, but usually throws one or both hands into her mouth - so it is tough to get a good picture. They all like to dance but Ellie really gets down. Today they stepped up to a number two diaper and are wearing 3-6 month clothes.

Here's a video from the crew!

Evan hanging with his buddy - Tigger!

Ellie with Eeyore - they have the same hair dresser.

Charlotte with her Pooh bear!

"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

One of the benefits of living in the North Georgia Mountains is an endless ability to escape into some of God's greatest creations. With that being said, lets go to a pumpkin patch. Burt's Pumpkin Farm is about a hour or so away but was well worth the drive. We put the babies in a little red wagon and roamed around looking at some of the biggest pumpkins ever grown. As with most of our adventures two things occur. 1st we become part of the attraction. The triplets were so cute people had to stop and stare as well as steal a few shots with their cameras. We even ran into a family with 7 year old triplet girls. They were really nice and assured us that as the years go by everything gets easier. 2nd we turn every event into picture day. Jenn really likes to get as many shots as she can, but do you know hard it is to get three babies to smile all at one time? Really Hard! Just getting them to look at the camera is a challenge. We have attempted the same shot over 30 times trying to get it right. Never the less, we picked out some good ones to show off. Enjoy!

The Pumpkin Family

As you can see, Pumpkins everywhere!

Shots of Ellie!

Shots of Charlotte!
And of course, Evan!

I tawt I taw a putty cat!

We don't plan on dressing them all alike very often, but when the opportunity comes it is just plan cute. Have a great Day!

First Camping Trip

Every fall we take a trip up to beautiful Lake Jocassee in up state South Carolina to gather with friends and camp. Last years trip was when we first shared with our friends that we were expecting and that it was triplets. Our friends were really excited to hear our news and we had a great weekend. As we were packing up to leave, we made a commitment (as we always did) to come back next year. Jennifer and I said that we would make it - babies and all. We typically all tent camp on hike in sites with no water or power. This year our friends tent camped, but we decided to stay in a camper. I just could not imagine roughing it with 3 Seven month old babies - not to mention the hike in and out with all the stuff! The camper alone would present challenges. Try going from a spacious house to less than a 3oo sqft trailer. How would we do it, how would the babies do? These questions haunted me the whole week prior. I kept thinking this could be a wonderful memory created or a disaster in the making. I can tell you now that the weekend is over that the memory bank is full to the brim and so is the camera. We had the best time ever and I hope the babies feel the same.

Packing, Packing, and more packing. Here's a shot of just some of the stuff we crammed into the ford.

Can't forget the precious cargo. Just arriving at the campsite.

Grandmother and Granddaddy were already there. They went up a couple days earlier and got the camper set up. It is their camper that we borrowed.

We brought the 3 summer seats. They made great feeding chairs. When it was not too cold this is where we fed them.

Here's the happy family - the weekend just getting underway. Miles of fun ahead of us!

Me and Charlotte checking out the scenery.

Ellie with Kat and Evan with Allison

Evan with Stephen and Allison

Ellie chilling with her shades on with Kat

Mom and Ellie soaking in all the fun.

Evan dressed for camping.

Charlotte with Dad sitting near the fire.

The baby Bus - all aboard!


Evan gives me a hand building a fire to cook our boiled peanuts.

Ellie getting cozy with mom.

Ready to make Smores!!! Maybe next year.

Changing table - who's next?

The sleeping arrangements.

Evan was in a bassinet in the the kitchen.

The girls shared a pack-n-play.
I gave them all to Jennifer to snuggle in the mornings while I got the food ready.

This is Calvin - He joined the party Saturday afternoon and just loved the babies. He had Ellie laughing from the second he got there. They had a blast.

Ellie out in the sticks.

Evan

Charlotte

Charlotte asking Evan, "Did you have fun camping this weekend?"

What a wonderful end to a great weekend!!!

Just as always we ended with a commitment to doing it again next year. We did hear the word cabin this time. I can't wait to make more memories with my family! Now I have to go unpack!