11 months old

The count down is on - less than a month until they are one! Where has the time gone? They are all doing great. The challenge of mobile babies has not gotten out of hand - yet. We have enjoyed their ability to find their own entertainment. It is still confusing for us to judge their development - are they 11 months old or are they 8 months old? They have some accomplishments that are right on track and some that are not. Like - where are their teeth? I check every night for that first tooth to show, but I have not seen anything yet. I guess they will come with time. They have changed some eating habits. Evan has become the hardest to feed - real fussy. Ellie has no issues and Charlotte has gotten a little easier. We reported last month that the attempted puff tasting was not very successful. Now they love them. Ellie and Evan have learned to take them from our hands and feed themselves. Charlotte just wants to play with it while we put one in her mouth. We have also introduced "4th meal". They get a snack around 8 pm and they love it. It has helped Charlotte sleep better at night. They enjoy pulling up and exploring things. The news report last night said we would have good weather today and Granddaddy said he would come take the babies for a choo choo ride. He made good on his promise and here's a picture from today.

We have experienced one new challenge with mobile babies - taking pictures. Here's an example of several attempts to produce the usual monthly tracking picture on the couch.

We always take several pictures but usually they produce several good options. I guess we will have to either learn to photo shop or just be satisfied with a not-so-perfect picture.

Ellie on the move!!!

As anticipated, Ellie is crawling! She is tired of seeing Charlotte move around and getting all the good toys. She still likes to take some breaks on her journey, but she has gotten the hang of getting around the room. Today Charlotte and Ellie teamed up on Evan. He interfered in a little party they were having and the girls made him pay for it. He was pinned down, poked, pulled and I think I saw a little eye gouging. That will teach him to get in the middle of the girls play time. I'm sure this will not be the last time they attack him. Now that all three are on the move we are waiting to see who walks first. I would put money on Evan. He is by far the most active in the walker. Only Time will Tell - enjoy the footage of Ellie on the move.

Snow Day

Here is a peek at the snow we got last night.

Don't worry, the babies are in 3 layers and it took me longer to get them dressed than to take their pictures.

Charlotte don't fall over

Yes those are socks on Evan's hands

Ellie looks like a sumo wrestler

The horses waiting on some carrots

We are sad that Daddy (Matthew) had to go to work today. Maybe we will have a big snow and he can stay home with us!!!!

It's Evan's turn

Evan has now joined the crawling club. We knew he was getting close, but his recent illness set him back a couple weeks. Not anymore - he is getting the hang of it. His style is like an army crawl. As the night went on, his speed increased and can now clear the room in just a few seconds. Charlotte now has a crawling buddy. Ellie's crawl video should be up by the end of the week. She gets up on all fours and does a froggy hop. We will give her a couple more days to master her craft. Enjoy the video.

Happy New Year

Bye Bye 2009! It's time to start another decade. 2009 has been a big year for our family. We got surprised with the early birth of our little babies and since then it has been nothing but babies. I can only assume that 2010 will be much of the same.

The babies have had a rough holiday. They all came down with a stomach virus. We think Evan has kicked the virus but the girls still show some symptoms. Evan has also come down with an ear infection and he has not been feeling well for the last few days. He cries and cries and cries. He wants to be held (while your standing of course), he does not want to sleep, and he is also teething. We got him some meds so hopefully he will be over this in a few days. Handling a sick and very needy child is very difficult under any circumstance, but add in the other two babies and we have had our hands full. We have moved Charlotte to another room. She has been getting up at all hours and just makes noise. She eventually goes back to sleep, so we moved her to keep the other babies from waking. Ellie is wanting to crawl really bad. She gets up on all fours but just can't figure out how to do much more than lunge, fall, and get up again. Sometimes she will take a quick thumb sucking break. Yesterday, Evan sat up on his - I was the only one who saw it, so of course no one believes me. If he had not gotten sick, he would be crawling by now. They got spoiled with a bunch of gifts. Here's a few (promised) Christmas pictures.

These were our presents!

Stocking hung by the chimney with care

Santa brought the babies a Choo Choo Wagon!

Coming down the stairs on their first Christmas morning

Getting ready for some Christmas Breakfast

Ellie hosted her first "Tea Party"

Putting their first miles on the choo choo wagon. I need to make a harness to hook up the dogs!

My Mom "Naw" and her man - Dennis

Granddaddy, Grandmother, and Michelle getting ready for presents in Conyers

Great Granny DeMore

The babies enjoying all their new toys!!!