Overall Day

Yesterday was "overall day" at our house. Here is our crew dressed to work or to play.

Ellie loves to walk in the grass

Our prissy girl Charlotte won't stand in the grass
Evan pointing at a bird

What day will be next?

Chompers

I have probably mentioned in the past that we were worried about our babies getting teeth. It just seemed like it took forever. We never went as far as to go to the dentist (is it even possible to go to the dentist if you don't even have teeth?), but we did discuss our concerns with a dentist that goes to our church. His advise was not to worry about it, they will come in when they come in and if they don't we can make them some. Make them some? Baby Dentures? It worried us anyway. As with many parental concerns, the worrying was for nothing. We got teeth - a lot of teeth.

Evan was the first to cut teeth. He started with the bottom two and then the top came rolling in. He now has 6 total.

Charlotte was next. It seemed as if they all hit at the same time. She also has 6 coming in.


Ellie's teeth are taking their sweet little time. She has 1 1/2 on bottom. She likes sticking her tongue out, so I had to help her show them off.

We have been extremely fortunate so far with very limited irritation from teething. They rarely get upset or act as if they are in pain. A couple more teeth and I will start feeding them some steaks!!!

Testing the Waters

Another first for the babies. They got to experience their first swim!!! We went to Conyers to visit their Aunt, Uncle & cousins and they have a pool. We could not wait to see how the babies were going to react to the water. They love the bathtub, but it is far less intimidating than a pool. Our trip to the beach is coming up and I just had to know if we were going to be dealing with crying babies that hate the water or little water babies. Fortunately for us they Loved the Water.

Ellie "the adventurous one" was first. Her legs were kicking with excitement and could not wait to get wet. She smiled, laughed, and splashed with me for a few minutes and then off to the crab to play.

Evan "the thinker" was next. He does not mind a challenge but you can see his wheels turning as he thinks about what he is getting into. It was hard to tell if he was loving it but after awhile he was splashing around and trying to drink the water.

Charlotte "Curiously Cautious" was last to get in. You could tell she was interested in what her brother and sister had just experienced, but did not crack a smile for a few minutes. Then she was grinning from ear to ear. She was kicking and moving around the pool having a blast.

Three little Crabs

Ellie is trying to work on her tan for the beach!!!
Evan is trying his best to look like the frogs on his towel.

Charlotte wanting to get back into the water!!

I guess you can say that going swimming will be on the vacation to do list.

Happy Birthday Jennifer!

Jennifer wanted us to March for Babies to celebrate her birthday and that is just what we did. It was a 3 mile walk that started at Pitts Park, went up through Clarkesville, and then back down to the Park. There were 100 or so walkers all walking for babies. We have raised $245.00!!! A BIG Thank You to all that have already donated!!! It is not too late to donate. Our goal was $300.00 - that's $100.00 per baby. Please help our team - "Triple-Smith" - make our goal.

http://www.marchforbabies.org/triplesmith

Here's the babies at the starting line.
We are celebrating the big finish. Jennifer should have take a picture of me pushing the crew up a real big hill. I did not think I was going to make it.

Later that afternoon, we went to Lake Russell for a picnic. Here's a shot of the babies and mom about to eat some cake.
We did not get them in the water - still too cold! But they liked looking at the water.

March for Babies

This Saturday we are going to walk for babies in the local March of Dimes fundraiser. Look who decided to start walking just in time!!!

The video - as promised!!!

Charlotte was first to crawl (by a month or so) but when it came to walking she has taken her time. The night that Evan shot his performance video, Charlotte sat back and watched her two siblings walk around the room. She had not really given much thought to walking until she saw how much fun Ellie and Evan were having. She was leaning against the sofa, took one step, and on her second step she fell flat on her face. She rolled over, laughed, pick herself up, and tried it again. Over the last couple weeks she finally got her coordination together enough to walk. We are so excited they have come this far. I guess we now have the adventure of keeping up with 3 walkers.

For many years the March of Dimes Foundation has raised millions to support premature babies. Ellie, Evan, and Charlotte were 12 weeks premature but we have been so blessed with their health, but several babies that are born premature are not as fortunate. We have decided to walk in the local event and try to raise some money for this foundation. The walk will be held at Pitts Park in Clarkesville, GA. Jennifer and I will walk 3 miles and the babies are going with us. They obviously can't walk that far so they will just ride along. If you would like to support our walk for babies, you can go to this website and pledge a donation.

http://www.marchforbabies.org/triplesmith