Look how we've grown! We are 8 months old now!
Sunday night we decided to try a little photo shoot at home (we just haven't had the best of luck at the portrait studios) & we got some great pictures of the kids! They are now 8 months old, growing good & starting to be on the move! It's so fun to watch each of their different personalities come out!

Austen, is our big boy weighing about 20 lbs (check out the tummy!), he has 6 teeth- 2 front bottom (I think a 3rd on the bottom is close) & then 4 on the top. He is crawling everywhere & crawling very well, getting faster each day. He is so curious and I find him under & behind furniture. How will I ever "contain" 3??


Caitlen is about 16 lbs, she has her 2 front bottom teeth and 1 on the top that just broke thru yesterday. Caitlen is our rolly-poly, she rolls everywhere to get where she wants to go, she is also starting to crawl backwards. Caitlen loves to laugh & make others laugh. Oh, her giggle is just priceless.

Brooklen is about 16 lbs. She wants to move, but just can't figure out how quite yet.... I'm starting to wonder if she'll skip crawling & go straight to running. She still doesn't have any teeth, so she has that great gummy smile. She has an adorable "girly" voice, but she is figuring out how to get loud.

Girl's Night Out!
Pedicures, Shopping & Dinner
Last Sunday (February 18th) I got to enjoy a Girl's Night Out with two other triplet moms: Katie (mom of 2 1/2 year old triplet girls) & Molly (mom of 4 month old triplet girls). First, I'd like to thank D.J.- Thank you so much honey for letting me go out with some girlfriends & have a relaxing evening. You are so wonderful to watch the kids so I can have some "me time". I know you enjoy spending time with our babies & you are such a wonderful Daddy! I love you!! THANKS!


Our Girl's Night started with a Pedicure. Oh, it was so wonderful to have my feet soak in some hot water while reading a magazine (update on Britney- crazy girl!!) & chatting with friends. Then to have someone massage my poor aching feet & then make my toes look all pretty. The only downfall is that it's still winter & no one gets to see my pretty painted toes, so here's a picture =)
Then we did some shopping, we hit Baby Gap, Children's Place & Gymboree..... hummm more shopping for the kids, do we shop for ourselves anymore? Then we had a great dinner at The Cheesecake Factory.
THANK YOU Katie & Molly, I had a great time! We should make this a monthly Girl's Night Out, so I'll see you in March!

Just a year ago...
Well, it was just a year ago, on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2006 that we had our first appointment at our new doctor's office. Dr. Mandsager & Dr. Hwang- I mostly saw Dr. Mandsager or should I say his wonderful assistant Amie. Sidenote: I miss Amie! She was wonderful! She always made time to listen & answer all my questions & she always told me how great I looked... even when I was measuring 47+ weeks. Dr. Mandsager takes high risk pregnancies, having triplets qualified. Our appointment started out with our first "big" ultrasound. I think it was like 1 1/2 hours long- they measured each baby & we got to see their hearts beating, how big (little) they were- it was awesome! All 3 babies were weighing approximately 5oz. This blows my mind to look at them now & think back just a year ago. After the ultrasound was my OB appointment where I asked a million questions... yes, a lot of the questions you can pull up on the internet, Amie was great answering my questions & making me feel very comfortable about our journey ahead of us! Next appointment was scheduled for 2 weeks- Feb. 28, 2006.

I know these ultrasound pictures are too small and hard to see- I'll ask D.J. to help me scan them in again when he gets home tonight. The 1st two pictures are of Austen, the next two are Caitlen & then Brooklen.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Dinner, The Same Old Thing....
I have to agree with Laura regarding dinner: Lately, I feel that I've hit a rut in my cooking, that is what little cooking I do. We have the same things over and over and over again. And frankly, I'm tired of them! So, I'm reaching out to you...my fellow bloggers. What do you make for dinner? What is your go-to meal? What do you make that your kids devour and that your husband wants seconds of??
So, if you have a blog, I challenge you to post your favorite meal recipe on there. If you don't have a blog, feel free to email me your recipes!

Here is one of my staples & really good with Lent coming up....

Mom's Tuna Casserole
1 large package egg noodles
1 can tuna packed in water (drained)
1 can cream mushroom soup
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cheese, grated or cubed (cheddar or Velveeta)
1/4 teaspoon curry powder
Cook noodles according to pkg instructions. Drain. Mix other ingredients together & add to warm noodles over medium-low heat. You can heat to desired temp & eat or you can bake in casserole dish at 350 for 30 min. Enjoy!!

A new recipe I just tried: Potato Soup
2 large potatoes (chop up- you can peel or not, your choice)
1 onion (as much or as little as you like)
4 or so celery stalks
4 cans chicken broth
1 can evaporate milk
4 slices cheese or 8oz tub cream cheese
In sauce pan cook broth, onion, celery and potatoes- bring to boil, cook until potatoes are tender. Pour evaporated milk in dish & slowly add some hot broth to milk- you don't want to curdle your milk, then add to soup in pan. Stir in cheese & it's ready! I think it's really good. Enjoy