Oh, the weather outside is frightful and getting cold

Last night we went outside and put up our Christmas lights and the neighbors joined us. Ann Marie who lives next door gave all the kids hats which her mother had made and they are adorable. The kids love them and have worn them ever since. They wore them until baths last night, then put them on again this morning while we put up the Christmas tree and just took them off for naps. They are sleeping now and I'm enjoying the quiet. I am soooo excited the Christmas season is upon us. We drove around after dark last night and let the kids look at lights while listening to Christmas music. It was magical and perfect!!!!

Santa Photos

With Thanksgiving tomorrow, I thought it was a good idea to take the kids over for their Santa photo before the mall gets too crazy. We were there at 10:00 and 3rd in line, whew!!! And all went great. The kids were super excited to see Santa and tell him what they all want for Xmas. Jadon wants presents and the girls want angels. I'm not sure where they came up with angels. As we got closer to meeting Santa, excitement started to turn to trepidation, but they were troopers and no one cried, but they sure weren't comfy enough to smile, so here is the final result.

Cody's Eyes Update

Cody's tubes were removed Tuesday with little trauma. The doctor grabbed the 1st tube with tweezers and pulled it out before Cody even new what had happened. He didn't cry, but rubbed his eyes like "What just happened... that felt weird." He wasn't so willing to let the doc pull out the 2nd tube. He fought and cried cause we were holding him down, but it was just a minute then the 2nd tube was out. So far so good..... we are hopeful this worked!!!

Lane's Baptism (Revised - New pics just added...)

Things are finally starting to settle down so that I can get a post completed. Friday evening we began packing for the trip to Dallas for my Nephew's baptism. Clothes for Saturday morning, the baptism, and Sunday.... ok, 3 outfits for 4 kids and myself... 15 outfits total.... dress shoes, casual shoes, hair accessories, socks, toothbrushes, 3 sleeping bags, 1 pack & play, pajamas, baby food, oatmeal, sippy cups, comfort toys.... the list goes on..... all for an overnight trip. We left at 8:00, made one stop and got to Dallas around 12:30/1:00. After visiting with David, Kerri, and meeting by beautiful new nephew Lane for about an hour we drove to the hotel to check in. We proceeded to get drinks for everyone, potty everyone, undress and redress everyone... put a few in timeout as the new environment tends to get the adrenaline going so they feel a need to scream, run, and hang from the drapes in the hotel room. Finally, we loaded up once again and headed to the church. We were the 1st to arrive to a beautiful and deathly quiet church with a tile floor so that each sounds echos throughout the quiet and holy venue. I felt like each shush noise I made was heard by all. While I have to say I was stressed afraid someone might go off and have to be rushed out of the church... they were all actually very good. The baptism followed the Mass and was perfect. I was a very proud Aunt. We left the church, loaded back up and headed to David & Kerri's for a reception. It was about 6:00 at this point and I was afraid after a long day with no naps the kids would be a terror, but they were great and we all had a great time. My guess is it was about 8:00 when we left and headed back to the hotel. We undressed everyone, pottied everyone, PJ'd everyone, set up the pack and play, and the sleeping bags... throw in a few timeouts... and off to bed. We woke at 7:00 the next morning (repeat previous steps... dressing, brushing teeth, feeding kids, shoes, timeout, etc.) and met the family for breakfast. After breakfast Jerry headed to Oklahoma (we bought David & Kerri's car for Jerry's Mom) with a new car for Barb and I loaded up to drive back to Houston. Mom rode with Me and GG with Dad. We all got home safe and exhausted and entertained kids until their bedtime.... it was a fun trip, a quick trip, and a tiring trip.....

Here are some pictures of Lane:




And a few pics of the kids:

Just goofing around

Just Me and Cody

Today the triplets were at Mom's Day Out, so Cody and I spent some quality time together. If you've been following our blog, you'll remember Cody had his tear ducts probed at 9 months(didn't work)then had tubes put in his eyes a few months ago due to blocked ducts and chronic eye infections. He gets the tubes out this Tuesday, so pray the ducts remain open, but look at these beautiful clear eyes. GORGEOUS!!!

You can look at the photos in previous posts to see what this poor little guy has been through....
Posting for when ducts were probed...
Posting for the days tubes were put in.....

Relax???

Why am I always behind??? I have to clean out the kids clothes AGAIN... what have the girls outgrown, what can Jadon pass down to Cody and what has Cody outgrown. Then I have to swap out the summer clothes with winter clothes. I have to wrap my nephew's baptism gift. I have to burn our videos to discs (way past due) and make copies for grandparents. Time to balance the checkbook again. Planning to mulch flowerbeds myself due to unreasonable quotes we received for this service. Laundry... nothing to be said here as it always needs to be done. Need to clean photos off camera so I can take pics of the upcoming baptism and some photos of my brother's new baby. Need to order checks as I'm on my last book. Bought an Ipod holder which turned out not to fit which needs to be returned.... the list goes on. All this being said, I thought this cartoon was funny.

Vision of Sugar Plums Danced in their Heads...

I went upstairs to wake the kids from naps and found Kaylee on the floor, Cody standing in his crib, and these other lovely images.

Sexiest Man Alive

Triplets Well Child Exams

The triplets had their 3 year well child exam this week and they are all doing great. Their stats are below (click on the table to enlarge).

Addison 28lbs/21st% and 37.75"/66th%
Kaylee 25lbs 12oz/5th% and 37"/47th%
Jadon 28lbs 4oz/14th% and 37.75"/56%

Just some pics for fun

Halloween

Halloween weather couldn't have been better with clear skies, cool air, and a full moon. This was the 1st year that the kids kinda "got it." They loved it and had a great time, I have to say however, when I explained to Addison that we were going to dress up in costumes, ring doorbells, yell trick or treat and people would give us candy... she looked at me with a blank expression like I had just landed from outer space.... In her head she must have been saying, "ok, mom has really lost it now...."

The Big 4Ohhhhh

Yes, last Friday I turned FORTY.... a new decade begins. I can't say I was bothered with the idea of turning forty. Life is good and we all get older, but I have to thank my husband and my parents for a FANTASTIC surprise party. I generally hate surprises, but loved this one. I was shocked to walk into a private room at Lupe Tortillas and find friends, food, decor, cake, and loved ones. I even had friends fly in from Oklahoma bearing T shirts. My shirt said "Foxy at Forty" and "I'd rather be 40 than pregnant." While the kids shirts all said "My Mommy's Forty" with their names. It was a blast!!!! The following night Pam & Curtis (our OK friends) went to dinner with us and then we went out dancing. An activity which has been sorely missing in our lives lately. I LOVE TO DANCE. I also got a little crazy and sang karaoke.... what was I thinking. I have to give this birthday and HUGE A+A+A+....
When I look back at my thirties... wow, I got married, had 4 babies, bought a new home... I can't wait to see what the forties bring!!!! COME ON....BRING IT ON!!!!

PS: thanks to everyone for the emails, facebook posts, IM's, etc... wishing me a happy bday. love you all!!