Baby It's Cold Outside...

Well it was....now it's in the 70's this week. Hallelujah! We've had strange weather recently here in Texas. With all the ice, snow, and rolling blackouts, we were all pretty much home bound. We don't go anywhere anyway but the fact that we COULD NOT if we needed to was depressing. I don't get cabin fever very bad compared to Clark who gets ancy with one day not going anywhere (guess it's probably good I was the one lying in the hospital bed for over two months :) but all this cold weather has definitely given me a bad case of the fever. To top that off, the babies refuse to all be sleeping/awake at the same time so even going for a drive can get tricky with their naps. Luckily RSV season is soon to be over and good weather is on the way. I don't think I could stay cooped up for much longer. I'm hoping they will become better nappers as the time goes on too. Who knows.

SO...

since we were all iced/snowed in, I decided it would be a great time to do errands! These are house errands and the babies actually enjoy it. I put them all in the triplet stroller and push them from the living room to the kitchen to the bedroom to the family room to the laundry room doing all sorts of tasks and errands on the way. We stop and they look around while I do whatever I'm doing then we go to another area. I think they like looking at something new once in a while.

Here's the mammoth triplet stroller. I love, love, love it! It was GENEROUSLY given to be by a member of my church who didn't have triplets but three small children. I am SO grateful because these things are not cheap. The trio isn't quite ready for it yet because they have to be able to sit up but around the house it isn't a big deal. I just prop with blankets. I can't wait to take this thing out regularly! That is Zachary in front. Don't be confused by the pink blanket. I grab what is within my reach. Leah second, Caleb third.


While we were already trying out some new fun things, we decided to try out the triplet table too!!! Get excited for lots of pictures in this thing...


Again, they aren't quite ready for it, plus they aren't eating solid food anyway. They kept throwing their heads around and hitting them on the plastic seats. We'll try this again another time. :) Fun to see what's ahead though. Great Grandma and Grandpa got this for the trio and we think it is SO awesome. The babies did too.

We also tried out the Bumbos! We have put them in occasionally to see how they are progressing with their head and back strength. During the snow days they were looking pretty good! They do fatigue pretty quick though so we don't do the Bumbos for long.




The temperature was seriously so cold here for a few days. Our home is old and drafty so I was worried that the babies were too cold. Because I swaddle the heck out of them at night I don't dress them very warm for sleeping. But during the day we busted out these fleece sleep sacs which were PERFECT for the cold days. My friend who also had triplets gave these to me. She had two girls and a boy...hence the colors. Zachary wore his yellow just fine though!


The babies liked to keep up to date with all the snowfall other places. Caleb got online to see what was going on and couldn't believe the snow in Chicago. CRAZY!




The babies also liked chillaxing in the swings. I put Zachary on a silk blanket in the swing and came back to this...

He was almost out! He's a little squirmer.


We also did lots of reading. This picture is not a great representation since it is VERY rare to have all three babies awake the same time and have them be alert also. Usually one is tired or eating or whatever. So when they are all awake it's fun to read.


Now that the weather has turned around, we ventured in the backyard and sat under some umbrellas. Leah and Zachary are terribly sensitive to bright lights so I had to use dark blankets over the umbrellas. That seemed to do the trick. They all liked being outside though. Caleb laid out there for almost an hour! Leah was just concerned about getting a little sun to her legs. She's got to get ready for swimsuit season!


The babies wanted to wish everyone a happy love day! Three times the love here at our house (Caleb has serious camera phobia. He has the CUTEST, gummiest smile but as soon as the camera appears, his smile disappears).