A New Blogging Low

I try to squeeze blogging in whenever I can with this crazy life but this is a new experience for even me (hahaha)! I am currently curled up in the corner behind the chair in our hotel room so the kids don't wake up from the light of my screen. See, they are FINALLY napping and I would do anything to keep it that way! This is our 3rd day in a hotel as we transition from our Newnan house to our new house in Hamilton Mill. The kids have not adapted well to sharing a room with Kurt and I. They are difficult to put down for the night & it's nearly impossible to get them to nap. Plus we've been living off fast food and the kids are not used to that either! But the movers are coming in the morning to deliver our furniture and we may actually get to stay in our new home tomorrow night. It's very exciting but this has really been quite an ordeal! More to come...

Highs and Lows

The last few weeks have been exhausting.  Just plain old exhausting.  When you're in the midst of difficult times (similar to how right now I'm sitting amidst all our moving boxes) it is difficult to see just how taxing things are.  At night when I collapse into bed I think the myself "why am I so tired?".  A good friend pointed out that my life has been an emotional roller coaster lately.  We are having some high highs like spending Kristy and Joey's wedding day with them and the excitement of buying our dream house.  On the flip side we are experiencing low lows like the tragic death of a good friend's 21 year-old son. I'm starting a new job, buying a house, selling a house, dealing with all the mortgage hoops, trying to keep the house clean for showings, planning a baby shower, and all the while trying to be a good wife and mother to my little family.  I am praying things settle down soon and for once we can have a little "boring" in our lives.  Fingers crossed.

Spring Portraits!

We decided it was time the kids had their pictures made so we loaded them up and took them over to the studio near our house.  Within minutes of starting, Jake had a total meltdown and I thought we would have to scrap the pics for the day.  But we let another family go ahead of us and allowed Jake time to calm down.  The second try went much better and we really got some good ones.

Sweet Jakers

Sweet Sarah

Beach Babies

Adorable

Pretend Picnic

Little stinker

What is really looked like

To pee or not to pee?

A few days ago I walked in the door (after a long commute home from work) and plunked down, exhausted from a long day.  All I wanted to do was relax when Lucas came right up to me and said "Lucas go potty".  I was stunned by this as we hadn't even started training yet.  The plan was to wait until after we move to the new house in a couple of weeks.  But you don't just brush off a toddler asking to go to the potty so we took him into the bathroom to see what he would do.  We instructed him to take off his shorts and diaper which he did totally on his own.  Then we tried to sit him on the potty but he didn't like it.  We finally got him to sit on his little training potty but nothing happened.  It would have been cool if he'd gone pee his first time but we were still super proud of what he did on the first attempt.  Stay tuned....more potty training adventures to come!

Also...a funny story with Sarah.

The kids were tucked in bed and Kurt and I were standing in the hall at the bottom of the stairs.  Sarah opened the door a crack and started fussing like she wanted out.  Kurt looked at me and said "it's your turn to go tuck her back in".  I didn't want to do it so I said "she'll be fine and she'll go back to bed on her own".  Kurt looked at me skeptically and said "she's standing at the door".  We then heard Sarah's little voice exclaim "yeah, I'm at the door!"  We both burst out laughing.  We had no idea she could hear us!

I promised some pool pics & here they are.  Last year the kids were a little timid of the water.  But not this year!

Sarah enjoying a drink poolside

The boys wearing their towel ponchos

Posing with Nana

Taking a break in the shade

Lucas-man

Jaker-man

He shoots!

Sarah and Mommy

Poor sickie babies

We have been so blessed these past nearly 2 1/2 years that the triplets have had very few colds and other ailments.  It started off in the NICU.  They are the only 3 preemies I've ever heard of to dodge both jaundice and reflux!  Then Kurt caught the swine flu and somehow the babies avoided it too.  They've only had a couple of colds and 2 stomach viruses.  That's pretty good in toddler world.  But all three are sick right now and it's just pitiful.  Sarah and Jake both have very hoarse voices so they sound so small when they talk, whimper, or cry.  Kurt took them off to the doctor this morning and the doctor checked for strep and ear infection but thankfully it's none of those.  So fingers crossed this is just a cold and they will be back to normal in a few days.  I'll keep everyone posted.

The Great Outdoors!

The early spring this year may have deprived the trio of their first ever snow day but they are not letting that slow them down.  They are making the most of the warm weather as we wrap up May and head into June.  We've been going to the park frequently and have gone to the pool twice now too.  We also went to Blake and Addison's birthday party (twins from the SMOMC group) and hung out with the animals at the petting zoo.  This coming weekend we are planning to have a play-date with some of my sorority sisters and their kids.  Chantal and Charlotte are here from Vancouver so we always make it a point to visit with them when they are here.  This month has flown by and we are moving to Gwinnett in just a couple weeks!

Lucas on the slide

Jaker Man

Sarah on the tire swing

Sarah and Jake find a bunny

Jake and Luke are spying some hidden animals

"Booney" soft!

Sarah helps Daddy feed the goats