I took my little men to the barber for their summer haircuts and they both simultaneously started screaming when they realized where we were. I had been thinking about getting clippers and doing it myself, and that moment helped me make up my mind. The results? Not bad for a first time gig. 
Is this little man kicking back watching TV really only 2 1/2 years old? Where have my babies gone?
My kids never seize to amaze me. They are a guaranteed laugh every day. It's amazing how much they are suddenly picking up on. They can tell me when they are hot or cold or tired or hungry. They are becoming such little people. They point out every single truck, boat, fire truck, airplane, and bus when we are driving. They recognize our neighborhood when we get close and all shout "going home". They sense when we are close to the the "wada" and start cruising the front windows when it's about time for Daya to come home from work. Asjia thinks everything girly is "cute". She loves jewelry, painted nails, lipgloss(chapstick), and and dresses that twirl. The boys are starting to fight like men, ughhhh. They grab each other's shirt collars and wrestle each other to the ground. Asjia tries to break them up, shaking her finger no! no! They tell me when someone is scared. And now, the happy dance when something is super exciting. Our latest game is mixing up names. They call me Mason and Kyle, Daya & Nina. And Doggie & Piggy. Then I do the same to them, and we all crack up when we get it right. At times I can barely remember my life before them. What did I laugh at every day? What kept me feeling busy...or tired? All I know is that I would not trade it for the world.
*update*
The horomonal thing has passed and Chris and I are back on the same planet:)
I am feeling tired and a teenie weenie bit emotional at the moment. I feel like venting, but Im gonna pray about it and get some sleep instead;)Ironically, I just read Lots of Scotts post on Marriage & Honoring your Husband as well as The LPM Blog which had answers from a survey taken by husbands. Both were right on time! I learned that I need to dig up some more energy and be a better Woman and Wife than what I am being. Uh oh...
No, seriously.
Just a thought. I recently heard that lie detector tests worked by monitoring a person's physiological reactions. I think there needs to be a similar device which mediates communication between Husband and Wife. When stress or mis-communication is detected an alarm should go off and the device could sort it out and translate the broken languages that both people are speaking. Great idea right?
Today was a whole lot of fun. I finally have pics, yay! Our good friends 3LB came over for a few hours and played, then we had an after party at the park. Enjoy!
Wow...last week flew by! My computer had a virus:( and I accidently left my camera battery at a friends house so apologies for my post-less blog!
Mason carefully watching his barefeet for "da bug". 
Kyle almost has the hang of his tricycle. A few more practice sessions and he will be ready to run some of my errands!
Asjia policing the party. She is so funny. She is the safety patrol, constantly saying "get down" and "be careful"...
love
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
pa·tience
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
un·der·stand·ing
to accept tolerantly or sympathetically: to grasp the significance, implications, or importance of.
sleep
to be careless or unalert; allow one's alertness, vigilance, or attentiveness to lie dormant.
There are moments during the craziness when it suddenly hits me that soon, these moments will be memories of the past. Time passes so fast, and each stage is so special in its own way. I have to stop myself and suck it all in. I was just thinking about how quickly two summers have come and gone, and how quickly this one is going. I had to dig up a picture and reminisce...
Jessie Davis, the pregnant Mother of a two year old, 9 months pregnant with her second child and missing since Friday was found today. I have been sick watching this story unfold. What has happened to us? Why is a story of this nature becoming common?
My heart is broken for her family who is left behind to grieve. Her Mother said in a statement today *something like* I encourage you to turn to your loved ones and tell them that you love them, you would never think the unimaginable would happen to you & you never know what the next day may bring. So true.
There is simply no explanation for such acts. Evil is the only thing I can come up with. I pray for her family, especially her little son. I pray that she suffered little. I pray that justice will be served & that her family will find peace eventually. I pray that she and Chloe are together in Heaven. God Bless them all.
Just watched "Little Children". I had no idea what is was about, just a random netflix pick. My brain is still processing the movie. Very thought provoking. I think as a Woman, a Mother, and a Wife I could identify with it in a way. Scary to admit. We are all human, guaranteed to make mistakes & have poor judgement at times. Not to mention emotions that sometimes dictate our actions. It was a good one...disturbing but necessary.
I bought the "kids" a snow cone machine for those hot summer days out by the pool. Thought it would be a fun treat for them. Funny how they have had 2 and I have had about 3927423847 It's not even like I can hide my addiction either. The loud grinding sound gives me away every time. So far Im feeling no guilt.
Ok we have this dilemma, maybe just maybe there is someone out there who can relate and has a solution.
My hubby is in charge of laundry, bless his heart. Problem is, it doesn't get done until we run out of onesies or underwear, which ever comes first.
Our laundry room looks like remnants of Hurricane Katrina.
When he finally gets a chance to do his "chore", he has about 15 loads to do...then Hurricane Katrina moves from the laundry room up to our bedroom because I am the "putter awayer".
Unfortunately, his timing and mine usually don't line up and we go days with laundry stacked in every possible square foot of our bedroom until I have a chance to tackle putting it away.
By the time I get that done, we have another 15 loads of dirty laundry again. And so the cycle goes...
I am not blaming either of us. We just happen to have triplets plus one, a three story house with the laundry room in the basement, very busy schedules, and no housekeeper.
Open to suggestions.
I daydream about a clean laundry room...
First and Foremost...
I ran across a page that listed a bunch of triplets, quads, and quint blogs! I was so excited that I would have so much to read that I thought I would add these links to my favorites so anyone who ever visited my page would get the same benefit. If you see your name on the left and don't know me yet it is because I have not yet gotten around to reading through and commenting on some of them. If you would like to be added to the list, drop me a line. What a fun network to be a part of! 
I am pretty new to this blogging phenomenon, but I must admit, I have not fixated on anything this much since I bought my ipod. It all started when my little sisters convinced me to get a My Space. That was a big thrill for a while, though I thought it was a bit juvenile. It was mostly a creative outlet for me designing my page and such. Since my world revolves around these three crazy kids of mine...this blog gets much more attention!
It has been so fascinating for me to find other parents with higher order multiples & take a peek in to their lives. When I first started this blog it was for family to keep up with us and I often wondered how anyone other than family would ever find it. I have since made a few friends and I am addicted to finding more families like us and have found this to be much cheaper than any professional help that a Mother of 2 year old multiples might need!
I just think it is so adorable how my kids literally squeal with excitement when their "Daya" pulls in to the driveway from work. It's amazing to me that they can pinpoint almost the exact time to start asking for him and sniffing around like little hound dogs. They cruise the dining room and peek out the window in shifts, and when someone gets the lucky look and he's actually backing in it becomes complete mayhem! What a good feeling it must be to have such an enthusiastic and loving fan club to greet you when you walk in from a long, hard day at work.
The question, "where's Daya?" is probably the most often repeated on any given day, and today I decided to see just how many times I heard it. I lost count at 72. 
It also breaks my heart how sad they get in the morning when we watch him leave for work. This picture is EXACTLY what I see every morning...
My kids came close to the auction block today. After weeks with no poop parties, I decides they were ready to be trusted without onesies. Ha...Did that ever backfire (no pund intended)! In just a couple of short minutes diapers were ditched and my living room turned in to what looked & smelled more like a petting zoo. Have you ever looked at a mess and just wanted to walk away from it and hope it would clean itself up? The thought of setting them on the front porch with a "for sale as is" sign actually crossed my mind, but only for a quick second. Can I say, THANK GOODNESS FOR MY LITTLE GREEN MACHINE:)
Happy Father's Day to my wonderful Husband and the Best Daya in the Whole Wide World!!! And, to my Dad...the other "Best", I am a truly Blessed Woman!
Im feeling so Martha Stewarty today. I hadn't made this fruit tart in years, since college to be exact. The first couple of times I made it, it was a train wreck. I was so proud of the way it turned out this morning that I felt like I had just given birth to another child...lol Ok, maybe a little dramatic. Had to post a pic and share the super easy recipe. 
Fruit Tart
2 ready to bake pkgs. sugar cookies
1 block of cream cheese
1 cup apricot preserves
sugar to taste
strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, kiwi, & mandarin oranges
simply spread out the dough and level on a pizza pan or shallow baking dish & follow baking instructions. allow to cool. mix cream cheese with 3/4 apricot preserves, and sugar to taste. spread all over cookie as if you were making a pizza. arrange fruit in a circular ring pattern around cookie. repetition is key!
for the glaze: bring remaining apricot preserves and a few tbs. of water to boil. use a brush to apply a thin layer of glaze over the fruit and any exposed cookie crust. refrigerate for four hours & Enjoy!
So Christian, my 11 year old stepdaughter is here for the weekend and it's been a while since I got to spend quality time with her. Asjia's hospital episode kind of dominated the whole weekend during her last visit, and the one before that was a girl scout trip. She is suddenly pre-adolescent and whoa lemme tell ya, terrible two's doesn't seem so bad after all! The crazy emotional stuff that starts happening, and the questions, and the desire for the young lady to work her way out of that little girl body...those are scary things! She is becoming such a little woman so fast, at times it is hard for me to switch gears. I go from ABC's and colors to questions like, "what does virginity mean?". I pray that God gives me the grace to manage it all effectively. Either way, she is such a good helper. This morning she let me sleep until 10:00 am!!! She came in and told me the babies were awake at around 9:15 and she changed all of their diapers and went in their room and played with them until 10:00, now that's a sweet reward!
Here are some pics from todays visit to the pre-school playground. After surviving a 4 hour shopping trip, that was the least I could do for my babes! We have been frequenting the pre-school after hours just to get used to the playground and develop a routine of getting out of the car and into the building(yes, this takes practice). The funny looks on Mason's face were because he hated the sand on his feet.
So I am sitting here just imagining what I will do with my 6 hours a week when the kids start pre-school in September. Will I grocery shop in peace? Hit the mall, get a pedicure, come home and sleep, have lunch with friends...oh the possibilities.
Then suddenly an episode of earlier today flashes in my mind. Kyle took his diaper off and pooped on the floor within 2 minutes of me taking my eyes off of him. When he ran up to the gate in the kitchen naked I was praying that the other two had not followed his lead. No, instead they were standing around it saying, "eeeeww That's Nasty"...it's always a fine line between frustration & laughter in these situations. What would the pre-school think of that? And what about the pushing and fighting, and stealing of toys? What about the fact that my boys are much more entertained by pushing something over than playing with it, or dumping juice & snacks out rather than eating them? I wonder if they are prepared for my kids?
My kids have an ability to become perfect angels around strangers and Im wondering just how long after school starts will this wear off? Im a little nervous...
I was watching a clip of Sting on Oprah talking about Tantric Sex and how he and his wife have been rumored to "make love" for up to 8 hours at a time...
I thought to myself, Tantric Sex? Yeah, more like Tantrum Sex. That's when My husband has a deprivation induced tantrum and I finally give in.
Just thought the contrast was was funny, 8 hour tantric sex or 8 minute tantrum sex.....oh how kids change things!
Here's a few things I heard over the weekend that made me smile...
Kyle- "oh, you so cute" as My Mom walks up the stairs after getting ready to go somewhere
Mason- very loudly, "oh by Gosh" in reaction to me slamming on the brakes, the others chimed in and repeated it afterwards.
Asjia- "Mo Handy, Mo Handy" this is her asking for candy. She gets more confused with want...lol
Kyle- "I budge you Mama" his version of "I love you" as he lays down for bed the other night.
Yay! Super excited about the step 2 wagon being re-released for a limited time. After stocking a handful ebay users and searching craigslist ads in surrounding cities, we finally have a brand new shiny one on the way!
Should I be worried about comments from unknown users or is that the point of a blog? People with other blogs I understand, but if they have no blog, how did they find me, and should I be wondering about their identity? I am new to this blogging phenomenon so I thought I would ask before I get nervous. Someone please explain to the clueless girl how all of this works...
I am so over townhouse living...it is not conducive to life with multiples. Why have I not seen a positive change in the size of my derriere after climbing 3 flights of stairs, what seems like hundreds of times per day?
Why is it that out of all the expensive toys my kids have bamboozled out of me, the favorites are still:
1- empty cardboard boxes
2- any hazardous cords
3- slamming open doors
I am a feeling blue today, I must admit. My Mom went home after a much needed dose of her. We got to spend a whole week with her, and I am blown away by how much LOVE she brings with her every time she comes. It makes me sad that my kids only get it from her a few times a year. Being far away is just plain terrible...
My kids are so much cuter when I have someone to help out. That sounds alot more harsh than the way I mean it to sound, let me explain. Having my Mom here gives me a chance to sort out the noise and actually hear the sweet little munchkin voices. It gives me a chance to relax a tiny bit, another set of eyes makes a big difference. I have found myself laughing at things and appreciating things that normally I would not have the time to stop and appreciate. We have been having a blast with Nina, and Im gonna be sick to see her go home.
So this is the making of us. It was fate that landed chris & I in eachother's lives and fate that has brought us the love and joy of our little family. We grow and change with each day, finding our way in this crazy world. God, love, and laughter keep us happy, healthy, & together. I started this blog to document the lives of my beautiful children, and hopefully give you a candid and entertaining peek into our lives. Thank You for visiting & enjoy!
