Update

House of Joy!

This household had been very busy lately. Memorial Day weekend we enjoyed the long weekend at our family beach house with some friends. Then on Sunday we celebrated at my parents house with some toddler 4 wheeler riding. This was also when we were introduced to our newest family member Mumbo. She is a black and white boxer who is only 8 weeks old. The trips weren't sure about her since she has some sharp paws and wants to jump on them. She also wants to play!!! JT and Claire loved riding in the 4 wheelers but Hazel was not impressed!!!

Hazel and her cousin. Hazel please wait till the car comes to a complete stop!

JT, K, Claire, and H were having a blast. I could hardly get them to stop for this pic!!!

Here's MUMBO!!!

Claire and Mumbo

Mumbo trying to play with JT

The cousins recently had their annual dance recital. Both girls love to dance and we are excited that Hazel and Claire will be joining them next year. They will start Creative Dance in August. Here is JT with H after the recital at dinner.

K and HazelK and Claire

We have had more changes in the house too. Last weekend Hazel learned how to unzip her crib tent. So we decided it was time to move them out of their cribs. So we moved all of their dressers to one side of the room by the daybed and put a gate across so that they couldn't get to them and harm themselves. Then we put their mattresses on the floor (tried their toddler beds and they aren't ready for them yet!). We are on night number 4 and it is going well. JT and Hazel have swithched beds but it really doesn't matter.

Many of you may not know but I have been looking for a new job recently. I needed something that would allow me to be off on weekends with daddy and the trips. It was a hard decision since I LOVE where I work and it was where the babies were born and they took EXCELLENT care of them. Anyway I had an interview yesterday that took about 3 hours and by yesterday afternoon I had been offered the job. It has been a long process but we knew that the Lord would provide the perfect job and we believe he did. I will miss TWH but know this is the best move for my family. I begin my new job on Monday June 16th :)

We have also been a sick household since this past weekend. The trips have bronchitis and I found out today I have strep throat and daddy is on his was to the dr now. So we didn't get to celebrate to much last night but promised we would as soon as we felt better.

Okay I know this is an old picture but I couldn't figure out how to delete it???

New Pics

Latest Pictures

Bubba in a bucket!

Well it finally has gotten warm here and so we went to Mimi's! Who could ask for more about 2 acres of wide open space to run free!!!

All the girls
All the kids
Triplets go for a swing
Claire
J.T.

Hazel

I can't believe how much their vocabulary has exploded especially in the last month! They have started attempting every ones names. They aren't always recognizable but were trying.

With the help of Aunt P and Uncle Genn!!! we moved the fun zone upstairs to the actual game room. We are still working out a few kinks but they love it. All the space and toys they didn't even know they had :). I will have to get a picture up.

I just want to say Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there. Especially to my Mom you are the BEST!!! Yvonne even though you aren't here with us anymore, you are still the best MIL I know you are missed dearly everyday. WE LOVE YOU MOMS :)

Psst I hear there may be new professional pics this week??? Check back!

Haircuts

Warning Haircuts Ahead!

Okay so we took the triplets to Cool Cuts 4 Kids on Saturday for MUCH needed haircuts. I am very sad to say that JT's curls are momentarily gone. He looks so much older with his new haircut and even more like his Daddy (if that is possible!). He does look VERY cute though.

JT and Hazel

JT with all of his curls GONE!

Claire

We bought a roller coaster from one of the other Moms of Multiples and the kids LOVE it. They can't wait for their turn. The best part is the car and they enjoy riding around on the car.

Sisterly love they thought this was hysterical Hazel would push her from the back and then when they hit the gate she would run around and push her from the front!

Easter

Easter and Rodeo

Well I never really thought I would be celebrating Easter the last weekend of Rodeo!

We took the triplets to the Rodeo twice. I took them with some other Moms of Multiples and we had a great time. JT finally had some boys to hang out with! Then they made their appearance at the Junior Market Steer Auction. They loved seeing all their Rodeo family and Grammy and Gamps hogging them!!! We had such a great time.

Their first trip to the Rodeo

Nope your not seeing things JT is wearing chaps!

Hazel and Claire roaming in their boots. Gamps and JT

Gammy and the girls

This is how your get a picture of three 19 month olds!

Or atleast how WE are able too.
EASTER

We celebrated a little early. We had our family Easter on Good Friday since mommy had to work all weekend. We had dinner and an egg hunt at their Great Grandparents house.

Egg hunt

JT didn't like the grass so he wouldn't hunt!
Hazel had fun hunting eggs Claire did too!
Group picture

If you notice Claire is stealing eggs out of H's basket!

K and H are the best cousins helping the triplets hunt and giving them eggs.

Whats in a Name

Whats in a Name?

In my daily tour through the blogs I visit. I was visiting 4tunate that's right quads. She gets the same question we always get and actually I was asked this weekend at work. How did you come up with their names? Well R wanted a junior??? I did like the idea of using family names though. So R said what about John Thomas it was his great grandfathers name. Well my dads name is also John so it was perfect (I love you Dad!) and R's middle name is Thomas too. So daddy is RT and little man is JT! Then I have always loved the name Claire which was my great grandmothers name and R liked it too. We knew if their was one girl in the bunch she was to be named after R's mom in some way. She was a special woman we lost 4 years ago. So her name is Claire Alice. Alice was also my great granmothers name on my grandfathers side. R and I thought for the longest time (okay 14weeks) that it was two boys and a girl and had picked out another boys name, but they told us it was two girls and a boy. So hmmm started going down the list of other females in both sides of the family and came across Hazel. There are several on both sides. So it was set and she has my moms middle name Hazel Lynn. So both grandmas got the middle names! That's how we named our little miracles.

John Thomas (JT)

Claire Alice

Hazel Lynn

Change

Change

So the babies are doing well with daycare. They seem to enjoy playing with their new friends and daddy and I really like their teachers. They are learning alot. We had Hazels speech evaluated. She is a little behind with all of her hearing issues but nothing her new therapist thinks can't be changed. Ohh THANK YOU Amy for the referral! She will be going to Speech Therapy once a week for awhile to get her caught up. You know that has to bother her that she gets one on one time!

Okay so new weights.

JT 24lbs 9oz

Claire 24lbs 1oz

Hazel 22lbs 6oz

Stay tuned a new survey coming to the blog!!!

I have added some blogs I visit to the right hand side of the blog. The last one on the list is a family that the Mom has Cystic Fibrosis and is awaiting a double lung transplant and they have given birth to 24 week preemie. Please keep this family in your prayers.

18 months

WOW! 18 MONTHS?

Where did the time go? We can't believe we have toddlers. They have grown so much in the last 6 months.

All are walking well and even attempting to run a little. Hazel and JT both had the flu and all seem to be teething.

We are all going through a major change this week. The babies began daycare and Mommy is going back to work on the dayshift (YEAH). They seem to be enjoying their new school with only a few tears! Cousin Hannah is watching over them very well she has warned her friends and just today I saw her checking in on them on the playground.

JT- Has learned lots of words and loves his cozy coupe car but doesn't share it well. He is usually the first one to wake up in the morning and lets us know he is awake. He loves to point to his sisters and say sissy just in case you don't know who they are.

Claire - loves to try and sing her ABC's and it is so cute! She can say and point to both her bubba and sissy but considers herself the baby! We have a feeling she might be a south paw but aren't' sure of course :) :) :) :) :) She is definatly independent she wants to wear her backpack when we leave school and walk by herself. She loves hats and purses she is such the girl.

Hazel - The little peanut she loves to bring you a book and back up and sit in your lap for you to read it to her. She will let you know what she wants she points and squeals! She has been making us work for our kissess. You have to catch them!

Enjoy the new pictures below from the last month of fun!!!

Daddy's bundle

Claire JT Hazel

Claire with Great PeePaws hat on

Sunday lunch at Great Nannies and Great PeePaws
Mimi and her baby girls reading
This past Saturday we took the trips for their first trip to the park by our house. They really enjoyed running around and checking out the rocks on the playground.

JT and Daddy sitting on the bench

The girl's swinging look Hazel mommy's taking our picture

Hazel
JT
Claire

Hmm I'm not sure I want my picture taken

Run Daddy can't catch us!
Hannah riding her bike

Great Nannie, JT, & Claire taking a walk

PawPaw helping JT put his sunglassess on.

Great Peepaw and Hazel taking a walk

"what"? Claire

Two sisters!

Kayleigh & Hannah riding bikes with their Daddy

Claire was on a rock discovery?

JT running off with Pawpaw's glassess

Kayleigh riding her bike

Mommy and Hazel at Mommies birthday party.

Yes, Mommy dyed her hair!