November 5, 2008

Today marks the kids’ eighth month birthday! They are growing and doing pretty well. Ayden is still the biggest at about 14 pounds. Breagan is the longest and probably weighs about 13 pounds. Carmen is still small but mighty weighing in at about 10 pounds. The boys are busy army crawling and Carmen has finally mastered barrel rolling. She now travels around the living room rolling over and over. It is fun to watch them go after objects and to see them interact with each other. Both the physical therapist and I have seen great gains in Carmen. Her torticollis is slowly getting better and her strength throughout her body has really improved. The other day I caught Ayden playing next to Carmen which isn’t unusual, what caught my eye though was Carmen’s death grip on his foot while she sucked on his toes. Gross but very funny to watch!

Thanks to our friend Melanie who gave us two highchairs, the kids no longer take their meals in bouncy seats. This is great for my back (getting old) and for the kids because they get to eat with us in the kitchen. I started them on vegetables and so far it hasn’t been horrible. We are keeping the triplets in now so they didn’t get to go to our wards trunk or treat, but Grandma and Grandpa came over and watched them while we took Taylor. For Halloween night we dressed up the kids in their Dalmatian costumes (thanks again Melanie) took pictures of them and then took the costumes off. Ayden really didn’t enjoy this as you can tell from the expression on his face, but we sure oohed and awed.

Taylor had a blast with her cousins and made the comment that she couldn’t wait until next year’s Halloween. Happy November! It is one of my favorite times of the year due to the holiday of Thanksgiving. There is a lot to be grateful for and it is a wonderful time to “see” our Master’s hand in all things.