You have your hands full!

If I hear that phrase - "you have your hands full" - again, I will literally scream! When I'm out with all 3 boys alone or even with another person (Neils, my mom, Niki), I ALWAYS get at least 2 or 3 people who will comment on our "situation". I am getting a little tired of hearing that! Yes, we do have our hands full and then some, but no, I don't need everyone who approaches us to reiterate that glaring fact. The other day, when I had Patrick and Finn in the stroller, I decided to let Calan walk to the park (it's about 1/4 mile from our house, if that). This was a bad idea. He decided to park himself on someone's lawn about 5 houses down and just have a little sit. I tried to be patient and ask him politely to come on to the park, but he said "no, no, no" in his cute little sing-songy toddler voice. Okay, I tried to pick him up and then the tantrum came....full force...he dropped. I picked him up again...dead weight...tried asking again...no way! During the middle of this scene, two ladies walking their corgie's walked by and asked...."twins?" me - "yes", them - "how old is he?" me- "almost 2" them - "wow, you have your hands full!" me - "no, i'm cool. can't you see how much fun I'm having! I'm also pregnant with triplets and so excited to have 6 kids under the age of 3!" That's actually what I should have said but instead I just nodded while trying to pick up Calan again. We didn't make it to the park that day - needless to say, but I did learn my lesson. Always wear a baby and so I have room to put Calan in the stroller during a 2 year old tantrum!

Big Boys

We had our 4 month Dr's visit on Thursday and confirmed that our premature boys have caught up and then some! Official stats below:

Patrick: 16 lbs 14 oz
Finn: 17 lbs 12 oz

Whoa nelly! Calan was 15 lbs 14.5 oz at 4 months. The Dr. noted that Finn behaves like a 6 month old physically and Patrick's right on the mark for a healthy 4 month old! What makes Finn more advanced is that he is stronger (neck control, etc), he rolls from front to back AND back to front, and he tries to crawl....literally. He can move himself about 2-4 feet when you put him on his tummy, so we have to watch him very carefully. Patrick is a little ahead of Finn with the types of "talking" noises he makes, so they balance each other out well!