18 month check ups!!!

Can't believe it but these beasts are actually 18 months old. It kind of seems to mark a new chapter in our life because I also found out I am going back to work full time. That's right, FULL TIME! Crazy, but I'm excited. This past year at home with my beasts has been the absolute best thing ever and I will miss spending all our time together! These little guys are absolutly amazing and are growing and learning so much every day. They are such funny guys with such distinct personalities and I totally love them to pieces!
They are all weighing in at 27 pounds. Caleb is the heaviest, then Austin, the Brody. Caleb and Brody are both 33 1/2 inches tall and Austie is 33 in.
Austin
BrodyCaleb

Summer days...

On these hot summer days, the few times we aren't swimming in the pool, we head to the backyard to play play play!!!


Watching how the doggies drink the water....

and trying it out.....

Say cheese!!!

Caleb....the snuggler who gets excited very easily.....
Brody...the wise/crazy water baby...

Austin...the ladies man who knows how to hamm it up.....

Park adventures...

Nothing too exciting in our neck of the woods, but we did discover a new park today. We absolutely love to go and find new parks that are "triplet" friendly; enclosed, not too many tall climbing toys, variety of toys, swings, far away from parking lot, but not too far of a walk from parking lot... you get the idea!!! The one we went to today is in Folsom and has a very cool play area and a huge water spray area. Unfortunately, the water area was out of order, but we still had a great time exploring the rest of the park!!!

Brody
Austin

Caleb

SWIMMING

Swimming season is here and we are enjoying it to the fullest!!! We are still figuring out the perfect way to make swimming with three babies as easy and safe as possible so here is our newest attempt. These "outfits" are like a spandex suit with a bike tire blown up around the boys. Pretty interesting.....

oops...

We had a wonderful Father's day but at the end of the day I decided that Austin's hair was just a little too long. It was hot out....his hair was hanging in his face, over his ears, etc. We've always agreed to keep it longer, but I figured a trim wouldn't hurt. Well I was wrong. I told the lady after one snip that it was too short. Let's just say she didn't listen. Poor Austin's hair is no more. Yes, it will grow back; yes, he still is as cute as ever; no it's not that bad. But it just doesn't look like him anymore. So until our little surfer boy is back, it will be full of gel and styled to the side. Lesson learned!!!

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After....

We're on a roll!!!

I mean really??? ANOTHER blog?? Man, I'm actually kind of keeping up with this! Haha! We have had a busy week. Scotty and I celebrated an anniversary. The big 3 years. 3 years later, 3 kids later, and we're still going strong! We had a date night and got to go to dinner, shopping, and a movie. It was so nice to get out and just have some adult time. I think we only talked about the beasts for half of the dinner conversation :)

We officially kicked off swimming season. It's like we have totally different babies compared to last year. Caleb loves to sit on the top step and use buckets to scoop water over his head (kind of recreating bath time). Austin either floats around in his boat or splashes on the step with Caleb. Brody is the most confident in the water. He walks straight off the steps into the water and then doesn't want to be held. He wants to "swim" around by kicking his feet and splashing his arms. Definitly no longer a 2 person activity, but still very fun!

The boys are also getting very interested in chasing and wrestling. Caleb loves to chase Austin up and down the hallway. He gives Austin a little push in the back when he stops running and Austie laughs and keeps going. Brody and Austin are starting to wrestle. It starts as a hug and thens turns into a rolling match, with Scotty in the background shouting out what wrestling moves they are doing. Oh man.....I still can't believe I live with this many boys in the house :

Austie and Brody wrestling in the background....taking a breather I guess

Brody found daddy's flip flops and put his feet in and started walking around all by himself!