Well, all 3 boys are on the move. Aiden army crawls like a crazy man all over the house. He prompted us to put up gates, put in outlet protectors, etc. He is into everything. Reese is doing a cross between an army crawl and a regular crawl. He gets tired of how slow his regular crawl is and goes into the army crawl. Noah is doing the traditional crawl and it is hilarious! Every movement is very intentional. He thinks hard about every time he moves a hand or knee. It is the cutest thing ever. I love watching all of them move around. They have also suddenly figured out how to go from crawling to sitting. I was convinced they would never figure this out (okay, I knew they would eventually it was just taking a long time in my mind). It's like they all of the sudden looked at each other and decided it was time to do it. Aiden still lays on his side more rather than getting to sitting. He looks like a model laying on his side. Ha! He generally pulls himself to his knees by things like the bouncy seat and then sits.
They are also graduating to big boys foods. Thank goodness! I was getting pretty tired of grinding everything up, including things like lasagna (it does not look nearly as appetizing when it's pureed). We've starting cutting things up really small and letting them pick up their food. Aiden is thrilled. He wants to do everything himself. They are also drinking out of sippy cups at meals. Wahoo! They still have an afternoon "snack" bottle with their yogurt for snacktime and a bottle before bed.
People ask me if it makes me sad that they're crawling and eating like big boys. In short, no. I love watching them learn knew things. I LOVE that we can do more with them now. They love going on the swings at the park. That is so much fun to me. I love watching them giggle as they swing back and forth. I love that we can put them in the grass with a ball and they crawl around after it. I loved when they were little and I could cuddle them whenever I wanted. They didn't try to get away from me then. :) They are just so much more fun now. I love to watch them play and move all around. I'm also asked if I look forward to walking the way I looked forward to crawling. NO! That will be much more difficult for me to handle. That's a big step in mobility. They get into a lot now, imagine what they will get into then. Oh my. What 1 won't think of the other 2 will. I'm asked often if I still have a lot of help. Yes and no. It depends. I have 3 afternoons a week that I generally have help for a couple of hours. Wednesdays I have my mom and other days there are people that I can call if need be. I am beyond grateful for the people who help me on a regular basis when they could easily do something else with their time. I love having them here. Generally speaking though the days are just me. Is it hard? Yes. Do I sometimes wish I had more help so it would be easier to get things done? Yes. At the end of the day though I do my best. If I didn't finish everything on my list for that day, oh well. If the boys are well taken care of and I've survived the day I consider that a success.
I was thinking this week about how much we like to share our "journey" with other people. We get a lot of enjoyment out of seeing other people interact with and love our boys. Watching the boys with their grandparents, aunts and uncles, our friends and even people who are just amazed at the miracle of triplets is so great. That wasn't as easy at first. We live in a world where everyone is very private. I can remember when we went through Reese's "episode" and surgery I had a very hard time understanding how it effected other people. I just wrap my brain around the fact that it was hard on other people. That probably sounds selfish, but that's reality. It took me time to realize how hard that would be if I experienced it from a different perspective..aunt, sister, or otherwise. So now that I see how much they can bless people around them I work hard to make sure we share what we have been given.
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