we're still here....and I've finally posted some pictures!

Sorry, I've been really bad at keeping up this blog. I'm not sure why exactly, maybe it has something to do with all the kids? We've been really busy, Hannah's back at school and playing volleyball, the twins are all settled into their toddler beds (but their naps are shorter), Jack is sitting up, scooting around and rolling all over the place, but not yet crawling. He is doing better with sleeping and gets up once now between 5-6am and nurses and goes back to bed for a little while. And he's eating almost everything, even adult food, it's amazing and I didn't think it would really happen this soon. He's only just started eating purees in July. It's actually really fun to have the whole family eating the same thing, we all had pancakes over the weekend, and recently had lasagna and he LOVES it. In fact, he's not willing to sit by and watch you eat anything in front of him- he starts yelling and grunting loudly, so if you're eating, you HAVE to share with him, or hide.

Today, we went with some members of the AMOTC (Albuquerque Mothers of Twins Club) to a senior center just to visit and spend time with them. The people there just LOVED seeing the twins (and our singletons). I was surprised by the number of ladies there that shared with me they had twins themselves. They had lots of good stories! We even did a craft with them, we made bird feeders out of sliced squash with peanut butter spread on both sides, with seeds stuck on. Amber did a great job with the craft, two very nice older ladies helped her. Ethan was more interested in the bowling pins and balls in their activity room and ignored the craft completely. That was fine by me, if he was happier to do that, so was I. I haven't been as diligent with taking pictures, with all three of them, I'm excited to just get out the door and get on the road on time these days!

Last weekend, Hannah had her big slumber party over here, 10 girls were invited, some couldn't make it since they were gone for Labor Day weekend, but you wouldn't have been able to tell by the noise, it was as loud as you can imagine. Whew, I'm glad it's over :)

Here are some pictures and some of them are out of order, I have a hard time getting the pictures where I want them to be in these posts.

Hanging out in the living room with cake and icecream. All the girls in the living room eating cake and ice cream.

Hannah playing in their first game, she's #18, middle front in the green. They creamed the other team!

Amber and Ethan playing in their "tents," they like to climb in and camp out sometimes, Amber always has her blankie with her.



Here, they are INSIDE Jack's crib (Jack was with me picking out Amber and Ethan's clothes, in our basket of clean laundry that I never put away:) I thought they were just playing with some toys on the floor, but I could here Amber from the other room saying, "now we need some music!" and I went to check and they had climbed right in and were jumping all over the place!
The next picture is when Amber was feeling like giving Jack a hug.

We had a playdate with our friend from MOPS who also lives in our neighborhood. The kids must have been hungry because there was only crust and very few grapes left after lunch! The next one was taken after lunch when I told them it was time for nap and they went to hide behind the curtain, with their sippy cups.

More birthday party pictures, this is the morning after when they all went outside and were dancing, one girl brought her laptop so there was always a steady supply of music! I didn't think they'd have the energy for that, but I guess they did. The picture is kind of checkered because I was taking it through a window. They didn't want me taking pictures, so I had to be sneaky and get some from inside the house.

This is when they were outside the night before and she was opening gifts...she is SO ENAMORED with Twilight, it's hilarious. She's read all of the books over 5 times, I'm not exaggerating.

They roasted some marshmallows in the chiminea, and had a good time outside until about 10:30pm. It was lights out at 11:30pm and then there was a lot of talking/giggling. I'm pretty confident that everyone was asleep just after midnight.

I hosted a Wheels Morning here with the Mom's club and we had a really nice time. Lots of kids brought their favorite wheelie toys and rode around while the moms hung out and chatted under she shade. Jack had a good time too! Amber wouldn't smile for the camera, she only wanted to eat her chip.

Here are some random close-ups that Hannah took of Jack the other day. His eyelashes are sooo long.

Hannah was so excited when she got her new charm bracelet/watch for her birthday from Grandma and Nonno Menicucci and Uncle Jeremy. She LOVES it.