A busy day at the Doctor's office

We had quite a busy day at the Doctor's office today. Tripp had his three year old well baby check. It went so well. He talked the whole time to Dr. Kimberly. She gave him a pen to draw with and he told her he was going to draw Superman. First he began with his right hand and almost immediatley began to use his left hand. We are almost sure that he is a lefty. He eats and does most things with that hand but then will surprise you and use his right hand. It is very interesting. 

"Are you a good helper and do you love your brothers?"

Yes. And I like to pet them

"Do the babies keep you up all night?"

Yes

"Do you like to play?"

I no like to play

"Do you like preschool?

Yes, I play with Zoey and Carson

"What is your favorite healthy food?" 

A lolly (Lollipop - good answer Tripp, Juliette's response at three to Dr. Kimberly was chocolate)

"Are you a funny boy Tripp?"

No, I da Dickens

"And Tripp how old are you?"

I'm five

"Are you sure about that?"

Yes I mam sure

Hilarious! 

Tripp is now 34 pounds (74th percentile) and 38 1/2 inches tall (67 percentile)

Take a guess if he wanted to wear the gown? You're right! No way! He was sure Dr. Kimberly needed to see his belly button.

Then the twins were next! They had their three month checkup with some shots. They were ready to go. We have an official colicky baby just like I was. It has been miserable for poor Thomas. We changed formulas and began Zantac two days ago and we have a completely different baby! He actually now looks forward to eating and so now does Mommy who feeds him. 

They made out great. Thomas is now 11 pounds 9 ounces and Tyler is 13 pounds 1 ounce. They are growing beautifully. 

Tyler

Thomas

Rainy days make us all a little nutty!

So instead we decide to brave out the rain and play with our wonderful friends, the Huntington boys. Tripp is in Heaven now that he has some little "Man Friends" as he calls them. We are SO happy they have moved back to Charleston!

And then to end the night with some selfies on the couch! I think all four of us were nutty by the end of the evening. 

If two hands can't do the trick...

You can always add the chin! 

A 3rd birthday celebration!

And just like that I have a baby turning three years old! We had a wonderful celebration today at the Little Gym with his whole little class. The children had SO much fun as it was a few's first time at a birthday party. Tripp LOVED it and loved running around. It is so cute at this age as they still independently play. They like to sit by each other but they don't understand group play yet and all run the motions and the games at the same time but really are independently doing things. 

Don was on call today and as luck would have it got slammed right around the time of the party. We still had a great time but wished he could join in the fun.

Tripp, you are the funniest little guy. As a toddler with Juliette, the house remained intact. Somehow, since you have come along in typical boy style, I feel like the house takes a beating everyday. There are some days it seems anything you touch either gets banged, bruised or broken. Hence life with a little boy! To think there are two more the poor house has to survive. 

You are truly a Comedian. Your particularness is still very evident. It is most noted every morning when you get out of bed and are already concerned about what you will be wearing for the day. Your favorite is still "Birthday Dog and jammie pants." If you could wear jammies every day and all day you would be one thrilled big! 

You have begun to ask lots of questions and "why" is your favorite word. You have a fit even thinking that it may be time to take a nap or go hushaby. I remind you each day that Mommy wishes she could take a nap! Before nap though you love to sit on the chair and read stories and you love a good story telling.You laugh hysterically when we tell you the story of the little boys and girls and their dogs…

"There once was a little boy named Thomas and he loved his dog Gypsy

and a little girl Juliette and she loved her dog Dypsy

and another little boy Tyler and he loved his dog Typsy

and there was a Mommy and she loved her dog Pipsy

and Daddy who loved his dog Mipsy

and finally there was a little boy named Tripp and he loved his dog "Bob"

And finally in good three year old style you love the word "NO"… if we say yes to anything, you have to disagree with "No"…. if we say it is…. you say, "No it isn't" and if we offer you something we would like you to have, you will respond, "I no want that…" EXCEPT if its a lollipop! You are a boy with the biggest sweet tooth! Your Tessa says each day that you will marry a girl some day named "Candy"

My sweet boy loves some sweets and has the sweetest little heart! We cherish you each day and love you you SO very much! You are my favorite three year old around!

Love,

Mommy

Tripp and his two favorite girls and best little friend Carson! He loves to call Zoey his "girlfriend"

A birthday bash

Juliette and her classmates had a ball at Claire's birthday party! They painted at "Wine and Design" and giggled the whole time with each other. It is so much fun to sit back and just watch the little girl fun! They were each so proud of the art work. 

One likes to splash splash...

and the other DOESN'T

Tyler enjoys a nice warm bath in the sink

but not little Thomas! 

Half flapper, half mermaid… half who knows what else...

This girl cracks me up! My Mom and I just found the cutest bathing suit for her with a swim cap to add to the ensemble! Are you kidding me? She looks half flapper and half swimmer! Can't wait to see the looks when she shows up at the neighborhood pool with this specialty!

I get the feeling she is over the cold weather when she comes trotting down in this outfit at 8:00 PM.