So much to write and so little time

Our triplets are doing great.

Darcy: Darcy started out as out smallest child 2 pounds 14 ounces at birth down to 2 lbs 7 ounces before she began to get the hang of eating. She is now our best eater. She is focused and our most coordinated eater. She is really cute when she holds her 8 ounces of milk as the bottle looks too big for her little hands. Then she show off by swinging the bottle around with one hand. Darcy gives great hugs and mashes her head into your when you come to give her a kiss, always with an excited smile. Darcy was our first to crawl and is our most independent and adventurous child. unlike Bryce who likes making sure you are watching Darcy is fine doing around cheeking things out on her own. She is also now our first child to pull up. She loves being tickled.

Bryce: Bryce is funny funny funny. She tries to make people laugh. She is always checking out people's reaction to her antics. They really are antics as she does things just to get responses. She has a "fake" laugh, where she yells "AHHHHH". Bryce recently had her first bottom tooth come through (10 months), the last of our children to get their first teeth. Bryce crawls really fast and is always on the move whenever she she some thing that catches her eye. She caused us to remove a plant from the floor where it was living for 6 years. Bryce one day decided the leaves were low lying fruit ready to be picked and constantly went back to the plant for more...Bryce is also a big fan of her bibs and anyone else's bib. Bibs are the best toy in the house. She prefers her bib to food. She is adept at taking off her bib as well as that of her brother and sister. Bryce is also funny in that she becomes semi paralyze when she receives soft touches. She freezes in whatever position she is in as if to fully enjoy the sensation.

Cooper: Cooper is a sweetie. People are enamoured with his long thick eyelashes, mostly the envious women. Cooper is now rocking back and forth on his knees, trying to keep up with his mobile sisters. Cooper loves smashing toys against the floor and loves watching a ball twist its way down the spiral. Cooper is a tough eater - he shuts his mouth when he is done eating and is hard to get him to change his mind once he feels he has had enough. Cooper is unique in that he never puts any toys in his mouth.

All our kids love when books are read to them. their eyes fixate and the room becomes silent. They also love when they hear live singing especially Twinkle Twinkle and the ABC's the two songs Audrey and I know.

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Not sure of the format I want to keep for this blog , so I am trying anything until I settle on something I like.

Kids:
We have three kids - triplets born on May 12th, 2008. Our two daughters, Bryce and Darcy and our son Cooper. Today is their 8 month birthday. We have taken photos in their personalized chairs every month. Maybe I will figure out how to post these in this blog.

Our kids had their first colds ever and the cold has lasted longer than I want. My fear with this illness is that it progresses from an upper respiratory tract infection to a lower respiratory tract infection. But that is just my craziness - I am pretty crazy. On the positive side, they are generally remarkably in good spirits for being sick for about 10 days. All still smiling and laughing.

We are really lucky and all our kids are incredible.

Our daughter Darcy (Snow Angel), the smallest of the three, has the most unbelievable disposition. She waits calmly in bed and smiles when you arrive. My wife, Audrey, says, "Darcy has not figured out that she can yell to get us to come and see her". I think she is content to do what she wants. She loves being tucked into her car seat, and just saying the word "tuck" makes her smile. She scrunches her nose, gives us an open mouth smile, and shrieks when we do "superbaby" - basically rocking her on her back side to side on an outstretched arm.

Our daughter Bryce (Grabby Hands) is also special. Bryce loves making people smile and laugh. She has developed a laugh which is so beautiful and is so happy to share with everyone around her. Her smile is contagious and makes everyone she meet smile back and comment. She really is a funny girl. She has great hand eye coordination. Bryce is able to focus and concentrate on tasks. I know this sounds odd when talking about an 8 month old but she is really focused when she is playing. She also blinks slllooowllyyy giving an inpression that she understands what you are saying.

Our son Cooper (Lil'man). Cooper is also funny and sweet. Cooper began responding to "Hi", with his own version of "Hi" at about 6 months. It is now a game for Cooper to say "hi" after he hears it, and this can go back and forth for a long time. Cooper is the most snugly of our three children. Cooper was born with the longest eyelashes and he continues to grow these lashes that have all the women jealous.

Hopefully will be able to add photos later in the day.

Bradley (Tus)