We took the babies to the street fair yesterday and they loved seeing all the people. We of course attracted a lot of attention and they posed for a couple photos. After 3 or 4 people asked to take pictures Cameron thought he would be a funny man and smack himself in the head a couple times anyone asked to take his picture. Afterwords we went to a birthday party and the quads loved the cake. I can't wait until they have their cakes to destroy!
Today we spent the day at the lake with the Styles Clan. It was nice just to relax and let the babies play in the grass and spend some time in the water. Aubrey, the diva she is, loved playing in the water as long as she was being held but not so much in her float.
Cameron and Matthew both figured out how to clap so I need to get some videos of that soon. Cameron is following his brothers around the house and now that they can move around we can't hide anywhere!
We have a busy week ahead! We are heading to Santa's Village with Uncle Dan and Auntie Allison then off to Old Orchard Beach for a couple days of camping, I start physical therapy the end of the week then finish off with Story Land with Uncle Tom and Auntie Kate. Man these babies have more of a social life than I ever had!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Our new tricks!
The babies have been on the move and taking over the house. The latest thing they love to do is clear off the DVDs and shove them under the entertainment center. Brady found the stairs and is attempting to get onto the landing...time to put up the gate! Matthew and Brady can get themselves up and down the little step to get into the toy room so they can check out the action in there. Cameron tries like hell to catch up with the older two and gets very frustrated while Aubrey is content playing alone...she must want to get away from the boys. LOL! Aubrey is the first to learn how to clap and she thinks she is pretty special. Here are a couple videos to show what I have caught in action so far this week.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Last but not least...
the little Diva cut her first teeth! She was super whiney all night on Friday night and Saturday morning the cause was discovered when she had 2 little teeth on the bottom. She is trying to catch up with the boys! To date the stats are Matthew-4, Brady-2, Aubrey-2 and Cameron-4.
Matthew and Brady are army crawling all over the place with Cameron learning quick. They will get up on all fours and crawl but realize they get where they want to go faster army style.
My dad took me to see Bon Jovi and Kid Rock last night and it was a great show but I have come to realize that I can't function as well on 4 hours sleep as I could 5 years ago. Is this a sig I am getting old??? Thankfully Ben's mom came and helped him with the kids when they got up at 5:30 this morning considering I had only gone to bed 1.5 hours before!
Today my old boss Carol came up from RI to meet the babies. Her and her husband, Al, had treated me like family since I began working for them in 1996. Unfortunately he passed away shortly after the quads birth and never got to meet him. It was great to see her and very nice of her son to drive her up for an afternoon visit.
This week is looking quiet for us so maybe I can get some pictures and another post up sometime this week.
Matthew and Brady are army crawling all over the place with Cameron learning quick. They will get up on all fours and crawl but realize they get where they want to go faster army style.
My dad took me to see Bon Jovi and Kid Rock last night and it was a great show but I have come to realize that I can't function as well on 4 hours sleep as I could 5 years ago. Is this a sig I am getting old??? Thankfully Ben's mom came and helped him with the kids when they got up at 5:30 this morning considering I had only gone to bed 1.5 hours before!
Today my old boss Carol came up from RI to meet the babies. Her and her husband, Al, had treated me like family since I began working for them in 1996. Unfortunately he passed away shortly after the quads birth and never got to meet him. It was great to see her and very nice of her son to drive her up for an afternoon visit.
This week is looking quiet for us so maybe I can get some pictures and another post up sometime this week.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Picture Time!
10 months old!
"Get me away from those BOYS!"
Chilling out in their new bean bag chairs
Loving the pool!
Aubrey in a great mood
Brady in his favorite hiding spot
Matthew up to no good
Cameron laughing at Brady...
who was cracking himself up!
Aubrey playing catch with Mommy!
"What? I didn't take Matty's blanket?!?!"
"HaHa! I got it back!"
"Get me away from those BOYS!"
Chilling out in their new bean bag chairs
Loving the pool!
Aubrey in a great mood
Brady in his favorite hiding spot
Matthew up to no good
Cameron laughing at Brady...
who was cracking himself up!
Aubrey playing catch with Mommy!
"What? I didn't take Matty's blanket?!?!"
"HaHa! I got it back!"
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Milestones!
The babies have been turning into big kids before our very eyes this week! What happened to the little midgets who had heads that fit in the palm of my hand? It makes me sad to realize those days are gone forever and I will never get to experience infancy again. :(
Matthew has decided that he can get everywhere by CRAWLING!!! He does get on all fours and crawl a foot or so then he decides that it is quicker to army crawl. He loves that he can find Daddy whenever he wants to! He is up to 3 teeth now, 1 on top and 2 on the bottom.
Brady thinks he is the coolest because he stands up and the others can't. He just looks at them and says "haha" then usually falls over because he is too busy teasing to pay attention. He has two teeth on the bottom now.
Aubrey still is toothless and is trying to crawl with little success. She loves when we sing the Elmo song to her and she repeats the "la la la la" when we sing it. It is so cute!
Cameron is the leader of the tooth race with 4 and one on the way, 2 on top and 2 on bottom. He watches Brady pull himself up and tries to follow suit by grabbing the couch cushion and looking at it like "why aren't you standing me up?"
The are trying more and more table food and doing well with it. I think the transition to having regular meals with us should be easy in another month or so. They are all bug fans of straws so I ordered some new spill proof straw cups to give them at meal time hopefully eliminating all but the bedtime bottle within the next few weeks.
We spent the past 2 days at Moose Hillock Campground with Uncle Tom and Auntie Kate. They slept great and were so well behaved. Swimming was fun! They loved the water in their floats but enjoyed it way more when they were being held. Everyone there kept asking if they were quads and the other usual questions. I was able to swim since my wrist is making a great recovery so I had the stitches out and got a removable splint. I still can't lift the babies or do anything with my hand until I start therapy in a couple weeks.
Ben had his 3 month check and everything still looks good so he has one more 3 month check then he goes onto 6 months checks. He has been cleared to work part time with no more than 2 consecutive hours sitting or standing.
Matthew has decided that he can get everywhere by CRAWLING!!! He does get on all fours and crawl a foot or so then he decides that it is quicker to army crawl. He loves that he can find Daddy whenever he wants to! He is up to 3 teeth now, 1 on top and 2 on the bottom.
Brady thinks he is the coolest because he stands up and the others can't. He just looks at them and says "haha" then usually falls over because he is too busy teasing to pay attention. He has two teeth on the bottom now.
Aubrey still is toothless and is trying to crawl with little success. She loves when we sing the Elmo song to her and she repeats the "la la la la" when we sing it. It is so cute!
Cameron is the leader of the tooth race with 4 and one on the way, 2 on top and 2 on bottom. He watches Brady pull himself up and tries to follow suit by grabbing the couch cushion and looking at it like "why aren't you standing me up?"
The are trying more and more table food and doing well with it. I think the transition to having regular meals with us should be easy in another month or so. They are all bug fans of straws so I ordered some new spill proof straw cups to give them at meal time hopefully eliminating all but the bedtime bottle within the next few weeks.
We spent the past 2 days at Moose Hillock Campground with Uncle Tom and Auntie Kate. They slept great and were so well behaved. Swimming was fun! They loved the water in their floats but enjoyed it way more when they were being held. Everyone there kept asking if they were quads and the other usual questions. I was able to swim since my wrist is making a great recovery so I had the stitches out and got a removable splint. I still can't lift the babies or do anything with my hand until I start therapy in a couple weeks.
Ben had his 3 month check and everything still looks good so he has one more 3 month check then he goes onto 6 months checks. He has been cleared to work part time with no more than 2 consecutive hours sitting or standing.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Mr Mom
Ben is finding it very challenging being Mr. Mom! I always would tell him he didn't understand how hard taking care of the four of them is and I don't think he fully believed it until this week. I am able to still put away their clothes, get out clothes for bed and the next day, get their food together, make bottles so he doesn't have as much to do as I normally do in a day but we is definitely realizing that being a full time parent is as much if not more work than working outside the house full time.
We are grateful to have Jackie here to do baths Monday, Wednesday and Friday because that takes a lot off of Ben. Not that it is difficult to give them baths but it takes a good hour to get the four of them bathed and dressed. It is so frusturating for me to not be able to do everything for the babies and I think they are upset that I am unable to meet all of thier needs. It stinks!
The past couple of days the babies have been crabby and not sleeping well. A couple of them spiked fevers that lasted only hours and now Matthew and Cameron have developed a rash so Ben is taking them to the doctors today to find out what is going on with them. Sleeping through all of this has not been an easy task! Monday night Cameron would not stop crying unless Ben was holding him in his arms so I spent the night trying to get all the other 3 back to sleep. Tuesday night, thankfully, Diana spent the night so I could try to sleep and Ben needed to get rest for his CAT scan yesterday, Last night was ROUGH! Matthew and Cameron did not sleep hardly at all and Brady decided to join the group up early this morning.
Brady made a big milestone last night when he went from laying down to sitting up then pulled himself to standing, dropped his paci, went down for it and stood back up! What a big boy!!!
We are grateful to have Jackie here to do baths Monday, Wednesday and Friday because that takes a lot off of Ben. Not that it is difficult to give them baths but it takes a good hour to get the four of them bathed and dressed. It is so frusturating for me to not be able to do everything for the babies and I think they are upset that I am unable to meet all of thier needs. It stinks!
The past couple of days the babies have been crabby and not sleeping well. A couple of them spiked fevers that lasted only hours and now Matthew and Cameron have developed a rash so Ben is taking them to the doctors today to find out what is going on with them. Sleeping through all of this has not been an easy task! Monday night Cameron would not stop crying unless Ben was holding him in his arms so I spent the night trying to get all the other 3 back to sleep. Tuesday night, thankfully, Diana spent the night so I could try to sleep and Ben needed to get rest for his CAT scan yesterday, Last night was ROUGH! Matthew and Cameron did not sleep hardly at all and Brady decided to join the group up early this morning.
Brady made a big milestone last night when he went from laying down to sitting up then pulled himself to standing, dropped his paci, went down for it and stood back up! What a big boy!!!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Happy to be home!
I was so happy to get home and see my babies today! It is going to be a hard month or so for all of us I think. Ben is going to have to take over the role of primary caregiver and the babies are going to have to learn I cannot meet all their needs. The toughest part for me will be letting others help out. I am always wanting to do it all and hate to ask for help.
So it all began Thursday night when I had been up countless times with Aubrey. The final trip into the babies room had me contemplating bringing Aubrey into our room to sleep in the mini crib so I wouldn't have to make another trip in. Thank God I didn't! I thought I was heading in my bedroom and was reaching for the door as I took another step and realized that I was falling down the stairs. I bounced off a couple steps before smashing off the wall at the bottom and hearing a snap. I knew then my wrist was broken. Ben heard the fall, me scream and Cameron start crying he thought I had a baby in my arms when I fell. I am so grateful that wasn't the case!
Ben grabbed me a couple ice packs, went upstairs to calm the crying babies, get me clothes, help me dress and got ahold of Tom and Kate to come watch the babies so he could bring me to the ER. As soon as we got there the ER doctor took one look and told the nurse to make me comfortable because it was broke and the needed X-rays. After some painful x-rays they tried to find me a Orthopedist that was willing to take the case and finally found Concord Hospital, two hours away. My parents and Ben kept me company during the day and after much confusion I finally got operated on and got back into my room around 10pm. The surgeon informed me that was one of the worst breaks he had worked on. It broke off at the joint with lots of fragments and it was resting below the rest of the bone.
So now I am hanging out with no use of my left arm for 6 weeks which means no lifting the babies. :( We are very grateful to Tom and Kate for always being here whenever we need them, coming at 2am and keeping the babies for 2 nights. A huge thank you to Jackie for doing all she does for us on a daily basis and always stepping up to help in a crisis. She always knows just where to find everything and what the babies schedule is so I am able to just leave her in charge if need be. Thanks to Diana, Matt, Crystal, Ryan and Lauryn for helping with feedings and keeping the babies happy and to the Styles for setting up our yard sale.
If the weather is nice we hope to put out the yard sale stuff and make some cash now that I will technically be out of work for the next several weeks.
So it all began Thursday night when I had been up countless times with Aubrey. The final trip into the babies room had me contemplating bringing Aubrey into our room to sleep in the mini crib so I wouldn't have to make another trip in. Thank God I didn't! I thought I was heading in my bedroom and was reaching for the door as I took another step and realized that I was falling down the stairs. I bounced off a couple steps before smashing off the wall at the bottom and hearing a snap. I knew then my wrist was broken. Ben heard the fall, me scream and Cameron start crying he thought I had a baby in my arms when I fell. I am so grateful that wasn't the case!
Ben grabbed me a couple ice packs, went upstairs to calm the crying babies, get me clothes, help me dress and got ahold of Tom and Kate to come watch the babies so he could bring me to the ER. As soon as we got there the ER doctor took one look and told the nurse to make me comfortable because it was broke and the needed X-rays. After some painful x-rays they tried to find me a Orthopedist that was willing to take the case and finally found Concord Hospital, two hours away. My parents and Ben kept me company during the day and after much confusion I finally got operated on and got back into my room around 10pm. The surgeon informed me that was one of the worst breaks he had worked on. It broke off at the joint with lots of fragments and it was resting below the rest of the bone.
So now I am hanging out with no use of my left arm for 6 weeks which means no lifting the babies. :( We are very grateful to Tom and Kate for always being here whenever we need them, coming at 2am and keeping the babies for 2 nights. A huge thank you to Jackie for doing all she does for us on a daily basis and always stepping up to help in a crisis. She always knows just where to find everything and what the babies schedule is so I am able to just leave her in charge if need be. Thanks to Diana, Matt, Crystal, Ryan and Lauryn for helping with feedings and keeping the babies happy and to the Styles for setting up our yard sale.
If the weather is nice we hope to put out the yard sale stuff and make some cash now that I will technically be out of work for the next several weeks.
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