Please Do Not Feed The Animals

We may have to ask a few questions at the hospital because I think Mitchell is actually part monkey. He is so busy! He crawls and climbs on and over anything or anyone. He has absolutely no fear of anything. We have put on money on him to be the first one we take the ER with a broken bone or head wound. I am finally realizing part of the reason that he is so much lighter than Casey, the fact that he cannot stay still. He isn't really too interested in his bottles but cannot shove enough food or other objects into his mouth at one time....including arrowroot cookies, cheerios, his sister's hair or any part of anyone's body, magazines, basically anything that he comes across. He has the cutest laugh and loves being tickled.




Casey is still the goofy one. He makes such silly faces and noises. He has recently started humming and pretending to sing as he sways his head back and forth. It is priceless! He will you hugs if he is in the right mood...it melts my heart. Casey is the biggest toy thief of the group and can be a bit of a bully at times. His favorite thing to steal is Mitchell's soothie right out of his mouth (and then he just throws it away). But if anyone tries to take anything from him or even just touches something he has, he is devastated.

Casey brought it to my attention that the shelves with the monitor on it were a little too close to his crib.


Maggie has gotten more chatty and smiley over the past few months. She loves being able to explore things now that she can crawl and can keep up with the boys. She has been standing up in her crib now and lately has just realized that she can reach over and hang onto Casey's crib. She spends a good part of her awake time clapping and smiling...looking so pleased with herself. She is such a sweetie.



They love it when I put them into one crib all together. The boys can be getting on each other's nerves, but as soon as they are in the crib the three of them have a blast. They roll around, bury their faces in the blankets, shriek and squeal, climb up on the crib, climb over and on each other, etc. It is really funny to watch.

Sneak Peak

Last Sunday we went to the Forestry Farm to have some pictures taken of the babies. I really regret not getting professional photos taken of them when they were itty bitty, so I definately wanted to do this before they turned 1 (which I am having some major issues with!!).

It rained all morning but by the afternoon it had luckily cleared up. The babies all cooperated pretty well, but by the end Casey was ready to be done and Mitchell was feeling the same way. Maggie on the other hand had hours left of smiles in her. I think she was preparing for her future modelling career.

Our photographer was great with the babies and sent me a sneak peak of a picture of each of them. It will be a couple of weeks before we get all of the pictures back but I thought I would share these three pictures.

Wagon Rides

The babies got early birthday gifts from Grandma and Grandpa, two little red wagons. Grandpa took them on their first few rides which they really enjoyed. The looked pretty proud to be riding in them.

Maggie, Casey and Grandpa

Maggie, Mitchell and Grandpa

Casey

Mitchell

So far Maggie seems to maybe enjoy the rides the most. On one ride with Grandpa she was lounging back, arms up on the sides taking it all in. She just needed a drink in her hand and she could have been laying by the pool. Last night Daniel and I toook them around the block and she was smiling, laughing and clapping the entire ride. I am wondering now if it was because she had the wagon all to herself...her big brothers had to share their wagon.



We have been going for walks most days, but it is nice in the evenings to take them out in the wagons. Hopefully we will have many more nice days left this summer to use them. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Summer Pictures

We went out the lake a few weekends ago. We had good weather Saturday and spent a lot of the day outside. I can't believe that it is the middle of July and there has been very few really nice summer days.
Here are a few pictures from the weekend (Auntie Gail took a lot of these)
Mitchell


Casey


Maggie



Daddy and the babes relaxing

The babes and 4 of their 7 cousins


Friday Daniel and I got out for a round of golf which was nice seeing as last year I only got out twice (my belly got in the way of swinging fairly early on). We switched vehicles and Grandma and Grandpa took the babes out to the lake. After they left, someone at the golf course told us that there was a funnel cloud that touched down a few minutes outside of North Battleford, at a point where they would have to drive right past. I had visions of the vehicle being picked up and carried away with everyone in there. So, being a paranoid mommy I called to make sure they were still on the ground, and of course they were and were just fine.

Go Daddy Go

A few weekends ago we went to watch Daniel play baseball. The babes have been to two of his games before but we always had to leave early to get home to bed. They lasted pretty good through the whole game. I gave them their bottles in the stroller and then lots of puffed wheat and cheerios and that kept them satisfied. I realized something after we left there that day...someone told me that once you have kids, you really don't get to watch much of the games until after a few years when your they are older...now I get what they were talking about. We'll be going to Muenster again at he beginning of August to watch their provincials and stay with Grandma and Grandpa Rauckman.

Here are a few pictures of Daniel and the babes at the ball diamond.



(I can't figure out why Casey and Maggie's pictures are sideways...sorry)

Hey Guys, Wait For Me!

And last, but certainly not least...little Miss Maggie! After a week or two of looking like she was spinning her wheels trying to get those little legs going in the right direction and at the right time, she is officially crawling. Maggie is such a quiet and content little girl, we weren't sure when she would crawl because she was so happy just laying on her back or sitting and playing with a toy. But I guess she decided she can't let her brothers get into all of the mischief. Maggie was doing a few exercises in the week leading up to her crawling. Like Casey, she must be wanting to work her abs for swimsuit season. Here she is doing a plank and her yoga move, downward dog.


Here is Maggie in action. She was on a mission to get her sippy cup.


Everyone started crawling within about 3 weeks of each other. Actually there were 12 days between Mitchell and Casey crawling and then 12 days between Casey and Maggie....kind of interesting. We are quickly finding out how crazy our lives are going to be with three mobile babies. And we are also finding out things that need to be moved or doors that always need to be closed (Mitchell is fascinated by the toilet....maybe that means he will be easy to potty train?) If one of them doesn't find something they shouldn't have or shouldn't get into, we can bet one of the other two will (and have).

Way to go Maggie!!!