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Over due post plus pictures

I just realized its been over 1 month of not 1 single post. So I am a crappy blogger or a busy mommy. I think I am going to go with busy mommy ;). Not much to report on our end just the past few months have been nonstop sick kids. We have had clinical pneumonia, a virus called fifth disease and the latest including myself was bronchitis. Its just been awful!! I hate giving the kids breathing treatments/nebulizer because i have to wrestle one monkey down while the other one turns the machine on and off and the last monkey unplugs it. I am also not a huge fan of giving the kids medication so I hate the fact that for almost 2 months straight they have been on some type of antibiotic. Did i mention my husband was also in the hospital while I was home with sick kids ALONE???!!! If you think you have a huge support system or a big family wait until you need help and you will see who comes around..lol..Just today we found out why the kids are always getting so sick our bloodwork results came in and Karl and Arianna have what they call a thin linning in their nose. The Dr said they are more likely to get sick because their immune system is not fully matured yet. He told us hopefully they will grow out of it and about 15% of the population has this.

On a better note in the past month we did the March of Babies walk and we also went to the Philadelphia Zoo for Mothers Day. I have been trying to keep the kids away from everyone and indoor germy places like the mall, chukie cheese, playdates, resturants, etc... We did buy season passes for Six Flags so we took the kids through the safari several times just to get them out of the house. The kids love it but about 45 mins in they start getting bored and screaming and crying.

My babies now think they are the dog, anytime someone sneeks past the gate into the kitchen they run to the backdoor and crawl out the doggy door. I can only imagine what my neighbors think. If its not crying and screaming coming from my house its the kids trying to break out through the doggy door. Well on to Little Miss Arianna loves to scream M-a-MMMME all day long. Yes its very cute but after awhile its not cute anymore..lol.Arianna loves to steal all the wipes so she can clean the floor and goes nuts if you stop at a drive thru for food without giving her any the second the bag comes in the car, Gabby is starting to act like a big girl and not my baby anymore. She is following directions, trying to help clean and speaking alot more. Karl is my little cuddle bug yet if you turn your head he will hang from the railing going upstairs, He thinks he is the boss and tackles the girls down to the ground to steal a toy. I know what a great brother..lol..

A Few Wild Days

Yeap a few wild days its been! Those of you thinking wild in any other way but babies climbing over the gates, Karl escaping from his crib, Arianna pushing everyone to the ground as she walks past them, the dogs opening the baby gates, Gabby has 2 back teeth coming in, Karl has 1..does this equal wild, crazy, stressful to u???? i think this past week alone I have gotten a few more gray hairs. Oh did I mention we have sick kids again?? Yeap off to the doctor we go tomorrow at 11:30.

Today we took the girls for their first haircut i am not exactly sure what they were suppose to cut since the girls are bald but i figured maybe a trim will help them grow some hair, Karl got his 2nd haircut and the girl cut it so short. I will post the pics tomorrow when i get a chance.

I do want to say we did the MS Walk with my aunt last sunday and it turned out to be a really nice day. We will also be doing the March of Dimes this sunday if anyone wants to join our team or donate/sponsor us you can do so at http://www.marchforbabies.org/cmartinez11278

Gabby is Home! ~Happy Easter!~

I just wanted to give you a quick update on Gabby. She was admitted to the hospital last friday for possible MRSA. Test came back positive and she did have MRSA. Poor baby spent 6 long very long days in the hospital. i don't know who it was tougher on Gabby or myself, i felt awful having my beans separated they have never ever been apart. Finally on Monday I brought Gabs a pic of her brother and sister to hang in her crib, she took the pic from me and kissed both Arianna and Karl. It just broke my heart and i lost it. I was so upset I never ever want to have any of my children admitted to the hospital again. Thursday the entire family got checked for MRSA to see if we are carriers but we are still waiting on the results it takes 5-7 days. On a better note she was released Wednesday night and happy as a clam to be home in her own crib with her partners in crime.

`ME!~ME!~ME!~

That is all I hear all day long!!!! Ma-Ma, bye bye and Me...its driving me insane. At first i thought it was cute the me thing but try hearing it 12hrs a day all day times 3. Then on top of the me thing my kids all take after me they love running the street so if they aren't saying me usually Gabriella is at the door saying bye-bye and crying when I tell them not today. I know i am gonna go in circles but I have so much catching up my brain is on overload. Some days my house is like the monkey section of the drive thru safari at Six Flags. The beans try to hang from my mini blinds like they are monkey bars. Which means I now need to keep my blinds pulled up until they go to bed so all my neighbors can now see in my house...lol...Mr Karl decided the other day to climb up on the glider to be able to reach the remote on top of the tv stand. I almost had a hear attack because he is half on the chair, the other half of his body is dangling and he is reaching for the remote with one hand. Okay now on to Little Miss Arianna loves to steal diapers, clothes wipes i.e from me when I am changing one of the other kids. When i call her over to bring it back she will get just close enough to reach out to hand the stuff back to me and then she turns around and takes off with it again. At that point I now have a naked kid running around and Arianna going in another direction with the diapers...Nothing is safe and never a dull moment anymore.

Some of you may now about our Florida trip and for the others that don't WE SURVIVED our surprise trip to Florida!! I couldn't post anything on here about it since my Dad reads our blog. We decided to plan a road trip with the 3 kids to visit my dad. So we thought by leaving at night right at bedtime would be a great idea WRONG!! We left a little later around 830 by the time we hit the Delaware Memorial Bridge we had to stop, let the kids out of the car seats, change diapers and so on..For those of you that don't know the bridge is only about 2 1/2hrs away from Staten Island at that point I almost wanted to head back home because I thought how the heck are we gonna drive another 16-17hrs constantly stopping. After the first stop and listening to lots of crying and screaming Karl and Arianna fell asleep around 2am Gabriella finally fell asleep so we were able to make up some time because once the daylight hit we could no longer keep driving without making a million stops. We did it 19hrs later we pulled up to my Dads driveway and surprised him!! The visit was fun we went to Clearwater it was the first time we took the kids to the beach, a petting farm, chukie cheese, a Yankees spring training game, the park, shopping, a flea market and lots of strolls around the neighborhood. I will post pics later.

Heres some stats and updates on each one...
Arianna is 21lbs 4oz-she is finally get some teeth in so she now has 4 teeth on top in the front and 2 on the bottom. Nanas loves to sing old mcdonald and her favorite part that she repeats over and over is the e-i-e-i ohhh
Karl is 20 lbs-got 1 of his molars in and has a bunch of teeth in the front..lol..he loves to steal Ariannas binky and make her cry. Monkey boy also walks around the grunting making the hulk sound.
Gabby is 21lbs 8oz-seems more advanced for some reason. She loves her baby dolls and will walk around with them all day. Gabs loves to sit on the couch and look out the window if she isnt at the door telling me she wants to go bye-byes. She is also along with her sister going to be my little dancer. The other day MTV spring break happen to be on and she was standing in front of the tv dancing away to some rap song...dont ask..lol..

Mission Control ....We Have 3 Walkers!!!

Its official we finally have 3 walkers or should i say 1 runner and 2 walkers..The beans are on the move and nothing seems to hold them back. They break out of baby jail, they try to sneak upstairs if we forget to lock the gate the right way, they are feeding the dogs sippy cups, cookies and binkies every time we look away..Gabriella can climb in and out of the baby swing~yes even though they are 15 months old they still love the swing so i refuse to put it away. We also had our first real boo-boo since the beans were born (yes i am a worry wart and a freak about safety so I guess the first boo-boo's should have come a long time ago) anyway yesterday I just got home from Dr. George with Karl and I didn't even get to take my coat off and he feel and hit his check bone on the tv stand. Thank god it wasn't bleeding that much and i put ice on his face right away so now he looks like a little tough guy with his scratch and puffy cheek. Wait that wasn't the only one yesterday about 20 minutes later Arianna and Karl were playing with the fisher price laugh and learn shopping cart and boom down goes Arianna all I see is gushing blood from her lip. Once again back to the freezer for ice! So Arianna now has a purple fat bottom lip :( I am telling you yesterday wasn't our day.

Heres some pics from Aunt Wendy's wedding...Aren't they the cutest flower girls and ring bearer you've ever seen???

Mommy and Karl






Daddy and Miss Gabriella on the dance floor





Mommy and her beans



Just the girls....

Long Overdue

I thought as the beans get older it would get a bit easier~boy was i wrong!!! I am so dam tired that once they go to bed lately i am right behind them. I feel like the day is just not long enough anymore. We have been busy with doctors appointments , play dates, my birthday, all the therapist coming in to work with them, my Dad was in the hospital, they were in a wedding Saturday night and the list goes on......Just to give you an idea of our schedule here it goes
Monday speech 11:30am to 1pm
social worker for family counseling 530-630pm
Tuesday special ed 430pm-6pm
Friday speech 11:30am-1pm
occupational therapy 4pm-5pm
Sunday occupational therapy 11am-noon

so this is just part of the schedule plus whatever comes up week to week...So does anyone want to come over and help keep the house clean and prepare the kids???? Come on any volunteers??

Gabriella is on the move, she walks like a little robot all over the house. For some reason my Gabby loves to climb on the couch and jump up and down. After a few weeks of this i have learned to turn my head and hope for the best~ i have made myself so nervous and I cant seem to keep her off the couch!! She now has 8 teeth and eats like a little lady. Miss Gab is such a little nerd during her sessions with the therapist that come in to work with the beans she loves to watch and sit through everyones sessions, heck i cant get the other 2 to sit through their own session.

Karl is still only taking a few steps at a time and has the same 6 teeth for months. All his teeth came out like crazy and then just stopped. He is just like his Daddy he loves to sit in the window or at the front door watching everything outside. I think his speech teacher is working because he is finally saying doggy and points to the dogs-when i ask him where are the doggies. He has become my best sleeper and is finally sleeping through the night again unlike his sisters.

Miss Arianna has found her voice~she feels the need to scream 24-7 at the top of her lungs, I am not talking about a cry scream I am talking about a full blown I am falling off a building scream. I know I say every month has fresh she has become but it keeps getting worse. She has such a innocent look to her but she loves to hit, steal toys and throw full blown tantrums. Arianna still has her same 4 little teeth, she has been taking a few steps but she is a speed crawler. Miss Freshy Fresh is not a fan of her therapy sessions at all~she has yet to sit through an entire session.

I have lots of new pics to update (wedding, play dates, the park) but the camera is downstairs, its 530am and I refuse to walk past the nursery because I do not want to wake anyone up. I will try to post pics later today. One last thing...would anyone like to do the March of Dimes with me? I will be setting up a team soon~its a chance to get some exercise, outing for the kids and a good cause... email me if you want to walk cmartinez11278@yahoo.com

As always please keep Morgan and her family in your prayers, she needs blood transfusions and is B+ so she can get o+ or B+ blood or you can donate platelets to her. I am going to make a trip into the city within the next few weeks to donate so if you want to come with me let me know.
http://caringbridge.org/visit/morgantoth

Happy Hanukkah~Merry Christmas~Happy New Year

Boy in a blink of an eye the holidays are over. This year the beans didn't seem interested at all in Santa or opening gifts. It took me weeks to get all the gifts wrapped and they didn't open not one!!!Since most of you know Marc is jewish so we decided to do Hanukkah with the kids as well as Christmas. I did the 8 nights of gifts with the kids but they were more interested in everything else except for the gifts. We had Christmas Eve at our house but that awful stomach virus decided to show its face the morning of Christmas Eve. My little monkey boy puked all over me a few times during the day and by the time our guests arrived I was the one doing the puking. Christmas day we went to Aunt Dots for dinner and on the way home in the car Gabby decided to barf all over..ughh the car smelt so bad and poor Arianna was stuck in the back row of the minivan with Gabby and she made a face like she was going to throw up too. On a better note everyone got it except for Arianna and Marc and we are all feeling better. My little cousin Nicole also came up to visit and spent the night with us. As far as New Years Eve we spent it at home and fell asleep before the ball dropped. These kids kick my butt and I can't stay up late anymore..lol..or is it that I am getting old and about to turn 31???No i didnt make any New Years resolutions, I mean honestly what for?? Year after year i make the same ones and I don't do nothing about them. What I will say is 2008 was an amazing year for me i was fortunate enough to be a stay at mommy which at times I wanted to pull my hair out but come bed time every night it is all worth it...i have watched my premiees turn into 3 healthy little people with 3 very different personalities which after everything I went through to conceive these miracles I never imagined being able to spend the last year the way I did.

During the past few weeks I had the children evaluated by Early Intervention. The team decided that Karl and Arianna need specialist for Speech, Special Ed (which consists of playing with toys properly, keeping the children's attention while reading a book, etc) and Occupational Therapy (which is for fine motor skills) . Gabriella needs Speech and Occupational Therapy. On Jan 8th we have to go in front of a board to see what they approve us for in the way of how many visits a week and how long overall. I am happy the kids are going to receive 1 on 1 time by trained professionals but at the same time it makes me sad to know my children are behind. I guess just being a mother you don't want to hear that even though I rather it get fixed now. I will keep everyone posted on our progress.

Moving along to the beans.....Gabby is the only one taking steps the other 2 rather crawl or hold on to something to get from one place to another. Arianna has been climbing on to her toys to escape baby jail. All 3 of them have learned the word thank you but they will only say it if you give them a cookie :) Mr Karl has been picking up the remote control, cell phones, house phone and toys holding them to his ear and saying Hello...lol....ummm he definitely takes after his father. For Christmas we bought them the new Elmo Live and when he falls down elmo says can you help elmo up please.....the kids keep knocking him down and picking him up they love playing with him. Tonight for the first time I gave them the pizza crust to chew on I had no idea those little teeth they have could devour the crust so quickly without anyone choking.

Before I finish up here I just wanted to ask everyone reading my blog to keep a special little girl in your prayers..She is a family friend and grew up with my in laws, her daughter Morgan is a twin and she is only 2 1/2yrs old and has cancer. Here is her webpage http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/morgantoth

Our Christmas Pictures!!

Happy 13 Months!

Boy its been almost a month once again since I blogged last..I am such a slacker!!This past month has flown by between holiday shopping, pulling out winter clothes and going through the beans closet to switch out sizes, holiday decorating and preparing, looking for the perfect "thank you" card to send out for the kids party, taking them to see Santa and holiday pictures...the list just goes on and on....Happy belated turkey day-i know its sorta late for that one. The beans ate so much and they loved the cornbread. The pics above were taken on Thanksgiving.

Heres my usual monthly stats-

Arianna is still the smallest she is 18 pounds and she is Miss Freshy Fresh. She has been beating everyone up. Arianna loves to slap-i don't know where she got this from but its awful. No matter what I do to discipline her she just laughs back at me. She finally has 4 teeth and she is cruising away. Miss Freshy Fresh has also become a picky eater and will keep her mouth closed and shake her head no at everything I try to feed her. Arianna is saying Mama, Dada, BaBa and bye bye once in awhile.

Karl is 19 pounds and has turned into a cry baby ..,..I know this sounds awful coming from a Mommy but yes for at least the past month he has been crying over anything and everything. He loves to play catch, peek a boo and hide under blankets. He is always trying to reach over the baby gate to pet Cobi~ i think these 2 are going to be best friends. Mr Karl is still my best eater but he will not sit in the highchair for long, as soon as he is full he rubs his eyes and wants out! What a typical man ready for a nap after every meal :) My little man didn't get any new teeth this month. My monkey boy is saying Mama, Dada and Bye Bye.

Gabriella is still my youngest and biggest!!! She is 20.8 pounds and she has been trying to walk 24/7..Now she is taking at least 6-7 steps at a time before falling down. She still loves her ball pit and playing with the fisher price laugh and learn home. For some reason the beans swing the door open and close all day long. I highly recommend this toy!!! Gabby loves eating goldfish and cookies but try giving her regular food and she spits it out and blows raspberries at you. Gabby is now saying Mama, Dada, what sounds like Arianna, BaBa and sometimes if your lucky she will say Bye Bye.



****Many of you may know about RSV season from last year. The beans received a rsv shot this month and will receive a few more during the winter season. I ask everyone that comes to visit to please use lots of proper hand washing and hand sanitizing during your visit with us to keep the kids healthy during this dangerous time of year. Also we will not take it personal if your not feeling well and cancel on us I rather keep the children away from germs.***

Lots of Catching Up!!!

So i was thinking about catching everyone up since Halloween but it just seems so long ago. The beans had a great time at their birthday party and thank you so much to everyone that joined them. They had a blast eating those cupcakes and guess what everyone that said the clothes needed to be tossed out because they were stained was wrong!!! I got Karl's shirt sparkling white all over again and the girls dresses are pink..Boy i am such a miracle worker don't you think??..lol The beans got so many gifts from toys, jewelry, money, clothes, shoes and more toys. My garage is a babies r us store and my attic is now toys r us. We decided to purchase new strollers with some of the kids bday money so basically we now have a double graco stroller, a single graco stroller, the peg pereggo triple stroller, a combi single and combi double. I have decided the combi takes up less space in the trunk of the minivan compared to the graco strollers, it folds up and down quickly but the combi is a side by side stroller which makes it hard to use when shopping because I cant fit around the clothing racks and up and down aisles. The graco double stroller is not a side by side and that thing folds down pretty big but its easy to go shopping with. Who would have ever thought at 30 years old I am comparing strollers after strollers... I have found since the kids came out of the infant car seats the peg pereggo stroller has been a huge waste of money because i can barely fit that thing in the minivan and I need to take the wheels off ughhh its just a pain in the ass period. So enough about strollers lets go back to the beans-everyone was sick for about 2 weeks leading up to their birthdays with some type of stomach virus then Karl's face broke out so back to the Dr we went apparently he has eczema but the specialist is in the middle of testing him for allergies. Lets keep our fingers crossed he isn't allergic to the dogs. Since I didnt do my typical monthly update here it goes just a little late for each bean...It seems with the stomach virus they lost some weight..

Arianna- Has become a fresh little girl and likes to hit and yell at her brother and sister. She finally has a 4th tooth coming in on the top and she loves to walk with her walker. She has also figured out how to toss all her toys over the baby gate and laugh while doing it. She loves taking her socks and shoes off in the car. We also weighed her last week and she is 17lbs 4 oz

Karl-Became very clingy since he got sick but he is getting better. He is getting another tooth so he now has 7 teeth. He is still my little eating machine and is ready for a nap after every meal. Aunt Dot also taught him on his birthday how to walk with the walker so is all over the place with that toy. My little man also loves Cobi he is always going up to the baby gate and reaching out to pet the dog. We also weighed him last week and he is 17lbs.

Gabriella- Umm Miss Gabby Gab she is still very needy and wants me to be next her 24-7, if i leave baby jail she screams bloody murder. Gab loves to stand up all the time but she is afraid to take a step. She now has 5 teeth 2 on top and 3 on the bottom. The latest is when I say Gabriella she says *UGH*..its so cute ;) Her favorite toy is the new ball pit we got them for their birthday she seems to be in that pit all the time. We also weighed her last week and she was 18 pounds.

Heres more bday pics-enjoy!!

Happy 1st Birthday!!

Wow-we have so much catching up but i am exhausted kids have been sick, plus teething and then the big bday bash. Oh and did i mention Marc has been on vacation all week so basically my schedule that I am on is all messed up.....I just want to post 3 amazing pics I had done a few weeks ago of them..I promise to give you lots of updates within the next few days once i get a minute to myself.

OMG 10 days to the beans are 1!!

Since I have so much free time..j/k yeah right ..I have decided to make scrapbooks for each baby. I cant believe how little they once were and how much they looked alike when they were newborns. All of you coming to the party will get to see the books because I am going to put them out so everyone can sign them. So far we have about 90 people coming to the party and out of those 90 30 are kids. Does it sound like a party or a 3 ring circus to you??..lol..Thank god I dont have to have another big party like this until they turn 16 or so I am hoping thats the case. Ok enough of the boring stuff...Gabriella is doing so well standing up alone that she even claps while standing up. Today she waived at me when her Daddy took her out of her highchair to bring her inside and then blew a kiss. Ahhh these babies are not babies anymore they are little people ;( Karl is starting to stand up alone for a few seconds and then he sits down when he realizes he is not holding on to anything and my Little Miss Arianna has 3 teeth 2 on the bottom and a half of one on the top. She looks like a little old man. I think the kids may be getting sick so off to the doctors we go tomorrow which I dread because half the time the kids make me look like a liar and the doctor tells me nothing is wrong with them. I just don't want them sick for Halloween or their birthday party. I am not sure if it's a new phase or if they aren't feeling well but all they do is cry 24-7 if I am not in the play area with them. My neighbors must wonder what is going on in my house because the kids are constantly screaming. Ummm so do you think I am crazy for wanting another baby??

Happy /sad 11 Months!!!

Woo-hooo the beans are 11 months which means only 1 month to go before the big bash. Just think this time last year I was stuck on bed rest and so big I could hardly get up to use the bathroom. I looked forward to my 2 weekly outings which were to the peri (specialists) and Dr G. For some reason no matter how cold it was in my house I still complained it wasn't cool enough and I couldn't sleep until the sun came up. Did I mention the amount of gallons of water and ice cubes I also consumed?? Sounds awful doesn't it?? As awful as it was I can't help but think how much I miss those days....

I don't have any 11 month stats since the beans aren't going back to see Dr George until after their birthday. So I will post my usual likes and dislikes etc...

Arianna- She is still the smallest in height and only has 2 teeth, yet she is the oldest. She looks like a wiggly worm when she crawls because she moves so quick from one place to another. She is showing no signs of walking or standing alone. My perfect princess loves to stick her tongue out and spit all over while blowing raspberries, today while in Costco she actually did it to a man that was walking past her and he did it right back and she started to giggle. She loves crawling up to her sister and brother and giving them kisses as well as dancing which she has been doing for a few months now. She is saying Ba-Ba, Da-Da, Ma-ma and she also waves at everyone. As far as favorite foods she pretty much eats whatever I give her except for green beans or if she is full or doesn't want to eat something she will gag and sometimes throw up. I also think she is the hardest one to dress or change her diaper because she loves to roll over and take off!

Karl-He is my wild monkey boy, need i say more?? lol..He eats like a little garbage can and doesn't seem to gain a pound the poor baby is sooo skinny!! Mr Karl loves to smile at everyone and show his 3 bottom teeth but good news is he finally has 2 on the top!! He says Mama and Dada and he tries to answer me back when I yell at him or tell him no. I always find him climbing up the baby gate or standing on top of his toys. Today at the park he actually stood up in his swing..yeap..see why i call him monkey boy?? Lately he has been the thief of the trio and always stealing toys from the girls but that use to be Arianna so it seems like they are all taking turns.

Gabriella-Miss Gabriella is standing on her own!!! She cries and fusses anytime I walk away from her. She loves eating her cheerios and swinging in the swing whether its at the park or the baby swing at home. As long as the swing moves I refuse to pack it away no matter how big or old they get :) Gabby still has the same 4 teeth for the past few months. She can say Ma-Ma, Da-Da and Bye-bye. She is starting to interact more with the other 2 instead of always playing alone and she doesn't get as mad when they come into her space like she did before. Gab also loves giving kisses to her sister but not her brother for some reason.

*********Birthday Party Info*********

For those of you that haven't received an invite please email me or call. I am finding that some of the invites in Staten Island for some reason are lost. They went out over a week ago and everyone should have them by now. Also Toys R Us has lost our registry and they no longer have a system for gift registries at the moment until they fix it which means I can not re-register!! However I do have a copy of my registry and I can email it, fax it or mail you one and we can use that for now. I hope to see all of you in a few weeks!

Here' s some pics from todays playdate

My 3 Little Monkeys!

Arianna, Karl and Gabriella

Aren't they cute?? We took them for Halloween pics yesterday, i wasn't to impressed but I was able to find one decent one. Karl is getting 2 top teeth finally!! He has been showing everyone his 3 bottom teeth every time he smiles it's about time my poor baby gets top teeth. Gabriella has been standing up without holding on and then she thinks its a game so she will sit down and laugh. Im sure they will be walking by their first birthday. Speaking of first birthday all the invites went out in the mail this week and then I get some bad news, toysrus did a system upgrade and apparently they have lost everyones registries. The manager assured me they will try to retrieve it but I have yet to hear back from him. I may have to register again as if i have all the time in the world...lol..Well thats about it no more prison breaks lately to report!

Prison Break!

My little monkey Karl escaped from baby jail, how he did it still remains a mystery...On Monday I was putting the diaper bag, bottle bag and the beans pj's in the car. Basically I was outside for a minute while I left the kids in the play area aka baby prison, by the time I walked back up my front stairs to the front door I see Karl and his partner in crime the dog sitting at my front door looking at me through the glass. I was so scared because I didn't know if he had hit his head or hurt himself since he wasn't crying...Let me tell you I was a nervous wreck right away I called Dr George they told me to keep an eye out for excessive sleeping and vomiting. They must think I am a nervous nelly because i call them at least once a week over something these crazy kids have done. So I guess he figured out how to climb not only up the gate but over!!! Today he also figured out how to break out of his highchair while he was strapped in. I guess his Halloween costume really suits him well.
My beans are now all standing up in their cribs so when I walk into the nursery in the morning I find 6 little eyes all peeking over the railing looking back at me along with 3 big smiles. Its such an amazing thing to wake up to :)

Climber, Clapper and Talker

My amazing beans once again have shocked me! Karl is climbing up the baby gate fence and putting his head on the back of the couch. Arianna is finally standing up and she also learned how to clap her hands. Little Miss Gabriella said Bye Bye to me today as I was leaving the house and she tries her hardest to throw kisses!!!! I know I say this all the time but its just such a miracle to have these 3 healthy babies and to be able to watch them grow each and every day. Nobody has any new teeth to report but they are starting to eat more and more table food.
Ohh I am not sure if I posted this in a previous post but I got the beans Halloween costumes, they are going to be 3 lil monkeys and I am going to decorate their triple stroller as well. I can just picture them 15 years from now complaining about the costumes I put them in and the decorated stroller.

opps i forgot to add 1 last thing

Karl and Gabriella are both clappers!

Happy 10 Months!!

So the beans turned 10 months on Wednesday. The older they are getting the more upset I get, where is time going? where are those preemies I came home with? what happen to those babies that only drank 20 cc , now they drink 6 oz.....I guess I need to get over it and be thankful for my healthy children. Actually we are all sick again we saw Dr George and everyone is congested filled with mucus. Basically its nonstop snotty noses and coughing.

Life works in mysterious ways yesterday 9/11 was 3 years that I had my miscarriage. I always wonder if I didn't miscarry that baby would I have these 3 or did god give me these 3 because he took one from us.....humm just something I always think about........ Well here goes my usual monthly post

Arianna~Still has 2 small teeth on the bottom, says MaMa, DaDa and BaBa. She is showing no interest in trying to stand and loves eating cheerios and pancakes. Oh did i mention she is going to be a dancer?? Yeap!! When I say Arianna dance, dance dance, shake your booty she wiggles her arms all around and her legs on command. Even though she is the smallest in size she loves pulling on Gabriella and Karls clothes to knock them over and to steal toys. She is known as "the thief" of the bunch. Lately she has become the hardest to change because she will not stand still and when she is tired she starts laughing hysterical.

Karl~ Oh boy where do I start with the maniac...lol..He still only has 3 teeth all on the bottom, says MaMa and Dada. Since he learned to stand he never sits down anymore, he loves to climb on anything and everything including his sisters to try to get over the gates. He loves to unfold all the clean laundry after I fold it and he no longer is a good sleeper. Earlier this week he picked up a toy cell phone, put it to his ear and rambled something I guess he is going to take after his Daddy with the phone bit. He also loves cheerios, pancakes, italian bread and chicken basically eating is the only time he will sit still. My son is also a huge ham he now smiles anytime someone pulls out a camera to take a pic of him without anyone having to say a word to him.

Gabriella~She has become mommy's girl, she will scream and cry anytime I even attempt to walk out of the baby play area even if her daddy is with her. She has 4 big teeth (2 on the bottom and 2 on the top) She is always blowing raspberries anytime I feed her and she likes to put on a comedy show for the other 2 at dinner time. She also says MaMa and DaDa and finally this week she started standing up holding on to the gate. She still doesn't like anyone in her space or touching her toys. Gab loves to sit in her swing strapped in and flip the tray open and close. Lately I have been finding her falling asleep sitting up in her crib so basically her head is between her knees and her glow worm is usually under her body, i feel so bad but every time I try to move her she wakes up. Gabriella also loves cheerios, puffs, ice cream and chicken.

Vaseline eating child

Omg I just realized I havent posted in weeks!! Things have been hectic as usual but hey life goes on no matter what chaos is going on in our household. I booked the babies first bday please save the date its definitely going to be in NJ on Nov 9th approx 3pm.

The beans are growing like weeds. Gabby has 4 teeth (2 on the top and 2 on the bottom) Karl has 3 all on the bottom and Arianna has 2 small ones on the bottom. Karl is now standing up and pulling himself up onto everything you can possibly think of. Today i was in the kitchen and all 3 of them weren't making a peep. To good to be true right??? Right-so I peek in the play area and I find Karl eating vaseline and Gabriella has the top to the jar in her mouth. I know I am such a bad mommy..lol...I guess it's time to take all the bins out from underneath the changing table. Today we went to Dr George heres the 10 month stats (well a few days shy of 10 months) I will do a 10 month post on the 8th with more details on each bean.

Arianna 16lbs 6oz
Karl 16lbs 7 oz
Gabriella 18 lbs

In the past few weeks we have gone on several play dates, 4 auditions/casting calls, took our first trips with the trio to Time Square, Seaside to the boardwalk, Atlantic City, and crabbing. Boy have we kept them busy!