Santa Baby

Eli was so excited when we told him that we'd be heading down to see Santa.  We wrote his letter the night before.  He asked for a new radio (he's got 3 maybe 4, why does he need a new one?), a new laptop (really, kid?  I don't even have a laptop), and a lamp for the babies' room (we had to remove it because it wasn't nailed down and Sammy would wear the lampshade on his head). 

We headed down to the mall right after swimming and found an awesome parking spot (SCORE!!!).  We got the babies changed in the car and Dave loaded them up into the strollers.  We decided on a double and a single for ease of manueverability.  Their entire Christmas outfits weren't in yet, so they just wore their sweaters and jeans.  Cute enough.  We snuck in the back entrance to the mall and got right in line.  There was only 1 family in front of us (SCORE!!!). 

While we got the babies out of their stroller, Eli got a chance to talk to Santa.

Then Santa saw all the babies and asked "Are you guys gonna be in the picture?" 

Umm...Nope, Santa, you did it all by yourself last year.

We managed to work it out and nobody screamed.

Ben aka Aquaman

Ben got his chance in the pool this weekend.  We were a bit concerned with how he would react since lately in the tub, he's been having a fit.
He loved it!  He seemed to be the most engaged of the bunch.  He paddled after the ball and even kicked a bit when he was on his back.  3 for 3 love it in the pool!  Yay!

World Preemie Day

Have you hugged a preemie today???

1 year actual

Today celebrates the anniversary of the babies' due date.  Those of you that don't have preemies, may not realize how big all these mini celebrations are, but they're big to me.  It's just amazing to see how much they've grown since their actual birthday.  Since we were having a party, of course we needed cupcakes!!!

Ben

Nate

Sam

 Goofy Close Ups

Ben

Nate

Sam

14 months

The boys are 14 months old today!  So hard to believe.  They are getting cuter by the day.  They keep developing skills and personalities.  It's fun to see how much the understand now too.

Did I mention that it's close to impossible to get them to sit still for a picture???

Nate-Orange

Ben-Blue

Sam-Green

Swings & Slides

We found a park that actually has 3 swings!  The babies were so excited..until of course some lady kept complaining that there were not enough swings for her kid...get over it lady!!!

Sam

Ben

Nate

Sam

Nate

Ben & Eli

Eli

Leaves abound

A funny thing happens in New England in the fall...the leaves turn colors and fall of the trees.  To many, this is something that should be revelled in and revered.  To those of us who live here, it's a big pain in the patootie.  It does provide a fun photo op for the littles and another fun way to torture them.

Sammy...
...has this issue where he doesn't like prickly things.  He was not at
all happy to be in the leaves...

Benji

Nate

B-N-S
Check out Sammy's hands