If I were to use one word to sum up Christmas 2011, I would use "blessed". If I were to use two words, I would add "Busy"! Although this was not technically the kids first Christmas, it was the first Christmas we were able to be together as a family. The crazy holiday weekend started off Friday night at Pops and Losi's house and didnt end until Sunday night. Between Friday night and Sunday, we attended SIX Christmas's! I say we are Blessed for so many reasons--but largely because of our wonderful families with which we were able to spend Christmas. We are so thankful that all of our family lives close, so we get to see everyone on Christmas, however this makes for a chaotic holiday. Packing a car for a day trip with 13mo old triplets feels like you are packing for a month long vacation--pack n playsx3, bumbo with traysx3, clothesx3, extra clothes x3...you get the idea., BUT it is so worth it!
Memorable moment from the weekend--as we were traveling from Christmas #5 in Lewisburg to #6 in Chattanooga, we learned that one of our children does not handle curvy roads very well. I wont go into detail, but lets just say Braden did not tolerate the hilly, curvy roads well. We had to strip the poor little guy down outside in the cold and clean his car seat with wet wipes after he decided to lose his lunch in the car. Needless to say, the car had a terrible odor for the remainder of the ride!
All in all, the kids did great with all of the activities. They were so tired from the extra excitement that they were able to nap and sleep well. I look forward to Christmas in the future when the children understand Santa and wake up at the break of dawn Christmas morning to see what Santa has brought them.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Stomach bug hits the Morris Home HARD!
Over the past year I have made note of many "ups and downs" in our crazy life. Thankfully, the "ups" far outweigh the "downs", but we are going to need a lot of positivity in the next few weeks to outweigh this past weekend:)
The entire Morris household was hit with the stomach bug. It all began Friday morning when I woke up feeling a little uneasy. I brushed it off, but knew it was more than "a headache from being tired" when I went to get Brooks up and found he had been sick over the night (poor baby). I wont give a play by play of the entire weekend; but sick, smelly, cranky, and just plain Gross pretty much sum it up. Luckily, Travis and I timed our illness perfectly (I was sick on Friday and then Travis got it on Saturday) so someone was able to take care of the kids while the other was laid up in bed. My wonderful mother was a HUGE help, but unfortunately became ill on Saturday night. Within 3 days, all 5 of us + my mom and dad got the bug. The women seem to handle the "bug" a little better than our significant others (my mom and I were better 24-36hrs after symptoms began, where as dad and Travis are still not up to par). The kids have been very cranky (understandable) and dirty (we will just leave it at that:)
I feel like we have used more Lysol this weekend than the past year combined and my hands are literally hurting from washing them so much. I feel sure that this will not be the only stomach bug that wreaks havoc on our house, but I sure hope that the kids are potty trained by the time we are hit by the next one!
On a positive note, I am thankful that the illness hit us this weekend, rather than next weekend (Christmas)!
The entire Morris household was hit with the stomach bug. It all began Friday morning when I woke up feeling a little uneasy. I brushed it off, but knew it was more than "a headache from being tired" when I went to get Brooks up and found he had been sick over the night (poor baby). I wont give a play by play of the entire weekend; but sick, smelly, cranky, and just plain Gross pretty much sum it up. Luckily, Travis and I timed our illness perfectly (I was sick on Friday and then Travis got it on Saturday) so someone was able to take care of the kids while the other was laid up in bed. My wonderful mother was a HUGE help, but unfortunately became ill on Saturday night. Within 3 days, all 5 of us + my mom and dad got the bug. The women seem to handle the "bug" a little better than our significant others (my mom and I were better 24-36hrs after symptoms began, where as dad and Travis are still not up to par). The kids have been very cranky (understandable) and dirty (we will just leave it at that:)
I feel like we have used more Lysol this weekend than the past year combined and my hands are literally hurting from washing them so much. I feel sure that this will not be the only stomach bug that wreaks havoc on our house, but I sure hope that the kids are potty trained by the time we are hit by the next one!
On a positive note, I am thankful that the illness hit us this weekend, rather than next weekend (Christmas)!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
December 4, 2011
12 Month Check up last week went well. They all still weigh 1 lb apart weighing 20lb 10.5oz-Braden, 19lbs 11oz-Kate, and 18lbs 11.5oz-Brooks. They have been very consistent with their weight gain so far. Kate hit a big milestone last week when she was the first to take off walking. She is getting better everyday at tetter-tottering her way around the house. Braden will attempt 1-2 steps, but then decides crawling is much easier. Brooks walks all around the house with push toys (or boxes, or whatever he can find), but has not attempted walking independently just yet. I still cant believe my babies are ONE! They are doing great with solid foods and are still very good eaters (I am crossing my fingers that they will stay this way!). The most difficult issue we are facing right now is the constant cough, cold, runny nose,etc. They just cant seem to get rid of the cough and runny nose--although I am totally over it! MD said they are not contagious, but Kate still sounds pretty bad when she has a coughing episode. I am hoping this will pass soon, but fear we may have a few months of the "crud". I attempted the transition this week from bottle to sippy cup (since we were able to move to whole milk), but...this did not go as well as hoped--actually, it went terrible. All 3 of them decided to scream until they received their milk in their bottle, so I gave in and went back to bottle. I have heard that sometimes you have to try different cups to find one they will like, so the search is on for the perfect sippy so we can get rid of all of these bottles! I have posted their new 12 mo shots--photography by Gambill Photography.
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