Tripletville Adventures : September 2014

I got the terrifying news this week that a dear friend of mine almost lost her life to a domestic abuse situation. I won't go into details because the jerk- doesn't deserve a second of my time. After sending her messages of love and trying to make sense of it in my mind, I was so angry and sadly, I was once again relieved that my children were born of the gender they were. Even in 2014, this shit still happens, and I know that it also happens to men, I'm not dense, but you and I both know that it mostly happens to women. Thankfully, she was strong enough to get out of it alive and left the bastard to the cops and she is strong enough to know better than to go back but some aren't so strong... neither mentally nor physically... I also watched the UN speech by Emma Watson about men being advocate for gender equality and I'm still baffled by what women still have to fight for... If you haven't seen it and you have 13 mins and 54 seconds to kill, here it is: Emma Watson's UN speech. If you know me, you know that I'm a strong independant woman and my boys will learn to advocate for gender equality from a young age and they will know that they don't have to like trucks to be a real man, or be super into sports or hide their emotions. I certainly won't stop them from liking trucks, sports or any of those "man" things but they'll know that that's not what make them men. What will make them men will be their kindness, their hearts and the way they treat the women in their lives. I know what our society views as "men" vs "women" things has a lot to do with nurture vs nature but I also think that some men things are most definitely men things because that's the way men are built but it doesn't mean that we should force things on our men just to make them more manly... make sense? Anyways... sorry for ranting but this news shook me to the core and I couldn't not talk about it this week...

Zachary, if you're wondering, is not so angry at the world anymore. He had a really good week with lots of smiles and giggles. He's getting much better at getting up on things and my mother in law even found him up in his crib so I think he's happier being able to do what his brothers do. He's still having a hard time getting down once he's up so he gets frustrated about that but it'll come...

Jacob has started to clearly say Maman! So that's adorable!! He's also trying to imitate us when we say yay! while clapping our hands to encourage the boys when they do something good. His version turns out more like AYEEEEE instead of yay! and his hand clapping is more like one clap then his hands stick together and he shakes them up and down.... haha... but he's trying and he's freaking adorable. He's lucky he's cute because the little buddy spent yet another night in our bed on Wednesday... same story as last time... woke up in a panic, wouldn't settle. Once he finally fell asleep on me, he'd wake up and scream the moment I tried to put him back to bed so back in our bed he came... I got more sleep this time than last but the little 15lbs sack of bones takes more room than my husband does! At least I can tell Gabe to get off me... Jacob... not so much! I put him back in his crib at 5AM so I could grab a few hours of sleep and he cried for a bit but finally settled... man oh man! I hope this isn't a weekly thing!

Samuel has started soliciting high fives to anyone and everyone he sees. It's constant too... He'll put his hand up and opened and wait for someone to reciprocate or go touch his hand and he'll put it down for a second but then it's right back up. I guess it's true when they say that children like to do things over and over! This week, he even high fived random people of Costco and Walmart.

So I went out to dinner with my mother and sister on Thursday at the new italian restaurant in town, Gusto, it was sooooooooooooooo yummy!! That meant that yet again, I abandoned my children in the hands of their father and my father in law... poor Gabe can't catch a break! Jacob has been really difficult to feed, as in he refuses anything that we try to feed him by spoon unless it's yogourt, so he ended up having yogourt for supper. Of course, when Zachary and Samuel saw that Jacob got dessert for dinner, guess what? They didn't want their dinner anymore either... After dinner, while he was changing them he discovered that the diaper genie had been put back together wrong so trying to figure that out while you have a half changed squirming baby on a three foot tall changing table is no fun and lastly (this was my fault), our baby bottle maker's water reservoir hadn't be filled so he was only able to make two bottles and one of the boys had to wait for their bottle (they don't like waiting...). So yeah... this makes mommy not really want to go out anymore... Thankfully, my two events this week are being held here at the house so that's good news! I'm so excited to see my book club ladies!! It's our first meeting since we stopped for the summer. Thursday I'm having a NORWEX party so if any of you want anything let me know (most of you have me on Facebook)., Here's the link for the products: Norwex Catalogues. Back to my hubby... I wonder how he'll manage when I leave for an overnight getaway with my moncton multiple mommas in a few weekends?!? Ah...they're alive, they were fed, they were washed, they were changed and they were loved. He does ok, just back luck. He's their dad, it'll be fine... right??? haha... (anyone want to lend me a nanny cam??)

PICTURE TIME!!!!!!!!

Went to visit Mamie and she was building us this awesome car!

Honk Honk

Loving the outdoors at Mamie's house

Matante Melanie came to visit!!

She is also my Norwex lady ;)

Saying goodbye to the ducky! The boys are all in the big tub now :)

Cuddles with Sam and mommy

This is Samuel's new favourite liking spot!

Mamie getting some abuse from the boys

I don't want to eat

Give me yogourt!

I'm better now

Our spare room looking good again after the multiple sale! We did good!

Still so many things!! Triple everything!!

What I'd like you to notice here is Papa's complete lack of style...

I really don't think he knows what goes together... maybe he's colorblind?? Or style blind?? Poor kids...
I guess I'm the one doing all the clothes shopping!

HIGH FIVE!

Jacob chillaxin with Mamie

Jasmine entertaining the boys

Playing with their "new to them" house

Knock knock who's there??

HIGH FIVE!!!

The boys working on our porch roof! Hopefully the leaking will stop!

Why are you taking my picture so damn early for momma? Just look at his new pjs!!

Showing off their new pjs... thanks Mamie!

There's that Chandler smile again

Matante Cindy visiting

Now Papa's the one in the baby jail

Playing with Mémère...

...and Pépère :)

As always my friends...

I love him, I swear I do, and I wouldn't change a thing about him... except maybe his non stop crying for reasons I can't figure out... He was feeling a little under the weather this week with a slight fever at the beginning of the week followed by the same red spots Sam and Jacob had the previous week so that was one reason for crying but there HAS to be something else... He cries 75% of the time between getting up and bedtime... It's tough when I'm alone (thankfully I'm not always alone) because he always wants to be on me and his brothers want to play with mommy too and I just can't play with them because Zachary demands all my attention. He's just so sad all the time! He woke up with a big smile on Thursday morning and I was like HURRAY! it'll be a good morning!! Well that lasted until I stupidly knocked his head on the doorframe going out the bedroom door... it was over... oh mummy... He has managed to get up a few times on his own though this week so that's good! I honestly think he's upset all the time because he sees his brothers all over the place and he can't do what they do so we did a lot of practicing this week. He's catching on little by little but he lacks the confidence as he's so scared to fall that he even cries when he sees his brothers cry! This too shall pass though right? Poor little buddy... I do feel bad for him but I just don't know what he wants! Even when he begs to be on me and I pick him up, he wants back down and then he cries even harder! man oh man... I wish I had the superpower to read baby minds!! It would solve so many mysteries and I could make a killing!!

Poor little Jacob had a rough day Friday! He's been teething (growing 4 on top) and he's such a little trooper through it all that I was really worried when he wouldn't even sit in his wagon going into the Superstore. My mother or I had to carry him through the store as he'd panic the moment we tried to sit him down anywhere so putting him in the car seat to come home was not good for my little man. We got home and changed his diaper to discover that his little bum was raw red... no wonder he didn't want to sit down anywhere! I also think it would burn every time he would pee as he would just randomly start crying while he was playing so we made sure to change him every pee and loaded his bum with cream. It took a whole day and a half before we saw a difference... stupid teething!!

Samuel had a good week, he's a happy little fella. Of course, he got jealous a few times as Zachary was always on mommy but for the most part, he's pretty happy playing on his own.

I called the pediatrician on Tuesday because I was still worried about their milk intake. He was away but his secretary is great and she can always answer most of my questions because I'm sure she's heard his answer many times! She said I shouldn't worry too much because if he thinks they're ready for the switch it's because he also believes that formula no longer needs to be their primary form of nutrition but food is. She said as long as they're not acting hungry and that their diapers are full and that they're still gaining weight they were going to be fine. I should just continue to do what I'm doing and if they wanted more, they'd eat/drink more. Someone from my triplet mom facebook group suggested I just go cold turkey and they'd have to get used to it eventually. I'm not ready to do that yet, not at 10 months but I think when they hit 11 months, I will be more adamant about the milk intake so that when they hit the year mark, I'll just say goodbye to formula and they'll just have to get used to the milk. They are also getting bored with purees I think and wanting to feed themselves more and more. That is another transition I'm not quite ready for because that means a lot more work on my part. Doing the purees and freezing them once a week was easy; it was pop a few ice tray cubes in the microwave and away we go! Now it's actually preparing meals ahead of time and I failed a few times this week having to go back to the purees. It's tough! I also don't really know what to give them so now I'm going to have to prepare a whole new menu for them. The supper menu went really well for Gabe and I but the babies weren't loving everything so I had to improvise with peanut butter toast a few times... I just wish I had a cook!! Our grocery bill is also slowly increasing as our formula bill is decreasing... urgh! As always, we'll figure it out... my babies aren't starving so that's what counts!

I went to work a booth at a wedding show on Friday night for a friend of mine who runs the community center where Gabe and I got married so Gabe and his father had the babies alone from 4:30 on. It was not a pretty night... here is Gab's take:

Gab's blog entry
Friday night mommy had a job to do outside the house from 4:15 to about 9:30 and I said no problem. I can handle it. I'm confident I can take care of this with the help of my dad who will show up around 5 pm. I'll feed the kids, he will take them out for a walk, I'll clean, they'll come back,I'll give Jacob a bath, I'll change some dipers, I'll give them their bottle then bed time. I got this no problem.

Well...Murphy's law... so here's what happened. Around 4:45 Jacob and Zachary start crying so I put on cartoons to distract them so I can make supper. It didn't distract them. They basically cried the whole time I made supper. Now with supper almost ready I put them in the high chairs and give them some puffs while I finish supper. They love puffs! Perfe....oh...I guess puffs make them cry today (except Sam...happy go lucky Sam). Finally supper is ready. I get through about 5 rounds of spoon to mouth and everything is good...until the crying starts again. For about 10 minutes before my dad shows up Zachary and Jacob are crying their little hearts out while I try to feed them all. Sam is just waiting his turn sucking his thumb waiting for the next bite to eat. My dad shows up and the boys stop crying...for about 5 seconds and it's back to crying..during the rest of the feeding, during some milk, while getting them ready for their walk and finally in the stroller and ready for a walk with Pépére. (they went out for about 45 minutes no crying). During this time I clean up as much of the mess as I could and grabbed a bite to eat which I burnt my mouth trying to eat it quickly before they get back. Once they're back it's time to change two bums and put pj's on then bring Jacob for a bath. Now I know Jacob takes his bath in the tub now and not the ducky but I'm running late and get to the bathroom with Jacob in my arms and the ducky is in the bathtub so I figure I'll just fill it up with water. Jacob looks very excited to get in the ducky bath. He can't wait. Once the tub is full I put him in and ....he panics! Freaks out! Tried to jump out climbing on the ducks head and in to my arms. hmm...maybe the water is too hot. Nope, seems good. I'll try again. Same thing. He is now terrified of being in the duck so I pick him up in my arms (naked and wet...him not me of course well I guess I'm wet now) and with my free hand try to lift the ducky full of water to pour it into the tub. Which I achieved! (you thought I was going to fail didn't you?) Mind you, this was achieved with a bit of spillage on me and on Jacob and on the floor. (Ok, so it wasn't a perfect dismount.) So in the regular tub he goes and enjoys it. Finally get him bathed and in pj's and make the three bottle for them to eat. This went ok. Afterwards they just hung out for a bit and played as if nothing had gone on earlier. As if no one had cried about anything. Just went about their regular baby business .Put them to bed around 7 and not a peep. And I will be going to bed shortly after! I got this...

Sounds like he had a rough night! Well he got through it and I firmly believes he needs to live through those types of nights so that the good nights are just that much better. He sent me a text that night: p.s. I always said you were a great mom and great at what you do and you know I appreciate you. But now I can say it having gone through a tough night myself. You ARE a SUPER mom. That was nice to hear! He's a great dad and those nights will only make him greater and if it can make him appreciate what I do a bit more than all the better!

I'm thankful for that work on Friday night as we went to the Osaka Hibachi Grill Japanese restaurant on Saturday night and we were actually able to afford it! (Thanks Brian!) It's quite expensive if you go for the full experience (which we did) but it was so worth it! I had a little too much Saki squirted in my mouth (japanese wine for those of you who don't know... tastes like mild tequila) and japanese beer (which I feel today) but we had a great time and I'd do it again... in six months after we've raised enough money to go back haha!

Have a great week y'all and enjoy the following pics!

My booth at the wedding show! Krysta Jay was beside me with photo booth props which I stole for this photo. Check out her facebook page if you're looking for a DJ: Krysta Jay's DJ service.