Christmas and Happy New Year!

I finally had the chance to download pics from my camera. This is our first Christmas morning with the trips. Here's Tobin crying, Skyler, and Hudson. Molly didn't want to be left out. We tried to get Redford in, but no luck.

Daddy with his kids.

Mommy with her kids.

We've been so busy I haven't had a chance to post about Christmas. Christmas was at Dan's parent's this year. It was a nice gathering for the kids, not that they knew what was going on. It was nice that Carol and Jake came to town. Charlotte and Mike came in after Christmas. Kids didn't sleep until 10 pm Christmas day, probably from all the excitement and being over stimulated.

Julie helping to open the kids gifts.

Bob (Dan's dad) copying the monkey gesture on his coffee cup gift.

Hudson taking a nap--too much for him!

Gail (Dan's mom) talking to Tobin.

Carol holding Skyler, Grandma, and Matt holding Tobin.

Jake holding Skyler.

The kids gifts from all the family.

Our family, not a lot of pic with the five of us. They were in their Christmas outfits earlier. I brought these to change into so it would be easier for sleeping later.

Dan's been off for the past two weeks and it's been great enjoying the time with him and the kids together. He gets to see how my day really is and knows how busy I am, not that he didn't before. Kids are growing so fast, they're all smiling, laughing, talking (making noises), moving their hands and kicking their legs so hard. They're doing this thing now where they get so excited they kick the mattresses, it's been the boys doing this. Skyler is constantly talking non-stop especially during feedings and right before bedtime. You can imagine the dribbles during feedings. We try to refrain from laughing but sometimes it's too hard to not join in her "conversation". We've been busy getting their play area set up with the gates and toys set up. I was feeding them in their room and setting their play mats or bumbo seats up and putting them away after each feeding but it was getting too much. With this new play area, I can leave everything out and not worry about the furries getting into the kids things. Hopefully we'll finish it this weekend. Maybe even put away the Christmas tree and decorations. HA! We'll see!

We did take the kids out twice during the holidays. Carol, Jake, Matt, and I took the kids to the Holocaust Museum on Monday, 12/29. It wasn't that crowded and people were really respectful for not touching them. Dan stayed home, tinkering with his Sunbeam Alpine.

On Tuesday night, we did something spur of the moment and kinda stupid now that I look back. All of Dan's family were over and Mike and Charlotte had came to town. We actually went out to dinner with the kids to celebrate Charlotte's retirement at Carrabba's. Julie, Carol and Gail helped held the kids and feed them. We did their 7 pm feeding at the restaurant. There were a few "oh triplets" comments, but overall not a bad experience, even though we were scared to take them out.