16 Month Update

The girls turned 16 months old the day before Thanksgiving, so I haven't had a chance to do an update until now.  We had a great Thanksgiving with them at my Aunt's they loved running around with all of the other kids and thought they were big enough to do all the stuff the other kids were doing.  It was challenging watching them all, but we made it through and had a nice time. 

Here is an update on a few things:

Words:
We are surprised how quickly they pick up new words, they have some that are the same and some that are different, here are the ones that they all say:
Duck, Done, Up, Kitty, Dog, Mommy, Daddy, Stop

Here are just a few of their 'own' words:
Emma: Cow, Uh-oh
Olivia: Please, Yes, Juice, Thank You
Savannah: Bird, Me, Thank You

Teeth:
Emma: 4 molars
Olivia: no molars
Savannah: 4 molars

Each of their personalities has come out more and more.  Here is more on each girl:

Emma is very sweet and sensitive, she likes to sit in your lap and point at things and tell you things you can't understand. She is gentle and gives into her sisters probably more than she should. She loves to watch Yo Gabba Gabba.  Emma laughs and smiles all the time, if someone laughs Emma will often smile or laugh too.  Emma still walks on her knees a lot but we see her also walk on her feet more and more so we think she will be on her feet all the time very soon.  Emma is very friendly and outgoing, when we go out she is the first to let someone else hold her.

Olivia is very funny, she likes to play with her toys by herself and often hoards a type of toy such as blocks or little people and she carries them around in something like a grocery cart or she hides them under a pillow.  She does not like to share and gets upset if someone messes up her stash of toys.  She has the biggest belly laugh and loves it when daddy says, "I'm going to get you", she immediately bursts into giggles and tries to run or hide.  She is typically the most content and can play and entertain herself for hours.

Savannah is very mischievous we have found her 'tempting' her sisters with toys lately.  She will take a toy she knows they like and take it to them and act like she is going to give it to them, but as soon as they reach for it she jerks it away and runs.  We have had to start getting onto her about teasing her sisters.  Savannah is very smart and picks up on words the fastest.  She is also a very happy baby, she runs around laughing and jabbering all day.  At night though she is worn out and loves to cuddle on the couch with mommy.  She is very independent so I really enjoy our cuddle time at night.  It is surprising that when we go out she is very clingy and shy.



Left to right: Savannah, Olivia, Emma



Triplet Interactions

Over the last few months the girls have taken a lot more interest in each other.  Sure they have played together for a long time now and they have fought over toys and such, but now it seems that they actually care about their sisters.  For example the other day I was sitting on the floor and Savannah fell down and cried a little.  I asked her if she was ok, she looked at me got up and got up and whimpered a little and I said are you ok honey, she pulled it together and took off to play some more so I said good you're ok.  Then later that day Olivia was crying over something, I was sitting in the floor with her and Savannah comes over to her gets right in her face and says 'k'...Olivia doesn't respond but she looks at her sister a little puzzled like she knows she is communicating with her.  Savannah then gets a little louder and closer to her and says 'k'?  She then gives up and walks away, but I thought it was super sweet that she was checking on her sister. 

Another thing happened last night, Emma was crying over something and I was holding her and stroking her hair to calm her down and Savannah walks over to us and starts 'stroking' Emma's hair too...her stroking wasn't exactly gentle but you could tell that she was trying to make Emma feel better and do what mommy was doing.  How can that not make your heart melt...so sweet.

We have also noticed that the girls like to give kisses to each other at night before going to bed, they usually giggle while exchanging 'kisses'.  They also find it humurous to stick their fingers and hands in each others mouths, they just laugh and laugh about it.  We are always surprised that they know this is a game and not to bite each other.

Trick or Treating

I wanted to do a quick update on how Trick or Treating went on Sunday night.  We got the girls ready after their 4pm milk...on a separate note we took away their bottles on Saturday and they were not happy about that, they aren't drinking as well from their sippies so they are a little extra fussy.   We then took the girls out for some individual pictures first and I think we got some really cute ones.  We then attempted a group picture which turned out pretty good (see our Halloween post).  We then headed over to see a neighbor around 5:30 and we got our first round of candy.  We let them each have a few M&Ms and part of a hershey kiss.  Savannah got attached to her yellow M&M and would not eat it and instead held it in her hand...so we learned that M&Ms do melt in your hands and so we had to take it away which resulted in sobbing (and very yellow hands).

At 6 we ate a very quick dinner and my parents and sister's family arrived.  Bethany was a ballerina (but at other Halloween events she had been tinker bell and a princess, she has a hard time deciding on one thing) and Jesse was a vampire.  We loaded the girls in the choo-choo wagon and Bethany and Jesse were going to walk, but Jesse took one look at the choo-choo and said nope, he screamed and kept saying train train...he wanted to be in the train so Scott got out the 4th car and we all helped him attach it (since the girls were already buckled in this was not easy).  So then we had 4 kids and at several houses we were asked if they were quads.  Bethany and I walked ahead of everyone and ran to the houses while the triplets and Jesse stayed on the sidewalk, but Bethany would sometimes ask if she could take them all a piece of candy too.  The girls were fascinated by all of the lights, costumes, and sounds.  They each picked a piece of candy out of their pails and held it/chewed it during the ride.  By the time we got home only Olivia had actually gotten into her piece of candy.

It was a beautiful night out and great participation from our neighborhood, Bethany had a tons of candy (the triplets and Jesse only had 'a lot') and we only did a very small loop.  I think everyone had lots of fun, we saw all kinds of different costumes, there was even a little ballerina (around 2 years old) that Bethany really liked pointing out and a girl dressed as a donught which was cute.  I forgot how much fun it can be to trick-or-treat and yes of course mom and dad raided the girls baskets that night but we resisted the urge to eat it all.



Here are some more pictures

 



Ladybug Emma

 



Butterfly Olivia





Bumblebee Savannah