It seems too early to be starting party planning again.

Trying to get a jump start on the trios 2nd Bday party planning we decided to go scope some local parks today. Being mid July we will probably have to book early to get a good spot. I have found it's a lot harder than I thought to pick a park for a bunch of 2 year olds. I don't want anything right by a road, I don't want a place where the tables are too far from the play area, I don't want a pond or any open water, I do want nicer play structures and lots of parking for guests, plus we will need at least 10 tables...picky, me?!? LOL
It was a decent day earlier but by the time we got out at the last park it was cold and windy, and the sun was trying to hide on us. I was hoping the kiddos would get a little time to play, but we had to pack it up about 10 min after getting there. Hayden was too cold to even move, Xan and Lily were having fun running around but they had little blocks of ice for hands. There was a set of 2 year old twins there, their mom said she doesn't know how we do it LOL. As we were walking back to the car one of the twins wanted a ride in the Choo Choo, but Hayden was buckled in the middle car and that's the only one he wanted a ride in. His mom told him he could pick a different seat or he would not get to ride, 2 years olds are not good with compromise so the poor little fella didn't get to ride. If it wasn't so cold we would have gotten Hayden out so he could ride, they were adorable little boys. We looked at 6 parks and one of them may be it but we want to check out a few more. Good news though, while we were gone our new bedroom was getting floors...YAY one step closer!!!

A couple pics of some cold babies :)

Lily got a little blast of cool wind LOL

Poor little popsicle.

Look at Xander and Lily go :)

Woohoo floors!

Took a little stroll out of the cave today.

You know you have been cooped up in the house too long when you take your kids out for a walk and they do nothing but squint, blink and try to keep their eyes facing downward....and it's totally overcasty outside LOL. It's still pretty chilly here so we were only walking about 20 min, but it was really nice to get out. The trio screamed and smiled and laughed the whole time. We did have one little paparazzi issue, a lady actually took a picture of us with her phone from inside her car.

Lily Bug was the only one that kept her hat on.

Oh so happy to be out and about!

Jason's sister was in town for a couple of days so the trio got to spend some time with their Auntie Stacie, they have a great time playing with her. Auntie if you are reading...Hayden wants you to bring your guitar next time and sing for them :) We got to see Gangster and Sakari's pup Oakley...she is such a cute girl, thank goodness the mix didn't turn out ugly like some feared :)

Some new pics of the remodel, we have paint in the bedroom and doors on both rooms!!! It is so close to being done!!! Being a little former garage room we felt we should go bright and sunny on the paint.

What's in a name?

The Multiples and More question of the week is,
How did you choose your multiples' names?

Did you stick with family names? Nope, not at all. Honestly I am not a fan of giving babies someone else's name to honor them...just not my thing. This may stem from me and my mother sharing first names...I have always HATED it, I haven't gone by my legal name since I was old enough to ask people to call me by my nickname. I actually went to a baby name website and went through each letter page by page, I wrote down any name that peaked my interest. It took like a week to get through the whole site, I then went back through my list and crossed off any that I wouldn't really use. Next it was Jason's turn, I gave him my list and watched as he massacred it with a big black pen. He crossed off so many I had to interrupt and make sure he was actually reading the names LOL From there we picked first and middle names, we had come up with 3 full boy names and 3 full girl names, since we didn't know yet what we were having.

How do you feel about "matchy" names? We wouldn't have been against similar names but wanted to avoid too matchy or rhyming names at all costs.

Did you worry about their names "coordinating?" No, we didn't worry about that at all, being triplets they coordinate enough. This is probably why we hardly ever dress the girls alike too...they need to be their own people :)

Did you name your babies before you met them, or wait until you saw them to assign names? We picked their names as soon as we learned their genders, at 15 weeks. Xander was easy he was our only boy, for the girls it wasn't much harder. Hayden was Baby B and on my right side, Lily was Baby C and on my left, Xander was laying across the bottom of my belly so they were sort of in a 'U' shape. Hayden was bigger and very very active, always beating up on me, Lily was smaller and way more mellow. So Hayden got the name that too us was more tomboyish perhaps and Lily got the little princess name. The names totally fit them too, Hayden is very much the busy, active, physical girl and Lily Bug is our little princess, hates getting dirty and loves snuggling in laps.

What were your second choices? Xander was almost Julian...it was very close, when deciding on Hayden's name we also liked Hannah very much, and 2nd to Lily was maybe Katelyn.

Did you consider the popularity of a name as a deciding factor? No we never did research popularity at all. If we had Lily Isabella may not have been what we went with for Lily, poor girl both her names are in the top 10, but we do love the names and they totally fit her. Xander Dominic and Hayden Cheyenne were not too popular at all.


In other news....
Xander almost broke his leg today...then he almost broke Lily's leg. He has found yet another thing to mess with. The vent cover in our living room floor has become a new toy, it was something they messed with a lot when the baby jail was up but then Jason glued it down...well Xander found out that the glue is no longer holding it. So he keeps removing it and of course his little accomplice Lily is right by his side, they both fell in the hole. I guess they don't have the whole cause and effect thing down quite yet. Xander has also taken to throwing the silverware out of the drawer when he is perched up on the baby gate. He can just reach that drawer, as we have secured the others near the gate...with duct tape. We have a whole bunch of baby locks but Jason is taking his sweet time putting them on. I asked him AGAIN last night and he said to me "I've been looking for them so I can put them on" HA I said "Yeah our house is so big they could be anywhere." Those that haven't been over, this is dripping with sarcasm as our house is pretty small and it's hard to lose anything LOL. Hopefully he will find them soon so the trashy duct tape can be retired. Hayden has figured out she needs help when she accidently hits a button on the remote and it pauses their cartoon or changes the channel, she rushes the remote to me so I can fix the situation.

Lots of pics from this morning...


My cute little PITA's...

My girlies. Hayden actually let me get a little pony in her hair this morning. By let me I mean her kicking, fighting, biting, screaming and crying was held to a minimum LMAO.

A little behind the kitchen fun.

Hayden playing with the remote...she is about to bring it to me because she hit pause.

Serious Bug.

Xan thinks a sneaky round about way to the kitchen gate is going to fool me.

We shouldn't try branching out anymore.*

The last few days we have tried to broaden the trio's meal base, it has not gone well. A few days ago we gave them their first taste of Thai food. It was too spicy...the poor kiddos kept trying it and kept spitting it out and holding their tongues, not to mention the fun diapers we got later. Today they tried enchiladas, Hayden wouldn't touch it...Lily and Xander liked it fine but Lily did have a skin reaction after she rubbed her messy hands all over her face. Thankfully it was gone after her shower tonight. Hayden also managed to tip her highchair over...while she was still buckled in to it. I didn't think it would ever happen, and if it did I never thought it would be one of the girls....that's something our monkey man would do. Thankfully she wasn't hurt, just a bit scared, this may keep her from trying to grab her sisters tray but I doubt it.

Xander getting ready for a quick after dinner shower. The shower had to wait until after the Saints won. Jason said he would never be able to show his face if he was showering babies while the championship game was being decided in over time LOL.

Miss Hayden


Poor Lily Bug.


We are getting closer to being done with the remodel project, the laundry room needs to be painted and have the door hung. The bedroom needs flooring, trim, closet doors hung and to be painted. It will all be done within the next week!!!

The new tile job in the laundry room.

Jason doing some primer painting in the new bedroom.



A little 2 min collage video...a day o fun! A quick look at Xan and Lily going for a little walk, you also get a little of Bug saying her favorite word, UP. She always wants up with us on the couch now :) There is a min of the girls and I doing "Phone Home." It is so cute, at any time during the day they will point their fingers at us, which is a demand for us to touch our finger to theirs...even Xander has started picking it up. Also a brief look at Xan trying to climb the gate, this is our day now, pulling him off the gate by the tv or the one by the kitchen...over and over and over.