Bunny Babies

Ryan's mom dropped of the bunny ears.
Her sister Nancy altered them so they'd fit... how cute is this...
Ryan's bundle of bunny butts!

Forever the prankster...
That's Ryan's poppop who has come to see the girls for the first time since they got out of the hospital.

The babies are just SO MUCH FUN!

Look at Poppop holding all 3!

And he didn't think he could do it!

He's as adorable as they are!

Daddy and His Girls

We recently had professional photos done of the girls.
However, when we got home, we realized there wasn't one photo taken of Ryan and his girls.
Every other concieveable shot was taken but that one!
So, Ryan's Aunt's came over and we got some shots done.

Here is Ryan holding Zoey.

This shot of Abigail is my favorite - it is so funny!

She looks like she's ready to take on the world...

Ryan looks as if she's about to mess on him!

Then there is baby Kat... isn't this just precious!

Here they are in order:

Zoey, Abigail and Katrina....

We tried... but catastrophe struck... or should we say KAT struck...

all over the back of the couch... that ended this segment of the session!

This is what happens when you have 3 naked babies.

Aren't their poses were just hysterical!

Random Cuteness

Just a minute... Abigail has a thought.... Mirror images....

Shared binky's... or noses... and sometimes chins or backs of heads....

Katrina is laying hands and saying a prayer over her sister Zoey.

Stop and check out the cool shadow I can cast on my face!

You can't tell from a distance... but Zoey, who is in the middle was VERY upset.

She couldn't keep her Binkey in... So Abby decided to help out.

Upon closer inspection, you can see, Abby is pushing Zoey's binky in to quiet her down so they could get some sleep. Nothing like a little team work!

Abby cuddles w/her binky

A Visit to Meghans New House

The girls Nana had her 65th Birthday party at Meghans on Monday.
It was our first trip to her new house!
Baby Kat greets Nana with a Happy Birthday!
Aunt Kim and Uncle Brad take a trip down memory lane holding the babies.
Brad has Katrina - Kim is surrounded by Abby and Zoey.

The cousins get in on the action too.

Madison is on the left holding baby Zoey

Avery is all grins being able to hold onto Abby

Madison hunted high and low to find a shirt from one of her dolls that would fit Zoey.
She knew Zoey was the smallest and was SURE something would fit.
Persistence paid off...
Here she holds Zoey in a High School Musical shirt - she quickly put her HS Musical dress back on to match her cousin.
How cool is that?!

Life's a Beach!

Katrina shouts a big YA HOO!
as we take our first adventure out to Holmes Beach this past Saturday 3/21/09.
We want the girls to be adventurous - slowly breaking them in with short trips in the car.


We got the perfect parking spot -
we could see the beach and the sunset from the van.
After Ryan and I enjoyed our take out Boston Market - we fed each of the girls.

Baby Kat needed a diaper change as soon as she was finished - she decided to chill w/daddy.

She is trying to let him know how much she is enjoying the adventure.

We learned it was important to remember pillows to prop the girls.
I can manage two - but it would have been a little easier with pillows.

Zoey is doing her Vanna impression of "here is the sun setting"

A woman passing by saw the one baby - then two and said "oh! twins!" we said no...

triplets....

She insisted on letting her take a photo of us at sunset.

So we scooped the girls up for a quick shot outside the comfort of the van.

This event was a lot of fun - all wore out - the girls slept all the way home.

Great Aunt Elsie Comes Calling

We got a surprise visit from Aunt Elsie.
She was on her way to see her sister when she dropped in to deliver the girls quilts.
She hadn't seen the girls yet - here she is holding Zoey.

Abigail LOVES her quilt - as you see here she is just in awe of it's beauty.

The ducky in the middle is removeable.

Katrina naturally got the "cat" quilt.

Here she is practicing her "Vanna" moves.

Zoey cuddles w/her puppy quilt - she looks to be in the middle of trying to tell us something.

Aunt Elsie has been doing quilts for a looong time.

She has gotten much more elaborate then the one she did for Josh almost 22 years ago!

It's a little small for him now... but is still quite useful when taking a nap!

Surprise Visit from Sister Charly

Charlotte called Thursday a.m.
When I saw her name on caller I.D.
I naturally was concerned of why she was calling at 8 a.m.!

Surprise! She had gotten a ticket to come down and would be arriving on Friday a.m.

WOW! I couldn't help but cry - what a nice surprise! We hadn't seen Charlotte since her birthday last May when we flew up to NJ and went white water rafting in PA for her birthday. Charly hadn't been to see us in FL since we were married back in July 2007.

Charlotte opened her first restaurant last fall in Martinsburg WV and this is the first vacation she's taken. She couldn't wait to get her hands on her little sissy's. It's been a treat having her here - she's made us breakfast each morning. We are thrilled to know she wanted to come and the girls seem to love all the extra attention too.

For those of you who aren't clear on who Charly is - she is my step daughter from my previous marriage. We've been part of each others lives for so long that a divorce wasn't going to change our relationship. I'm still her step-mom and she's still my daughter... red head and all! We gave her the option of what position she wanted to play in the girls lives - she said she had ALWAYS wanted "a" baby sister - that having three was the coolest! We couldn't agree more.

Keepsakes

Aunt Jean sent keepsake boxes for each of the girls.
We're amazed at how quickly we're filling them up.
They were able to keep their bloodpressure cuffs and eye protection from their stay in the NICU. We have a sample of how small their diapers were, their first roses - from their poppy. The beanie bear from the nurses on Valentines day, their umbilical cord stumps, first photo etc.

Thanks Aunt Jean for their beautiful boxes to hold all their treasures. I'm sure there will be future posts when they're older of their reaction to what's inside.

Blessings from GiGi

Ryan's Nana Mary Fichter made these beautiful hankerchief hats for the girls just before she passed. She is known as "Gigi" to all the great grandchildren.

Aunt Jean was in Hong Kong and had picked up 3 unique hankerchiefs for Nana to complete this project.

Unfortunately, she had them stitched, but the letters that go with them hadn't been done yet.

Thankfully, Aunt Nancy had it on her computer to finish the project.

We plan to have the girls wear them when they are baptised later this year. They'll go perfectly with the outfits we have purchased for the event.

Then they'll be put in their keepsake boxes for when they are married.

If you can't read the letter it says:

I'm just a little hankerchief
Quite square as you can see
But with a stitch or two they make a bonnet out of me.

I'll be worn from the hospital - or on my christening day
Then neatly pressed and folded
I'll be carefully packed away

On her wedding day a bride must have
Traditionally, something old...
Good Luck, good health, good happiness
It brings her, so it's told

Then what could be more pleasant

Then to unpack little me....

To snip a little stitch or two and find

her hankerchief I'll be.

Much love,

Nana and Pop Pop

Our First Pair of Chucks - ie: Converse Allstars

Joshua's girlfriend Grace took time out from her studies to hand stitch the girls names on their very first pair of sneakers.









The photo is dark - the photo above shows Katrina smiling at her pair.

Once the girls grow into these - Josh and Grace will have to have photos taken of all of them together. Josh and Grace both wear this style of sneaker.

We're One Family Again!!

On Wednesday March 4 Abigail and Zoey were release from the NICU!!
Abigail says "I Surrender"
Doesn't she look like a cardinal to be in that hat!

Zoey wasn't quite sure what to make of the situation.

I can hardly contain my excitement... can you tell??

Another beautiful day! First real sunlight for the girls!

After a quick visit across the street to say "thankyou" to Dr. Baron - off to home we go!

Looks like we've got a train to load!

It's nice to have enough room to manuever through the vehicle to make sure each child is settled.