Kitchen counter? What kitchen counter?

It's official! Our babies have caught up completely on the growth charts!
Anna, at 13 lbs, 10 oz is in the 50th % for a 4 month old!
Natalie weighs 12 lbs, 5 oz
Elisabeth is 12 lbs, 2 oz. She has quadrupled her birth weight!
They are doing so awesome!
Here are some comparison pics with their dolls- one at 1 month of age, and one now at 4 months.
Elisabeth






































Natalie






































Anna

































Here are some more cute pictures- you can tell they are getting chubby!
Anna














Elisabeth














Natalie

Happy 7th Birthday, Alex!

I can't believe our little boy is already seven and starting first grade! He is so excited for first grade. I know the summer was hard for him as we were pretty confined at home with the triplets, but he has become a great big brother and such a great help! For his birthday present we took him to Medieval Times in Atlanta. He loved it, and Chris and I were pretty impressed as well. They put on a great show, and it is perfect thing for a boy Alex's age :)






































































Here is Alex entertaining his sisters














The girls are now 4 months old and we are having a lot of fun with them. They are interacting more- smiling and coo-ing and goo-ing. Here are pictures of Anna and Elisabeth's first smiles.
Anna's














Elisabeth's














Here are two really cute pics of Natalie




























Here are two pics of the three of them- I couldn't get them all smiling in one picture, but two at once was pretty good.




























Anna is on the left, then Elisabeth, then Natalie
I think you can tell, especially in the last picture, why we think Elisabeth and Natalie are the identical ones.
I thought I would write a bit more about the girls since I haven't really done that much-just posted pictures. These are answers to frequently asked questions:)

For those who are wondering exactly how/if we can tell them apart- yes, Chris and I can usually tell them apart pretty well. Anna we can always tell for sure- she has a fuller face, her features are a little different, her eyes and hair are a little lighter. Natalie and Elisabeth are getting harder for us. Natalie, however, has a mole on her belly so we can never get them totally mixed up. To make it easier we have color coded their bottles, burp cloths, and often clothes so that Anna is pink, Natalie purple, and Elisabeth yellow.

We are still feeding them, about 4 oz, every 2 1/2 -3 hours during the day. They are really starting to sleep well at night, though. Anna will go about 8-10 hours a night! Of course, she is the biggest and the better eater, but we think she is doing awesome! Natalie and Elisabeth will average 4-6 hours a time at night. It sounds good that they are going longer, but it can be hard too because instead of waking up once to feed them all I am letting them go as long as they will and waking up with each baby. My mom comes and stays with me every other night while Chris is working to help feed so that is a great help. Chris will get up and help all the other nights. It is just too much to do alone- especially when I am by myself with them all day, too!

They are so fun now as they interact more. Natalie is our happy baby- she just smiles all the time even if she is lying there by herself. She also talks more with us- we think she will be the first to talk! She always was our easygoing baby and still is!
Anna has become our fussier one- she gets overstimulated easily so we have to be sure to get her down for her naps before it is too late! She still makes such funny faces, and while she smiles and talks less it sure is sweet when she does!
Elisabeth still likes to be held the most. She is the one that will cry just so she can be held! We love to indulge her- but she has to remember that she is one of three so it's not always easy.

We have their 4 month check up on Tuesday so I will post how much they are weighing then. They haven't been on the growth chart for their age yet, but I think they might make it this time. They are really growing so well- I think they are around 12 lbs.

We were singing "I've been working on the railroad" to the girls that day- including the part "Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah". Alex decided to sing his own version to Natalie. She loved it!
And another picture of Alex being silly with Natalie

And I thought men (especially my husband) could not multitask...

You may not be able to tell, but with his toe he is operating the remote control!

I took a few pics of the girls at 3 months- they are growing so big!!

Natalie



















Elisabeth



















Anna- wearing her usual scowl

































Natalie smiling! Both Natalie and Elisabeth are smiling quite a bit and it is so sweet!
Anna has not smiled yet- she usually looks to serious.














We went on our first shopping trip- to Sam's Club with my mom and sister and her baby, Aubrey. It was a success- the girls slept the whole time.










































My brother and his family came out to visit for the 4th of July holiday. It was so fun to get the family and all the grandchildren together!

Mike and Susie playing with the girls














The Rabus family














My mom and dad and their 7 grandchildren! Pretty amazing- they went from 0 to 7 in less than 3 years!



















All the girl cousins- they are going to have so much fun together!














Natalie being held by her cousin Sophie (2 1/2)














We also went out to dinner with the girls for the first time- to Mellow Mushroom, and it was another success!














Alex had fun afterward sliding down the hill with his Uncle Mike