The phenomenal intuition of multiples

I've heard that multiples can this phenomenal unexplainable intuition about one another. I witnessed it for the first time today.

Today started like any other day. Eloise was trying to push Addy on the riding lion.

Beckett was shopping.

Then he got bored of shopping and joined the girls hovering around the lion.

Eloise going for a stroll.

I was getting the kids ready for their bath after dinner. Whoever is the dirtiest or has the dirtiest diaper is the first in the tub. That was Beckett tonight so I was carrying him out of the play room and I heard a thud. I knew it was bad before I turned around and saw Eloise on her side with blood coming out of her mouth.
She was walking and fell forward. I didn't see it but I'm pretty sure it had something to do with her falling straight as a board and refusing to bend at the waist or knees to protect herself.

I put Beckett down, scooped her up and ran to the bathroom. Once I got there I wasn't sure why that was my first instinct. She was hysterical and all she wanted to do was suck on my white shirt. It was one of those moments where I was telling myself to stay calm and think logically. All I could think about was whether or not she needed to go to the Emergency Room. Finally she calmed down and I got a good look at it and it looked to me like it was not split open. Meanwhile both of us are covered in blood and luckily she only had a diaper on but meant she had blood all over her chest and mixed with the tears and drool, it was just a pitiful sight.
After her lip stopped bleeding and she stopped crying, I washed her off, gave her a lovie, gave her Tylenol, and got her dressed in pajamas. She probably cried for 20 minutes but much of that was mostly sniffling and snuggling with me. The other two needed baths and to be changed into their pajamas and I do a lot of juggling but I've never tried to hold one baby and bath and change another so I thought I was going to be in a bit of a pickle. Luckily when I put Eloise down with a book she was still a little sniffly but willing to be put down and sit by herself.

I went back to Beckett with the full diaper and took him to the changing table in the nursery and then heard the most wonderful thing- both Addy and Eloise belly laughing. I don't know what was making them laugh but when I peaked in carrying a naked little boy on his way to the tub, Addy was plunked next to Eloise on the floor pointing at her.

Mostly that time of night when the babies are interacting it is book and lovie stealing followed by wailing. But tonight, Addy was sitting next to Eloise making her laugh and entertaining her the whole time I was taking care of Beckett. I was beside myself.

Addy was next in the tub and while I was getting her dressed, Beckett crawled next to Eloise and started to play with her, or more appropriately wrestle with her making her laugh and scream.



I've never seen any of them wrestle like this before. I don't know how else to explain what Addy and Beckett did tonight other than intuition. I snapped a few pictures and then just watched in awe at these amazing little people. It left me speechless.

Eloise is probably going to have a pretty puffy lip tomorrow but going to be fine.
My shirt on the other hand is not. I probably should have changed out of it before Rich got home because he almost wet his pants in fright when he saw me.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

One step forward and two steps back explains the last few days.

The step forward is truly a step forward. ELOISE CAN WALK! Well, she can take a couple steps forward before falling flat on her face or flat on her back. No kidding, we can't figure out why she won't bend like ummm maybe her knees or waist to protect herself from falling straight like a board. It is the darnedest thing. Don't have a picture of it but I have a picture of her brushing her hair for the first time.


Oh yeah, they are all starting to follow directions and respond to questions. For example:
-Brush your hair. (Addy and Eloise do this.)
-Where is your belly? (The girls pokes themselves in the belly and Beckett spits at me.)
-What sound does a horse make? (They all spit.)
-What sound does a snake make? (More spitting.)
-What sound does a pterodactyl make? (I'm trying to get them to flap their arms and say "caw-caw." It's pretty hit or miss.)
-Please put your socks on. (Addy is the only one who is told this repeatedly. She can't put them on but can find them and get them close to her feet.)
This is why- she pulls her socks off constantly.


Speaking of Addy, she has taken a step backwards in the napping department. Yesterday she did not sleep for one minute. She was in the pack n'play screaming to get out a few times when I mistakenly thought she should be napping. Silly me. I guess this 13 month old is done napping. This weekend she was refusing to nap in the morning but we eventually got her to nap after lunch. Then yesterday NOT ONE MINUTE. I can't even tell you how disastrous it is for my schedule when they are not napping at the same time.

And the last step backwards has to do with our little pug Pickles. I've said before that she is blind but not totally blind. That may not be true any longer. This morning at 5:30 AM she accidentally fell in the pool because she couldn't see where she was going. I thought I was going to have to dive in after her but I ended up just having to pull her out of the pool and spend 20 minutes drying her off. She has been running into me, running into doors and wanders around the house trying to find me. Poor little girl.

Have to end on a positive note.
Here is my beautiful little spitter.


The bucket on the head is not the only goofy thing this girl does...

That's the top of a toy drum by the way. Addy and Beckett smash it against their face and laugh.

And finally one of my favorite pictures of the day. A favorite activity of the girls with their favorite friend, Clarke.

I can't believe I got a pictures of this

Before bath time tonight, Rich yelled "Kate, come look at this!" Can you see it?



Eloise is standing by herself!!! I took about 50 pictures.
(Can you guess what Mr. B is doing in this picture?)

One of the fifty- Addy standing and reading a book, Eloise standing in front of the toy bin and Beckett crawling IN the toy bin. BTW, he has no interest in standing. He likes to run when you run with him holding his hands but standing or walking is not of any interest to him.


Remember Beckett's bucket on the head? Now Beckett and Addy fight over the bucket. Looks like she won this round. Times two.


The only way I could get a group picture was to put a book in front of them. Eloise is on her way to knock it down.


Why aren't the girls wearing shirts? And why is Addy's belly so big? I'll show you.


During dinner Addy ripped off her bib and proceeded to devour every single grain of rice should could find. One grain at a time.

She apparently couldn't find the grains of rice on her head.

Look at those hands. She thought it was really funny later that her hands were sticking together.

We were past the point trying to keep her clean so we gave her own grown-up glass of keifer.

Eloise lost her bib part way through the meal as well. But this picture is more about the pretty spectacular mullet that Eloise has been sporting lately. Rich thinks she looks like she should play left wing for the Montreal Canadiens.

Beckett didn't get stripped down after dinner because he decided to eat his bowl rather than food during dinner. Way to help me out and stay clean Mr. B! He is so thoughtful.

Too Close for Comfort

When we were first looking at feeding tables, we were trying to chose between one that was much larger where the babies were further apart and the one we have. The reviews were great on both with 2 exceptions. The other one takes up lots of space, so that was bad but the smaller one was so compact the babies can touch each other and steal food. With limited space we opted for the smaller table thinking our sweet little angels would not dare bother their siblings while eating. So this is the progress of a typical meal...

Addy eating her noodles so sweetly.

Beckett sucking down his noodles.

Eloise savoring her food as always. She'll eat anything and everything.

Addy getting a little rambunctious smashing noodles into her face.

Addy stealing noodles from Beckett.

Addy stealing food from Eloise.

Eloise stealing food from Addy.

Addy raising her hand to tattle on Eloise and Eloise tries to pull her arm down.

Addy lays down on the table to tease Beckett. Notice that Eloise doesn't have a bowl? She was sneaking all of her food under the table to feed the pugs so she lost bowl privileges.

The teasing get sillier and sillier and it is all fun and games until...

Someone gets poked in the eye and the victim AND offender become hysterical.

Beckett recovered from his altercation with Addy to pose with his full bowl of food that he refused to eat.
Let's see what he all has in there- green beans, scrambled eggs with black beans, pinto beans, rice, cheese, tortillas, spaghetti, Veggie Stix, blueberries and pumpkin bread. Normally between Rich and I we usually eat whatever is leftover but this combo was a little too grody even for me.
I guess we should have gone with the other table.

Oh no, only 1 more day of TV time!

Tomorrow is the last day of the Tour de France so TV time for the triplets is officially over tomorrow. They had a pretty good run between the World Cup and the Tour. They enjoyed their second to last day watching today's time trials by trying to get at the coffee table books on Paris and going through the cards from their first birthday.




Once the girls figured out that their hero Andy Schleck was going to come in second, they were done with the Tour and went to empty out the diaper bag.


Beckett was still pretty excited about watching and since he doesn't have a bike yet, he had to play with the next best thing with wheels- a dump truck (any size is still one of the favorite toys.)


"Morning naps are optional, right Mom?" -Addy giving me her sweetest smile but secretly trying to drive me insane.

Hot, Hot, Hot

It is so miserably hot here in Texas. It is even hot to go places because getting the babies in an out of the minivan is a sweaty endeavor so we mostly have been entertaining the3 little monkeys at home. They do a pretty good job entertaining themselves as you will see.

Eloise is hanging out on the couch under the ceiling fan.

Anytime Mini-me gets her hands on a baby wipe, wash cloth, towel, or in this case, a wrapper from Taco Bell, she cleans. She'll clean shelves, the wall, the floor and funny enough, her feet.
Rich HATES this outfit. I love it of course. They all like to clap but Beckett in particular is a clapaholic. The problem is that for Beckett and Eloise clapping is identical to signing "more" so it can get a little confusing for me.


"Look what I found in the dump truck!" It is amazing how they can find joy in the smallest things.


Eloise is digging for more treasure in the dump truck and flashing her top 3 teeth.


Beckett and Eloise were standing at the gate chatting, probably about how much fun it is to try to empty the play room by throwing all the toys down the stairs.


Way better than any Hollywood mug shot.


She'll learn fast enough how dangerous it can be to walk and read.


Yep, more clapping.


Little Eloise is working so hard to push her sister on the riding lion. Help a girl out Addy and use your feet!