Triplets' First Vacation: Part 3 (the rest of the trip)

I'm on picture overload right now.  I love taking pictures and I used them to mostly tell the story.  If you want to read about our travel day with triplets, click here; and if you want to know about the first part of our Florida vacation, click here.

 

 

On April 30, Brian and I signed up for a kayaking tour by ourselves.  The girls stayed with the grandparents for the day (and had a great time without us).  Brian and I got a tandem kayak so we could chat while we were on the water.

 

 

 

 

We came across some wildlife while kayaking.  We saw some dolphin in the distance, some tree crabs in the mangroves, and the neatest were the Cormorant birds.  They were paddling next to us in the kayak, when they would dive and swim under and all around us.  They stayed with us for quite a long time.  Take a look at this video.

 

 

 

 The tour also took us through the mangrove tunnels.  They were so cool and we had done something like this in Puerto Rico before.  You could see the tree crabs all over the trees and we also spotted some sea stars under the water.

 

 

Ready for another Beach Day!  The girls are ready to go.

 

 

Siesta Key beach was beautiful.  This day the waves were much higher.

 

 

 

 

Our last day, we saved for the MOTE Aquarium in Sarasota.  We knew it was supposed to rain, so it was the perfect opportunity to do something indoors.  It was another first for the babies.  However they fit right in...

 

 

 

They loved looking through the glass to see the sea creatures.

 



 

 This ended up being a really memorable vacation.  I loved watching my girls do and see things for the first time.  I know they won't remember it, but I will and I can tell them all about it.  Traveling with triplets is not what you would call easy, but it can be done, and I'm so glad we took on the challenge.  And a big big thank you to my parents and Brian's Mom for joining us and making it a little easier.  Thank You!  Where are we going next?!?

 



A New Year 2014

I think it is easy to say that 2013 was the craziest year of my life.  Such a roller coaster... many ups and downs.  However, 2013 is the year I became a mother and that I will always remember.  Let's recap the year, shall we...

 

-  January... trip to San Diego and finally getting over morning sickness.  Fun times.

- February... Surgical procedure and stopped working.

- March... Bed rest at home then off to the hospital.

- April... Still at the hospital.

- May... Still at the hospital cookin some babies.  Did I miss spring?

- June... the birth of my precious baby girls and my 30th birthday.

- July... learned to become a Mother of triplets.

- August... fine tuned my Motherly skills.

- September... Wow, I have three 3 month old babies.

- October... still being a Mommy and took a trip to Cozumel.

- November... Watched my babies grow.

- December... My babies turned 6 months old and celebrated their first Christmas.

 

Holy cow, 2013 will be my most memorable year.  Now to look forward to 2014.  It is so fun to watch my babies grow.  They are getting to be so interactive with us and with each other.  They are on the verge of all sitting up independently and close to crawling so that will open new doors of craziness in my house.  I can't wait.

 

I've decided to write down some goals for 2014 so I will hopefully stick to them.  Here we go...

     1. Organize the entire house.  Eeek, I'm nervous about this one.  I have a great guideline though that I found here.  52 Weeks to An Organized Home

     2. Transform our office into a playroom for the girls.  Not a small task since our office is a total disaster and catch-all right now.
 

     3. Take the girls on their first boat and plane rides.  Do I see a vacation in my future?

    
     4. Get 9 hours of solid, continuous sleep.  I cannot wait for this one!

    
     5. Finish the girls' baby books.  Something I haven't started but I don't want them to be like 12 years old when I finish their baby books.  Gotta get working.

     6. Find time to work out again.  This may be tough but I don't necessarily need to go to a gym, just find time in my day to throw in some push ups and squats.  I need to get this body back.

And because I can't wait to share... here is a sneak peak of the girls' 6 months photo shoot.  I absolutely love these pictures by Taryn Melgoza Photography.

 

 

 

Triplet's Newborn Photos

So I realized I never shared the girls' newborn pictures.  I was so lucky to have a friend of a friend from college drive from Louisiana to take these pictures.  They turned out AMAZING!  I'm so happy with them.  They were taken back on August 3 so the girls were almost 2 months old already.  We chose to do this so they would be a little plumper than when they were born since they were preemies.  It was very warm that day and it took 6 adults to get the girls dressed, undressed, fed, and posed for their first official photo shoot.  They cooperated pretty well especially since it was warm outside and we kept them fed.  Sleepy babies make for great pictures.

 

First, the girls individually...

 

Taylor

 

 

 

 

Mallory

 

Samantha

 

 

 

 

All together now...

 

 

 

I love this picture since we were able to get Ryley in it as well.  Our whole fam.

 

 

This is the picture I have hanging in their nursery but it is in color.  Such sweet Angels.

 

 

 

 

I love this.

 

 

 

Baby feet are the cutest!



 

 

And, this may be my favorite.  Geaux Tigers!