Stats and updates

Here are a few of the goings on in our little world.

Eddy's parents are coming for an extended visit this next weekend and they are just going to die (not literally I hope) when they see Quinn and the babies. His mom last saw them when they were still in the hospital and his dad saw them for 2 or so weeks right when they came home. They didn't even look like real babies at that point and have come so far. Babies go in for their 9 month check tomorrow so I will have official stats, but they were in for a sick visit about a week ago and the results from that were as follows:
Ewan ~ 14 lbs.
Noel ~ 13 lbs.
Mairin ~ 13 lbs.

If I must label the children I would say the following:

Ewan seems to be really thoughtful and even-tempered, perhaps a future peacemaker? He is the bulkiest of the triplets and a great jumper and swinger. The 2 bottom teeth are coming in concurrently. I just felt them for the first time with my finger yesterday and then again today though unfortunately not with my finger if you get my drift. Yeow!

Noel is either really up or really down. Luckily since he has been better able to get around and amuse himself, his moments of unhappiness are becoming less frequent. He would, love, love, love to be held all day long, or better yet, surgically reattached to momma. I think he may be the clown of the family and also jumps like a maniac. His first tooth came in a couple of weeks ago and number 2 made its appearance this past week. Also enjoys biting toward the end of a feed.

Mairin may be the world's laziness baby and has become so soft and squishy. Will complain if made to work too hard at something. It is quite humorous. No teeth yet but the biting still hurts the momma. Her response to my yelp... a goofy grin and big belly laugh. Quinn is ridiculously in love with her and is always acting like a mother hen when she is around. Very expressive and generally happy, though who wouldn't be if they slothed and snacked all day.

Quinn is still enjoying both preschool and excessively pushing his limits with the parental units. That boy is so intense and not likely to give up; traits I hope will serve him well in the future. Still has an amazing ability to pick up and memorize music. Must get that more from Eddy who can play anything by ear on the guitar. Me so jealous. Since he seems so musical, we decided to enroll him in Suzuki violin lesson at the Saint Paul Conservatory of Music. He has a private lesson with me and his teacher on Wednesdays, and a group class with 4 other students and parents on Saturday mornings. For those unfamiliar with Suzuki the general idea is that young children can begin to learn an instrument much like they learn language. There is a lot of repetition and memory involved (right up Quinn's alley) and a very set course of study- everyone begins with variations of Twinkle, Twinkle and progresses from there. So far so good! He gets to participate in the winter recital which should be interesting. I have to say that there are few things cuter than a little child walking around with a tiny violin case strapped to their backs.

That is about all I can think of right now.