Some days, it seems that Addison and Fischer get bored easily. I guess we all have days like that! Friday was one of those days... they were tired of their toys, tired of me, tired of Scott, tired of Mickey... I was at a loss! I decided to go through the pantry and find them something to do. I found these plastic containers, and put macaroni in one and dried beans in the other. They loved shaking them and making a lot of noise, and they stayed entertained for awhile. I got them making "music" on video, with Scott in the background helping them along. You can see in the video that they also thought they were bottles and kept trying to drink out of them. :)





I hope you all had a great weekend!

Last week, we had to run to Wal-Mart to get a few things. While we were there, we picked up this big green ball for Addison and Fischer to play with.

As soon as we walked in the door, Scott and I both said "we should've bought two balls." I don't know why we didn't. The thought didn't even cross our minds when we were in Wal-Mart. Addison and Fischer do OK sharing toys, but with certain items (like big bouncing balls), it just helps to have two on hand. We tried letting them play with it anyway, but they immediately started fighting over it, and it was turning ugly. So, the ball had to be put away until we could go get another one.  Yesterday, we finally got another one!

They have had the best time playing with them. You can see that Addison is showing hers off to Bo, who is hanging out in the (air-conditioned) sunroom!

In other news, Addison has had a slight fever over the past couple of days. I was finally able to feel around in her mouth and found that her 4th molar has just broken through, which is probably why she has a fever. She seems fine otherwise, which is always good news.  That brings her up to 12 teeth!

They have both been saying many new words. I was trying to keep up with them, and it became stressful for me, so I stopped. I have a mental list, but have stopped worrying about writing them all down.  Fischer will repeat any word we say, and he is saying many, many words on his own.  Addison had a slower spell where she stopped using as many new words, but I've noticed that it's picking back up now. I think she was happy letting Fischer answer all the questions, and do all the talking.

Fischer is going through a waking-up-at-night phase. It's been almost nightly now for about 2 weeks. He wakes up and cries, and sounds like he's panicking some of the time.  I talked to the nurse, wondering if it was his reflux bothering him. So, we decided to start up his morning dose of Zantac again (they were both just getting it at dinner). That seemed to do the trick for 3 nights, then he was back to waking up again. So, I'm thinking it's just a phase, but hate that he might be having bad dreams or something like that. All we can do is comfort him and hopefully he'll be out of this phase soon!

We are looking forward to a weekend at home with nothing big planned. Sometimes those are the best!

Yesterday, we went swimming with my friend Melissa, and her son Brooks. Brooks is a month older than Addison and Fischer, so it was fun watching them together.  Brooks is a very tall boy, so we tried to get a picture of the 3 of them standing together to really show the height differences, but didn't have much success because they don't like to hold still. :)

 Here they are in the pool (Addison on the left, Brooks in the middle and Fischer on the right) - I couldn't get anyone to look at me!

Fischer is always happy after a dip in the pool...

Eating some lunch before playing some more...

Addison and Brooks trying to figure out what to do about the tunnel...

I'm happy that there were no arguments over toys, and no tears! The main thing I'm noticing about these play dates is that they all like to swap sippy cups. I suppose it could be worse! :)

Last Thursday, Addison and Fischer turned 17 months old! I can't believe that in just a few short weeks, they will be 18 months old. That sounds so old.

To mark the occasion, we had a playdate with our friend, Rylan, who is 2 months younger than Addison and Fischer.  The three babies first met last July when we went to the beach.

They are so much different now. They are all very mobile, and were all over the place. They played well together, and it was very cute to watch. It gave me a little taste of what triplets would be like at this age. Here they are playing at Rylan's house, where they loved looking out the front door. I could only get one picture with all 3 of them in it!

I'll be the first to admit that we haven't been the best about letting Addison and Fischer use spoons. I always have plans to let them try eating on their own, but then I forget until well after the meal is over. So, the spoon-using has been very inconsistent.  Last week, however, I finally remembered to let them do this several times. I gave them each a bowl of yogurt, a spoon and let them work their magic. It was pretty funny.

The yogurt eating was a little slow at first...

Then, they got the hang of it and actually ate a good amount on their own...

Then, they decided spoons were slowing them down, and used their hands...

And finally, it was all gone... Addison just wanted to be extra sure she didn't leave any in her bowl...

Now that I'm done posting about our vacation, I can post some updates about Addison and Fischer!

They did great staying with their Grandma and Grandpa Suttle while we were on vacation.  Addison was a little mad at us when we got back, but she eventually warmed up to us. :)  They especially enjoyed watching all of the deer that venture into Grandma and Grandpa's yard.. and because of that, they learned the new word "dee" while we were gone!

I was brave enough the other day to do a tooth count - it's scary sticking your fingers into those mouths! Fischer now has 16 teeth, and Addison is still holding steady at 11.  Fischer has been waking up at night lately and I think tooth #16 just broke through, so that might be why.

They are starting to take longer and longer to fall asleep for their morning naps. They lay in there and "talk" for quite awhile before eventually falling asleep.  Going to one nap a day might be in our near future.

They are talking all the time, although most of it is in their own language. I love that I can ask them to do something now, and they do it! It's amazing how much they are understanding now!

Fischer has started saying "no" which is always fun. :) He says it in context and absolutely means it. I'll say "Fischer, try a carrot!" and he just says "Nah" and refuses to put one into his mouth.  We don't force the food issue, so after trying a couple of times, if he still says "nah" I stop trying. Usually, he'll eat a few on his own anyway. The other day, Scott was across the room and said "Fischer, come over here" and Fischer said "Nah" and walked the other way. It was funny, but also scary at the same time since we now realize we are going to be hearing "nah" a lot more!

Here are Addison and Fischer in their Harvard t-shirts from our trip. They look like future Harvard students to me!

And here they are hanging out on the couch looking outside.

I can't believe it was 2 years ago today that I found out I was pregnant. Oh, how things change!!

Sunday was the last full day of our trip! We woke up and had breakfast at our hotel, then headed back to Boston. We were able to return the rental car to our hotel, so that avoided another trip to the airport! After following the incorrect Google Maps directions, we finally found our hotel (the same one we stayed in the first 2 nights).

We had planned on heading over to Harvard Square for the Bastille Day Festival that was going on all day Sunday. We hopped on the "T" and headed over...

We were able to find the festival because of the huge crowd gathered in front of a TV watching The World Cup.

The Bastille Day Festival wasn't as big as we thought it would be, so we didn't stay too long. We ate some lunch at a restaurant right by the big crowd and the TV, then headed over to walk around Harvard's campus.  We also stopped to get ourselves some t-shirts - Addison and Fischer got one too! There were some very pretty buildings and gates on campus.

We went back to the hotel to relax before heading to dinner. We tried an Italian place that my parents recommended. I had my last dozen oysters of the trip, and lobster ravioli, which was all delicious!! We decided to walk back to the hotel so we could explore the North End area a little more.

There were so many cute parks with fountains, and all had a lot of little kids playing in them. It's funny how much I pay attention to children when we are out and about now!

On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at Union Oyster House - the oldest restaurant in America. Scott was ready for his last bowl of chowder... and just like that, it was time to say goodbye to all of the delicious chowders and other seafood!

We stopped to listen to some live music on the way back to the hotel, but he was packing up just as we arrived. So, we headed back to pack up and get ready for our early flight home on Monday morning!

Here we are at the airport on Monday...

We could NOT wait to get home to these little ones...