Nora "reading" her first book

Watch "Nora reading" on YouTube

Weird toys

Well you just never know what will keep these kids occupied. I got two extra car seats from a co-worker so that the grandparents can keep them in their cars. They have been playing with them all weekend like it's their own personal seat. Fine with me, safer than the normal walking on the couch!

17 months!

Well I am one day late but my "babies" are 17 months old. Wow!  The time is flying. And among all of the temper tantrums, biting and sleepless nights this has still been the best 17 months of my life. Being a mom to these three is the best job title I will ever have!

All 3 are walking great now and it's actually quite comical when they are all following each other around. They are all starting to repeat words and can obviously understand what we are saying to them now so that is very cool to see. I just love watching them develop. I try to enjoy every moment I can because I know before long they will be starting school and so on. They are developing an interest in books so I am trying to read to them when they will sit still long enough.

Enjoy these pictures I took of them today!

15/16 month check-up

Lots of craziness going on at the Sanders household as always! The kids are getting so big and growing up so fast it's hard to believe where we were a year ago.

I took them to the doctor for their check-up on Friday (mom helped me) and Dr Farberman says they are doing great! Here's their stats:
Logan - 31" long (25-50th percentile) & 21 lbs 13 oz (10th percentile)
Nora - 31 1/4" long (50th percentile) & 19 lbs 7 oz (10th percentile)
Clara - 32" long (75th percentile) & 20 lbs 3 oz (10th percentile)

So, they still need to gain some weight but their heights are all average! The dr was pleased with how well they have come along. They all need to be drinking a little more milk (or just getting more calcium) and he wants us to start giving them a vitamin that "could" help Logan sleep better (not holding my breath). He said that he didn't even really hear Nora's heart murmur so that was encouraging.

All three of them are walking now, how exciting! Clara is just trucking around like she's been walking for months and Nora is slowly but surely starting to walk more frequently.

We're starting to call Nora our parrot, she's getting really good at repeating things that we say. Guess we should watch what comes out of our mouths!

So all-in-all it was a great check-up. We have to take them back in a couple of weeks for some shots and then another check-up in 4 months.