I don’t know how it’s possible but Steven, Sammy and Amaya are 8 months old today! Holy cow!!

So, first up, are our 8 month photos.

Steven

Sammy

Amaya

I’m definitely seeing progress on the food front. Amaya continues to eat pretty much anything we offer. Steven is pickier but he knows how to eat when he wants to. Sammy isn’t bringing much food to his mouth but he’s starting to eat a bit off his fingers after he makes a big, big MESS.

Amaya eating

Sammy, proud of his mess.

After our 6 month appointment my pediatrician suggested we start playing around with water in cups. It’s two months later but we’re finally getting there. Not surprisingly, Amaya picked up on it right away. She’s not sucking on the straw, yet, but she’s close. Steven also played around with the straw a bit. Sammy mostly liked the sound the cup made when it hit the floor.

I took this next set of photos on Thursday. I worked from home because we had an Early On (early intervention) evaluation. They sent 5 people and I’m pretty sure that’s because people wanted to see triplets. Two people could have easily completed the eval. I’m really glad I did it, though. By and large, Steven, Sammy and Amaya are right on track. Even where they lag, they’re mostly in line with their adjusted ages. (For example, Steven is slightly behind with gross motor skills. Amaya is slightly behind with communication.) Since they were premature, we qualify for monthly sessions at our house where we’ll primarily learn about activities we should be doing with the babies to address any particular area where they lag.

Amaya regularly sits independently now. It’s amazing to see the improvement in just one week! Sammy’s getting more comfortable and Steven’s also showing improvement. It’s mostly about duration with the boys. They tend to flop over fairly quickly, especially Steven, but Amaya can sit around for 30 minutes.

We have readers on our hands! Or, at the very least, babies who like to eat books. They really do love to hold the books we’re reading. It’s a fine balance between actually getting through the content of the book and playtime with the pages.

Time for the Amaya fashion show!

Amaya and Charlie in the same outfit, about 3 years apart.

This is a personal favorite. My sassy little girl.

Amaya let her brothers in on the action.

Steven insisted on a few more selfies with mommy this week.

Last but most certainly not least, we had a surprise guest this weekend! Ames was in the area for work so she drove 3 hours to see us and changed her flight out of Detroit so we could all spend the day together. I came home from work last night to this scene.

Ames helped Amaya with today’s fashion show.

And, the 5 of us packed up and went to a huuuuuuuuge party hosted by a former Borders colleague. It’s an annual event that includes hundreds of people, tons of food, live music and 240 gallons of beer. We planned their nap time so we could leave for the party at 2pm and feed the babies there. I was nervous about the change in routine but it all went really well! Steven, Sammy and Amaya were great. They ate fairly well despite the chaos and were so calm for the 3 hours I was there. Ames had to leave half way through to catch her flight but I hung out and caught up with former colleagues.

The BIG surprise was that a local triplet mom was there, too. Nina works with my friend’s sister-in-law. She and her husband weren’t there with their kids which made things even more interesting because people who know her obviously assumed my babies were her triplets when they saw her standing by my stroller. Such a small world!

Ames and Steven taking a bottle break.

The girls!

It was a perfect weekend day. Thank you Ames for the visit, the help and for sharing our 8 month birthday with us!