This week’s blog post starts off with a photo from last Sunday that I forgot to post last week. But it’s an appropriate start. You’ll see why in a minute!

Jason was having some fun with Steven. I’m pretty sure I asked him to put Steven’s pants on him. So he did. Hahaha.

And these pictures were of Jason on Thursday night after he got home from work. Steven, Sammy and Amaya love it when we get home from work. We’re instant celebrities. What we really need in those moments is an extra arm so we can lift all 3 babies into our lap at once.

But Friday morning started Jason’s big adventure. Megan was sick and I couldn’t stay home after being out sick for 2 days so Jason stayed home as solo!dad for the day!

Getting started with the morning bottles.

Playtime in the nursery.

Meal time!!

And here I am having a FaceTime lunch date with everyone!

Steven, Sammy and Amaya are lucky to have such an awesome daddy.

The fun continued on Saturday when Jason took Steven to the grocery store. Our first baby at Kroger!

Heading out. Where are we going, daddy?

There’s so much to see! Does he look like a big boy or what?

Does he know how to live, or what? Jason reports that Steven spent a good portion of the trip blissed out in the cart, hanging on to some mountain dew and staring at the ceiling. Even other customers mentioned how chill he was.

Meanwhile, at home, Sammy decided to pull himself to standing for the first time!

And then the fun continued with daddy.

On Friday night, Jason and I had dinner plans with our friends Doug & Sue Karsch. (Doug was Jason’s best man at our wedding.) Before we went out, the Karsch family came over to give Steven, Sammy and Amaya some gifts. Sports balls!

Each one of the Karsch kids has “adopted” one of our trio. The pairings are perfect.

Solid, steady men.

Goofballs!

Smarty, sassy women.

This week we had many more adventures with food!

Rotini with salmon and broccoli in alfredo sauce.

Steven enjoying a waffle with his eggs

Crab cakes!

This morning we tried raspberries.

And Sammy wore more of his avocado than usual.

For this week, I made feta and spinach egg fritters and I breaded some cod. Not pictured, I also made a turkey & 3 bean chili in the slow cooker. I barely turned the stove on before this fall. Now I’m a cooking machine!

More fun photos from the week.

Morning fun!

We decorated the playroom for Hanukkah!

The kids love it, especially the boys!

Playtime!

Yesterday I stepped out of the playroom for no more than 2 minutes and came back to this. Everyone had been playing quietly when I left.

Today was reasonably warm out so Steven, Sammy, Amaya and I headed to the mall for some holiday shopping. $5 valet parking is my friend.

It’s almost better at the mall when it’s busy because people have less time to stop and talk and there are more distractions to divert attention from “OMG THREE BABIES.” I mostly don’t mind the comments, even the random rude ones, but I do hate when people will walk alongside me to talk about my family. I end up diverting into random stores to escape!

And some photos of each kiddo.

Steven!

Notice the first picture with the brush in his hand and the 2nd picture when the brush was taken away. Someone is starting to throw tantrums!

Fortunately, there’s always someone to make it better.

Hahaha. I love this. Megan calls it Steven’s “Oh, my!” face.

He knows he’s cute. 😉

Sammy!

He spends a lot of time in downward dog.

In one week he figured out how to crawl (vs. doing the worm), how to pull himself to his knees and how to stand. Rapid fire progression!

So guess who else’s crib was lowered!

And Amaya!

Megan and Amaya, making faces.

Sassy, sassy, sassy.

Hahahaha. This outfit. Another amazing hand me down from big cousin Charlie.

Cutest cousins ever!

Have a great week!