18 months old!

Well, the triplets are now a year and a half old, and we can hardly believe it! They had their

18 month check up at the doctor yesterday. He is very pleased with their development and everything. Will weighed 26 lbs 7 oz (60th percentile) and was 32 " long (50th). Xander was 24 lbs 8 oz (45th) and 32 1/4 long (50th). Grace was a small 21 lbs 3 oz (10th) and 31 1/2 (50th). (She actually had lost a half an ounce from their 15 month checkup until now.) They all had big heads, 75th percentile or larger. He told us Grace needs to drink more milk and eat more high fat foods. For those of you who have seen Grace eat, you know that she eats a TON and it's not possible for her to eat more. She could probably stand to drink more milk, but those of you who know Grace know that she's not going to do anything she doesn't want to do, and we're already doing a lot to get her to drink what she does. So, we'll see about that. We're sticking with the inhaled steroids for Will, as it is helping his coughing and wheezing. He had a touch of a cold this last weekend, and it's helped us through. There is not much else to report from that visit, pretty easy. They did get 2 shots, which they were not happy about. They all cried all the way out the doctor's office while we were leaving.

By all reports they had a good weekend with the grandparents. Lots of water playing, junk food and general fun. Mom and dad had a good weekend in Kansas City, but missed the kids. While we were gone, the grandparents tried to transition them from 2 naps to 1 nap a day. But, it did not work and boy did we suffer the consequences. They were averaging only about one 2 hour nap, which just wasn't enough. Even though we put them to bed early, they still were extremely exhaused and very grumpy about it. So, we're back to two naps for a couple weeks, then we'll try it again. It might make a difference when they can take their one nap in their own beds instead of at grandma and grandpa's house.

Here are a couple pictures from playing the other day. The last 3 days we've just stayed inside since it's been so hot. The top one is them playing a piano "trio". Next is Grace with her cell phone around her wrist and was pushing her shopping cart around, what a diva! The other pictures are Xander and Will also playing with cell phones, I think we have 3 or 4 in the house.