Thanksgiving Turkey Day!

Today is Thanksgiving Day and Mommy and Daddy were really busy making lots of food.  Dad smoked a turkey outside and we had mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top, and wheat rolls.  They finished it up with pumpkin pie and ice cream.  Of course all of that got rolled into one heck of a good tasting cocktail in Mom's milk.  We almost ate as much as Mommy and Daddy did!  All of that eating made us really happy and we smiled regularly for the first time.

Serena was all wiggly and happy as Daddy took these pics....

Later in the evening we helped Mommy and Daddy put up the Christmas tree.  We weren't sure what that was but apparently big people bring a tree in the house, stand it up, put lots of flashing lights on it, and hang all sorts of shiny things on it.  We hadn't seen anything like it before.  Mommy put a red hat on Sadie and Scarlett but Serena didn't want to wear it.  We played along and tried the best we could to help out.  Scarlett was fascinated and couldn't stop staring at the Christmas tree.

Sadie was so tired from helping that she fell asleep in her pink thermals and Winnie the Pooh socks.  It's hard work putting up ornaments and decorations!  We think we'll let Mommy take them all down some day by herself.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sit ups

Sadie is really getting strong--she's able to hold her head up now and keep it there.  Her sisters are close behind but we just snapped a pic of her today.  You can see her chubby cheeks and big eyes as she steadies herself.  They just keep growing!

Three Peas in a Pod

Today we went to the park again but it was a little bit chilly outside so we kept it short.  When we got home, we put the babies in their warm sleeper clothes and they were beat from the LONG 3 mile drive and 30 minutes of trying to pose.

This next week is our first Thanksgiving together.  The four day weekend will be a nice rest and we'll definitely get to spend a lot of time together.

Professional Photo Shoot

Last weekend the girls went in for their first photo shoot.  It was quite an adventure, let me tell you.  Three wiggly babies all crying at random times, cranky, cold, hot, hungry, tired, pretty much everything wrong the whole time.  Scarlett posed for the camera without any problems at all just as she has done for us in the past.  She seems to love taking pictures.  Meanwhile, the photographer would wait for us to shove a binkie into Serena and Sadie, wait for a few seconds for them to calm down, and yank the binkies out while he snapped pictures furiously for the three seconds they were shocked at the sudden removal of said binkie before they lost it again.  In these photoshoots you are under a time limit where the photographer will take as many pictures as he can in 30 minutes and with as many poses as you can squeeze in.  Knowing that few would be perfect, we were in a huge hurry to get a lot of pics done in the short time in the hopes that at least a handfull would turn out.  We were a wreck by the time it was done......Mom, Dad, and the girls.  They were really quiet the whole way home as they crashed as soon as we left the place.  By the time we were ready to unload them, this was the scene in the back seat.  Scarlett had somehow blindfolded herself along the way while Serena and Sadie were sleeping, trusted binkie where it's supposed to be.

Eye Appointment

Last week Serena went in for an eye exam.  The doctor put drops in her eyes (which she loved......NOT) to dialate the pupil so he could examine her optic nerve.  We quickly found out that her eyelids are functioning quite well and that they are *strong*.  It was almost impossible to hold the things open so that the doc could peer in.  Dad finally had to step up and hold a pair of strategically placed q-tips to gently pry the eyelids open so he could take a quick peek.  All was well and he sent her home with strict instructions to stay out of direct light and he "accessorized" her.  Represent.

 

Our First Day Outside

Today was our first day to go outside.  Mommy kept saying something about going out to get fresh air and some sun......we weren't sure what that was but we guessed it was that blinding light that shines in our face out of nowhere when Daddy brings us downstairs in the morning.  Before we left, Mommy changed us into our strawberry outfits and put a ribbon on our heads.


Serena

 

Scarlett

Sadie

Then we were packed up and went to the park.  Daddy unloaded us and snapped our car seats into this long frame and pushed us around in this long train.  We didn't stand out too much.....just looked perfectly ordinary.

We got out of our car seats and took a few family pictures.  The sun felt really good on our faces and the fresh air was wonderful.  We hardly cried at all because there were way too many things to see and we were way too busy checking them all out.

We then piled on Mommy as we sat back in the shade.....

Finally, we spread out a blanket and just laid back and relaxed......

We were so tired that we slept for the long 2 mile trip home.  We even slept past our dinner time because we were so tired from posing and trying to look our best.  No wonder those supermodels are all so skinny......it takes so much energy to look good and by the time you're finished, you too tired to eat!