Drastic changes are coming

It has been a week now since Craig left and it seems like so much has happened since he left. I thought I would take the time to document what all is going on and all the things Daddy is missing out on.

Hannah has become the bully lately. For the past few days, she has been constantly letting out this extremely high pitched squeal/shrill/grunting noise. She has been doing this for a while, but the difference is now she makes Tyler and Whitney cry when she does it and it seems like she does it just to torment her siblings. Sometimes it is cute although, most of the time it is downright annoying! I broke out the tools and lowered Hannah's bed a few nights ago because she is always up on all fours and I was afraid she would start pulling up while I wasn't watching. I am feeling incredibly single right now - feels like the old days when I actually was single and often did these types of things for myself. BTW...she is not crawling yet.

Whitney has been extra whiny the past few days and seems to want to be held more often than usual. She is drooling a lot and I am guessing her first tooth will pop through any day now. Whitney (as well as Hannah) are giving me such fits with feeding time. I have just decided I am just going to start them with a lesser amount rather than feeding for hours at a time to try to get all of them to finish their bottles. Our pediatrician told us they should be getting most nutrition from formula/breast milk for the first 9 months, but they would much rather eat solids, so I am going to start increasing the solids and decreasing the bottles. Whitney isn't pulling up on all fours but I have seen her pull/drag herself across the floor a few times. She doesn't go very far but if she is close to being within reach of something she wants, she will pull herself just enough to get it. She is also talking and babbling SO much but still doesn't laugh out loud.

Tyler's tooth is coming through more and is becoming more visible when he smiles. It is very cute. He has also been a little more cranky than usual - I am sure it is the teething. Earlier this afternoon, I found Tyler sitting in a (S-position) one leg in front facing in and one leg behind facing out and he was leaned over like he might have pulled himself to a sitting position. He was stuck and screaming. I am glad that happened though because now I know it is time to lower his bed too. Since then, I have watched him pull up on all fours (for the first time) like Hannah. I am about to have some very mobile babies around here so I guess I am going to need to either put up the other baby gate Craig didn't get up before he left or have one of my brothers or brother in laws come out here and do it. I do pride myself for being pretty independent/handy/mechanical but I don't know if I am that mechanical.

I also ordered a triplet stroller and will be putting that together also! I got the babies some much needed new toys last week so they are having fun playing with some more age appropriate toys and I am also on the hunt for some bathtub seats (so I can start bathing them in the bathtub together) and some of those foam mats for the babies to play on (and keep the spit up off the carpet). I thought a big blanket might work, but I am having trouble keeping Lacy off of it and the babies are bunching it up too much.

So much is changing and I hate that Craig is missing it, but there isn't much I can do about that. He was supposed to come back after only two weeks, but they are forcing them to stay longer (most likely) - it is pretty much been left up in the air and they haven't given him an ETA back home.