Day 99

Hailey has been teething lately so last night she was really uncomfortable. She woke up around 1:00 and couldn't put herself back to sleep so I went to get her. Of course Hannah woke up because she is such a light sleeper that she heard me in the room (she'd hear a pin drop...even on the carpet!). So I picked them both up and just brought them back to bed. I handed Hannah to Pete and kept Hailey and we both let them fall back to sleep on us. After they were sleeping for a few minutes we put them in the bed between us and not even 5 minutes goes by when they realize they're sleeping next to each other. And they started to play! It's 1:30 in the morning! Ummmm...no. So we brought them downstairs to change their diapers, gave them some water and then put them back in their cribs where they took a whole 20 seconds to fall asleep again.

We all woke up at 7:00 and started the day. I got the girls dressed as soon as we came downstairs and then we had some milk and cereal. When Pete came down - he made a big breakfast for all of us. Then at 10:30 we were really wanting to get out of here. The girls were wired today! We put the girls down for a nap and when they woke up decided to head to the mall. Kim, Little Brother and Kristin all met us there and we hung out for a few hours.

It's amazing how people react when they see us. And even more amazing at some of the things they say. Some days I have a lot of patience - other days I don't. Today I did. ;-) One thing we DO NOT allow is people taking pictures of the girls. Why on earth do you want to take a picture of someone else's kids?!?! Plus - they're not a freakin' display people! We are not a circus act nor are we here for your entertainment.

This is something that comes up a lot with Pete and I. We constantly talk about how people remember us. We can walk through the grocery store without the kids and people will stop to ask 'how are the girls?' or 'where are the girls today?'. One day someone actually said 'wow - they're being good today - better than last time I saw you guys!' One day a looooong time ago Hannah had a melt down in the grocery store. Once. ONE TIME! No one would have remembered that if we had just Hannah with us. But simply because we're different we're put in the spotlight. And some days it's really frustrating. If I want to have a bad day out in public I can't. Because I never know who's around and who knows me.

There's this extra pressure put on us to be the best because people are ALWAYS watching...and remembering. Look back at xmas day when Pete had the run in with the neighbor. The cardboard boxes that Pete was throwing away were not corrugated cardboard (the kind that should be recycled). And I'm sure that no one said a word to the person who put the whole toilet seat in the dumpster. Or the person who redid the floors in their condo and put their entire condo's worth of carpet in this same dumpster. But for some reason people think it's ok to point out all the things we're doing wrong or think we need to improve. Don't you think we have enough pressure on ourselves to make sure we're doing things RIGHT for our girls? But no one stops to think before they speak.

It's one comment after another after another and so on. Someone said to me when they found out I had triplets 'We wonder about our blessings sometimes don't we?' What??? Ugh...I just can't even comment back sometimes because people don't deserve the time. NO YOU MORON - BUT I WONDER ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU!

I could go on and on about this one topic alone. Pete and I won't stop bringing the kids everywhere with us. So this is just something we'll have to deal with on a day by day basis. Some people can be really kind. I absolutely love when people say 'congratulations' and mean it. They're in awe and it makes me feel good inside that someone sees what we really have. And there are other times when people have said 'wow - they're not only beautiful but they're really good girls. You guys are doing a great job with them!' Thank you. These people I would love to stop and chat with.

And there are other times when people say 'triplets?' and I'd love to look back and say 'OMG WHERE IS THE 4TH ONE?!? I CAN'T BELIEVE WE LOST HER AGAIN!!!!!' just to have a little fun. Hehe...maybe one day.

After the mall we came home and colored, played our fishing game and even worked out! I had the girls doing jumping jacks (as best as they could which cracked me up), running in place, touching the 'ceiling' and then their toes, push ups (imagine that!), sit ups and then even a cool down. LOL - they were so wired I tried to get out all of their energy! Then we ate dinner, read books and hit the sack.

I went back up to read one more book because it was taking them a while to settle down. But they're sleeping now. Now it's time to get stuff done.