Helen looking bright eyed and bushy tailed!Well, it is another sort of birthday celebration for the triplets this week. Friday, January 11 is their due date if they had gone full term. They are six weeks old this week. It is hard to believe that they should not have even been born yet but they are still doing so well. Their characters develop more and more every day and it is so fun to look in their faces and try to figure out what they are thinking or learning.
Alex looks more like his cousin Andrew every day - definitely a Boeckman!
We call Helen "the Queen" because she does not tolerate waiting one minute more than necessary for her food or for anything else. We don't even think about feeding anyone else before feeding here. Here she is in her "throne." 
Ella is looking a little startled at having her feeding interupted
When we went to the doctor this week for the one month check up, we used the opportunity to get everyone dressed up. Truth be told, they have so many clothes (Grandma went a little overboard) that there are many things they will wear only once or not at all. They had not worn any of these outfits yet so we figured the doctor was as good of an excuse as any to get dressed up. Here are the girls - Helen and Ella. 
Alex, Helen, and Ella
Mommy and Alex
Mommy and Helen
Mommy and Ella
Grandma with Ella, Helen, and Alex
Alex is in his car seat and is ready to go
Ella is getting ready to get buckled in (we had to adjust the straps to make room for all the weight she has gained since the last time she was in it)
Everyone is all lined up and ready to get loaded into the minivan!
At the doctor's office waiting to be seenEverything went well at the doctor's. They are all gaining weight like crazy. Helen is now 7 pounds 9 ounces, Alex is 6 pounds 15 ounces, and Ella is 6 pounds 2 ounces. They are all the size of full term babies which makes sense since this is the week they would have been born.
Of course I think my children are going to be geniuses but look at Alex holding his own bottle at 6 weeks old!
Ella is doing her post feeding stretch
Alex is hanging out and waiting his turn to eat
1 comment:
Hi Laura,
Thanks for continuing to up date the progress of the Triplets. They certainly appear to be absorbing all that loving care very well.
With all this practical experience, you and your mother will be well equiped to write a manual on what to do and not do relative to the care of a healthy set of triplets.
And, you can assign Scooter the duty of doing an extensive BOOK REVIEW of your diary to learn about this facet of the Triplets lives.
In trying to fathom all that you and your mother are doing, are you sure that scooter did not engeer this deployment? (!!)
What is your departure date?
Uncle Bill
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