The Mooney Clan

And the prize for first tooth to come through goes to...... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Liam!! Way to go little guy! And way to go Craig and/or Leah for guessing it! The other two babies are SO SO close. You can see the whites of Evan's. It is making life oh so enjoyable. Ugh. Dylan is especially suffering today. But they are all medicated and ready for bed now. Dylan didn't sleep much at all last night (My night of course!) so I'm hoping he gets a better sleep tonight.

One of the triplets finally has a tooth. Who is the first to have one of their shiny whites break through? If you want an oh so fascinating game to play on this rainy July day - have a guess. Was it Dylan, Evan or Liam? I'll tell you who it was tomorrow!! Aren't you glad you read this in time to be a part of the nail biting suspense ? :)

Sunday was our last day in Minot and we decided to spend it at the spray park. It was another pretty nice day. We had really nice weather the whole time. Here are some pictures of the time at the park: Caden Lana on the left, Uncle Adam with the gun and Zack in the water bubble Zack Adam, Caden and Caden's little girlfriend for the day. He followed her around a bit while we were there. It was cute. The baby's didn't want to go in the water so I let them stay out :) They had fun laying on the blanket in the grass with grandma and grandpa. Beth was feeding Dylan cheerios. That was pretty sweet. We had such a good time in Minot. We were sad when it was over but we're already looking forward to next year. A 4 year old and 3 1 1/2 year olds. Huh... That should be interesting... .

Saturday (the weekend before this past weekend) was a beautiful day in Minot and a perfect day to go to the zoo. First, we had some breakfast by the pool. Good Morning Keiran! A smiling Bethy My brothers, Adam and Chris, 'accidentally' put on the same shirt. Cute!! Our boys at the zoo Grandpa pushing Liam and Evan's stroller Dylan got his own for this leg of the walk and here he is actually wearing his hat. That's short lived! The kids enjoyed feeding some of the animals. Zack, Keiran, Caden and Uncle Chris checking out the otters At one point I watched Caden and Keiran (these cousins are just a few weeks apart in age) just start to wander off, on their own little mission. Not sure what they were planning but I'm sure it would have been interesting. Ok - the kids might seem smaller here! They are!! This is two years ago. The first annual family trip to Minot. I thought it might be fun to compare the first two years with the cousins to this year. So this is 2...

If I wait until I have time to blog the whole weekend in one sitting, I may never blog again. So - I will do a little here and little there. We spent last weekend in Minot with my family. This is our third year in a row and its a great tradition to have started!! I was certainly curious how it would go this year since our family has grown a little :). I started making lists of what to take a couple of weeks ahead of time and started packing 5 days ahead or so. And that doesn't include the things that I bought in Estevan ahead of time and left there. I felt a little funny at the border when we first pulled up with a vanload of babies (that don't even look alike!!) but they believed our 'triplet' story and away we went. The babies slept most of the trip and had their bottles as soon as we arrived - Right away that night most everybody went for a swim. My mom had bought a kiddie pool and set it up for the babies. They LOVED it. Dylan was a bit of a crazy baby in it...

We're back!! We spent a long weekend away in Minot with my family and had lots of fun. Doing that with the 4 kids went pretty well. We would never have been able to do it if it weren't for all the loving arms that took those babies for us sometimes!! Thanks guys!! I will take some time later and get some pictures up from the weekend but I'm happy to say we have another milestone to report. Well a couple actually. F First of all, last week Liam just started clapping away. We have never done that with him (I know - these babies are so deprived!!) but he figured it out and does it all the time now. He claps his hands and his feet and any and all toys. He loves to have another way to express his excitement. The second exciting thing was today. Dylan has been kind of kneeling up to things but today he actually pulled himself up to standing. YAY! Dylan. He seems to be doing everything at pretty much the same time that Caden did them. Anyway - it was pretty excitin...