The Mooney Clan

I came across some interesting info about triplets today. Well, interesting to me but not necessarily to you. I won't put it all on here but I thought I'd throw a few up here. The most sets of triplets born to one woman was 15 sets to an Italian lady in the 1800's (WHAT!!). Of modern times it's only 6 sets. The most premature triplets (all 3 surviving) is 24 wks. Lightest total birthweight was 3 lbs 3/4 oz. Heaviest total birthweight was 24 lbs. Each baby was about 8 lbs. (ours totaled about 16 lbs. I cannot even imagine 24 lbs of baby in my belly. WOW!) Longest gestation with triplets was 41 wks. (oh my!) Oldest mother with triplets was a 66 yr old in India. Oh my goodness. Talk about being tired all the time!! Since 1989 there have been an average of 1802 sets of triplets born each year in the US. 150 or less are identical. That's all. I will put up pics from my triplets second birthday very soon!

Dylan, Evan and Liam turned 2 on wednesday!! We sang to them at moms and tots and then had them try to blow out their candles. Auntie Jacquie and Uncle Kenny were here from Calgary so we were able to celebrate with them in the evening and open some presents from the Mooney relatives. We are having their big party on saturday with cake and stuff (just store bought cake this year!). Here are some pictures from birthday party #1: Dylan was doing a little dance to the music on one of their new toys. He was on fire! So, the day has come and gone and the boys are 2. I can officially say that I have 3 two year olds. Good times!

My friend Kim invited us to the Pats Game for Breast Cancer Awareness so Caden and I went. They played Spokane and they beat us quite spectacularly (11 to 1) but Caden had lots of fun and keeps asking to go again. I really didn't think he'd stay interested until the end but he did! Then last night we dressed everybody up and went out for our first family trick or treating experience. It went better than I thought. Liam (as you can see in this first picture) wasn't too sure about it but in the end he enjoyed himself and cried when we went home! They pretty much followed each other to each house. Dylan figured out pretty quickly to hold out his bag and then he'd say BYE as we left each house. It was really fun to do this together. Again I had a flash of the days when I was sad about not having my own kids to dress up. And with that thought, as always - many times a day - I shake my head with the awesomeness of how wonderfully we have been Blessed!

It's not halloween yet but we've been enjoying the prehalloween activities around here! On wednesday we dressed up our kiddoes at moms and tots. Liam is not pictured because he refused to wear a costume. Simply screamed and ran!! Dylan, Luca, Lena and Evan The big boys: Caden as a Knight, Michael (spiderman) and Elijah (batman) THEN - the really great part. I got to meet Tim and Tara's new baby girl, Ella Irene Then back to my house for some fun with friends and gross foods (thanks to my creative and fun hubby) Crystal and her favorite triplets Caden and Justin's jack o lantern Qtips with ear wax... Mummy dogs eyeballs worms (some of the kids would NOT eat these - funny) and yes, a salsa vomiting pumpkin. What more can I say? HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Nine days ago we had two bunk beds delivered. It has been a mostly fun transitional time for everybody. Caden was able to sleep on the top bunk the very first night and decided right off that it is great. He loves it. Dylan slept in Caden's room (now Dylan and Caden's room) on the bottom bunk a day or so after that. He was great. Liked it. Climbs in right away when told to. Even at naptime! WOW. I was pretty happy. A few nights after that we had Liam and Evan try their beds. That first night went really well. The next days nap was like an episode from Super Nanny - put kid back in bed every time they get out for an hour and a half (without exploding). This not for tv version had a couple of spankings in it though. What can I say... an hour and half of that is a REALLY long time. Plus... it worked. Evan stayed put after that and then that helped Liam settle down some. It was just hard for them because they kept egging each other on. Plus they were excited to ...

We've had a really good last couple of weeks. We had a bit of a frustration because Evan was starting to wake up more and more in the night. At one point he was up every two hours. Not ok with me! We had been wondering if he was running into the sides of the crib and sure enough that was what was happening (we heard a big thunk one night and then the screaming began). He has now been in a play pen for a week and is sleeping through the night. Beautiful! Anyway - here are a few shots of life over the past little while. Pudding painting - eating it is the best part regular painting. They liked this even though they didn't get to eat it. And I think they preferred not getting their hands in it! - just hanging out Thanksgiving Weekend is also Western's lectureship and we were happy to have the Pippus Crew spend the weekend with us. We went to Wascana Park and Candy Cane Park - the weather was fantastic. Megan and Liam Katie and Megan Pippus Family Us The boys The kids...