2 months old...A week of firsts!

Ava, Lia and Mya - 2 months old

Well, believe it or not, the girls are already 2 months old as of last Monday!  In celebration, we have decided it is time to start tackling the world outside of our house.  Believe it or not, we have not taken the babies anywhere since they have been home!  We have been unbelievably fortunate to have an awesome pediatrician who made house calls for us for the first couple of months so that the girls did not have to be exposed to any unnecessary germs.  But, since two months old brings with it a plethora of vacccinations, it was time for us to head to the doctor's office.

We decided to do a dry run on Sunday and make a visit to Great Grandma Kolb's house.  All in all, everything went very well.  The girls were out cold the second the car started moving.  And, all of the carseats fit nicely across the middle seat of our SUV, so that was a relief as well!

All strapped into the truck - Ava was happier once we started driving.

Noa now climbs in through the tailgate.

Snoozing after the car ride.

Great grandma Kolb and Mya

4 Generations

On Monday, we made our trip to the pediatrician.  Between filling out paperwork times 3, weighing, measuring, examining and vaccinating 3 babies, we were there for 2 and a half hours!  But, we were declared to have 3 perfectly  healthy babies...2 of which you would never know were preemies!  Little Ava is still not on the growth charts quite yet, but is much closer than when she was born.  Miss Lia, however, is already at the 50th percentile in weight for a full term 2 month old baby and Mya is at the 25th percentile for a full term 2 month old baby!

Ava - 7 pounds 2 ounces; 18.5 inches
Lia - 10 pounds 13 ounces; 21 inches
Mya - 9 pounds 8 ounces; 20.5 inches

Our big adventure of today was our first walk outside in the triple stroller.  I'm not sure what exactly motivated me, but I got the girls strapped in and we headed out for a walk around the block.  Anyone who has been to my house knows that is not quite as easy as it sounds.  Not only do I have an extremely long, steep driveway, but our entire street is hills.  After nearly 6 months of complete inactivity, I was completely wiped out by the time we got home.  I am sure that I will be sore for days!

First walk in the stroller

Ava

Lia

Mya

So, the babies are doing great.  They are starting to sleep longer stretches at night.  The past week or so we have had 4 or 5 hours between feedings most nights, especially for the bigger girls.  They are still napping a lot during the day, but they are starting to have a little bit more alert time.  Lia and Mya are both doing really good with holding their heads steady, and Ava is starting to work on it but is still pretty wobbly.  We are trying to do more tummy time to practice, but these pictures show how that usually ends up:

Lia

Mya

 

Lia comforting Ava during her tummy time.



Have you ever seen such big eyes in such a little face?

And last but not least, every child has to be embarassed with infant bath pics, right?

Ava

Lia

Mya