My Little Huskers

We've finally grown in to our Husker shirts! Aren't we cute? Getting bigger by the day!

We have a new experience coming up this week. I'm going on a mini day and a half vacation! My first night away from the kiddos since they've come home! I don't know where you all are from, but every year, Father's Day weekend is the Walnut Iowa flea market. It is so worth the trip! I've gone the past I don't know how many years and always have a blast! With all of the baby things in the house I don't have room for much else, but I'm sure I'll find a couple special things I'll make room for! There will be 5 of us going this year. The more the merrier! I'll post photos of what I bought next week! Til then, ~Heather

My 3 Favorite Things

Summer time! The months seem to be flying by! I don't know what happened to Spring, we sort of skipped it. The kiddo's are past 6 months old. They are learning so many things daily. I snapped this picture of the boys. They love to watch each other these days.

On to my 3 Favorite things! A couple years back I went to Universal Studios in Florida with my mom and brother. I saw these jumpers and never forgot about them. When I found out I was expecting triplets I knew I had to have them! The smallest size they had was 6 month. And here we are six months old and they fit perfect!

We had a doctors appointment yesterday. I can't believe how they've grown. They boys are in the 50% for their age and Brileigh is 25%. Not bad for over 2 months early! The boys are actually the exact same weight!

Rylan is 16lb 13oz and 27.25" Tall

Brett is also 16lb 13oz but 26.25" Tall

My little petite daughter is 14lb 10oz and 25.75" Tall

We are starting the teething process so there are grumpy times to deal with. But for now, it's lunch time!

Brileigh the "Talker"

I got the video camera out to get a record of Brileigh "talking". She is pretty much nonstop chatter. Except for yesterday when Rylan got a hand full of her hair. Then it was a scream of agony! Poor girl! He agrees with his dad that her screeching gets old fast! As shown in the video, Brett just stares at her in wonder, while Rylan usually ends up crying for her to stop!

Mute no more

My daughter... Since she was born she has always been quiet. So quiet, my husband (who worries a lot) thought she was a mute. She does cry once in awhile when she's upset, and she can hear. I told him you don't need to worry about that, she'll find her voice some day. This week while he was away for work, Brileigh found her voice. She is a wild women all of the sudden. She wiggles everywhere! And her voice! I wouldn't call it talking, more like shrieking! NONSTOP shrieking. She loves to hear herself. Her brothers on the other hand stare at her in awe, or annoyance (I haven't figured out which yet). When Jeremy came home from his trip it took him only 5 minutes to say, I think I liked her better as a mute! I on the other hand think it is quite cute. She loves to shriek at her toys as she rolls all over the place. The picture below is one of the few times she is quiet these days.

Rylan on the other hand was very happy his sister decided to take a break.

What I've Been Working On
I got my punch needle supplies out the other day. I haven't done any of that for a few months. I think I'm going to mount some designs on fabric covered boxes. This is the first one I've started. I don't know what background color I'm going to do yet. Blue, Cream?

Updates

We've been having rainy days lately. I thought it was supposed to be April showers and May flowers! Oh well, since we've been forced to spend our days inside, I've finally got around to updating my website! I've added a lot of items to the sale category with low low prices! These are just a few of the things you'll find!

A lot of items, I only have 1 left, so first come, first get! Check them all out! www.theoldesaltbox.com

The end of April, the babies got baptized. It was a wonderful service, the babies didn't even cry! They actually laughed at the pastor when he poured water on their heads.

Coming from a 2 religion home, the babies, like myself were also dedicated to the Lord in my hometown Mennonite church. The service was on Mother's Day. After all of the picture taking my arms were about to fall off. Notice I'm holding 2 babies, while my husband only has one!

The beginning of May also brought baby food! Brileigh was not sure of sweet potatoes the first time she had them.

After getting used to the new flavors and textures, they like all of the different fruits and vegetables. Brileigh's bib is an oxymoron of the expression on her face!

And last, Brett not only looks like his dad, he shares his thoughts on shopping.

We've been having a lot of fun lately. The babies are starting to grab at toys and notice their surroundings. They are paying attention to one another. Brileigh and Brett role over, while Rylan thinks that is overrated. They still take a good 4 hour nap in the afternoon, which gives me time to craft! We actually have a pretty good schedule going on.

6:30 I wake up and get a workout done
7:30 The babies wake up have a bottle and eat cereal
8:00 - 12:00 Play and cat nap
12:00 The babies have a bottle with a fruit and vegetable
12:30 - 4:30 Nap Time
5:00 Cereal and Bottle
6:00 - 8:00 Play Time and if it's nice we go on a walk!
8:00 Bottle then off to bed

And when I say off to bed, I mean it. They fall asleep while having their bottle. And the best part? They sleep ALL NIGHT LONG! I hope this keeps up!

When I get some more items done, I'll post some more pictures. I have a bunch of things started at the moment!

Snowmen & Shades

Okay, so here are the snowmen I've been working on. I'm not sure of either one. The first one needs something, the top is too plain I think, I don't know...

This one, well, have you ever seen something in your head and then when you made it, it's just not right? I don't know what to think of this guy. I think I need to taper the hat to make it a little wider on the top. That way the berries and greenery will come out better. Not just shooting straight up. Maybe a more colorful scarf?

And I just HAD to share these. Our friend Gloria stopped by last night with presents. Shades and swimming suits. We are too cool for words...

BRETT

BRILEIGH

RYLAN

Flowers, Smiles & More

I'm finally making some headway in my craft room. This is one of the new designs I came up with for this year. This gingerbread is flat and embellished with sweet annie, bay leaves and a cinnamon stick. I have other items started that I'll post photos of later. I need some opinions on them.

I had some time to get into my flower garden the other day. I was a little too fat in the fall to cut down my flowers last year. So I got that done and some weeding. These stones are a little walk way to the hydrant. I had dug up some grape hyacinth a couple years ago and had them in a bag setting on one of these stones. I never got around to planting them and the bag busted open and they planted themselves. I think they did a good job.

Here is a shot of my flower garden. All of the bulbs I planted two years ago are coming up strong. My peonies are also coming up fast.

And of course my tulips... The ones that the bunnies let grow anyway.

Aren't these darling. These are the gifts you receive when you have talented friends.
They are baby towels wrapped up to resemble cupcakes. Her specialty is real cupcakes and cookies. Check out her blog: Sugar & Meringue

I went to a baby shower for my next door neighbor today. A great excuse to get everyone dolled up. Unfortunately, only one was awake at a time, so I didn't get a picture of all three together.

RYLAN

BRILEIGH

BRETT

New Things!

This is our Easter picture. I tried so hard to have three happy babies, it just didn't happen. What can you do?


We had our 4 month check up. Everything looks great! Rylan weighs 12.10, Brett 13 and Brileigh 11! I was tempted to ask the doctor about cereal but I figured he would say no since they are only 2 months adjusted. Then to my surprise he told me to start them on it! Of course the video camera had to come out for this monumental moment! These videos are of their very first bites. They did amazing! I never imagined it would be this easy to spoon feed them. Since they started cereal they only get up once in the night now. Hopefully I'll get them sleeping all night before too long.








One thing I am very thankful for is their afternoon nap. After they eat at 1 they all lay down til about 4-4:30. SO I have been able to get down to my craft room! Hopefully I'll have something to show for my time down there soon. It's just nice to be in there and have a little time to myself. But now, I need to tend to a grumpy baby!

Ahh Spring

Hmmm, I've tried to load more photos but it's not working out for me. I guess we'll have to make due with one. The babies are a little over 4 months old! Can you believe it? We go to the doctor on the 5th, I can't wait to find out their weights!! Brett & Brileigh were posing for the camera, but Rylan thought something else was way more important to look at. They have been doing amazing, and now that the weather is warming up we get outside for walks. They love to sit outside and check everything out! That's a good thing, we'll be spending a lot of time out there! There is an Easter Egg hunt planned in the park by our house on Saturday. Of course the weather is in the 70's all week, until Saturday... So we'll just have to see what it's doing before we decide to go.

I've been trying to get some crafting done in my "spare" time. Mostly I've been working on a scrapbook for my brother. He is graduating from High School in May. After watching commercials for the cricut in the middle of the night while I was pregnant and couldn't sleep, I took the plunge and bought one on ebay. Brand new, half the price of Walmart. So it's been fun playing with that! So much easier for the novice scrapbooker like me!

Another thing that took up some time, the Twilight books! I hadn't seen the movies since I like to read the books first. I'm an avid book reader, but I put off reading those books because I knew when I picked them up, I'd ignore everything else! I bought all 4 and had them done in 6 days. I'm a speed reader, so after the kiddo's went to bed at 10 I would read for 2 - 3 hours! I'm glad I'm done, I was missing that sleep!!

Well it sounds like someone is up from a nap. I hope everyone is enjoying Spring so far like us!

Spitten Image

So everyone always looks at your children and tries to figure out who they look like. I could see myself in Brileigh but until I pulled out an old photo of myself, I didn't realize how much she looks like me. I was a little older when my photo was taken, so it will be fun to see how she changes with age.

Everything else is going great in the Hall household. The babies are spending more time awake during the day, so I have less time for the computer. They are starting to be a little more active also so that's a lot of fun. We actually got out for a couple of walks before the rainy weather showed up. Hopefully the rain clouds go away soon because we all enjoy getting out!