We're 10 Months Old!

Our munchkins are ten months old today!

Amazing how fast time is flying by and how quickly the little ones are developing. In the last month alone, Jaiden and Kailen have become expert crawlers while Ariya is so close to becoming mobile. Jaiden has his first two teeth just about to cut through - you can see them bulging out of his bottom gums. Kailen has learned to dance - when his favourite music comes on, he kneels and bounces up and down to the beat. They have learned to clap their hands, and they are all learning to stand up and walk with mommy and daddy's support. All of them are becoming little parrots. I think it safe to say that for all three, 'Baba' was their first word. 'Baba' was a pet name that we adopted for Kailen (aka KK) since he was just a few months old...it's a common Indian pet name :) Our former nanny, Sarah, used to call him that as well and I think all of them have picked up that word over time. For Kailen especially, it is his favourite word. When Kailen went through his 'aggressive' period a couple of months ago we trained him to say 'baba baba baba' instead of yelling...so now when he gets mad he says 'baba baba' in a strong tone, and when he's happy he sings it in a melodic tone. Other common words are 'mamma' and 'dadda'. It's pretty neat to see how they call out for 'mama' now. At night, when they get scared sometimes you'll often hear them calling for 'mama'.

What else is new?

Well, as expected the little timbits are starting to compete for attention. When one gets mommy or daddy's attention the other is hot on their heels to steal it. They compete for toys and often punish each other by pulling the other's hair. Since all of them have had rapid hair growth over the last month!... there is lots to pull on and it's not uncommon to hear a shriek of pain when mommy and daddy can't keep an eye on all three. We do our best to time slice our time and make it fair - no doubt one of the challenges of being a triplet parent!

Some Recent Pics...

Princess Ariya
Getting ready for Christmas!

JJ and KK love to play together

All smiles :)

Bella Baby's Twinkle Eyes:
JJ

KK tends to fall asleep during dinner time

Jaiden and Kailen on the prowl

Jaiden admiring himself in the mirror - wonder which parent that comes from?

Playtime on Saturay morning

Getting Ready for Christmas

Just a couple of weeks until the babies first Christmas! - we are excited to be celebrating the festivities in our new home with the little munchkins. It will probably be a quieter Christmas this year than normal given that most of our family and extended family will be out of town. We will especially miss Daddi & Daddu, and Nanni (Grandma & Grandpa Gera, and Grandma Uppal).

What's new?

We had a bit of a scare last night; Kailen pulled a strand of beads from the Christmas tree causing the tree to fall over on top of him. Luckily he wasn't hurt, but it was certainly a lesson of how curious our little monkey's have become and how careful we have to be now.

JJ and KK are all over the house these days, crawling here, there, and everywhere. Often, mommy or daddy will be in a separate room from the boys only to turnaround a few minutes later and find one of them right behind us. It's definitely such a cool feeling as parent to see our little ones crawl up to us and ask to be picked up. On this last Thursday, Jaiden pulled himself up (using the couch) and stood up for the first time. Apparently, he was grunting while he was getting himself up - I imagine he was using all his strength! It seems like every few days we are privileged to see another first....we're loving every minute of it.

Ariya Bella is still trying to learn to crawl but isn't quite there yet. She is finally starting to sleep through the night again after mommy imposed a few changes to the triplet operating rhythm - i.e. the bible that gets us through the week in one or sometimes two pieces :) Ariya is just full of smiles these days and makes all bad days into better ones.

JJ and Ariya

Pics from Month 8...and a Quickie Update

The boys have been running high fevers all weekend - almost certainly they are about to crack their first tooth...can't wait to see it! The poor boys have not been having much fun with the pain and have been on baby Tylenol off and on to combat the fevers. Ariya is also teething, but no fever yet - thank god...don't think mommy and daddy can handle another uncomfortable baby at night time -we haven't been getting much sleep lately ;(

Jaiden and Kailen are mobile and loving it! They are crawling all over and mommy and daddy spent a couple of hours baby proofing some areas of the house this weekend.

A bunch pics from month eight...

I'm Crawling Too!

By Jaiden Jaan Gera...

My name is Jaiden and I'm crawling too! It took me a couple of extra days but after seeing my brother do it I got the urge to follow suit. I'm also teething big time - hopefully I'll cut a shiny, white tooth sometime soon. Daddy hasn't got video of my crawling yet...but stay tuned!