Summer IS Here!!

Summer is here and it's hot!

We've been putting the AC on lately but the babies sometimes get congested from it. We've been resorting to our fan as an alternative however the babies sweat like crazy at night.

Jaiden had his hernia fixed this week and he's definitely a happier boy. He's smiling more, and crying less and we are so pleased to see our little boy feeling better.

Our little babies experienced their first earthquake today - although don't think they really noticed it ;) We had a small tremor in Toronto today, while our family in Ottawa (closer to the epicenter) experienced a pretty good jolt

Some Recent Visitors:

Trisha Auntie and Amit Uncle bring baby Saniyah over for a visit

Stephanie Auntie Entertains Jaiden

Diana Auntie Holds Ariya

Uncle Ricky, Garima Auntie, Prianka Auntie, and Sid Uncle

Garima Auntie and Jaiden

Prianka Auntie with Ariya

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

It's Father's Day and there's no better dad than ours!! Our daddy takes such good care of us and we love him soooo much!!

Daddy feeds us every evening when he comes home from a long day at work and has so much more patience than Mommy at the end of the day. Sometimes Daddy sings to us....although we don't know how we feel about that yet :-)

Every weekend Daddy feeds us in the middle of the night (we don't quite sleep through the night yet although we're trying and are almost there!) and he reads us all our favourite books too!

Daddy plays us U2 music and sings along really loud for our amusement. He also tries to capture our every move on video and takes tons of pictures of us (sometimes we feel like celebrities). For that and everythng else that he is - we love our daddy!! He is the bestest!

We're not technically savvy yet and couldn't put our 4 brains (3 of us plus Mommy) to put together a fancy video so here are a few of our favourite pictures of us with our daddy!!

Happy 1st Father's Day Daddy!!!!! We love you so much!!

Lots and lots of love,
Your Angel, Bug and Koala (oh and Mommy too)!!

Harry Potter and Tummy Time

We've been calling our little Jaiden, 'Harry Potter', lately :)

The story behind that is Geeta accidentally dropped a book on Jaiden forehead on Sunday while she was reading to him. As a result, Jaiden has a little scar on his forehead. Of course, mommy felt horrible about it and Jaiden is okay! Since Jaiden has a mini-scar on his forehead we call him 'Harry Potter' and we refer to mommy as 'you know who - the one that must not be named'.

Okay - I don't expect most people to get that...yes Geeta and I loved the Harry Potter movies and Geeta especially is an avid reader and fan of the books.

The babies recently visited the doctor and we were instructed to give more tummy time to the kids. Apparently, they are not getting enough tummy time which is important to strengthen their neck muscles. We didn't really know better. Mommy has quickly put them on a workout schedule (i.e. scheduled intervals of tummy time that increment by the day). We're pleased to report that on day two of the schedule, the kids can tolerate about 15 mins of play time at a time on their tummy's. In total the kids need to be able to do 3 hours a day.

Two brothers:

Immunization Shots

Our poor little babies got their second immunization shot today. They are all a bit under the weather this evening, but I'm sure they will be feeling better tomorrow. Geeta tells me that Kailen and Jaiden cried a lot when they got their shots, while Ariya seemed to handle it a bit better.

... Nothing worse than seeing our little ones upset ;(

Updates on weights & heights...all babies put on about 2.5lbs this month!!

They continue to drink lots of milk and are packing on the pounds. Although they are 4 months old, they are considered 2 months old now (adjusted age) since they were premature.

Kailen: 12lbs 10 oz, 75% percentile weight & height

Jaiden: 11lbs 7 oz, 50% percentile weight & height

Ariya: 10lbs 5oz, 50% percentile weight & height

4 Months Old!!

Our three little angels are four months old!

Some recent pics..

Developing hand coordination!

The babies continue to develop and learn new things. This week we've seen the kids starting to develop hand coordination. Ariya attempts to put her soother in her mouth when it falls out, and Jaiden and Kailen are starting grab their milk bottles.

Speaking of soother's, when the babies were first born and had a bit of stay in the hospital the nurses had gotten the kids hooked on a particular type of soother. After a few weeks of being home we started losing the small supply of them that the hospital gave us... so Geeta and I tried a number of different types with no luck. As a result, Geeta did some web searching and found the manufacturer of that hospital soother - she found it and placed an order!! These soothers are like gold ...we call them the magic soothers...it's often the only thing that can soothe the kids and get them to stop crying! We are happy to report that we just received shipment of the order and these ones come complete with clips so that we can start clipping them to their clothing and hopefully stop losing them.

In a few weeks, we'll be making our first family trip - Geeta and I plan to make our first visit with the kids to our home town in Ottawa. The kids have yet to meet their cousins and we are excited for them to meet! I'm definitely looking for a small break from work too and spending some with Geeta and our little angels!

Things Are Getting a Bit Easier...

Another weekend down!

Everytime we get through another weekend there's this sense of accomplishment in the air. Typically, by Sunday night Geeta and I are poofed. We are generally sleep-deprived, a bit grouchy, and in need of a bit of down time. Over the last couple of weekends there is definately a trend towards things getting better. The babies are often sleepling for 6-8 hour stretches at night - however they typically go down between 8pm or 9pm which mean a 4am feed and that never very fun ...but it's getting easier than a month ago. I get the feeling that we've crossed the hump in terms of difficulty. The last few months have been tough physically, and mentally on the two of us but we're getting through it one day at a time with the help of family, friends, and our nanny. Geeta is such a trooper - she finds energy when she's barely had any sleep...still not sure how she is doing it but it's amazing to watch.

As always on weekends, the kids were sleeping in our bed between us and last night it rained heavily for the first time since the kids had been home. We had the windows open so there was plenty of noise coming in from the outside. The boys, Jaiden and Kailen, were wide awake listening to it...it was very cute to wake up only to see 2 pairs of eyes stairing at the window. I happened to wake up a couple of times and would catch their precious expressions - they were in awe while listening to the sound of the rain...almost intrigued. Unfortunately, when it would rain hard they would get scared and would let out a bit of cry...very cute though!

On a side note, our little Kailen has now officially adopted his pet name - the 'Koala Bear'. Kailen is a sleepy little boy who loves to cling to anyone that will hold him. He clings to you like a Koala Bear would to a tree....he just needs a tree to find comfort and he'll fall asleep!

Kailen, the 'Koala Bear' - check out his shirt...thank you Jessica Auntie!

Last week, Jessica Auntie came to visit from Ottawa

Kailen cuddles with his sister Ariya

The brothers also like to cuddle

All Dressed up..