They're getting bigger

We took Mark, Becky and Jared to the pediatrician yesterday. They are all doing very well. Their weights are now:

Mark: 4 lbs 9.5 oz

Becky: 6 lbs 2 oz

Jared: 5 lbs 15 oz

We took Becky and Jared a week earlier, prior to Mark getting out of the hospital. Both of them gained 11 oz in the 7 day between appointments. The Dr. is very happy about that.

It's quite an ordeal to get them ready for the trip to see the Dr. Shelley's mom came before we left to pick up Luke, then we put all of the babies in their car seats. We then propped open all of the doors that led to the garage. Robert carried 2 babies and Shelley carried 1 to the van. We have barely enough room in the back seat to fit all three car seats. We'll make sure to get a picture of them in the back seat the next time we get them in there. Jared and Becky look small in their car seats, but Mark looks exceptionally small.

From Mark

The drama of raising 1 toddler and 3 infants reached a peek this morning. We were rudely awoken by our 7:30 feeding alarm. Like clockwork, within minutes, Luke started whaling from his bedroom. Robert went to take care of Luke to help him get oriented from just waking up. He played with Luke a little to keep him out of Shelley's way while feeding the newborns.

Shelley was feeding Becky when Mark started crying. Mark's crying woke up Jared and he started crying also. Shelley finally called Robert over to help, but of course Luke had to follow Robert to help out. Since Luke was just waking up, he wanted to be held too. We got a deep realization that we were outnumbered by children.

We were finally able to resolve the problem by asking Luke to help us feed the babies. I picked up Mark to start feeding him and Luke helped to hold the bottle. If Luke realizes he is still part of the whole family, he really does enjoy having the triplets around.