The Jones Girls

Do you hear that? It is the sound of quiet.   It is quiet in the house and everyone is sleeping peacefully.   It has been a rough and long road with nap times and sleeping at night. 

Miranda has been the most challenging at night.   She wakes up groaning several times a night and then crying.   I have to quickly get up and quiet her down so she doesn’t wake up her sisters.   Amanda would go from mock 0 to 100 in 2.2 seconds screaming at the top of her lungs. 

Maryssa would wake up and nothing would console her but holding her for hours until she fell asleep or bringing her into our bed so I could get some sleep.  

Savannah would wake up crying for a sippy cup of milk.   On average, I would get up 4-8 times a night resulting in me getting about 1-2 hours straight sleep at a time.   I tell you it has been really hard.  It seems in the past few nights we have possibly turned a corner with sleeping issues.  I only have to get up once or twice now so I am finally getting more sleep.    I remember when Savannah was around this age she started becoming a better sleeper.   By the time she was 3 she would sleep all night in her bed.  I am hoping this will also be the same for the triplets.  

Maryssa has learned and mastered the art of being polite.  She says “tank u” for thank you about 100 times a day.  It is just adorable.   She has the lightest and sweetest voice that I have ever heard.  It is angelic.   Maryssa, my little love, you remind me of a delicate flower.  I love you my darling.

Often when Miranda sees me using a pen she comes to me and says “da momma” for “I want to draw mommy”.     She just loves to draw.    Sometimes she will draw on her legs and on me.   I guess it is her tattoos…LOL!!   I love you my sweet angel.

Lately Amanda has been picking up these really cute statements.   She says “No Way” for the word “no”.  She also says “right” for yes and also “alright” for good or yes.    Her laugh is truly joyous, loud and deep within her belly and so hilarious it is contagious and you can’t help but crack up with her.   It just melts my heart and gives me a giggle.   What a precious little girl she is.   I love you Amanda.

Every hour of the waking day Savannah comes to me asking for candy.  These are some of the code words:
“square candy” aka Starburst
“bear candy” aka chewable vitamins in the shape of bears
“worm candy” aka gummy worms
“white cookie” aka the white and pink ice animal cookies by Mother’s
“angel candy” aka candy from Japan that has a Buddha man on the box and it reminds her of an angel

I tell her she can have a candy if she eats a banana first or something healthy.    Other times I tell her no, that candy isn’t supposed to be eaten all day long.   She is taking after her daddy, a junk food junkie!   I love my sweet addicts 🙂

While I was pregnant with the triplets, I was in contact with a wonderful lady who is a mother to triplets that were born in 2004 and an older sibling 2 years older than the triplets.    Today I re-visited her website and I decided to e-mail her.   I was compelled to tell Lesa Rhoton how much I appreciated her friendship and I gave her an update on all of us.  I also shared a common experience we had with our Baby Amanda and her Baby Nadia with our triplet pregnancies.  

It just amazes me how much I understand this wonderful woman.   I can really relate and identify with everything she describes with her experiences with triplets and an older sibling.    For any of my friends in my multiple mom’s club that would be interested in checking out her website it is http://www.angusandthetriplets.com/   What a brilliant website!!

This is the COOLEST water slide!!   I am planning the triplets and Cliff’s birthday party which will be held in August.   It is the HOTTEST month of summertime here.  So I thought I would get a fun water slide for the kids to play on for the birthday party.   I also have a bounce house that we bought for Savvy’s 2nd birthday party a couple of years ago that we will be using for the triplets birthday party.    We also have a Jumpolene which is like a trampoline for the kids to play on.  

The Little Tikes Waterslide is $349 – $400 everywhere I searched online.   Then I went to www.Craigslist.com and found a brand new one in the box for $200 and it was only 1 mile from our house.  How lucky was I !!   I have not had a babysitter for almost a month so I saved my babysitting money to purchase the water slide.    Turns out, yesterday we attended a play date with my mom’s club and they had the same water slide!   It was so cool.  The kids were having a blast in it.  So, I think this will be a hit for the birthday party.