9 months old (yesterday)

Yesterday, the boys turned 9 months old. It is amazing to think they have now physically been with us longer than when they were in utero. Time is truly flying. They are all babbling away, sit with no problems, roll and squirm. Winston and Wesley are content to sit and play with a toy. Each has started to move backwards a bit - they are making a lot of progress on the floor with their rolling and creeping. Charlie is all over the place. Often when I sit on the floor and play with the boys, it really means playing with Win and Wes and constantly getting up to move Charlie away from things like our slippers (which apparently taste good), waste baskets, Julep's toys, etc. They now eat 3 meals day, in addition to their 4 bottles a day, so we feel as if we're constantly feeding the boys! They are not quite ready for finger foods and sippy cups, but we're practicing. And we are moving them out of their infant car seats, which means finally having to figure out new stroller options. We bought simple double and single umbrella strollers, which they enjoyed their first ride in on my birthday on our walk to pick up cupcakes. But I think the next step is to get the plastic bucket seats (like you see on the backs of bikes) and attach them to our current triplet stroller. There are not a lot of options when you have 3!

Winston, Wesley & Charlie at 9 months old:

We were only able to take a few photos of all 3 of them because they all move around so much (flipping, rolling, etc). And then Charlie decided to get on his knees and pull himself up to the crib railing.

And then before our eyes, he pulled himself up to a standing position for the first time.

Amazed at his own accomplishment! Time for us to lower the crib mattress again and remove the bumper!