Surprise!

May 13, 2010 – This gal was born:

 

June 27, 2010 – This chunk was born:

September 1, 2010 – This kiddo was born:

We call them the triplets. 

It all started right after Sawyer was born.  There were 2 new babies that my dad and I had not met.  1 that we had not seen in a 3 months, and another that we had not seen since last Christmas.  My mom was getting ready to fly to Pittsburgh to help Cheryl with Sawyer.  We knew Wendy would be heading to Pittsburgh to see Cheryl/Sawyer/my mom the last weekend my mom would be there and she would be bringing her two kids with her.  The only grandchild missing would be Hannah.  So, my dad and I decided to surprise both Cheryl and Wendy and just show up in Pittsburgh.

It was tough to keep the great news a surprise…but totally worth it for good reactions.

We flew out Thursday, September 17th.  Our flight got in around 4:30 and around 6:00 we rang Cheryl’s doorbell.

The plan was to have Wendy be there as well.  However, it didn’t work out.  So, that night we got to have another surprise when she got there around 1:30 AM

It was SO fun to all be together (although we missed T & L who weren’t with us).  It was a little chaotic with 5 babies 2 and under (3 of which being 4 months and under).  I think twice the entire time we were there we had all five kids quiet and napping….and even then it only lasted about an hour. 

The week was filled with fabulous fun.  Some days we spent hanging out at Cheryl’s just watching Anderson and Lincoln play while other days we tackled going out.  Grandpa Mike finally had his dream come true and took his grandkids to the zoo.  Anderson was really the only one who appreciated it, but Lincoln loved showing off his new skill and had a great time walking all over the place.  The triplets mostly slept in their strollers.

(Anderson LOVED the petting portion of the zoo)

The zoo had this great playground that Anderson loved.  We spent hours watching Anderson RUN all over the place.

(Note: Max – asleep.  Mellow Max was like this the entire trip.  Relaxed no matter what was going on.  I spent 5 days with the kid and I have yet to hear him cry.) 

Max and Hannah gladly played with Papa and Grammy while Anderson got his energy out on the playgrounds.

Grammy was always counting strollers to make sure we didn’t leave a child behind somewhere.

One evening we went downtown and rode “The Incline”.  It was a trollyesque ride that took you up a steep hill for a view of the city.

Another day went went for a beautiful walk along the river.

Strollers on Parade

We attempted a photo shoot with all the kiddos in matching PJ’s…

But it ended up going like this:

Some of the cute pictures we got:

THE TRIPLETS
Max (2.5 months), Hannah (4 months), Sawyer (2.5 weeks)

  BROTHERS
Lincoln (1 year 2.5 months), Sawyer (2.5 weeks)

COUSINS
Sawyer (2.5 weeks), Max (2.5 months)

COUSINS
Lincoln (1 year, 2.5 months), Anderson (2 years, 5 months)

BROTHERS
Max (2.5 months), Anderson (2 years, 5 months)

 COUSINS