A Bunch of Firsts

This has been a very exciting weekend! We have taken a lot of pictures to document firsts and thank goodness Blogger was in a good mood (running smoothly) and I was able to upload a good bit of them! Avery being mean to Lauren!
Avery
Cannon
Gunner
And now for some firsts!

Gunner is cutting his top two teeth
and Paw-Paw thought he might
need a sno-cone to ease his pain! He LOVED IT!!
Now today is where most of the firsts took place!
Matt and I were feeling sporty this morning and
decided at the last minute to load up and head to Malbis to let Hannah Noelle play at the splash pad. (Which, of course, when we got there she was to shy to go do!) We get there without so much as a whimper, 30 minutes past the baby's normal feed time and we decide, hmmmm, let's go to Olive Garden. I wish you could have seen the hostess' face when I said, 2 adults and 5 children. We got three highchairs (Cannon, Gunner and Avery) and a sling for Lauren's infant carrier. (She has not moved to a "big kid" car seat yet, we're hanging on to having one in a carrier as long as we can!) I came loaded with Germ-X wipes and wiped down the highchairs and the tables. (Thought of you the entire time, Beth!)

Avery eating her blueberry puffs, mmm, mmm.

Gunner still trying to figure out exactly what's going on!

Cannon pretty much thought the
whole experience was hilarious!

Lauren was pretty amused as well!

Hannah Noelle was a HUGE help!

Daddy with his boys!

Gunner wasn't interested in the puffs, he
wanted a bread stick!
He ate the whole thing!!!

Off to shopping browsing!
Avery and Cannon chillin!

Lauren and Gunner chi-laxin!

And then because we weren't tired enough from our crazy day, we decided to let the Fab Four bathe together for the first time! Trust me, bathing them one by one is WAY easier than throwing all four in the tub and wrangling them! It was a great experience though, watching them play together! I'm sure it will be what we do from now on only because they loved it SO much!
Gunner LOVED it!

Birds' Eye View

Lauren hanging on!

Not real sure what my camera did here, but I think I like it!

Avery and Cannon playing!

Lauren telling Gunner, this is MY space!
Avery showing her bubble face!

After that was all over, Matt decided
to lay down for a rest dogpile!

This was the last picture before the melt downs started!
Everyone was fed and put to bed a little early and they are sleeping like rocks!!

Matt and I feel so empowered after today!
WE CAN DO IT!!!!

Have a Great Week!

Da' Trip

I cannot even begin to tell you how AWESOME this trip was! For months I have become best friends with people I have never met through our common bond of having quadruplets! Up until this trip I had only ever laid eyes on Jac Tubre. I had several phone conversations with several of the girls and countless email conversations, text messages and instant messages, but the real thing, SO MUCH BETTER!! My initial trip was planned for Thursday to Tuesday night. After spending one night away from the babies sometime last month I switched my ticket to return home earlier on Tuesday so that I could see them awake that day. While on the trip having the most glorious time I got REALLY homesick and switched my ticket again and returned home bright and early Monday morning. I hated leaving early but was so excited to see my family!
The first day of my trip was spent with the Tubre Family who so lovingly welcomed me in and let me get some Cupcake loving! Then, on Friday, before our plane left, Jac and I headed to the Lambe Quads' House. HOLY CUTENESS!! In 24 hours I had some major quad loving: Cannon, Gunner, Lauren, Avery, Emma, Tyger, Cullen, Abbey, Rocco, Jagger, Madden & Sloan.
By 7 pm, we were in Mickey Land with all the gals and when I tell you the girls are AMAZING, that's an understatement! Whatever you do, don't read their blogs though, they make me out to be a clutz! That chair was ALWAYS in my way, it wasn't my fault! And nobody gave me the memo mid trip that they added a new wall in our condo. I sure wouldn't have run into it if had been there the whole time!!
I tried really hard to make a list of certain things I loved about each of these miraculous women, but I couldn't narrow it down to be small enough to put in a post! The inside jokes alone would fill a post and send your head's spinning!!

Girls, I LOVE YOU! You are who I turn to when I'm excited about something, upset about something, need to vent, cry, scream, laugh, anything! We have created some unimaginable bonds between us. There are so many others that didn't get to come with us and I hope you start planning for next year now so that you can join us and we can continue to grow and strengthen these bonds! I love seeing the red light flashing on my phone because it generally means there is going to be an e-mail to make me laugh my guts out or one that's going to send me to my knees praying you make it through the day!
Love, Love, Love YOU!!!!!!!
I will post soon with an update of weights, heights, etc. on the babies and the new BloggyLook should be up soon!!! Thanks Jenissa!!
Have a Great Week!!!