JP plus 3: Our new ride

When you have triplets you go big- big quantities of food & diapers, bouncy chairs and swings, big hours without sleep :), and of course big strollers. We have been going on walks almost daily and have found our other stroller a little cumbersome for trips around the neighborhood. It's great when you are driving somewhere, but to load 3 kids in 3 car seats just to take them out for a quick walk was a little much. Adding to that is the fact that the front wheel on the Triple Decker does not pivot, so you have to pick up the stroller each time you want to make a turn, which is a lot on our curvy bike paths around here!

My support mom in my triplet group owns the newer model Peg Perego triple stroller and brought it over for us to check out. I was sold! I found a great deal on a 2007 model online (it's like buying a car!) and our new ride arrived on Thursday. We already love it. This big time stroller even has a steering wheel to turn those front wheels. I don't think I'll ever get used to the length when pushing a triple stroller, but we think it's pretty much a necessity around here!

Well it hasn't been a fluke. The babies are now sleeping between 8-9 hours in a row. Last night they went from 7:30-4:30 and I got 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Life is good. I do have to warn anyone though that right before bedtime, usually anywhere between 5:30 and 7:30 it might not be a good time to visit or even walk by our house for that matter. We like to refer to this period as "fussy time" at our house. This is when nothing we can do will make the babies happy. I think this is how they get out their extra energy from the day. On the times we try and keep them from fussing they actually sleep worse at night, so we just bear through it. On Tuesday night, our friends Sarah and Ricky came by to watch JP and the babies for a couple hours so Joe and I could go to "Back to School" night for JP. Ricky had to leave a little early, so Sarah was on her own for about 20 minutes. When we came home during fussy time, she was holding 2 in her arms and trying to calm the 3rd. She's so easy going though and and when we walked in she said laughing "I tried!". She said she asked JP what we do when all the babies are crying at once. JP answered "Sometimes, you just have to let them cry." I couldn't have said it better myself buddy.

We have taken JP & the babies to Boulder the past 2 weekends. Last week we only stayed about 1.5 hours because the storm clouds came in, but we did manage to have a nice picnic lunch by Boulder Creek. Yesterday, we spent most of the afternoon there. We first stopped by the bike shop to pump up the front tire on our stroller. Then we headed to lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant- Juanitas. It was pretty comical. The restaurant is pretty small with an even smaller front entrance that turns and steps up as you go in. We unloaded the babies one by one and carried them in. Joe stayed out front, I carried them in and JP stayed at the table until we were all there. Quite a feeling of satisfaction, I must admit. It's all about timing when you eat out with 3 babies. We made sure their bellies were full and they hadn't been sleeping all that long already. We didn't hear a peep the whole time. We have walked uptown to Chipolte & Noodles on several occasions, but this was the 1st time we made it to a "real" order at the table with a waitress place!

After lunch we walked up to "The Hill" to get some new Buff gear for the boys. Joe went to CU, so we always have to make sure we're well stocked. We then met up with Carolyn, Paul & 5.5 month old cousin Willa who drove over from Longmont. We set up camp down by the creek, fed 3 babies and hung out for awhile. JP got soaking wet in the creek and walked back to the car without any pants on- it was Boulder- nobody even noticed. It was a great day.