Their individual cakes........................

Helping with Christmas.....................

Our new climbing toy.....................

Hey, I think this is for us........................

As promised...............

As promised, here is the start of the Birthday photos. I will continue to put some up every day until I run out. Hopefully for Jamie (VanWert) I will get the video of the cake eating up for you. Amanda, quit bugging me :)

Ethan is now walking too. Olivia will walk with her walking toy, but walks with very stiff legs. It is like she won't bend her knees.

We had eye exams and 1 year check ups at the end of last week. As mentioned previously, Olivia is getting glasses :( The boys eyes were good. 1 year check up went well. More shots. Come back in 3 months.

1st Birthday Photos........................

The TrioThe Grand Entrance..............Choo ChooThe Cake!

We just had our yearly eye exams and Olivia is really near sighted and will need glasses right away.

Balloon time........................

Growing bigger all the time...................

The boys are now on whole milk exclusively. No more formula for them. With Olivia being on the thin side, we are continuing her on formula for the time being. We are trying new table foods everyday. There are some things that they like a lot and others they are not totally sure of.

Ethan is doing fantastic after his surgery. He has acted like he didn't even have anything at all done. We go for our yearly check ups with the family doc this Friday and our yearly eye exams this Wednesday.

Almost smiling....................

Posing for the camera................

I wasn't on the phone Daddy..................

Go Bucks.....................

Olivia is laying it out.
The Buckeye kids with Great-grandma.

The triplets and their cousins.

Turn your back for 1 minute................

Our day....................

Our day started early this morning. We were at the surgery center by 7 am for Ethan's hernia operation. He had a large hernia repair with a hydrocele on the right and we chose to explore the left side. A good decision, he had a small hernia on the left side which they also repaired. We returned back home around 10:30 am. Ethan slept most of the afternoon, but as you can see from the previous post he isn't holding back. He is moving around like he wasn't even operated on. The biggest problem is trying to keep the other two from getting on him and playing like they often like to do. Ethan had the surgery center staff amazed because he never cried once. They all kept speaking of how stoic he was. I guess he gets it honest. Over the weekend I was told he and I are a lot alike. Hard to impress. Out of three I had to have one like me.

Nicole and I are glad the day is over. Everyone is in bed, dishes are done, and laundry is not piled as high as it was. A triumphant day.

Soon you will have pictures of the big first birthday party, I promise.

Evan walking, Ethan post-op, Olivia the pretty girl............