12 Days of Christmas

We're not quite sure who this santa guy is but there seems to be quite a stir about him. Mommy keeps saying "santa's watching ya know" and we keep trying to tell her "yeah...we know mom...everyone watches us!" So what's the big deal? We keep seeing all these lights and there's a big tree that mommy & daddy put up in the living room. Really? A tree in the house? We tried to play with a ball and you can only imagine what happened there. But sure...take away the ball and put up a tree! That makes complete sense in our little world. Hmmm..."the ball is an outside toy" (but the tree is for inside) HUH? Anyway - there are big boxes under the tree and they're wrapped in pretty paper. We want the paper. It's not too much to ask. But apparently that's off limits too. And the music! Bring back twinkle-twinkle! We liked that song!!!!!!! Tomorrow we're going to have breakfast with santa. We're going to meet him for the 1st time and we'll be able to get the inside scoop on this guy.

To be continued...

Love,

Hannah, Hailey & Emmie

9 MONTHS

We went to the doctor for our 9 month well-visit. Guess what? We don't need to be measured on a corrected age chart anymore! We get to use the term-baby chart! For those that don't know what this means...it means that since we were born 2 whole months before our due date the doctors use an adjusted chart to measure our growth - physical and cognitive. Right now we should be performing at the level of a 7 month old baby. But who are you kidding?!?! Do you know who we are?????? We're the LUCCO TRIPLETS! We're performing all activities and social skills at or above the expected level of a 9 month old baby. Ok - so we're not clapping and waving "bye-bye" yet...but that's only because mommy and daddy don't practice that with us. But we sure can mimic a mad face better than anyone! And you bet we can high-five mommy when she asks us to! We're all crawling, Hannah & Hailey do the army crawl and Emmie crawls like a polar bear, up on all 4's but slow and steady. We all say "ma ma" "da da" & "ba ba". We're working on saying "encyclopedia" but it's kind of hard.

Ok - here are the results of the height/weight for the 3 of us:
Hailey Rose - weighing in at 14lbs 3 oz - 3rd percentile. Height is 26.5in - 10th percentile.

Hannah Maria - weighing in at 15lbs 6.5 oz - 3rd percentile. Height 26.5in - 10th percentile.

Emily Michaela - weighing in at 18lbs 13oz - 50th percentile. Height 28.5in - 75th percentile.

Yeah - we know - Emily must have a recesive gene in the height dept. It's ok - as long as we all got the 'cute' gene it doesn't matter!
Pics are: 1st one - before we left for the doctor, 2nd is at the doctor and 3rd is home.

Enjoy! And yes...our Christmas pics are coming - just keep checking your mail!

Love,
Hannah, Hailey & Emmie

SNOW!

We woke up this morning to about an inch of snow on the ground! We didn't go out and play in it though - mommy says maybe next time when there's more. We might even make a snowman. It was a good weekend. We visited with Auntie Lucy & Alex, then Uncle Joey & Kristin came over and babysat for a little while so mommy and daddy could do some shopping. Hmmm...wonder why they didn't bring us shopping this time?

Love,

Hannah, Hailey & Emmie

Teething

Ummm...when exactly do we get these things called teeth again? Because mommy keeps saying that we'll get them "soon" and our gums won't hurt anymore but we're confused. Soon should mean within a 24 hour period of time. And by our calculations - it's been a lot longer than that!!!

Stay tuned for videos of us fighting over the frozen teether Hailey is holding...that one's our favorite and we love to fight over it!!!

Love,

Hannah, Hailey & Emmie

Reading

One thing mommy struggles with is how to give us each one on one time. It's just not the same when there are 3 babies and one mommy. So when people come over and we get some special attention - mommy is very thankful (and so are we!). Alex is reading to me (Hannah) and I just couldn't get enough. Thank you Alex!

Love,

Hannah

Bit of everything

This past week was great! We had our very 1st Thanksgiving AND cousin Christina was here!!!! We couldn't have been happier to see her! We saw Auntie Manda and Uncle Erick too. We went to Grammie & Poppie's for our 1st turkey dinner then we went to Grandma and Granpa Lucco's for our 2nd turkey dinner (can you believe we had 2 turkey dinners in one day?!?!). Here are some pics of all of us. We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We know we did!

Love,

Hannah, Hailey & Emmie

Message from mommy

Ah - where do I even begin. Yes it's true...I'm back to work full time. Can I really call it "work"? No. I feel that whomever is home with the girls is actually doing my work and I'm just someplace else making a paycheck. I love my job but I miss my girls (more than they miss me...and that's ok). What I miss the most is when things are crazy/hectic/out-of-control insane and I'm just about to pull my hair out...one of them smiles at me and I drop everything to play. Play. That's what I miss. I love getting on the floor with them, seeing the world from their eye level and watching them play. I know I know I know...I still get to do these things and of course being away from them all day makes my time with them even more special. I'm not in the guilty stage of leaving them yet though. I'm still welcoming the break! But I must confess that I'm very jealous that someone else gets to spend all day with them instead of me. I'm sure this is normal and I'm sure I'll get over it and start feeling guilty that I'm "missing" something