Hot, hot, hot little men!

It's been forever since we've updated the blog. Jody accomplished some conference travel to Chicago and Montreal in May, and has been meaning to add the latest news and pictures for some time now, but somehow it seems that this summer has been inordinately busy so far. We have embarked on home improvements, replacing most of the lighting upstairs and repainting, and are pretty happy with the results. Grandpa and Grandma Madeira visited for a week in late May, which was so much fun for everyone--lots of good times with the grandkids, and of course lots of food and games at night. It was wonderful to see them again...of course, it's hard not living close to family.

The boys are doing very well--Jacen has two teeth now, and we're predicting that Jacen or Alex will crawl any day now!

Here are the latest photos!

When carrots attack...



Pffft to you too! (When Jacen's first tooth appeared, he loved to run his tongue over it, and so he would stick his tongue out over and over again.)




Alex sniffs Orc...




...and suffers the consequences!






Someone just couldn't wait for his bottle...




Grandma Madeira and Jacen...



Alex standing up...so big!!



Grandpa Madeira and Jacen in the Exersaucer...Orc's in the picture too!

Ty and Jacen showing off the very cool flag outfits that their Great Aunt Sue got them...

Grandma Burkett is ready to take the boys out for a walk...one, two, three, yep--they're all there!

Matt giving Ty a hug...

For Matt's birthday, we went out to eat at the Scholar's Inn, reputed to be one of the best restaurants in Bloomington. The triplets came with us and were perfectly behaved. Unbeknownst to anyone, however, Alex had an explosive poo blowout, which we discovered when we got back to the van. We cleaned him up, but we hadn't changed the spare outfits in the diaper bag for a while. Needless to say, Alex didn't really fit into his bottoms!