Best Father's Day Ever!!

When last we were all here, we were discussing bringing Meghan home from the hospital. This of course left only one baby in the hospital, Charlie. I realize that I have now gone a whole week leaving you all wondering what has been going on. I do apologize about that, and I would like to make a deal with all of you. If you remember when we were in the hospital with Joseph, I blogged nearly everyday, good news and bad. That did take a toll on me, I am willing to admit that now. After Joseph, I did maintain the blog fairly regularly for a short time delivering the goods on the comings and goings of our original star Emily. Sadly, I lost touch with all of you and the muse to keep things going. Clearly with the Trips, the muse has returned, and I am blogging again. So, here is the aforementioned deal, I will try to blog at least once a week, and you promise not to hate me for not blogging. In addition, some of my blogs will be a short blurb and a bunch of pictures. So there you go, give it some thought and get back to me.

So back to our story. . .

Saturday, Meghan came home, and Charlie was left all alone at the hospital. Christa, Emily & I had two babies at home, and Lizzie no longer had her own room. The first night with Meghan and Lizzie wasn't that bad. Emily was very excited, and both Meghan & Lizzie had a pretty good night and Christa & I were able to tag team pretty well. All of this was made a little easier by the fact that Emily left to spend the evening at Grandma Kathy's house.

So the big news, that you have either heard by now, or figured it out. . . CHARLIE CAME HOME ON FATHER'S DAY!!!!!! That's right, on Father's Day I got the best present ever, all three of my babies came home. The girls were very happy to have their brother home, and so were Christa & I. I will admit that the first night was very rough, three babies, three completely different schedules. I did enjoy the opportunity to cuddle all four of my kids on Father's Day, and now the games will begin.

So, there you have it, all the babies are home and Christa & I are now on a completely sleep free schedule. For those of you who might be interested, here are some pictures. . .

Charlie all packed up in his car seat, ready to go.

Charlie gets escorted out of the hospital by one of the NICU nurses.

Emily makes sure that her little brother is comfortable in the seat next to her.


All of the babies are back at the house now...having a little car seat convention in the living room.


All snuggled up in their Pack 'N Play. Meghan in yellow, Charlie in blue, Lizzie in pink (the babies are color coded).


Meghan and Charlie spend most of their time snuggling face to face. Meghan will sometimes use Charlie's head as a binky.

Emily checks out Meghan's toes.

Papa Choo Choo holds Lizzie.

Great Ray holds Charlie...

...and then gets piled on by all three babies.

You can't come to our house without Emily requesting that you read her a "booky."

While Meghan and Charlie are usually face to face, Lizzie and Charlie are often in the same pose.

Mama Choo Choo holds Lizzie.

Meghan gives her brother a little smooch.

Emily tries desperately to peel this VERY LARGE orange that Auntie Mandy brought for lunch.

Daddy was setting up his massage table to do a practice massage. Emily decided that she wanted to try out the table.

"Emi did it, Mommy! Watch me!"

Emily decided that Charlie should have a toy to play with, so she lended him her pink mouse.

Charlie gives me a wink as I catch a picture of him snuggling with his sisters. He's such a "Chick Magnet"...it doesn't matter how far apart we put the 3 of them...they always wiggle their way back to each other to cuddle.

Even Lizzie gets her face up in her brother's space like Meghan.

This video is titled, "Charlie Can't Take It Anymore."

The video run time is 27 seconds. This is a moment when I caught Charlie desperately trying to get his sisters off of him. Poor Charlie...he just can't deny his charm.