Tiff's Turn

Merry Christmas, all. I hope Santa treated everyone well. It's safe to say we made out nicely. As always, Christmas kept us on-the-go with one event after another. December is always a jam-packed month of busy. Here is a list of my favorite things about the Best Month of the Year. seeing Santa and playing at Bass Pro I am having so much fun with the triplets now they they are this age. I no longer feel like I'm stuck in a prison (as much), unable to do much of anything fun with my children. My Birthday There's nothing better than being able to spend time with my family and my friends making time for me to celebrate another candle being added to the cake. A Mommy-Daughter Date Aria and I got to see the "Trolls" movie together. Popcorn and lemonade makes it easy for a three year old to sit through a two-hour movie. Our Anniversary It's only fitting that we got married in my favorite month of the year. This year ...

I can't believe I'm writing about the babies ' triplets' first birthday. Yet, here it is.   The day they were born seems like forever ago, but just last month all at the same time somehow. It's kind of all a blur how we went from this to this: I had a heck of a time planning a party on top of taking care of four littles, but it all came together! I planned for the party to be an outdoor bash, but the weather had it's own plans. We still had a great time with Dr. Seuss indoors. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate and to those who couldn't be with us and still wished us well. Triplet life is pretty much what I expected it to be as we were awaiting for our little trio to arrive. Here is my survival guide to making it through the first year of life with triplets: Make new friends, but keep the old. Lean on your family. Don't have high expectations to be able to visit them often, but be open t...