Sleeping Through the Night...What a Wonderful Thing

It's official...the girls starting sleeping through the night this week. We've been putting them to bed between 9-10pm and they've been sleeping until 6am. There were a couple instances where they woke up at 4am or 5am mostly due to bumping into each other or being kicked in the head (we need to start doing 3 cribs even though space is tight) but we've given them their pacifier and they fall back asleep until 6am. Sometimes one of the babies will even sleep later. After we feed them, they then go back to sleep again for an hour or two. It is so nice! There was even one night where there was not a single peep until 6am. We've started giving them all bottles for the last feeding which might be doing the trick. I then have to pump afterwards which is a pain but worth it for a full nights sleep. We then use that breast milk for a feeding the next day. Let's hope it continues tonight!

Below are some pictures of the last week or so. Last week we had such nice weather that we were able to get a couple last days at the pool in before it closes for the summer. On Thursday, my friend Amy came to visit with her son Alex and we had a nice visit and walk around Hoboken. Amy and I met at our iron infusions because she also was going to Dr. Principe so we stopped by to say hello to him while he was in Hoboken to show him the kids. Then on Friday, my friend Jodi Lava came to visit which was so much fun. My parents watched the girls for a few hours while we went out to dinner and out for a little afterwards. We went for a nice long walk on Saturday with the girls...it was a beautiful sunny day. The weather has been so nice all summer long! Our friends Marco and Linda had a BBQ on Saturday which we went to for a little while without the kids and then we brought the girls over for a bit. On Sunday, we had a nice lazy morning around the house and then took a quick drive to Liberty State Park and went for a long walk along the Promenade there with beautiful views of the city and Statue of Liberty. It was a great weekend overall.

We are leaving for Bethany Beach, DE early Saturday morning for a week with the Sullivan family and we are really looking forward to it once we get the drive out of the way. We're hoping to see Henry one more time tomorrow before we leave. It works out nice because this will allow my parents time to focus on Carolynn and the new baby with us out of their hair for a week. We are going to miss being around for his first week in Hoboken though.

Here is a picture of the girls all dressed up for Henry's Birthday (they look so old in real clothes!)

LtoR: Madeline, Tess, Molly

Here are a couple pictures from Sunday on our walk at Liberty State Park:

Last week each of the girls got out by themselves in the single stroller on three separate days. I took Madeline and Molly out while running errands and my mom took Tess out. Here is Madeline on her day:

Here's a funny picture of Molly sleeping:

Here's Tess lounging at the pool in Hoboken from last week: