Christmas is coming and so is our one year birthday!

Well, I have officially been neglecting the blog, as it has been nearly two months since my last post, wow, it sounds like I am in confession. Anyway, the girls are growing like crazy and doing new things. We are still a little behind in the word department, Evy and Viv say hi, and Lia babbles a ton, sometimes we here mama and more often dada, but I don't think they are specifically speaking to us.

Lia is walking which is really exciting to see, she is still pretty tiny compared to her sisters at not quite 17 pounds, but I suppose that her small frame make it easier to move around. She pretty much will walk unprompted all over, but still crawls if she wants to get somewhere fast, although she crawls less and less as the days go on. Lia is also sporting a couple of brand new front teeth and she loves clapping when she is excited. She has made some changes recently as she was much more passive even a couple of weeks ago and now she lets us know when she doesn't get her way.

Viv is just starting to take steps, mostly prompted. She and Evy are both over 20 pounds and are about 2" taller than Lia. Viv waves when she communicates with people and it is so adorable. Vivy is our little love bug, she loves to cuddle. She was the first to get a tooth well over a month ago and now she has two lower and we just noticed one of her upper teeth coming in.

Evy has been taking steps and is getting more comfortable with walking every day. She is our little drama queen, but she also loves to sit and turn the cardboard pages of her books all by herself. Evy has two lower teeth too, but they came in 3-4 weeks after Viv, which seem unusual for identical twins.

So that's the brief synopsis of updates with the Rattray triplets. Graeme and I are hanging in there too, things are crazy with the Christmas season and also with our basement finishing project. Graeme and my brother Jeremy did all the framing and we are getting ready for insulation and drywall. It will be nice to have another place for the girls to play and I can't wait for a non-icky basement laundry area.

I am posting a few of the Christmas pics my Mom took, take care everyone and Happy Holidays!

Viv
Lia
Evy

Little Elf

Ghost of Christmas Past