No not physically...
We are moving the blog to www.sixhandstohold.com
It is a work in progress, but that is where the new posts will be as well as all the old stuff. We hope to post a little more in 2012 since both Summer and Jenna have iPhones. Thanks for following!
- Jason
1/22/12
1/5/12
Fun Pictures
Jenna has been able to capture some fun moments lately that I thought I'd share for those of you that can't see them on facebook. Jason
12/24/11
Merry, Merry!
I woke up at 5am this morning wishing it was Christmas day so that the boys could open their gifts and I realized that I almost felt as though I was that 6 year old kid again trying to stay awake to see Santa on Christmas Eve! Awesome, I wanted those days back!
So yes, this year will be fun with the boys. We have had our tree up since the 1st week of December; we decorated it with lights, but no ornaments. The boys have done amazing, we thought for sure Ryder would try to climb it, Skyler try to pull it down or Asher take the lights off...at least someone do something, but all we really have had is: Mom/Dad/Jenna: "boys, don't touch the tree" and then the boy(s) look back with their handsome little look, smile and...touch the tip of one of the branches. How do little ones know to push buttons so early on?? It's quite funny.
Another reason I couldn't go back to sleep this morning was because I was also thinking of my sister, Carrie. She loved this holiday. She kept the 80's style tree that we grew up with and just loved being with family. We weren't always together for the holidays, but man I wish I could just wish her a Merry Christmas right now. Its still just so crazy that she is not here, however just knowing how much she loved this holiday puts a grander memory of her in my head and heart and I guess for those of us that have lost loved ones, that's what you take and run with. It's another reason to sit back over the craziness of the holiday and cherish the life you have and who you have with you on the journey...friends and family.
Aside from Christmas we are all doing well. The boys are 21 mos old, growing and changing by the hour. Each day their little individual personalities come out. A girlfriend of mine is due in March and we were talking about how quickly the infant days go and she wondered "how did you do it?" and the truth to it as other parents told us before we were parents is; you just do and it goes by so fast. Sometimes it feels like we were just waking every 3 hours to feed all 3 of them in 15 minute intervals, and now they sit at a table in booster seats and throw the food they don't like to the dog. Really? Does it happen that fast? It blows my mind that it does.
The boys remain to be the funniest little ones I know (moms opinion) and some days the craziest, but it sure is fun. It is getting harder and harder to describe the things they do to those that don't see them on a regular basis. You just need to be here...visitors???
Asher walks around day in and day out with a dinosaur in his hand, he will bring a dinosaur to the table and feed it food. He lost his favorite "saur" for about 2 days and all we heard during the day was "saur, saur, saur". This week he decided that the other two boys were not allowed to wear the shirts that have dinosaurs on them; apparently Mr. Asher Meade has rights to "The Dinosaur". Our little Asher also still remains to be the happiest baby on earth.
Skyler loves his attention and does everything to get it. He is the neediest, yet I see him being "the boss". I think he will be the social one. When we are out in public he is the charmer. He shoots this look at you and smiles with this little dimple that will melt any girls heart. He always says "hi" and "bye" and he wants you to know he is saying it. Skyler loves to help. He spilled some water on the floor the other day and instead of me cleaning it up, I gave him the towel and he was so happy to clean it up and then continued to wipe other areas of the floor. I think I may be on to something!
Ryder is still the wild child. He loves riding toys and will spend his play time riding between the kitchen and the playroom. The faster the better and now he has learned to lean slightly forward and take his feet up (like riding a motorcycle). You better believe I love it when he goes into the walls, its my fav! Ryder loves his Dada and has the cutest little wiggle dance you will ever see.
Well, the boys are up. I was just greeted by Asher and his "saur". Time to go make breakfast! I know I have been bad at the blog, but I should have you slightly up to speed on the little ones. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and an awesome 2012!
So yes, this year will be fun with the boys. We have had our tree up since the 1st week of December; we decorated it with lights, but no ornaments. The boys have done amazing, we thought for sure Ryder would try to climb it, Skyler try to pull it down or Asher take the lights off...at least someone do something, but all we really have had is: Mom/Dad/Jenna: "boys, don't touch the tree" and then the boy(s) look back with their handsome little look, smile and...touch the tip of one of the branches. How do little ones know to push buttons so early on?? It's quite funny.
Another reason I couldn't go back to sleep this morning was because I was also thinking of my sister, Carrie. She loved this holiday. She kept the 80's style tree that we grew up with and just loved being with family. We weren't always together for the holidays, but man I wish I could just wish her a Merry Christmas right now. Its still just so crazy that she is not here, however just knowing how much she loved this holiday puts a grander memory of her in my head and heart and I guess for those of us that have lost loved ones, that's what you take and run with. It's another reason to sit back over the craziness of the holiday and cherish the life you have and who you have with you on the journey...friends and family.
Aside from Christmas we are all doing well. The boys are 21 mos old, growing and changing by the hour. Each day their little individual personalities come out. A girlfriend of mine is due in March and we were talking about how quickly the infant days go and she wondered "how did you do it?" and the truth to it as other parents told us before we were parents is; you just do and it goes by so fast. Sometimes it feels like we were just waking every 3 hours to feed all 3 of them in 15 minute intervals, and now they sit at a table in booster seats and throw the food they don't like to the dog. Really? Does it happen that fast? It blows my mind that it does.
The boys remain to be the funniest little ones I know (moms opinion) and some days the craziest, but it sure is fun. It is getting harder and harder to describe the things they do to those that don't see them on a regular basis. You just need to be here...visitors???
Asher walks around day in and day out with a dinosaur in his hand, he will bring a dinosaur to the table and feed it food. He lost his favorite "saur" for about 2 days and all we heard during the day was "saur, saur, saur". This week he decided that the other two boys were not allowed to wear the shirts that have dinosaurs on them; apparently Mr. Asher Meade has rights to "The Dinosaur". Our little Asher also still remains to be the happiest baby on earth.
Skyler loves his attention and does everything to get it. He is the neediest, yet I see him being "the boss". I think he will be the social one. When we are out in public he is the charmer. He shoots this look at you and smiles with this little dimple that will melt any girls heart. He always says "hi" and "bye" and he wants you to know he is saying it. Skyler loves to help. He spilled some water on the floor the other day and instead of me cleaning it up, I gave him the towel and he was so happy to clean it up and then continued to wipe other areas of the floor. I think I may be on to something!
Ryder is still the wild child. He loves riding toys and will spend his play time riding between the kitchen and the playroom. The faster the better and now he has learned to lean slightly forward and take his feet up (like riding a motorcycle). You better believe I love it when he goes into the walls, its my fav! Ryder loves his Dada and has the cutest little wiggle dance you will ever see.
Well, the boys are up. I was just greeted by Asher and his "saur". Time to go make breakfast! I know I have been bad at the blog, but I should have you slightly up to speed on the little ones. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and an awesome 2012!
12/5/11
Vote For Asher
Hi,
I entered the boys in the cutest kid contest and Asher made the final round. Please go to the following link and vote if you think he's the cutest kid ever!
I entered the boys in the cutest kid contest and Asher made the final round. Please go to the following link and vote if you think he's the cutest kid ever!
11/23/11
Biggie
The boys are super excited to see Grandpa Biggie and Grandma CiCi, thought I'd share this video Jenna took:
11/14/11
Catching Up!
I don't have a lot of time to catch up, but I wanted to post some of the most recent pictures. The boys had a great halloween, it was fun for all! We weren't going to dress them up this year, but after receiving their Trick or Treat bags that their Great Grandma Harding made for them, we just couldn't pass it up.
Something that I don't think I have brought up, but should is how the outcome of our Light the Night, Leukemia walk went. First off, thank you to all that supported the cause and contributed to our Meade Team of walkers. We were able to raise over $700 dollars! The walk was great and it felt so good to contribute to such a cause. We walked with a friend of ours, Terri and her twins. They lost a very, very young family member to Leukemia a little over a year ago. Thank you again to all of you, not only did it help others but it provided a memory for us to share with our boys down the road.
We are getting ready to start the holiday season. I am really just trying to get to Thanksgiving, but everywhere I go there is Christmas and it just stresses me out. Our lives move so fast, I need the marketing people to just hold their breath until we hit Thanksgiving!!! However, we are trying to get the boys ready for the understanding of who the man is in the red suit, but not sure we will visit Santa just yet. We'll see. Our nanny, Jenna started the boys with their first ginger bread house making project. It was quite the experiment, but they loved it.
All in all, we are all doing great. We have Grandma Cici and Grandpa Biggie coming into town next week. We are all looking forward to it!
I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!! Enjoy the pics!
Something that I don't think I have brought up, but should is how the outcome of our Light the Night, Leukemia walk went. First off, thank you to all that supported the cause and contributed to our Meade Team of walkers. We were able to raise over $700 dollars! The walk was great and it felt so good to contribute to such a cause. We walked with a friend of ours, Terri and her twins. They lost a very, very young family member to Leukemia a little over a year ago. Thank you again to all of you, not only did it help others but it provided a memory for us to share with our boys down the road.
We are getting ready to start the holiday season. I am really just trying to get to Thanksgiving, but everywhere I go there is Christmas and it just stresses me out. Our lives move so fast, I need the marketing people to just hold their breath until we hit Thanksgiving!!! However, we are trying to get the boys ready for the understanding of who the man is in the red suit, but not sure we will visit Santa just yet. We'll see. Our nanny, Jenna started the boys with their first ginger bread house making project. It was quite the experiment, but they loved it.
All in all, we are all doing great. We have Grandma Cici and Grandpa Biggie coming into town next week. We are all looking forward to it!
I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!! Enjoy the pics!
11/9/11
10/23/11
Truckin' Triplets
"Young boys should never be sent to bed, they always wake up another day older." This is so true! In the last month our boys have just changed on so many levels. They are 19 mos and I can't grasp this! Every morning I get up with them and while they eat, one of them has a new word, a new expression or a new gesture. It just blows my mind.
We continue to teach them sign language, since it is a silent way of communication, our sweet Sky has learned that if I don't see the sign within his time frame he will literally slide his plate across the counter to have me give him more food. Hmmm...not a huge fan of this, but for now I chuckle.
Skyler is getting into building, Ryder likes to destroy and Asher loves his arts and crafts. Asher still has his own little language. He will carry on a 3 sentence conversation as if I should understand him, but not much makes sense. You can tell he has certain tones for certain thoughts, it really is awesome.
Jenna, our Nanny is working with them everyday teaching them shapes, colors, numbers, words, the alphabet, how to finger paint and today they learned how to glue. We have quite the portfolio going in our home at the moment. They are brilliant little artists! I love it!!!!!
We keep busy as always. We recently took the boys to the zoo, it was a nice family outing. It was really the 1st time the boys "noticed" the animals and got excited.
We keep on the go and the older they get the easier (in certain ways) things get. It is still very hard for just the 2 of us to take the boys a lot of places. It does get frustrating. We see our friends taking their kids to the pumpkin patch or the park and it just doesn't work like that for us. We need an extra person most of the time. We do the best to get out and do things where it won't cause a danger to one of them. When we were at the soccer game Asher got out of sight for a split second and I was in a panic. I couldn't see him anywhere then found him at the next field moving all of their cones around!
I try and write about all the good times, the good memories but nothing is perfect as you all may know...We had a fun-filled weekend this past weekend. All 3 boys were very ill. There was a lot of clothing changes (12 different pants to be exact) on Saturday afternoon, a lot of floor clean ups, counter-top clean ups and crib clean ups. Jason and I got thru the stomach bug that day and just as we were winding down and getting them ready for bed, I went into the kitchen to do something. I was in there for maybe 5 minutes when I then saw Ryder and Sky sitting so sweetly on the floor reading a book (this is what I saw without my glasses), but I noticed that Ash was standing about 3 feet away with his hands behind his back looking at them. I was talking to Ash across the room letting him know it was okay that he didn't feel well etc. I walked into the living room and quickly noticed that the book that the boys were reading was actually the two of them elbow deep in a huge jar of Vaseline! Our sweet Asher was just standing there letting them know they were in big trouble! ha! I ran over to the boys and grabbed Ryder who was crying because he had so much Vaseline around his hands they were stuck together. We ended our fun-filled puke fest with essentially waterproofing our wood floors and kitchen sink.
We continue to teach them sign language, since it is a silent way of communication, our sweet Sky has learned that if I don't see the sign within his time frame he will literally slide his plate across the counter to have me give him more food. Hmmm...not a huge fan of this, but for now I chuckle.
Skyler is getting into building, Ryder likes to destroy and Asher loves his arts and crafts. Asher still has his own little language. He will carry on a 3 sentence conversation as if I should understand him, but not much makes sense. You can tell he has certain tones for certain thoughts, it really is awesome.
Jenna, our Nanny is working with them everyday teaching them shapes, colors, numbers, words, the alphabet, how to finger paint and today they learned how to glue. We have quite the portfolio going in our home at the moment. They are brilliant little artists! I love it!!!!!
We keep busy as always. We recently took the boys to the zoo, it was a nice family outing. It was really the 1st time the boys "noticed" the animals and got excited.
We keep on the go and the older they get the easier (in certain ways) things get. It is still very hard for just the 2 of us to take the boys a lot of places. It does get frustrating. We see our friends taking their kids to the pumpkin patch or the park and it just doesn't work like that for us. We need an extra person most of the time. We do the best to get out and do things where it won't cause a danger to one of them. When we were at the soccer game Asher got out of sight for a split second and I was in a panic. I couldn't see him anywhere then found him at the next field moving all of their cones around!
I try and write about all the good times, the good memories but nothing is perfect as you all may know...We had a fun-filled weekend this past weekend. All 3 boys were very ill. There was a lot of clothing changes (12 different pants to be exact) on Saturday afternoon, a lot of floor clean ups, counter-top clean ups and crib clean ups. Jason and I got thru the stomach bug that day and just as we were winding down and getting them ready for bed, I went into the kitchen to do something. I was in there for maybe 5 minutes when I then saw Ryder and Sky sitting so sweetly on the floor reading a book (this is what I saw without my glasses), but I noticed that Ash was standing about 3 feet away with his hands behind his back looking at them. I was talking to Ash across the room letting him know it was okay that he didn't feel well etc. I walked into the living room and quickly noticed that the book that the boys were reading was actually the two of them elbow deep in a huge jar of Vaseline! Our sweet Asher was just standing there letting them know they were in big trouble! ha! I ran over to the boys and grabbed Ryder who was crying because he had so much Vaseline around his hands they were stuck together. We ended our fun-filled puke fest with essentially waterproofing our wood floors and kitchen sink.
The boys are just now starting to feel better and lets just hope that doesn't happen for awhile! I will sign-off leaving you with pictures of our handsome little men. Enjoy! Peace and love to all our friends and family!
10/14/11
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