Thursday's Playdate

Today we went to a Mom's of Multiples HOM (Higher Order Multiples - triplets and more!) playdate.

6 moms and TWENTY kids...we were definitely outnumbered!

Two set of 22 month old triplets, 24 month old quads, our 26 month old triplets, 27 month old triplets, a set of 6 year old triplets and one amazing quad big sister...FUN STUFF!

(Not all pictured obviously!)

And then just some random pictures since I've been so bad about bloggin lately (computer + morning sickness = NO GOOD!)

Won't the boys love me for these later!!!

My little cheerleaders (and yes Emmy, I did get you one! Logan is wearing yours! Size 18 months!!!)

Missy Moo was taking calls as well!

All About Guinn Baby #4...SURPRISE!!!

Number 4...a singleton (and yes, they made sure!)
Due January 2009
Not too much is known yet about this cutie but each week we get closer and closer to meeting our new addition!

He/She had their first photo session done this week (the arrow is pointing the little arm bud that was waving at us!)...

Growing nicely with a PERFECT heartbeat (133) - music to my ears!

We can't wait!!!!

Just for fun:

Length: 8.1 mm

Triplets lengths at about the same gestation...

Lathan: 10.1 mm
Lauren: 8.6 mm
Logan: 12.4 mm

All About Guinn Baby #3...Lathan

Baby C
Often gets mistaken for the oldest due to his size, but Lathan is the baby of the group.
Most recent nickname: Nay Nay (Lauren started this months ago). Lathan was the first to "be named" by the trio.

Lathan is a sweetheart, especially to people he knows really well (otherwise he can be stand offish). He's the biggest cuddlebug and lots of times when I pick him up to go to bed or to comfort him, he puts his head on my shoulder and pats my back. MELTS MY HEART! (He's also done this though if he's in trouble which makes me feel terrible when I have to follow through with a time out, etc.) *I should also note that ALL three babies are very good and well behaved. When I talk about time out, its from the maybe 5 times we've had to use it...EVER!

When Lathan goes to sleep, he likes to lay on my chest. Thankfully he's almost always the first to fall asleep (it literally takes him seconds to dose off) because boy is he getting heavy! He also likes to rub/pat the back of my hand as he drifts in to dream land. Makes me smile because its how I comforted him while he was in the NICU! (Remember he was the one who we had to wait almost a month to hold because he was too unstable respiratory wise...we were only allowed to touch his hand so that we didn't disturb him)

Lathan is the BIG boy in the group. He's a good 6lbs heavier than Logan and almost 10 more than Lauren. Its not even that he's chubby though, the boy is just SOLID! He actually eats less than the other two most of the time. He can be pretty picky unless its fruit! His favorites include: Bananas, Strawberries, Kiwi, Cantaloupe, Purple Grapes, Pineapple, Cherries, Ranch Dressing (he practically drinks the stuff!), French Fries, Grammie's Potatoes, Breads and Bagels, Ice Cream and he LOVES milk!

Lathan has the best hair...its nearly impossible to mess it up. Even if he wakes up with a little bed head, its gone without intervention within a little while of him waking. Funny though, because Lathan's newest thing is to ask for a mohawk. This takes LOTS of effort and doesn't last long!

Nay Nay LOVES LOVES LOVES Mickey Mouse. ANYTHING Mickey Mouse gets Lathan so excited he does a little dance! I can't wait to take him to Disney World this fall! He watches his new DisneyLand Fun Sing Along DVD (thanks Aunt Sue!) at least 10times a day and each time it comes on you'd think it was the first time he'd seen it!


Lathan really has a love for music and knows the words to most songs. He sings all day long his favorites being Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and the Mickey Mouse clubhouse soundtrack. He also request Flo-rida's Low just about every day...he really likes ALL music! And with his love for music comes his love for dancing. If he hears a beat (commercials, out at restaurants...anywhere) he can't help but move! He's famous for his water dance (I'll have to record that!)

Lathan must have his glasses on when we go outside. If he walks out without them, he'll cover his eyes and tell me too bright! He even pops them up on his forehead by himself when we go indoors. Super cool!

The boy LOVES to be nude!

Lathan is by far the most ticklish of the three and has a belly laugh that is contagious! He is most ticklish under his chin, but nothing makes him laugh harder than his brother and sister. Most of the time its not even that funny, but if it makes Lathan giggle, he just can't stop! (Frogs are also a sure fire way make him belly laugh!!!)

His newest phrases are "oh my gosh" and "uh oh, what happened?". Last night was a classic "oh my gosh"...Patrick picked up a rock from our front flower bed and 4 frogs came jumping out and all around the babies. Lathan started squealing and running around yelling "oh my gosh, oh my gosh"!
And "uh oh, what happened" usually occurs after he's done something he's not supposed to. Like yesterday when he poured my liquid makeup out all over my dresser. For the rest of the day he'd point to the scene of the crime and ask "uh oh, what happened?".

He is fascinated by water...can't get enough of it. From water hoses, to fountains to even bottles of water - its like a magnet and he has to have it! ANY time we go out back he turns on the water hose and spends most of the time watering the grass (and sometimes his siblings which they really don't care for!)

Lathan is the only one who takes a paci (the others kicked the habit at around 3-4 months). I'm not in any real hurry to take it from him (as long as he doesn't start school with one!) I'm hoping that like everything else (from sleeping through the night to giving up naps and bottles) that he'll let me know when he's ready and that we won't have any real struggles. For now, he's a paci man!

Nay Nay LOVES phones...cell phones and land lines! He picks them up props them on his shoulder and has pretend, LONG conversations WITH HIMSELF like..

"Hey yo"
"What you doin?"
"OK"
"Yep"
"Drivin...Emmy/Avery"
"I Love You"
"OK"
"Bu Bye"

Lathan can go either way...Mommy or Daddy though usually Daddy when he wants to eat or be picked up and Mommy when he's tired, scared or hurt.

Nay Nay, you are too sweet for words...we LOVE you!

All About Guinn Baby #2...Lauren

Baby B
Missy Moo
Middle Child
Often called Missy Moo, Missy or just plain Moo by Mommy & Daddy. Sometimes the boys, especially Logan, will call her Missy Moo as well but for the most part she's known to the boys as "Nonnie" (??? Logan made it up!!!)

She likes it when we sing her Chris Brown's With You and replace Boo with Moo!


Lauren is really sweet and most of the time pretty easy going. The two's seem to be showing up more in Lauren than the boys, but I think it could be that its just a drastic change from the Lauren we once knew. Not necessarily a change for the bad, we're just getting a lot more opinions and "NO's" from Lauren which wasn't like her before. Maybe a prelude to the teenage years????

Lauren's biggest thing is her baby dolls (or bears, etc). She always has one in tow and if we're heading out to get in the car, she'll grab as many babies as she can fit in her arms to take along for the ride.

When Aunt JuJu puts Miss Emmy to sleep, she bounces her on a stability ball and shushes her to sleep, so when Emmy was staying with us, that's how we got Emmy to go night night. Ever since then, Lauren will take her babies to a ball and bounce/shush them until they fall asleep. Its SO sweet, I wish I had video of it (our camera is broken - for some reason it didn't care for the milk Lauren and Lathan decided to share with it!) Here's a picture though.

The Ultimate Mommy...bouncing her baby to sleep while talking on the phone!

Since Daddy and I call Lauren "Moo", I find it very fitting that the majority of Lauren's shoes are made by the brand MooShu. Get it... Moo's Shoes are MooShu's!!!

Shoes and bows are a must for Lauren. She's pretty good about wearing a bow around the house, but is fanatic about it (and her shoes) when we go out. She's been known to have meltdowns if her bow gets lost!

She LOVES Mickey Mouse! (AKA Micka Mowse)

She's always up for a good game of Peek A Boo. She says it so cute so, with the emphasis on BOO.

"pick a BOOOO" Lauren

Lauren loves EVERYTHING pink. The boys are pretty into their colors as well but if someone happens to sit in Moo's pink chair, or pick up her pink cup she goes ballistic. Sometimes I think they do it just to tease her!

She really likes the water and is best about going under, etc, but she really hates to be splashed or sprayed with cold water from the water hose (which is Lathan's favorite).

Her favorite foods include: Bananas, Strawberries, Pineapple, Purple Grapes, Pancakes, French Fries, Muffins, Yogurt, Beans, Mexican Food, and her new favorite Marshmallows. Although you probably wouldn't guess it, Lauren is our best eater! Don't know where she puts it though...there's not one ounce of fat on the child!
Proportionately, she's the tallest of the trio. She is less than one inch shorter than Lathan, but almost 10 pounds lighter!

Here she is as we're getting ready to go inside from a day outside. The pool was deflating and the kids had been striped down for their baths...

Lauren was the first to know all of her colors. To this day, I LOVE to hear her say BLUE. She does this silly thing with her tongue. I don't have a recent clip, but this is it (October '07)...only now she does it even more pronounced!



You should hear her say BLUE BALLOON!!!

Missy Moo LOVES to sleep in...sometimes an hour past the boys (even when we're all in the same bed and their jumping all over her!)


She loves to have her hair dried (and even sits and lets me dry it out with a round brush now!)

HATES wet diapers and most of the time takes them off before I get a chance to change them. Probably 2-3 times a day I go to pick her up and she's diaperless. The cons I suppose for me of having her in dresses giving her easy access!

Lauren is a Mommy's Girl through and through, though I have to say she's going through somewhat of a Daddy phase. Generally though, she's my shadow!

Missy Moo...you make us so very proud!

All About Guinn Baby #1...Logan

Baby A
Loggie Bear
The oldest of the Guinn babies.
Really the only one of the triplets to be called by name by the other two (though they pronounce it "Nogun")

Logan is a character and is definitely the comedian of the group. If he says something and likes your reaction, he'll say it over and over again!!!

Logan is one cool dude and has the hair to prove it! His hair naturally sticks straight up and fits his personality to a T!

Check out his hair compared to Lathan's...



This is how Logan falls asleep in the car. When the arms go up, we know its just a matter of time before the eyes start to shut!






Logan is tidy, just like his Daddy. He loves to sweep, wipe EVERYTHING with wipes, and constantly finds things to throw away (not always things WE would like thrown away but that's a different post!).

Logan is SUPER smart and ever since the week of his second birthday has been really talking up a storm. He went from saying just words to making up complete sentences, his first being "I'm on the computer!" He cracks me up with the things that he says. The other day we were sitting down eating lunch. He said "strawberries", so I asked him if he wanted some more. I stood up to get them and he said "No, no Mom, don't get up"!!! Daily he comes up with the funniest things!

His vocabulary also allows him to be the bossiest. He's constantly telling Lauren and Lathan that they are "too loud" or shouting out commands. Lauren usually does what he says but Lathan generally ignores him. I've caught him threatening Lauren with time out a couple of times which always makes me laugh!

When its time for diaper changes or getting out of the bath, Logan always calls out someone elses name so that he doesn't have to go first. He can also be pretty modest and shy. If he dirties his diaper (or makes a little toot!) he immediately tries to blame it on someone else. Sometimes he'll even tell me that Daddy did it even though Daddy's at work!

His favorite book is My Big Truck Book. His favorite is to point out the excavators (and he pronounces it PERFECTLY!). He also loves to point out school buses, trains, trucks and tractors when go out. He can spot them a mile away - he's definitely all boy!

His favorite foods: Peanut Butter, Cheerios, Strawberries, Bananas, Purple Grapes, Yogurt, Pudding, ALL Mexican food, Chicken Fingers, Fish Sticks and tops on his list would have to be Apple Juice. He wakes up asking for it (though for breakfast and dinner they all have to drink milk). He usually sucks down his milk and then starts asking for juice again!

He's VERY active and is the strongest of the three, though not always the bravest (which I think is a real blessing!!!). He is always running, jumping, and climbing but if you put him on something high (like the fort in the back yard or even just a chair) he freezes up or turns to slow motion!



Logan is also the most caring to babies and little ones (and he's always been like this). When Emmy or Avery are over, he's always giving them hugs and looking out for them. When Avery would sit at the table with the trio, he'd always get upset if I'd skip her when dishing out big kid food. I'd try and explain to him that she got he own special baby food, but he never seemed satisfied and always tried to offer her his food (which is why I had to sit her across the table from him!).


A few months ago, he picked up the bad habit of biting his nails. We weren't that surprised, his Daddy was a biter growing up and his Momma still is! He seems to be doing it less and less, which is great, but we'd really like to break him of it completely before it really catches on. He bites them down REALLY low and often cries (because it stings) when he gets his squirts of hand sanitizer. But if anyone could make nail biting cute...its Logan!




Logan is a lefty.

The boy LOVES, LOVES, LOVES his Daddy. All day long he tells me that Daddy drove to work...that he works on the computer...listens to music...and that when he comes home he wants to go outside. NOTHING lights up his face more than when Patrick walks in the door each evening. They have a really special bond!

And one of my favorite things about Logan is that EVERY morning I wake up, Logan rolls over with a HUGE smile and says "hi Mommy". Its the most perfect way to start each day!

Loggie Bear...WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Father's Day