Pop Pop's Visit

Well we finally post again! This time we are posting about the week before Pop Pop's (Nick's Dad) visit and Pop Pop's 3 week visit. He came down October 26th and leaves November 17th. It has been a nice visit and Sarah, Luke, Ava, and Lily enjoyed their visit with Pop Pop and they even say his name! They are really starting to develop a vocabulary and we are very close to having a few more walkers. I'll fill you in as you look at pictures.

Grandpop playing with the kids before they go to bed.

My friend Heather and her son Brandt came over for a visit! Here is Heather and Sarah.

Brandt and Luke playing.

Brandt loved this ball.

Pop Pop just got in from the airport and hasn't seen his grandchildren since June. He is excited and so were they. They went right to him!

Pop Pop playing horsie with Sarah.

Nick and his son! What a great picture.....

Pop Pop and Ava

Pop Pop playing a game with the kids.

Mommy reading a story...They love to read!

Great Uncle Jay and Melissa stop over frequently to play with the kids! Here they are with Luke and Ava!!
Sarah brushing her teeth for the first time...

Ava brushing her teeth for the first time.....
Lily brushing her teeth for the first time....
Luke brushing his teeth for the first time....

The following pictures were taken by Mom Mom. She gave the kids spaghetti and meatballs for lunch and topped it off with chocolate pudding.......Talk about heartburn city! The kids didn't seem to mind it...They loved it and you would never be able to tell that these kids ever had reflux problems!

Sarah
Luke
Ava....she still wasn't done! She wanted a cookie!
So did Lily!
Great Aunt Jeri and Hank stopped by for a visit before the kids went to bed! Here they are with Luke and Ava!
Here they all are smooshing into their chair! There is another one...but I guess they wanted to pretend they were back in the womb!
Hello down there!
Since it has finally cooled down in FL...we have finally turned off the air and opened the doors! The kids love to play by the front door! Sorry for those of you up north that are just starting to close up for winter....it is beautiful down here!
Sarah fell asleep on her chair!
Mommy singing to her girls!
Me and the kids dicided to meet my friend Jolene and her kids, Reilly and Jonah, and went for a walk on the nature trail.....It was fun! The kids had a great time!
Jonah, Reilly, and the kids
Pop Pop reading Elmo to the kids....
Pop Pop couldn't resist reading it to Sarah again!

Pop Pop and his grandchildren

Video of the kids while Pop Pop was visiting....if you are viewing this on facebook, you need to go to http://www.trullingerquadsquad.blogspot.com/ to view the video. There is one more picture below the video!

One more thing.....I work Monday through Friday with other people's kids all day....and I miss mine every moment that I am not with them, but this is the priceless picture that I come home to every day .....I wouldn't want it any other way! I love my children and it's nice to know that eventhough I am not with them every minute of every day...they still miss me and know who I am!!!!
Till next time!
Kelly

Happy Halloween

A few weeks ago, we met our friends David and Jen and their two kids, Lauren and Kristen at Hunsader Farms in Bradenton to get into the fall spirit. They had a huge fall festival there. I know we live in Florida, but it actually felt like fall. It was windy and chilly. The perfect weather to attend a fall festival! We went from 11:30 to 3:30. The kids did great. Everything went smooth. The kids actually got a little wind burn that day. We had lots of fun!!! Thank you Dave, Jen, Lauren and Krissy! We had a blast and couldn't have done it without you :)

Daddy and Lily

The kids enjoying the pumpkins and the hay!

Luke seemed a little hesitant about the hay.

Sarah enjoyed eating the hay.
Lily hates the sun in her eyes.
Luke didn't want to sit in the hay anymore.
Ava was tired of all the pictures.
Dave, Jen, Krissy, the Quads, and Lauren.
I think we had more fun than the kids!
Ava enjoyed waking through the pumpkins.
The wind caught Lily's breath a little bit!
Sarah loved feeling the pumpkins.
As you can see, Luke was scared to death of the pumpkins. He just wanted me to pick him up!
Daddy and Ava
Ava
Lily drank her whole bottle in the stroller like a big girl.
Jen and Sarah.
Luke was chillin' in the stroller.
Daddy and Lily.
Dave and Ava
Krissy, Jen, Lauren, and Sarah
Laughing Luke and Sleepy Sarah
Lazy Lily and Anxious Ava

For Halloween, we took the kids to Dearborn Street in Englewood for trick or treating. No, they are not wearing costumes! Why, you ask? Well, we bought them costumes, but I took them back. It was just TOO hot. We are having a wicked heat wave. It was 90 degrees on Halloween. There was no way that we were going to make our kids wear hot costumes! So, we opted for a Halloween T-Shirt with shorts and a crazy top. Below are a few pictures from Halloween.

We're ready to walk!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!!

I almost forgot to tell you that in all the craziness that went on this month, the kids went for their one year check up and they are great! They are now drinking milk and water with no problems. The doctor is very excited about how far they have come! There is a synopsis of each below:

Sarah: 16lbs. 15oz. and 29 inches long. She is in the 2nd percentile for weight and 49th percentile for height. Teeth count: 0. She is talking up a storm. She knows how to do "So Big"! She loves it. We think she will be the next to walk! We'll see.
Luke: 20lbs. 15oz.and 30 1 /2 inches long. He is in the 24th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height. He is definitely a boy. He is very rough with his sisters and get in trouble quite frequently for hitting them, pushing them down and taking things from them. Teeth count: He has 6 now (two on the bottom and four on the top)! He's not walking yet, but he is close too.....if he would just stop being so lazy!

Ava: 16lbs. 10oz. and 28 inches long. She is int he 1st percentile for weight and 20th percentile for height. She is done with all her meds and she was cleared at the gastroenterologist! She's free and clear. No more problems. She is now officially walking! She loves to walk. She is very determined! Teeth count: She has 3 (the bottom two and one on top).
Lily: 20lbs. 5oz. and 31 inches long. She is very tall! She is in the 40th percentile for weight and the 90th percentile for height. She is not ready to walk just yet, but she tries. I think she is just too tall! She needs to gain her sense of balance first. She loves to look at herself in the mirror! She is the most inquisitive and observant of the bunch and she loves to read! Teeth count: She has 2 (on the bottom).

Pop Pop is down visiting and our next blog will be about his visit! Until next time!

Kelly

Part 3: Visiting with Aunt Tara, Nana, and Granny

We had many visitors for the quads birthday, but we had three special people that flew down from Philadelphia just to help us out and be here for their first birthday. Granny, Aunt Tara and Nana. Below are some pictures from their visit. Enjoy!....... We did!

Daddy huggin' his boy Luke!

Great Aunt Jeri over for a visit to play.

Ava and Aunt Tara

Nana and Ava having a conversation.

Nana playing with her grandchildren.

Aunt Tara wants to take a nap, but Lily's not having it!

Daddy doting over his girls.

Lily holding her own bottle. What a big girl!

Granny and Sarah

Aunt Tara and Lily

Nana with her grandchildren (Luke, Ava, Sarah, & Lily)

Aunt Tara and Nana with Luke, Ava, Sarah, & Lily

Daddy, his sister, Tara, his Mom, Karen, and his four children. Watching TV in their new chairs that Nana got them for their birthday.
Watching the Backyardigans! Their favorite cartoon! They love the music.
Granny feeding Sarah
Granny giving the kids sips of water. They were loving it!
Sarah loves to lounge on her new chair.

Ava

Granny with Luke, Ava, Sarah, and Lily

Enjoy watching the video below! If you are viewing this from facebook, you need to go to www.trullingerquadsquad.blogspot.com
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I'll be posting more tomorrow for Halloween! Stay tuned!

Kelly

Part 2 - The Quads First Birthday Party!

I know it's been quite a while since I've posted. All I can say is lack of time! So here are some pictures from the kids 1st Birthday. We had it on their actual birthday October 11th. We had a few visitors from up north come down! Nana (Nick's mom) and Aunt Tara (Nick's sister) came down for their birthday and were a big help with getting ready for the party! Granny (my grandmother), flew down as well. We had a full house here! It was hot, but everyone had a great time! Especially the kids! Enjoy the pictures!

The girls all dressed up for their birthday.

Ava, Sarah, Lily & Luke...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Aunt Anna and Uncle Dan got them their outfits. Aren't they cute?

They' re opening gifts!

We had a Baby Einstein Birthday!!!

Their Birthday Cake made by a friend of mine at work, Kristen Manomat.

She also made smash cakes for the kids.

Kathy playing with the kids.

Brandy playing with Luke

Granny with Sarah

Aunt Tara with Lily

Jenny, who is expecting (yay), with Sarah and some of the kids playing....

Sarah and Lily1

The Crissman Quads came to help us celebrate!

Jolene giving cuddles to Ava.

Lily waiting for her cake.

Sarah waiting for her cake.

Ava waiting for her cake.

Luke is very patiently waiting for his cake.

Ava and Sarah digging in!

Luke and Lily digging in!

All four eating their cake.

"It's kind of sweet", Sarah says.

"I don't want to get too dirty", Ava says.

"This is all mine?", Lily asks.

"Boy am I full", Luke says.

Aunt Tara, Nana, Daddy, Mommy, and Mom Mom with all four.

Luke looks done!

Ava's still diggin' in.

Sarah loves the chocolate!

Lily loves the texture!

Mary and Lily.

The Trullinger family....we made it through...... the 1st year!

They Trullinger Quads and the Crissman Quads.

Mom Mom with Lily & Sarah.Sarah & Luke loves their new chair that Nana got them for their birthday.
Look how much fun everyone is having!
Nana and Ava.
Lily Bug!
Nana and Luke.
Luke E. Doo
Great Aunt Kris and Luke
Aunt Tara and Great Aunt Kris feeding Ava and Lily.
Nana feeding Sarah.
Aunt Tara got two of these wagons for the kids. We've been using them and they love them!
Great Aunt Kris and Great Uncle Robert with Lily and Ava.
Mommy and Lily after and exhausting day!
Nana giving hugs to Sarah.

Thank yuo to all who came and all who sent gifts from up north! Good night everyone....what a wonderful birthday we had! See you again soon!

Stay tuned for Part Three: Visiting with Aunt Tara, Nana, and Granny

Nick, Kelly and the Quads!!

Happy First Birthday Part 1!!

We made the paper!
http://www.sunnewspapers.net/articles/pnnews.aspx?NewsID=445673&a=newsarchive2/101209/ch3.htm&pnpg=0

A look back at one year ago...........

October 11th 2:15 pm: They are ready to come out:) Mommy and Daddy are ready to meet our 4 bundles of joy:

Mommy is exhausted & scared, but ready! Daddy is very excited, but nervous!

The First Born and the first to come home Baby A: 3:06 pm Sarah Lynn 2lbs 10oz. 14 1/4 inches long.
Look how much she has grown! What a big girl!
The Second Born and the third one to come home Baby B: 3:07 pm Luke Nicholas 3lbs. 5oz. 16 inches long.
Look what a handsome boy he is now!
The Third Baby Born, but the last one to come home Baby C: 3:08pm Ava Elizabeth 2lbs. 13 oz. 15 3/4 inches long.
Look how small. Daddy's wedding band fits on her wrist!
Look at this happy baby now!
The Last Baby Born but the first to come home with her sister Sarah Baby D: 3:08pm Lily Grace 2lbs. 14oz. 15 1/2 inches long.

What a beautiful girl!
Their first day home together and their first group picture together February 8th 2009
Look how far they have come. Amazing! We love our Squad!

Stay tuned for Part 2 - The Quads First Birthday Party!

I just want to wish my sweet babies....Sarah, Luke, Ava & Lily a very happy Happy 1st Birthday!! Mommy and Daddy Love you very much! We had a wonderful day with lots of family and friends around! Thank you for coming into our lives! You have filled us with so much joy!

I will post more later on in the week!

Mommy & Daddy

Approaching ONE year!

So..... it has been a few weeks and I haven't posted in a while. It's been pretty busy around here. Nick and I have both been working and the kids have been miserable, but coping. We took them all to the doctor last week and Sarah has/had an ear infection and Luke has/had fluid in his ears. They all had red throats and they are all teething. Needless to say, it has been a rough couple of weeks. We did take them to get their 1 year pictures taken anyway! OH, and we have their first birthday party coming up next Sunday! We have loads of people coming and some special people flying in.

My Grandmom flies in this Sunday and Nick's mom (Nana) and Nick's sister (Aunt Tara) are flying in on Wednesday. We are so excited to see everyone and even though Nana left not to long ago, the kids have some new tricks to show her!

They are all eating, well most of them are eating jelly sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, goldfish, cookies, soup, grilled cheese, toast.....you name it, they probably eat it. Luke still plays with most of his food, but he's working on it. We think he's just being lazy! He wants someone else to feed him.

They all need a haircut! Where in my hairdresser when you need her to fly down and give them all their FIRST HAIRCUT?

He they are all eating lunch while the vacuum cleaner, Zelda, patiently waits to clean up after them!

They love their grilled cheese!

Lily and Ava having a conversation about their beautiful outfits that Nana got them! Aren't they precious?

The kids have had an obsession with the camera lately! Every time I try to catch them to take a picture or video of something they are doing, they hear the beep of the camera and come crawling real fast....so right now it's kind of hear to get good natural shots of them! Look below and you'll see what I mean!



So, you want to know what everyone is doing?

SARAH

Sarah loves to clap and dance. She is standing up and wants to walk, but is not bending her knees just yet, so when she goes to take a step, she falls forward. She gets banged up quite a bit. Poor baby! She loves to eat table food, especially sandwiches She tends to be the loner this month. All the other kids take anything she has away from her and knocks her down. So, she realized that she is better off in a corner somewhere playing by herself where no one can see her and take anything from her. She is also the only one, right now that can hold her own bottle and actually feeds herself. The others just play with it when they hold it. She still does not have any teeth yet!

Love that smile!

LUKE

Luke has been very whiny lately....not sure what is going on with him. I know he has some fluid in his ear, but he has been very mean to his sisters! He hits them, pulls their hair, knocks them down, mows over them, snatches things right from their hands, scratches and grabs them, and yells/screams in their face until they cry. He doesn't really eat his table food, he smashes it in his hands and then throws it! He loves attention and when he's not getting it, he whines and throws tantrums! He can be a very a very good boy too! He is standing now and walks holding onto things, he loves to play ball and chase things when you toss them. He has four teeth coming in at the top! I'm hoping that that is why he's not being very nice to his sisters.

Look at my teeth!

AVA
Ava has been chugging right along .....little Missy may or may not be walking...I'll let you see the video below to see for sure! She loves to eat as well! Surprise, surprise and none of them have been taking reflux medicine! Only because thy recalled it and they haven't gotten any in yet, but they have come so far that I think we're just going to let it go! Ava has two teeth on the bottom and has her four top teeth coming in at the same time just like Luke, but is no where near as miserable as Luke is. I guess what they say is right, every child is different...even if you give birth to them all at the same time! She loves to play, shred magazines, especially ones ones that haven't been read yet! She loves to find things to get into...things she shouldn't get into and can't ever sit still until it's time to sleep! She definitely knows what the word "NO" means. When you say it to her in a stern voice, she cries. Even if she did nothing wrong. Her hair is finally growing in!

You know you love me!

LILY

Lily, Lily, Lily....what can I say. She looks so cute in pig tails doesn't she? She has so much hair. She can finally stand up on her own and crawls pretty fast. She has finally figured out that she has a voice and loves to scream and yell! She loves to laugh and smile. She is very clumsy and falls all the time, but I'm gonna say it's because she is so tall! She is at least 3 inches taller then her siblings. She is starting to thin out a little, because she is moving around a lot! She has no teeth yet, but she has become quite a thumb sucker!
I think my teeth will be coming in soon!

Below is a short video! Enjoy! Next time I post, they will be ONE! I can't believe it!
Kelly

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