February Food Challenge

Okay, I'm gonna try something I saw on another triplet blog. It's called the 'eat from the pantry' challenge. The goal is to reduce the amount of money you spend on groceries for a month (and hopefully longer) and also eat up all the stuff burried in the bottom of the deep freezer and in the back of the pantry. I have to admit that I don't know how much we spend each month on groceries, so the goal is to eat what we have and to not spend much. I'm sure we'll need to buy milk, fruits and veggies, and probably baby food in addition to a few ingredients to make a certain meal here or there. We're gonna try to have Dan take leftovers for lunches, too. We'll keep track of all our spending and see how we do.

1.29.10 ~ Seven Months

The girls are 7 months old and still doing well. They're almost sitting now and love to eat solids. They are babbling and blowing raspberries (aka spitting). I think we're getting really close to our first teeth for all the girls. Avery's been running a fever for the last 4-5 days without any other symptoms so my guess is a tooth is imminent. We have a new doctor now with a change in insurance for the new year so our growth charts aren't as detailed as the computerized ones we had before. Anyway, the girls are all growing and gaining weight. We had three appts this week and all the ht/wt measurements were different. I'm not sure the girls are as tall as the doctor's office measured, but this is what we got as of 1/26/10 (compared to other 7 month olds):

Avery: wt: 13 lbs, 8 oz (~5%ile), ht: 25.25" (20%ile), head:16.5" (25%ile)

Brelynn: 14 lbs, 15 oz (12%ile), ht: 26" (26%ile), head: 17.5" (85%ile)

Camille: 12 lbs, 12 oz (less than 3%ile), ht:25" (8%ile), head: 16.5" (25%ile)

Camille eating squash



Avery at breakfast



Brelynn eating crab legs



holding hands at breakfast