07.18.2003 | 12:13 am

Today was the supermarket Supermarket Choo-choo Choo-choo. We took all the kids to the �Piggly-Wiggly to stock up on food. The baby got three shots this morning before we headed out and we thought surely he would be fussy, but no. He chirped and talked to everyone at Redner�s the entire shopping trip.

Ninety-one dollars and one hour later, we headed home for lunch. Marie is a savy shopper. She clips coupons, watches sales and cooks very low fat foods. Since the wedding I think Matt has lost about ten pounds. He has also sprouted a goatee moustache, which looks very dashing. Since Matt also needed to go to the DR this afternoon, I stayed with the kids and the parents trotted off to the DR�.allergies BIG time! While they were gone I received a call from Matt�s sister, Jenny�

Now Jenny is an Arizona girl too, but she and her husband are in residency, doing ER medicine up in the Twin Cities.(Jenny's hubby is the DR in residency) Before they were in MN, they had done medical school in Salt Lake City, at the University of Utah. Jenny has never been able to ovulate and get pregnant without help. While they were in SLC, she went through a series of injections that stimulated ovulation. She was able to conceive and give birth to twins four years ago. Well, today was another birthday for Jenny. While Matt and Marie were gone, she called to tell us that her triplets had come into the world in GRAND style. The first, Emma Elizabeth weighed 5lbs. 6 oz. Then came Matthew, weighing 5 lbs. 1 oz. Last was �baby C�, weighing 4 lbs. 11 oz. They are naming her Carly Christine. Everybody is THRILLED. Jenny feels so good. She was able to carry them almost 8 � months, which is very unique. Now you might ask, �Where is "the other grandma?� �Matt�s mother, my daughter�s MIL???? In San Diego, playing with friends instead of with her daughter and FIVE kids in MN. I�m sorry, but I think there is a problem with this picture! When she was called and told the news, all she could do was complain about the new babies names! She is the one that is missing the memorable times of her life for a trip to the beach, and I for one think she will be sorry she is missing this one. Matt and Marie are already making plans to go to the blessing (christening), probably sometime in October or November. What a blessing new life is!

Saturday we are heading up to Scarsdale, NY to see my sister and part of her family. They are starting to get their �land legs� about them as they learn to navigate the streets of New York. Coming from a small town in Idaho, as they do, that is a major accomplishment. I talked to her tonight and not only is Marian, her daughter in Boston, coming with husband and child, but another daughter, Melanie is flying in too. Melanie is about 22 years old and is a landscape architect in the Chicago area. What fun we will have!

Well, I must press on with Harry Potter in order to read a little before I get sleepy. Tonight the girls and I caught fireflies and let them go about 50 times:)

catsnapples~ at home in Pennsylvania

P.S. I am alwyas puzzled as to how someone can read ALL my entries, and not sign the guest book or say "hi." WIERD!

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