News Article on the Show

The Deseret News/Mormon Times did a story about the TLC show. Click HERE to see the article. I always like getting interviewed by the Mormon Times reporter---her articles are positive and she doesn't try to twist the things I say. :-)

News Article on the Show

Multitude of Multiples Replayed Tonight

If you missed "Multitude of Multiples", the documentary we are featured in, it is being shown again tonight (Tuesday, September 8). In Austin it is on at 9:00 pm and again at 11:00 pm on TLC.

Multitude of Multiples Replayed Tonight

2-Year Check-up

Shots x 5: Kaydence, Kassidy, Kyndall, Rustin and Ryder

Just before we left on vacation, the quints had their 2-year check-up. They are all doing great! Developmentally, all of them are right where they are supposed to be. I still marvel at what a miracle these babies are! Here are the latest stats from their doctor's visit:

(Note: The stats are about a month old, but the pictures were taken a few days ago)

Kassidy

33.5 inches tall (50th percentile)

24 lb 7 oz (25th percentile)

Kassidy is the "Queen Bee" or "Mother Hen" of the bunch. She definitely thinks she is in charge, but she is also very mothering to the other babies. Of all the babies, she has the hardest time dealing with change---she likes it best when everything happens right on schedule.

Kaydence
31.25 inches tall (5th percentile)
20 lb 10 oz (<5th percentile)
Kaydence is a sweet little cuddlebug. She takes life at her own pace. She sleeps snuggled up with as many stuffed animals as she can get her arms around.

Rustin
32.25 inches tall (10th percentile)
25 lb 4 oz (20th percentile)
Rustin is such a little clown. He is always making us laugh. He is also a true redhead and is very mischevious. He climbed out of his crib for the first time tonight, and I am afraid of what that might lead to!

Kyndall
32 inches tall (10th percentile)
19 lb 1 oz (<5th percentile)
Kyndall is the most independent of the bunch. She is full of spunk and always has a smile on her face. Despite her small size, or maybe because of it, she is the best climber.

Ryder
33.25 inches tall (25th percentile)
25 lb 2 oz (20th percentile)
Ryder is still my high-maintaince man. He likes to have lots of attention and it is rare to find him without at least one of his comfort objects (binky or "nuggie"). He is very sweet and loving and I can always count on him to come running for storytime.

Kaiya
Kaiya just started the first grade and is doing great in school. She is taking gymnastics this year and is in the running club. She loves to turn on music and dance with the babies.

Riley
Riley just started the fourth grade. He loves to read and even sets his alarm to wake up 30 minutes before he needs to, just so he can get some extra reading time in. He is taking piano lessons and is going to play volleyball this season. He is also in the running club. Riley is great at making the babies laugh. I always recruit Riley to help when I am trying to take pictures because he can always make them smile.

Kaiya and Riley on their first day of school on their first day of school. (holding up fingers corresponding to the grade they are in)

Rustin, Kaydence, Kassidy, Kyndall and Ryder----the babies got this great table for their birthday---it has 5 legs---what could be more perfect??

Chillin' on the stools: Rustin, Kyndall, Kassidy, Kaydence and Ryder

A taste of the "terrible twos"--Ryder pushed a chair over to the counter and helped himself to the Nesquik--he looks a little too proud of himself!

I have tried on several occasions to get the babies to drink milk from their sippy cups, but they always refuse. I put off "bottle graduation" as long as possible because I was worried that the babies wouldn't be getting enough calcium and other good stuff from milk if I took them away. With the babies turning two, it was definitely time to get rid of bottles. We had a "bye, bye bottles" party. All the kids took turns throwing bottles into a large trash bag and saying "bye, bye bottles!" Then we sang the good-bye song (from Monster Clubhouse). We clapped and cheered, took pictures and even had treats. The next few days, a couple of them would ask for their bottle, but we just reminded them that we said bye, bye to bottles, and they were OK with that. And, after a couple of days, everyone (except Kassidy, the change-resistor) decided that they could go ahead and drink milk from a sippy cup. Hurray! The next step is to get Ryder and Kyndall to give up the binky......I think that will be a little more difficult!

Bye, Bye Bottles Party! Ryder, Kyndall, Kaydence, Rustin, and Kassidy

2-Year Check-up

New Quint Olympics

Here is the latest Quint Olympics---the Quintathelon! The TLC documentary "Multitude of Multiples" showed some behind the scenes footage from this Quint Olympics Episode. Enjoy!!

New Quint Olympics

Pics from the Quints 2nd Birthday...Finally!

Two-Year-Old-Trouble times 5: Kaydence, Ryder, Kyndall, Rustin and Kassidy

We kept the quints birthday celebration pretty low-key this year, compared to last year. We set out their presents the night before, and they opened them throughout the day. In the evening, several friends came over for cake and ice cream. It is hard to believe they are already two! Everybody keeps asking me when I am going to potty train them, and the answer is NOT YET!!! I am going to have to work up a lot of courage before I attempt that one!

The stash of presents---it almost looks like Christmas! It seems like a ton of presents until you divide by five.

Since we already had a Little Tikes kitchen, we figured we needed to even things out with a tool workbench. We found a great one on Craigslist and the boys loved the hard hats!

Kassidy was more excited about holding the gift bags than she was about seeing what was in them. Of the five, she is the one that I think looks and acts the most like me, so it is only fitting that she looks like she just got home from the mall :-) I am going to have to train her in my bargain shopping ways...

Grandma and Grandpa Wilkinson got smart and gave all five babies the same thing so that there would be no fights----they each got a toy camera. If the cameras were real, we would have lots of pictures of foreheads, since they all (including Ryder pictured above) held the camera up backwards.

Kyndall

The most fought over gifts were the baby doll strollers. We got them three, thinking that would be plenty, but we were wrong :-) We even brought down Kaiya's old baby doll stroller, but we were still one short.

Kaydence makes her move

Kaydence is victorious, Kyndall is not happy about the defeat

Kassidy and Kaydence--Eventually they got creative and started pushing each other around in the strollers

Rustin and Kaiya with another favorite----Baby Elmo

The Birthday Cake

I made cupcakes in each of the babies colors so they could each have their own cake to eat.

Ready for Cake: Kassidy, Ryder, Kyndall, Rustin and Kaydence

The crowd of onlookers as the babies blew out their candles

Kassidy

Kaydence

Rustin

Kyndall

Ryder

The girls didn't care much for the cake, but the boys sure had fun with it! Rustin even started stealing cake from nearby siblings!

What a mess!

I'll post pictures of our trip to Arizona in a few days. In the mean time, watch us on TONIGHT (Aug 30th) in "Multitude of Multiples" on TLC at 7:00 pm/8:00 pm eastern. After the program, check back here to see the Quint Olympics episode featured in the show!

Pics from the Quints 2nd Birthday...Finally!

Multitude of Multiples

TLC just published a blog post about the upcoming show. The blog gives a good preview of what the show is going to be about. Check it out HERE.

Set your DVR's....the documentary, entitled "Multitude of Multiples" airs this Sunday, August 30th 7:00 pm central/8:00 pm eastern on TLC!

Multitude of Multiples

New WQ+2 Episode & EXCITING NEWS!!!

I'm sorry I have been MIA on the blog lately! We took our first big road trip since the babies were born and drove to Arizona for a couple of weeks. We got back a week ago, but I am still playing catch-up! I have lots of great pictures of the birthday and beyond which I hope to post soon.

In the mean time, here is the latest WQ+2 SuperShort video--"Baby Dance Party".


We also have some EXCITING NEWS! Our family will be featured in a new documentary on TLC (The Learning Channel) entitled, "Multitude of Multiples". The documentary features three families with multiples---The Tabb family, from San Antonio with quads, our family with quintuplets and the Carpio family, from NY, with sextuplets. Our part depicts "a day in the life" and goes behind the scenes of the Quint Olympics. The other two families have more dramatic stories---I think they put us in to be the comic relief :-) If you have ever wondered what goes on in a house with five two-year-olds, this is your chance to find out!!

Watch us on TLC THIS SUNDAY, AUG 30th 7:00 pm Central/8:00 pm Eastern!! (check your local listings--it may be different where you live)

New WQ+2 Episode & EXCITING NEWS!!!