The Hewitt triplets turn one
How did Trip, Finn and Ollie Hewitt, the identical triplets of Hampden, get ready for their first birthday party? While their mother took care of the party details, their father loaded them into the family’s Honda Pilot for an hour-long driving nap. This vital preparation epitomizes the careful planning and multi-tasking skills of the triplets’ parents, Kristen and Thomas Hewitt, Jr. While the boys slept, Thomas, Director of Service Development at the Maryland Transit Administration, navigated through some city bus routes being redesigned.
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- Thomas and Kristen Hewitt of Hampden show the triplets their birthday cake as they sing Happy Birthday. The identical triplets, from left, Trip, Finn and Ollie, turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- A friend made the hockey-themed birthday cake for the Hewitt triplets. The top piece, decorated like a hockey rink, was divided into three portions for the boys, who turned one on Oct. 6. The flags above the cake give their birth order. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Thomas and Kristen Hewitt of Hampden offer the triplets their first taste of birthday cake after Kristen blows out the candles. The triplets, from front to back, Ollie, Finn and Trip, celebrated with family and friends at Cafe Hon. The identical triplets turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Thomas and Kristen Hewitt of Hampden pose for photos with Kristen’s parents, Kathy and Jim Stantz, who moved to Baltimore from Ohio to help the Hewitts with the triplets. The identical triplets, from left, Ollie, Finn and Trip, turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- From left, Ollie, Finn and Trip arrived at their birthday party at Cafe Hon in a three-seat wagon. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Thomas and Kristen Hewitt of Hampden celebrate the first birthday of their triplets, from front to back, Trip, Finn and Ollie, as family and friends take pictures at Cafe Hon. The identical triplets turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Identical triplets Trip, Finn and Ollie Hewitt wear red paper crowns as they await their first taste of birthday cake at the party to celebrate becoming one-year olds. Thomas and Kristen Hewitt of Hampden celebrated the first birthday for their triplets with family and friends at Cafe Hon. The identical triplets turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Trip ate most of his birthday cake, but wears the rest. The Hewitt triplets, Trip, Finn, and Ollie turned one year old on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Finn is covered in crumbs and cake frosting as he demolishes his portion of the birthday cake. The birthday celebration for family and friends of the Hewitt triplets was held at Cafe Hon. The identical triplets turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Ollie is covered in crumbs and frosting after demolishing his birthday cake. Thomas and Kristen Hewitt celebrate their triplets’ first birthday with family and friends at Cafe Hon. Each boy still wears a color-coded string on his wrist to tell them apart. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- From left, Kristen Hewitt takes cell phone pictures of Trip, Finn and Ollie as they demolish their birthday cake at a party held at Cafe Hon. The identical triplets turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- A family portrait with the grandparents includes, from left, Jim and Kathy Stantz, Kristen Hewitt holding Ollie, Thomas Hewitt Jr. holding Finn, Thomas Hewitt Sr. holding Trip, and Terry Hewitt. The family celebrated the first birthday of their triplets at Cafe Hon. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- The birthday boys, from left, Finn, Trip and Ollie Hewitt, were dressed in New York Rangers gear for their first birthday party, thrown by parents Thomas and Kristen Hewitt at Cafe Hon. They still think hockey sticks are something to chew on. The identical triplets turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Thomas Hewitt of Hampden holds sleeping Trip after he and his brothers partied hard at their first birthday at Cafe Hon. The identical triplets turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Kristen Hewitt of Hampden pulls the triplets home, after celebrating their first birthday with family and friends at Cafe Hon. The three-seat wagon enables her to do errand with the triplets by herself, but here family and friends help her carry the party paraphernalia home. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Thomas Hewitt looks in on his sons after he drove around with them for one hour so that they would be rested for their birthday party. The identical triplets, from left, Trip, Finn and Ollie, turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Maternal grandfather Jim Stantz holds Trip as they look out the window from Cafe Hon during the birthday party for the triplets. The identical Hewitt triplets turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- As the first birthday party for the Hewitt triplets winds down, grandmothers Kathy Stantz, at left with Finn, Terry Hewitt, in back with Trip, and Kristen Hewitt, with Ollie, hold the sleeping boys. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Finn, left, and Trip, right, look like they are ready for a breakout from jail. The triplets can stand with one hand holding onto a support for balance, and are eager to get around the safety gates in their house. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Maternal grandparents Kathy and Jim Stantz relocated from Ohio to Baltimore to help out with the triplets. The triplets, from left, Finn, Ollie and Trip, now drink milk instead of formula. They can hold their own bottles, and drink from sippy cups, too. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Ollie explores a play tunnel at home. The Hewitt triplets, Finn, Ollie and Trip, turned one year old on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
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- Clockwise from front, Trip, Ollie and Finn, visit the Baltimore Zoo with their mom, Kristen Hewitt, and her parents, Jim and Kathy Stantz. Kristen said this three-seat wagon has been a “game changer,” because it allows her to take the triplets on errands by herself. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)
After the nap and a quick meal, the boys arrived at Café Hon in style, a three-seat red wagon pulled by Kristen. The New York Rangers hockey-themed party for about two-dozen guests was a chance for the Hewitts to thank family and friends for their support. There was a lot to celebrate: the boys each weigh over 20 pounds, and are well on the curve developmentally for their actual, not adjusted, age. All three are on the cusp of walking. They like every kind of food (except for Finn’s aversion to eggplant), and enthusiastically devoured and wore their birthday cake.
Reflecting on their very challenging first year as parents of triplets, Thomas commented that it has enhanced the couple’s relationship, “making things a lot stronger.” Having healthy and happy boys is a major accomplishment, but Thomas observed: “It’s only one step in a very long journey.” Each milestone is emotional, Thomas added, because “we don’t plan on having any other kids!”
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Oct 08, 2016 @ 10:14:39
Thanks for the great photos Amy! We’ve loved having you along for the first year of our grandtriples’ lives!!