ball bopper

Today we also got all the "baby" toys. The Ball Bopper was resurrected. The picture above is circa January 2008.  At first there was MAJOR distress because it wasn't working right. (And by working right I mean, not as said "ball bopper" but as more of a "wind in your hair machine"). 

But then we got it going...

Can you tell we don't have a lot going on today?

jenny jump up

We've never had one of these before. We set it up today. She's a little too tiny still but she seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. Before long she'll be bouncing up and down.

3 little bells chillin' on this saturday

heidi love

I am going to do a full on post about Heidi's little personality on or around her birthday but I just had to give the girl some blog love now. 

♥ Heidi can not be without Kyla (unless it is to go to the movies) in which case she takes pride in the fact that she is braver than Kyla.

♥ She loves her baby sister to the moon and back.

♥ She is quite the fashionista and has to be involved in the picking of her clothes. She compliments people (mostly Chelsea) on their style and various wardrobe items.

♥ She loves getting her nails painted and begs for it.

♥ She longs for summer and at the slightest glimpse of sun says, "I think its warm enough for the sprinkler."

♥ She has been counting down the days until her Hawaii birthday for months and tells everyone (even strangers) that she is going to have her birthday in Hawaii. Now that my birthday is over she asks everyday if her birthday is tomorrow.

♥ She loves to wash her hands multiple times a day.

♥ She loves to wear a scarf on her head as Rapunzel hair. It HAS to be touching the ground. 

♥ She loves to be extra sweet anytime Kyla is getting scolded it or in trouble. It's totally obvious and over the top.

♥ We love you Hosers. Only a few more weeks until your Hawaii birthday. 

{thirty}

I'm thirty and four days old now. Saturday was my thirtieth birthday. What to say about that? You know how when you are in high school you think thirty sounds crazy old and when you're approaching thirty, people kids in high school look like babies? It's weird.

It just so happened that my birthday fell on a Saturday this year, the perfect day for a party. And Casey had one for me. I love him for it. (We can not forget to give a shout out to those people who helped him make it possible- you know who you are.) Joey made an amazing spread of true gourmet apps- things he knew I would LOVE- crab, coconut, fried taco shells, delicious sauces and spices. Yum! Lot's of my favorite people were there, the cake pops were so good, the memory board had many sweet and laughable memories, and the music trivia spanning my life was great too!

Here's to a new decade!

baby love

Yesterday I turned the BIG 3 0! Casey (& company) threw me a wonderful party last night. I loved it! But since I don't have any of those pictures yet, I will blog about that later. (I hate going out of order- it is TOTALLY against my type A personality). 

For now here is my cute baby whom I just love. 

The Graduate

Our little Miss Kyla is officially a Preschool Graduate. 

We all know she loves school and learning and mostly performing. So it came as quite a surprise to Casey and I at her conference to hear that our academic arts and crafts queen did not like to participate in singing and dancing at school. WHAT? That is one of  the things she loves more than anything-performing. Well, once she caught wind that there was an actual graduation-end-of-the-year-on-stage performance she became a little more interested in participating.  She practiced and practiced at home. Heidi knew all the words to the songs. She told me how she was going to stand on stage on stairs- "but not stairs like at the Royal Wedding" aka risers. She was excited! 

It was very cute. She was not as theatrical as she is at home with the very same songs BUT she did stare straight at my dad the entire time. Why? Because he was the one holding the video camera. 

Her favorite moment was receiving a special new Bible. She had told me all about it pre-graduation. That she was going to get the very same Bible that her friend Hailey had been bringing to Sunday School all year. 

She didn't waste anytime diving right into God's Word. She studied it on stage while the other kids were being called and couldn't wait to get home and read it. 

Kyla we love you so much and are so proud of you! Can't believe you are Kindergartener!

Oh and one more cute one of my dad and Molly in the audience. She was VERY good during the forty minute performance.

Ten on Ten: May 2011

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a delicious dinner and a reminder

First off...for all my friends out there who blame ME for not reminding them...TOMORROW is Ten on Ten!

Last night we got to go out for our annual "tax return dinner" with Tyler and Chelsea. It was DELICIOUS!  A great night out. Thanks guys for a fun time as always and thank you to my MOM for babysitting (again) on Mother's Day. You are the best mom anyone could ever have. 

Can I just say that I hate the awkwardness of asking other people to take a picture when you are in public. It's horrible. So because of that we opted for these shots. 

3 Month Molly

Happy 3 Months Molly!

1 Month Molly- HERE
2 Month Molly- HERE

What is happening at 3 months:
♥ You have slept nine consecutive hours (8:30pm-5:30am) twice (back to sleep until 7:30am). Usually you sleep seven though.
♥ I'm trying to get you to take naps in your crib but you still sleep so much and are usually sleeping in your swing. No real schedule there.
♥ I think you're right on the cusp of moving up to 3-6months clothes.
♥ You love bath time. You could stay in there for much longer than you get to.

♥ You make all sorts of cute baby sounds. I love them.

♥ You have another cold (your second) just like the rest of us.

♥ You are starting to love your J.J. You like to hold it and have it close to your face (don't worry we are careful).

♥ You've had a few crying spells in the car (two now) both times Heidi said you were "annoying her."

♥ You seriously have a major blow out EVERYDAY. The kind where I\you have to change all your clothes and get a complete wipe down. Being the third child, I've forgotten to pack you an extra outfit more than once and you've had to ride in your car seat naked with just a diaper and a blanket- sorry. 

♥ You are still a sweet mellow baby who just goes along with the whole crew.

♥ You rolled over from your stomach to your back last week (you haven't done it again).

♥ You had your first over night somewhere when we went to Grammie's last weekend. 

♥ You are SO cute and we love you!

Who does she look like?

This is one of my sister-in-law, Chelsea's favorite pass times..."who looks like who". I've done THIS once before and its kind of fun. And since I recently got a scanner, I thought I'd bust out the old pictures once more. Watch out Krista and Dorianne, I know you look at this blog and I WILL be scanning some oldies but goodies later on and posting them.  Can you say sweet bangs, khaki pants, and polo shirts?

So here is me, at 3ish months old (can't be sure-no date), 4 years old exactly and 5 years old at my preschool graduation (which Kyla will be having in a week or so). Sadly, I have no pictures of Casey to scan at these ages.

And since Miss Molly will be turning three months on Sunday...here are some pictures of Kyla and Heidi at three months. The jury is still out on this one. I see bits of both of them in her and I think she'll just look like her own Molly self.

They get big too fast.