it's almost my birthday...

eleanor & little kitty

My mom got two kittens this weekend. They are so tiny and so cute. The girls spent a good part of Saturday and Sunday snuggling and holding their respective kittens and watching movies.

YaYa let each girl name a "her" kitten. This is Heidi's Eleanor...

This is Kyla's Little Kitty...

Little Kitty looks just like Jammer (our cat the first five years we were married). 

When I arrived to pick them up this afternoon this sign was posted on the front door.

We ♥ little kittens and little girls.

an update

I look back at my last two post titles and think...what was I thinking? Ha! The snow turned out not to be so fun after all. Stuck up on a hill stranded by my Honda Odyssey with no school, no power at times, and a serious case of cabin fever! I lost my patience (and my mind) on several occasions and I'm glad its over!! Several people were worse off than me, being without power for days on end. And just read Chelsea's post.

We're moving. I'm packing. We're trying to find a new house. It's kind of a lot. I have so much STUFF. Why do we always move when I have 10 and 11 month olds who like to "help"?

Moving is a little bitter sweet. We've lived in this house for almost four years. Lots of memories with our little girls. It was a great house and we were able to open it to our friends on many occasions. But I'm excited for our next house and to make it our home. I'm thankful for the opportunities this move will open up for our family that we probably would not otherwise have. I'm thankful we were able to sell it and are able to buy a new house in this tough housing market. I'm not good with the unknown and that is what the next few months hold for us but I'm trusting God. He knows where we will end up and he has blessed us so much already. The next few months will be an adventure and although there will be inconveniences I think it will end up being a fun memory for our family- kind of like when Casey and I lived at the KOA Campground when we were first married- kinda like that but not really.

On other random notes....
There is a car seat swap and move up situation going on here. It is very exciting and these two can't get enough of it.
Kyla has taken to talking in a British accent. Yep! Don't know why....I think the Parent Trap? She's actually pretty good at it.
In the midst of moving and packing chaos I'm looking forward to a few date nights that were previously planned with friends. Thanks to my babysitters- you know who you are. Sorry I've had to overuse you so much lately.
Molly's baby dedication is this Sunday and her birthday is coming right up. It's actually a few days before moving day. Still trying to plan a little special something for her...although it will not be the full blown 1st birthday PARTY that Kyla had. Stay tuned for that. She will just make the cutoff for having her "1" on this front door.

Back to packing....

NOTE: Look at the awesome boxes with lids that my husband made for me at work.

more snow fun...

WE HAVE A LOT! I have yet to be out in it. I took these pictures from the cover of doorways. Poor little Molly has a terrible cold so we can't all go out. Luckily Joey and Taryn took my girls out today and built a snowman and a snow fort.

More is coming....hope to go sledding soon.

yea for snow...

just cute...that's all.

Pinterest...we tried.

There are about a million Pinterest ideas I want to try and do. The reality is there isn't enough time in the day AND sometimes things just don't go as you imagine them to.

I loved THIS Pinterest picture. M isn't one yet but Kristal and I were going to the same birthday party last Saturday and she offered to meet me before to try to recreate this.

First off, it was TOO COLD outside. Second of all, Molly hates her highchair. Third, I had brand spankin new leather boots on in this marshy field. She cried the entire time. She freaked every time we put her in the highchair. Oh well, we tried. It was kinda fun. Onto other Pinterest inspirations...

11 Month Molly

What's happening at 11 Months:

♥ Well, once again  you did not want to lay on the flower or sit in your chair for the consistency of this photo project. I gave up, oh well. You can see proof of this is in the last two photos.

♥ You love to climb the stairs and you despise the gate. You can climb all the way to the top of the stairs and scream in anger when we put up the gate.

♥ Your angry little tantrums also come out when you see an iPad, phone, keys, remote, etc that you can not have. Sometimes we give in and let you play with the iPad. You seemed very pleased with yourself when we do this. 

♥ You can now wave bye bye and smack your lips when we ask for a kiss (YaYa taught you to this).

♥ You completely picked the decal off in your room above your crib...it's not there anymore. 

♥ You refuse to sit in your highchair and even with the belt as tight as it can go you find a way to climb and stand up. So you sit in a booster at the table for now- which you prefer. Hoping to go back to the highchair at some point. 

♥ I think you are the fastest little crawler. No steps yet. 

♥ You are starting to get into your sisters things now and they are starting to not appreciate it. It's okay...they still love you to death.

♥ You love to dance.

♥ Your hair is still crazy.

♥ You will actually sit still and watch the TV if Sesame Street is on. You seem to like puppets. 

♥ You can for sure say "da da" "Heidi" and "JJ." Still no "mama."

♥ You LOVE LOVE LOVE Baby Mum Mums. These things are the greatest invention ever. Why did I not know about these with your sisters? They keep you entertained and there is NO mess. 

♥ You sleep with two pairs of PJs and have a little heater in your room. You like it toasty warm at night. 

♥ You love the baby doll strollers and always want rides. 

♥ You chubby body is the cutest. 

♥ You have seven teeth. Four on top and three on bottom. I'm sure more are coming soon. 

♥ Your new thing is to make a loud yelling noise when we are in the car and Kyla is trying to talk to me. I think you know it makes her mad and you think its funny.

♥ I can't believe you are almost ONE! What a fun year we've had with you.

♥ Love you McGee.

frog and toad

We had our third annual trip to the Seattle Children's Theater with the Edwards' girls. Super fun as usual. Kyla and Hailey paired off and Symantha and Addi fought over who would sit by Heidi, which I thought was pretty cute. This year's production was A Year With Frog and Toad. It was really very cute and surprisingly Kyla did not really freak out at the scary parts. I think she much prefers the real theater to the movie theater. 

It's always fun to go downtown and of course always fun to hang with these ladies. 

Heidi and Addi are very cute friends and to listen to their conversations is adorable and funny. The highlight of the van ride were all of the tunnels on I-90. "Holding their breath" each time they even saw one coming (sometimes it was just an overpass not a tunnel). They puff out their cheeks and breath through their noses. :)