Molly is 2 weeks old....

Molly turned 2 weeks old this week.  She weighs 8 lbs, 3 oz now (still littler than Owen was at birth!) and is 20 1/2 inches.  Our doctor said she has the neck strength of a 4 -6 week old baby....I knew our little girl was going to be exceptional!!  She's a cute little thing and is sleeping very well at night.  The boys really like her and are trying to learn not to swing swords and light sabers too close to her.  Owen wants to hold her all of the time...

The Hobgood kids on New Year's Eve...

 Wyatt dancing to some Mumford & Sons.  He called this the "nose dance".

Merry Christmas 2010!

Christmas was an exciting time for all of us this year. Not only did Miss Molly celebrate her very first Christmas (and her first full day at home), Santa really delivered and surprised the boys with dress-ups and sword-fighting supplies.

Owen modeling his knight costume. Wyatt got a zebra costume, but we haven't convinced him to pose with it on yet.

Molly took in all the action....

and helped Grammy open presents.

Owen was really excited about his Etch-A-Sketch...

and Wyatt was curious about Molly.

Wyatt loved his pots and pans...

and Owen loved his Jedi Starfighter.

Both boys adored their Jedi cloaks from Nana and Papa.

Welcome Molly Katherine!

Our newest little sweetie made her way into the world at 7:39pm on December 22, 2010. Molly Katherine Hobgood weighed 7 lbs, 9 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. What a wonderful Christmas present! So far, she has been a really calm little girl, unless she's too tired or too hungry!

A Christmas baby!

A proud Owen

Owen and Wyatt think she can be pretty funny:-)

Thanksgiving 2010

We spent Thanksgiving this year with the Hobgood family in Pueblo and in Colorado Springs. The kids ended up having a reading extravaganza one night at our house. Owen and Logan discovered a way to share the trike at Nana's house. They had so much fun!

More reading for Amelia and Laila....

Owen and Logan learned how to operate the card shuffler at Nana and Papa's house.

We didn't take very much video, but here are a few highlights....

Boys will be boys....

This is how the typical evening goes when I'm at prenatal yoga....

Happy Halloween!

We had a week of fun Halloween activities this year. It all started with Owen's preschool party on Wednesday. Owen had so much fun seeing all of his friends dressed up! On Friday, we went to the zoo with our friends Lindsay, Aiden and Lauren. It was one of those beautiful Colorado days and the kids had a blast!The boys working on a Halloween project...

We were invited to a party put on by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on Saturday. The boys were super excited to have their costumes on.

And the party was so much fun! There were games for the kids to play, lots of fun prizes (non-candy) and delicious low-carb pizza. Owen was ecstatic to see a "real" Storm Trooper and we were happy to meet other families of diabetic kiddos.

Glow-in-Dark Vampire Teeth!!!

Playing games at the party...

Three Luigis playing a fishing game...

Wyatt trying his hand at golf...

Finally, we made it to Halloween night. Josh put on a creepy Darth Maul (from Star Wars) costume for a little while...the kids thought it was so funny!

We went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Tons of kids were out and the boys enjoyed themselves.

Glo-sticks!

Jack-o-lanterns!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!!!!

Fall Fun

In early October, Brenda, Amelia and Cavan stayed with us for a weekend, while the dads went hunting. We enjoyed a beautiful hike and picnic at Fountain Creek Nature Center. The kids mostly loved throwing sticks in the stream and playing in the dirt.

Owen's preschool went on a trip to pick pumpkins at Venetucci Farms in Fountain. Wyatt and I joined them. It was really fun to see Owen with his class.

We went on a family hike at Bear Creek Nature Center to enjoy the changing colors. Owen's class pet, Biscuit, is in this picture. Biscuit went everywhere with us for one whole weekend and then we wrote about it in his class journal. Also of note...I'm 30 weeks pregnant in this picture!

The boys, running off on their own...

In mid-October, we found thousands of ladybugs in our new lawn. They were only there for 2 days, but it was really exciting! They crawled all over us!

Wyatt is looking at the ladybugs crawling on his arms and hands in this picture. I just can't resist his sweet little face, with his long eyelashes!

Owen and his friends are really into sword fighting right now. We went to dinner at his friend, Aiden's, house this weekend and they beat on each other with swords for over an hour. Wyatt isn't quite a worthy opponent for Owen yet, so Josh made him a "practice area" with a bag of mulch.