Molly is 3 months old...

Molly is 3 months old today.  It's been a busy month...Molly started emerging from the newborn stage just in time to get her first ear infection.  Yuck!  But, she's feeling better now and is becoming her happy little self again.  We recently moved her into her own room (the boys are now sharing a room, which is proving to be quite the learning experience for both of them).  Here she is enjoying her mobile in her crib.

 She has also been able to start sitting up in the Bumbo for short periods of time. 

 Owen and Wyatt both like to hold her.  I love this picture because of the identical eyes!

And it's probably pretty obvious why I love this picture...sweet babies!

Molly's biggest milestone this month is that she started rolling over from stomach to back.  She did this for several days and then got really sick and stopped tolerating things like playing on a blanket.  Now that she's a happy girl again, we might start seeing some more rolling.  Who knows?  It sure was cute while it lasted, though...enjoy!

Happy 5th Birthday, Owen!

Our sweet Owen turned 5 on March 14th.  This year, we celebrated in style with a Star Wars party.  The fun started with a pin-the-light-saber-on-Yoda game.  Josh drew an amazing Yoda and we made light sabers out of cardboard and green butcher paper. 

 Next up...cupcakes!  We made chocolate cupcakes with whipped cream frosting and decorated them with Star Wars cake toppers that Owen and I made.  Each little boy was pretty excited to find out which character they were going to have on their cupcake.

After the treats, we made a little scavenger hunt for the kids to find their party favor bags.  The bags contained a CD of Star Wars theme music and a little glow stick.  Then, the kids took their bags out to the garage to collect treats from the Death Star pinata, which was hand-crafted by Josh.  Look at Owen's face in the picture below (you can click on it to make it larger)...you can see how completely excited he was!

 Finally, we went inside to open presents.  Here, Owen is modeling his new Star Wars lunch bag.  You can see that he's still flushed from the pinata!

 A video of a few birthday highlights:  I love how excited all the kids get after Josh reads the clue on the scavenger hunt.  We didn't get much in the way of pinata video because my camera's memory was full, but we shared the little that we had.  The kids got ALOT more aggressive after Owen's first try (you can probably tell that from the picture of Owen).  The opening presents video was on his actual birthday, with just our little family of 5...Owen was pretty excited about his Nerf gun!



Family Time

We recently had visitors, all coming to meet Molly for the first time.  Lauren and Jerod came from Oklahoma for a long weekend.  Lauren fulfilled her aunt duties by cuddling with Molly non-stop.

 The following weekend, Ben, Brenda, Amelia and Cavan came down from Bailey.  Owen and Amelia had fun at the "kids table".

 Ben and Josh spent ALOT of time crafting guns for Owen out of Trios.  It looks like a Trio box exploded in our living room!!

 One day was even nice enough for the kids to ride bikes outside.  We can't wait for spring!!



Molly is 2 months old...

Molly is 2 months today.  She is 11 lbs and is super strong.  She has great head control and just started batting at objects that are hanging above her.  She loves to laugh and smile, especially at Owen (he's really great with her).  She's still a great night sleeper, thank goodness, but usually prefers to nap snuggled in the sling or in the baby swing.

Even though Molly has been smiling for about a month, we haven't caught any of her cute grins on film until now....

 Here Molly is helping me show off my new hairdo.  I cut off 12 inches and donated it to Locks of Love!  This was a big step for a girl who's pretty much had the same hair style since age 2.

Molly and Daddy admiring each other....

Owen and Molly admiring each other....

 Molly and Wyatt are modeling their matching diapers!



Molly is 1 month old...

Molly is 1 month old now and weighs 9 lbs, 1 oz and is 20 1/2 inches.  She started smiling right before she turned 1 month, which is a great reward for us!  She is also an amazing night sleeper...she regularly goes a 6 hour stretch between feedings!  She's a sweet little thing, with super crazy hair...

And for your viewing pleasure...a short video of Miss Molly in action.

Wyatt is 2!

Wyatt turned 2 on January 14th.  We celebrated his birthday with friends and sugar cookies.  Wyatt wasn't really sure what birthdays were before his friends came over, but after a morning of playing and eating treats, he decided that he loves birthdays!!

Wyatt got a play kitchen from us for his birthday.  Both Owen and Wyatt have been playing with it non-stop.  Wyatt loves to cook "Life and milk", "water juice" and pizza.

 Here is the birthday boy enjoying his presents.

 We also celebrated with a pizza lunch, grandparents and cupcakes over the weekend.  It was pretty exciting for the celebration to continue into a second day:-)

 Wyatt jumping for joy about his dump truck...

Little Molly observing the fun... 

Light Saber Extravaganza!!!!

Owen recently took this footage of himself staging a great light-saber battle.  He used his own camera, which was a Christmas present.  Get ready for a great fight with lots of "tricky moves" (as Owen says), dramatic faces, humming, and even a baby crying in the background!