Happy Birthday Molly!!

Happy 1st birthday sweet baby girl! I can't believe you are already one. This year has just flown by. In the last month, you have started cruising along the furniture. You babble and talk a ton! You really get going when you are talking to the dogs. For a long time you've been taking toys out of things, but now you like to put them back in. A second tooth has finally popped through. You do well eating your baby food and love puffs and Cheerios. You like strawberries too. Any other food I cut up for you like carrots or noodles, you won't eat. You only nurse from me before your morning nap, afternoon nap, and before bed. I will start weaning you soon now that you are one. This past week, I did start giving you milk in your sippy cup and you're slowly getting used to it. You still laugh and giggle alot and are generally a happy baby. You did wake up one day from your nap and we're quite the sassy girl-you didn't want your diaper changed, you didn't want to get dressed, if you were standing up against something and I had to move you, you let me know you did not like that. That only lasted a few days and now you're back to going with the flow. You love to swing outside and we do that many times a day. You still love to read. You sit and play really well with your toys for periods of time. You are still not crawling, but manage to scoot to where you want to be. I really think you will skip crawling and just walk. You sign "more" and "finished." You love your brother, but when he is bothering you or you don't want him in your face, you push him away. You still take 2 naps during the day lasting about and hour and fifteen minutes to and hour and a half. Usually you can sleep all night. This is all I can think of for now. Happy Birthday sweet girl! You have been such a blessing to our family and we love you so much!!

Easter

Tyler had fun again this year coloring eggs.

Easter morning, he was able to find all the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid.

Here is sweet Molly looking through her basket. She wanted to throw all the grass out of it.

Cute family pics when we were ready for church.

Pool Time

We went to the pool this season for the fist time today. It was nice and hot out, so it felt good even though the water was a bit cool and had to take some getting used to. Molly loved it! She had a fit while I tried to get her in this floatie thing, but then she loved it.

Tyler jumped right in and remembered the things he learned last year in swim lessons.

In the kiddie pool, Molly loved standing up and holding onto the side. Even when she sat down once by accident, she was still above water.
She liked the water squirting up.

Here she is just being cute and happy looking at the water.

Soccer

Tyler started soccer last Saturday. He is on a team with his best friend, Kyle and their other friend, Audrey. Here are the 3 of them. I think he had a good time other than getting hot and a little tired. He kept asking to go to the pool, but his time is 1:00 and it was about 90 degrees. They will always have a practice first and then a game after.

Here is his team, the Angry Birds. Tyler is number 42.
Here he is showing off some moves!

I know-he needs to knee high soccer socks for under his shin gaurds. We'll be getting some this week.

Yard Project

One side of our house is in the shade and the grass never grows. We've tried to plant new sod and really water it, but it doesn't last. So, Scott decided to put down river rock and crushed granite on the side there and it turned out great. I don't have a final picture, but here is Tyler helping. This kid loves to do projects and is already ready to work! His dump truck came in handy.

Milk Shake

I wasn't sure if Molly could suck from a straw. I should have known she could since she does ok with her sippy cup. Anyway, she loved this cookies & cream shake from Chick-fil-a. No, she did not have the whole thing, only a few sips. How cute is she!!

11 Months!!

Molly, you are 11 months today! I can't believe in one more month you will be a year old. The time has just flown by. You can't really tell, but in this picture, your hair is in a little pony tail-your Aunt Kim did them better when we were in IL. I'm still learning. So, this month you got your first tooth (you can even see it in this picture, it's on the bottom),you now love to clap and wave, and are just babbling up a storm-you say mama and Dada in your babbles, but I don't think you realize it can refer to me and Daddy yet. If you see something you want, you point your hand towards it and say, "eh, eh."You are still pretty content and sit and play. You love your toys and books. You love to swing outside and be outside in general on walks or sitting with me while we watch brother play. I do have to watch you when we're outside because you try to eat the leaves. Speaking of food, you were doing great eating until you got sick. When you are sick, you won't eat any baby food. Now that you are better-you had a cold and an ear infection in both ears, you are starting to eat a little now. You love puffs. I tried to give you Cheerios, but you gagged. We'll try again soon. You're doing pretty good with your sippy cup. When you're well and eating, you only nurse from me before your two naps and at night. You usually take a morning nap and an afternoon nap that both are an hour and 15 min. to a hour and a half. You're usually in bed by 7:00-7:30. You still are not crawling. I put you up on all fours and you're not real sure what to do. If you are on your tummy, you scoot backwards. You like to stand up against things, but are not cruising on the furniture yet. I have to add you love to pull hair! You are such a happy little girl and so much fun!