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!

Tyler's New Favorite Thing

Tyler's new favorite thing to do around here is climb our tree in back. He's becoming quite the pro. He jumps down when he is climbing down.

Children's Museum

After I had Molly, my neighbors took Tyler with them to the McKenna Children's Museum in New Braunfels. Tyler has talked about it ever since-he loved it. Last week, for Valentines Day, I took Tyler and Molly there. Two of our friends from church also come. We had a great time. They have an outside area with water things-Tyler loved making pipes to use in the water.
They also had an outside area music section. Molly had fun with the xylophone. Here are Tyler and Josiah.

Now to the inside things. Here is Miss Molly the astronaut!

It didn't take long for Tyler to find the tools and get busy fixing things.

They had a house you could put the shingles on, which Tyler did and here he is inside the house working on the plumbing.

Another favorite of Tyler's was to drive the ambulance and make the siren go.

Once his ambulance arrived at the hospital, he became Dr. Tyler.

Molly liked this area too, make these things turn.

They also had a science area whey Tyler looked through a microscope; they had an area with little babies to take care of; they had an art room to paint and color; they had a store with little carts for kids to use; they had a big cave Tyler loved going in; they had tents set up and a little pretend fire to sit around like camping, and more that I'm forgetting. It was a very cool museum! After fun there, we headed to Landa Park to have lunch and play-they have several playscapes. It was a fun day!!

10 Months

Molly, I can't believe you are now 10 months old. Only 2 more months and you are 1 year. The time has gone by so fast. Not much has changed this past month. You love this swing that Daddy and brother put up for you. You got sick for the first time and it was a doosy! You had RSV, so we had miserable week. I felt so bad for you. Then you started getting better and your fever came back for another 3 days. It was rough. You are finally better now and we're just trying to get back to sleeping all night. Since you were sick, you now hardly want to eat any baby food. Hopefully you'll start liking food again soon. You like to stand up against the couch or ottoman now. That is really about it. Just short and sweet this month. We love you!!

Valentines!

Happy Valentines Day! This is the Valentine Tyler and Molly made for Scott. Actually, I did, but Tyler helped tell me what he loves about Daddy and I knew what Molly loved about Scott.

This is the Valentine Tyler took to school for all his friends.

These are the 3 he made for our neighbors that he plays with all the time.