Trip to Vale

Molly and I went back to Oregon for a little over a week. The trip was so much fun. However, we did miss Scott quite a bit. This was Molly's first trip to the Ranch. She loved the horses, cows, dogs, and even the hay.

Molly and Waggy just chillin'

Our little Cowgirl!

Not sure if she's trying to stab the dog or get hay for the horses.

Molly and cousin Madison. Love the tongue hanging out.

First pony. Sorry about the nose drippings, I had to get the picture fast, no time for wiping.

This was the day of Toni Heid's wedding. Molly loves running outside and screams when we have to go.

Emersyn, Molly and Isabella with some of their friends. Emersyn loves having her picture taken and had this great idea to take pictures with the Care Bears.

Isabella, Molly and Emersyn with the cat. Molly couldn't get enough of this cat. She loved it when it came inside (which wasn't often thank goodness).

Molly's New Chair

While Elisha and Molly were out of town last week, I kept myself busy with a little project for Molly. She seems to love anything her size, so I thought this would be a good surprise.

Here she is watching conference...she's so spiritual, she watched both sessions today.

Here she is checking my Blackberry for messages.

Reading a book.

Showing her muscles...if you zoom in (a lot) you can see them.

Bike Ride

We were playing outside when Scott got home from work today. So, it being so nice still, Scott mentioned bike ride to Molly. Well, as we were walking up the stairs, she starts crying and saying, "bike ride?" We had to explain to her that Scott had to change his clothes first, then yes, we would be going on our "bike ride". We are really glad she enjoys riding in that little trailer.

"where's my date?"

I guess it'll be a new tradtion for us. New Spring Dresses to wear starting Easter Sunday. Scott even picked this one out. We were glad she finally cooperated with wearing her hat and purse.

"cheese" or "cheesie"

Notice the flare of the dress upon twirling. I think she enjoys being a girl. Amy and Mary, she could hang out with you on your girly weekends!

Hats off to our Little Princess.

March Madness Update

Ok. After the first weekend of intense March Madness action, here's how the competition stacks up. Molly is pretty much out of the running since she picked Clemson to go all the way and they lost in the first round. She did however pick Davidson and West Virginia to make the Sweet 16, so perhaps she not doing so bad after all.

Scott: 41 points
Elisha: 34 points
Molly: 32 points

Mess...

It was just a little too quiet in the kitchen, so I decided to check and see how Molly was doing with her yogurt snack. As I rounded the corner, I could hear her saying...mess...mess...mess. Sure enough, she had made a mess! She woke up to a blow out this morning, so this made her second bath of the day...its barely noon.

She didn't want her picture taken...

The Great Easter Egg Hunt

We were invited to an Easter egg hunt this afternoon at the Jones. There were about 15 kids there so it was pandemonium for a while. We had been practicing with Molly all week so she would be ready for the big event. She did very well at home, but kind of froze at the real thing today. All week we would have her hide behind the recliner while Elisha or I hid an egg in the living room. She would wait until we told her to find the egg. She did well, but perhaps we should have trained in a more intimidating environment. She'll be better prepared next year.

We are trying to be better about taking family pictures...so here it is.

The Easter Bunny Came!

The Easter Bunny came early! Molly got two shirts, two purses, a pink hat and a pair of silky pink gloves...maybe later she'll actually let us take a picture of her with all this stuff.

This is Molly's "if-I-act-cute-enough-I-can-get-some-candy" look. It works like a charm and she pretty much gets candy whenever she wants. Molly was pleased to find her basket full of candy!

CRAVING

It was kinda weird, but for some reason, homemade egg noodles, chicken and mashed potatoes sounded really good. It reminded me of my grandma's homemade noodles at Thanksgiving. We wouldn't ever put the noodles on top of the poatoes. However, I would take a homemade roll, put mashed potatoes on it, then maybe take a bite of noodles before taking a bite of the roll and potatoes. I guess in a way, it all was mixed. So, our St. Patrick's Day dinner was catering to a craving I was having.

Loving Sweets

We learned you aren't supposed to reward your child for eating good because it then becomes something they think they can bargain. But, she really did eat so well this night and it was warm out, we decided to give her a little treat. I'm not sure how much got in her, but she was in heaven. She ate it down to pretty much the stick.

New Park Adventure

Yesterday was so nice, we decided to try a new park not too far from home. It was one highly recommended, Westland Park. Molly played for about 2hrs. Next time, we'll pack a lunch. As you can see in most of the pictures, Molly has a new thing; refuses to look at the camera and say cheese or even smile. I suppose she's practicing being a natural model.

From This to That

This was our 8wk ultrasound. You can't even tell what the heck it is. In just 4 weeks.............

...........you get this little thing. Some how, a head, brain, eyes, nose, mouth, hands, fingers, arms, feet, toes and legs all sprout up.

Because of my past history with the placenta maturing too fast, they plan on taking Ultrasounds monthly. I guess that's good for us. We don't mind getting pictures. Just makes the appointments longer.

September 08, 2008

New Sunglasses

Here's Molly with her new sunglasses on. She was pretty excited about them!

Making Cookies

I decided to not worry about the mess a child might make, and invited Molly to help make sugar cookies. She loved it! As I was sprinkling flour on the counter surface, Molly thought I was playing in it and decided to join in. She helped swirl it around then patted her cheeks and head. Lovely! I gave her her own cookie cutter and she loved pretending she was a help. She had her own stash of cookie dough and didn't even eat it. (I guess when there aren't any chocolate chips inside, it's not as appetizing). We had a real good time. Crazy girl though, she won't even eat the cooked cookies with frosting and sprinkles. She eats the candies and sprinkles off, but leaves everything else. Who's daughter is she?

Molly's Favorite Places

It's been brought to our attention that our photo shoots have decreased in number and our blog is suffering a bit. So, here's a little update. Funny how you stop taking as many pictures when your child becomes mobile and doesn't sit and wait for you to get the camera.

Besides our laps, Molly enjoys pulling all the DVDs out and placing herself in their stead. She thinks she's pretty cute too.

After lunch the other day, Molly got her baby and a dish towel (aka the baby's blanket) and sat under our computer just holding her, patting her back and giving her lots of kisses. She played for about 30 mins with her baby and those towels. It was quite adorable.

It only looks like she's eating the baby. She really is just kissing it. She's working on her closed mouth kisses. Hopefully we'll have her trained before we see you all!

Keeping Warm in our Condo

When we got home to our condo, it was FREEZING!!!!!!!!! We got home early evening, cleaned out our suitcases, gave Molly a bath then dressed her in her "warm" clothes. We realized her hands and feet were a little purple so she needed some warmth.

Sister and In-Law Photo Shoot

Christina, Jessica, Sarah, Holley, Becky, Rachel

Norma Jean, Marilyn (mom) and Elisha

Elisha, Marilyn (mom), Sarah

Becky, Rachel and Jessica

Christmas and New Year

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Christmas

We had such an incredible time being with family over the holidays. Scott was able to get his usual 10 days off so we began our journey on December 20. We drove as far as Salt Lake City to stay with my sister-in-law's brother and his family. It was a nice stopping point as it took us about 3 hours longer to get there because of weather. We finished our drive to Boise on the 21st. Christmas Eve day was spent skiing with a small group of adults. Christmas Eve was soup and bread night with the nieces and nephews acting out the birth of baby Jesus. They had a real stable and everything. Christmas morning was with my mom, brother and his family, sister and her family and us. Smaller than usual, but still lots of fun. We went to Vale for Christmas dinner with all the Jacobs. It was at the church due to the large number of people. After dinner was dodge ball then to the high school for basketball. It was fun playing basketball again. It'd been a while for me. The 26th was a night of homemade pizzas and another Christmas when the last sister and her girls arrived. After exchanging gifts we had a kid white elephant then adult white elephant gift exchange. That was lots of fun. Fun to see what other people deemed as junk while others gasped for joy! (not really) Friday, December 28th was another ski day. This time with all the kids willing and able. We went night skiing. We couldn't have asked for a better, nicer, more magical night. It was B-E-A-UTIFUL! I was amazed at how well all the young ones did too. Saturday we all went to a great sledding hill and tested some new sleds and some old ones. We had a bon fire and roasted hot dogs. A few of us had to be pulled out by Dan's 4x4. It was still lots of fun! New Years day had a bit of a glitch in the plans. We were on our way out to go snowmobiling on the farm I used to work on, when I got a phone call from my mom saying they had just been in an accident. Thank the heavens, everyone was o.kay. The car, on the other hand, was not drivable. We went and picked them - and the Honda symbol from the car - up and continued our plans. We only snowmobiled a bit as it was already getting late. New Years Eve was back to the Aldred's in Boise with lots of goodies and games and fun. A few of us crazies stayed up till almost 4:30 a.m. Molly was wide awake at 7:10. Thank goodness with her mom and dad barely coherent, she decided to go back to sleep herself. It was such an enjoyable time being with family. Thank you to everyone who contributed their homes, time and food.