Orange County Fair and Knotts Berry Farm

We went to Ocean Side California over the past week and had such a fun trip, Clint and I still keep saying we wanna go back to the beach it was so fun to be with Clint's family so much and get to play so much. Nothing like a great vacation to cap off the summer. 
First up the Fair...
Pretty much as soon as we got to our hotel we went to the fair, it was pretty fun- great people watching and some crazy food. Molly got her first taste of fair rides and wanted more more more...We were there for a few hours and then went back to the hotel for some R&R while we waited for Ashley, Zach, and Matt to arrived.

 

 Knotts Berry Farm...

Boy did we have a fun day at Knotts, I was nervous thinking there wouldn't be enough for Molly to do and she would get bored while we went on big kid rides, well I was wrong. This kid laughed harder on some of those rides than I have ever heard. She says her favorite was the race cars and the skateboard one. I got to ride with her on the kiddie roller coaster and she was laughing so hard and kept saying "I just wanna go again Mommy". There was one point where we watched a little diddy by the Charley Brown Crew . "Lucy" came to take Molly up on stage and she was not havin it and only liked her from a far.... It was pretty funny, I was bummed she wouldn't go up but o well. "Lucy" did have some freaky hair I don't blame her. We all took turns watching the little kids so that we could go on some good rides too. It was such a fun day, Molly is still talking about it.

 

Molly loved holding her hands up and saying "woo hoo"

 

Molly was the only kid on this ride, it wasn't as fun all alone I guess...

 

The "skateboard ride" as Molly calls it

More from our Cali trip to come.......

In the life of.....

Molly J.

She loves to read books all day every day
 

Loves to take showers/tubs all the time, especially loves to play in the shower all by herself

 

Is very creative and loves to play with little figures and such- she comes up with quite the collections sometimes.

 

Just finished her first "real" swim lesson with Ms. Ann, she loved it so much. It was so good for her, she is so scared to go under the water and be left alone at any point while swimming so she needed this so bad. I saw her grow so much from the first lesson to the last. The first one she bawled over everything in fright, as the time went on she became so good at it all. She was the most terrified of the "spider" or walking along the wall with her hands, by the last day she did it all a lone and was so proud of herself! I too was very proud of my little water bug. For about the last 3 days Molly would jump in and "swim" to the steps under the water. What a big change 2 weeks of swim lessons can make-

Motor Boat with Ann, she cried at first every day then got over it and did what she was suppose to once she realized she was safe. Bless her little heart!

 

Spider Walking:)

 

Wall Jumping

 

The last day she got to go under and grab 5 Starburst, Ann helped her get started under and she successfully got all 5 of her "special treats"! Way to go Molly girl....

 

Here are two super short videos of the little water bug herself..

 

Maggie K.

Takes great naps and is so so snuggly, I just love it and she looks so precious when she is sleeping

Loves to roll all over the floor, sometimes I wonder how she gets some places!

 

Has decided her cute little toesies taste pretty good

 

Has just about mastered sitting up all alone- she can stay up for a few mintues at a time sometimes even longer if her sister doesn't come around and knock her over with so much lovin...
 

She also loves the jump-er-roo, If I ever need to get something done that may take more than a couple minutes she will tolerate this longer than anything else. I love watching her little tootsies go crazy!

 

A little clip of "little bug"  in action...

These boots are made for walkin...

This girl loves her boots- she asks to wear them every day no matter what she is wearing or where we may be going.  I picked them up at Target on clearance for $4.90 or something like that and couldn't pass them up, they are a little big, but should last her a very long time. When I told her they would be perfect for "grandma grapes" house she was thrilled and made sure we didn't forget to pack them when we went. She continues to wear them all over the house and out occasionally when I can't talk her into switching to something more appropriate. I love this kid she cracks me up and if boots is what she insists on wearing sometimes its not a battle I wanna play so boots it is.

 

Feeding Time...

The highlights of our days lately have been when we feed Maggie her big girl food- Molly gets such a kick out of it and Maggie sure keeps us laughing. Molly gets a snack about that time so we usually hang out at the kitchen table  making silly faces and watching Maggie make a mess of herself. She has got this eating thing down- she has now tried sweet potatoes and kept opening her mouth for more once I moved the spoon away. I took this picture and laughed out loud how it turned out- it reminds me of one we have of Molly about this age...

 

This is the one of Molly about 5 1/2 months old. They both have this look of total satisfaction-Molly had just tasted her first ice cream cone!

Molly is really into taking her picture and looking at it after thank goodness she likes pictures again:) She is a total goof ball so here are the rest of our days pictures....

 

Blowing some great kisses-Molly has the juiciest pucker lips...

And now one reason Maggie keeps us laughing @ meal time... goodness I have to watch her so close or she will full on flip out I am sure.. see for yourself-she is a nut and loves to watch Molly so much, can't miss a beat... Maybe she will be a gymnast...

Maggie is 5 Months Old

I think the 4-5 Month month went by faster than any other. Maggie is so darn cute, she is just so happy all the time:

First up we just started giving Mag food, I wanted to wait till she was 6 months old, but she was reaching and totally into what we were eating and wanted it so bad so she started a month earlier than planned and she LOVES it. We have tried rice cereal and a tiny bit of bananas and so far so good!

Maggie @ 5 mo. Old

*I think she weighs about 14 lbs
*Wears mostly 3-6 mo. Clothes
*Size 2 diapers still
*Nursing every 2 hours, even while eating other things
*No teeth yet
*She has started solid foods: Rice Cereal/Bananas so far
*Is super ticklish especially up her side/under her arms
*She grabs at everything and of course takes it straight to her mouth
*Loves when we sing "You are my Sunshine" and "I am a Child of God"
*Loves to watch Molly, and loves when she tries to play with her (most of the time)
*Still a total Mommy's girl
*Takes about 2 short naps and 1 long nap and sometimes even more
*Can almost sit up all by herself- still tips after a few seconds
*Smiles all day to everyone and anyone
*Super happy right when she wakes up
*When she gets tired she gets super wiggly and rubs her eyes
*Loves her pink/green blanket
*Loves dolls-especially the one I made her and the little one we got her the other day

Maggie is so much fun right now, I love this stage I wish we could freeze time,but we can't and thats okay too cuz it is fun to see her learn and grow and get more of a personality every single day. Love you lil Bug! Happy 5 months....

 

As always, here is a comparison of my two beauties at 5 months old- Man Molly was a chubby little thing which makes Mag look so itty bitty still!