Family Pictures

I have been wanting to get family pictures done for a while, but kept putting it off until I realized Mag needed some 6 mo. pictures and in 2 mo. Molly will be 3 so I thought prime time for 6mo pics and 3 yr old pics and cute family pictures where Maggie actually has some personality and is not a little newborn anymore. O it was a challenge to get a 2 almost 3 year old to co-operate, but all I wanted was one cute family one and one cute one of Molly since I knew Maggie would be perfect(which she was) for her little shoot. so here is what we got and I couldn't be more pleased- Thanks Hayley I love them so much I can't decide what ones to print, or post for that matter....

What a week!!!

First up, "big girl ballet" Molly is still a tad young for the 3 year old class, but since she did good last year Mrs. Sheila said she could move up-she will have to repeat one class either this one or the next one so that she ends up in the class with kids going into Kindergarten the same time as her- Anyways, she LOVES ballet class and getting sparkles on her chest and a pink ballerina stamp on her hand afterwords. I was a bit worried that she would not be able to listen and follow Mrs. Sheila, but she did awesome- Go Molly girl you beautiful baby ballerina- She is obsessed with her ballet shoes and skirt, she could wear this for every outfit if I let her.

We are also back into the tending swing of things and get to play with T-Mac(Thomas) who is 9 mo. old and little Ms. Ally who just started Kindergaten- Maggie and T-Mac are all over the floor, and have started to interact with each other, but only in an attacking sort of way- If Mag is laying on the floor T-Mac does everything in his power to crawl over and clobber her-classic boy!

We also got to see our newest niece(cousin) Peri this past week and she is so teeny tiny, Maggie is still little and having them next to each other made Maggie look huge- it was so fun to hold her and Molly was very into baby Peri, and loved giving her kisses and then running to Mag and give her kisses. She is such a great, caring big sister.(trying to get 3 little girls under 3 to look at the camera and look halfway decent is quite the chore, going through the pictures totally cracked me up)

 

Maggie was way done with this scene and was doing everything her little might to wiggle out of there..

Molly thinks it is way funny for Mag to bite her finger, she just cracks up every time...

My mom with her three little grand babies- whats better than three little girls dressed in pretty pink dresses?

 

Maggie 6 mo. and Peri 1 mo.

And, to top off a great weekend after seeing "Grandma Grape",cousin Peri, and cousin Mya who also happened to be down this weekend we got a special visit from a special little Daisy- I started tending Daisy when she was Maggie's age and now she is 11 years old- this little lady has a very special place in my heart. She loves my girls so much and they equally love her. Molly told me after Daisy left that "Mommy, Daisy my best friend"(this pic is classic Molly lately- Nose picker extraordinaire)

It was so fun to see so many people we love so much this weekend, it sure made the weekend fly by, but that's okay because we had a blast! Especially on our special date night with "Grandma Grape" to dinner and "Trayves" (Krave) as Molly calls it. She asks to go there every day now! This week is going to be so mellow since every one just came down-

Happy Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Clint! Clint turned "31" today, Molly has been so excited for Birthdays all around and has been waiting for daddy to have his birthday because hers is next. She is so excited to have cake and presents tonight! Happy Birthday Clint, I hope you have a great year- we love you so much, you are the best dad EVER!

Molly loves her daddy because: (in her own words)

*reads stories to me

*gives me cheese and pasta

*playing baby with daddy

*he laughs

*snuggle in blanket with me

Maggie loves her daddy because: 

*He can get her laughing pretty good

*He makes her squeal when lifting her up like an airplane and having her "fly" down

*He is the perfect spit up target :)

*She loves to give him little snuggles when he gets home from school

Happy Birthday Clint!

*pics taken by Hayley Bradshaw (more of these to come)

My little Miss Molly

Here is a little Molly update: She will be 3 in just over two months and it kills me she is getting so darn big. She is so excited about her Birthday that is all we talk about- whenever we are at the store and she see's toys she says: "Ooo Molly like that one mommy" or " That for my Birthday mommy, okay" cracks me up, she talks so well and I pretty much talk to her like I would my friends she understands everything and is so smart.

 

Some things about Molly:

Loves her sister SO much-gets so excited when she wakes up and can get Mag laughing pretty hard

Loves to eat "lunch" for every meal- meat, cheese, chips, watermelon has been her request daily

Loves to climb in Maggie's crib and pretend she is sleeping

Loves wearing her princess jamies the most

Pretends she is certain characters such as Cinderella or what not and makes sure everyone she knows is also a character

Likes to hide from Clint when he gets home

Loves to go to her Grandma's houses

Knows her ABC's and what sound they make

Can count to 13

Loves going to Target and Costco

Super snuggly in the morning and before bed

Loves reading books-lots of books

She LOVES to "shave" when Clint shaves, its like there special little thing, the other day Molly came to show me this cute face:

A little interview I did with Molly this morning: these answers are directly from my sassy little one herself!

Whats your Name: Grandma followed by Molly

How old are you: 2

Fav. Color: purple

Fav. food: Noodles

Fav. toy: baby

Fav. Show: "Super Why"

Fav. Movie: "Toy Story"

Fav. thing to do: A play house my birthday

Fav. Treat: pink ice cream with sparkles (sprinkles)

Fav. Drink: pink pop aka lemon-aid

What do you wanna be when you get big: A Clown with a red nose

Who's your best friend: "Ayla, Sadie, and what about Ally, and Maggie"

 We tried to do curlers again and this time had her sleep in them, she LOVED it and wants curly hair all the time, she didn't even seem to mind the curlers at all-she looked so cute!

Before:

After:

Some other funny Molly convo's from the past few weeks: * are what I said: M is Molly's response

M: Is that a cheeseball?

*:yes

M: oooo, yummy, yummy in my tummy, yummy,yummy

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M: Good morning mommy, I love you so much

*: I love you too

M: of course Mommy, of course

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*: Where did Mommy and Daddy get married?

M: the Temple

*: Where is Molly going to get married?

M: A bush at the Temple

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*: Sorry sweetheart I can't do that right now

M: O, yes you can Mommy, you can

*: I can't though

M: Mommy, yes you can, I sure

I always know that this little monster has had a good day, because by bedtime her hair is a mess, her clothes are dirty, she usually doesn't have pants on, her face is filthy, and even the bottoms of her feet are black. If I didn't know her I would think she is an orphan child:

O how I love this little girl, she makes me so happy and I love seeing her cute face right when I wake up every morning, who could have a bad day that starts like that? She has enough sass and sweetness in that little personality of hers. I love you little sassy pants!

Happy Half Birthday Maggie K.

Little Maggie is 6 months old today!!!!! I can hardly believe it we are half way to her first Birthday and I must say these have been the best 6 months EVER!!!! This little nose crinkle is one of my favorite faces of all time-totally captures my little buggy

 

Maggie @ 6 Months

*Weighs 15.5 lbs.(45%) and 26 3/4 in. tall (75%)

*Wearing size 3-6/6-9(barely)

*Wears size 2 diapers

*Wears size 1 shoes and starting to fit in 2's

*Nurses about every 2-2.5 hours

*Eats 2 times with solids a day- loves it, also eating some table food if safe :)

*Will only drink Apple Juice out of a bottle-nothing else I mean NOTHING

*Sits up solo

*Starting to reach to start scooting (I bet she starts scooting around any day)

*Loves to follow Molly

*Gets upset if left alone in a room especially if mom leaves

*Still Mommy's girl

*Has one little tooth on the front bottom right

*Loves to play on the floor, especially loves her babies feet to chew on

*Sleeps like a champ

*Hates her car seat, but only since our trip to Cali

*Growls when she starts to get mad

*Sings herself to sleep sometimes (happening more lately)

*Happy, Silly and Sweet :)

 

One day we stopped @ Pasta and the Vanlehns girls were there- Molly was dying to see Ayla so we ran in for a few minutes to chat- Maggie grabbed some licorice off the table and we let her go to town and just that she did- she was in heaven and loved every second- she was such a mess, her feet were just covered, but she had a great time!

And just barely she had her first real taste of ice cream- she loved this too- She makes some great faces especially with her eyes when eating such delicious treats!

 

Maggie, You are such a delight- you are always so happy and sweet. We are so happy to have you as part of our family and love you so much. I don't know what Molly would do without you to play with. I hope you always have such a sweet bond, you two are so lucky to have each other. I can't wait to see what you do next, but please just slow down a little cuz your getting too big too fast! I love you little bugga bug-

And for the comparison of my two little munchkins- just to compare:

Maggie: 15.5 lbs and 26 3/4 in.

Molly: 18.7lbs. and  27 1/4 in.

And I just came across this pic. of me @ 6 months...