Tuesday, November 1, 2011
And everywhere that Mary went the Lamb was sure to go...
A few pics from Halloween 2011. Mary had a little lamb! This was actually Edie's idea. She was so excited about it. Oma made her hat to match the costume too!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Molly - 6 (7) month update
Well, I meant to do a 6 month update for Molly, but here it is Oct 31 and she is already 7.5 months! It's been a busy fall for us as we've signed a contract on a new house, and put our current home up for sale so it's been quite hectic.
A lot has changed since my last Molly update! At her 6 month check up she weighed in at about 15lbs and is in the 25th percentile. She's pretty much following the same growth pattern as Edie of being a little munchkin. She still spits up A LOT, but since she is gaining weight at a steady pace and is otherwise very healthy we are just waiting it out to resolve itself. Edie did that up until 9 months, so hopefully we will see the end of that soon.
Molly is "a very active baby" as classified by our pediatrician. She already desperately wants to keep up with Edie. She started crawling at 6 months, and almost immediately started pulling up in her crib to stand up on her knees. She loves for me to hold her so she can stand, and she even tries to take steps when she's standing. Yes, that's right - trying to walk at 7 months! She is going to give me a run for my money. She tries to talk, which of course just sounds like babble. She's VERY vocal, which can sometimes be a bit overwhelming, but also sometimes very cute!
She's fallen into a pretty good nap routine, but at night she has completely regressed which is really hard. She was sleeping 10-11 hours a night up until just about 6 months, and now she gets up 1-2 times a night. She generally will go back down fairly easily but its still somewhat exhausting. Hoping we outgrow that soon too.
We started solids at around 5 months, and so far she'll pretty much eat anything. Her favorite is Yo Baby yogurt though! She still won't take a bottle,despite many attempts. I've pretty much given up on that now. I've gotten her to take milk from a sippy cup a time or 2 so though it seems odd for a baby as small as her to be taking her milk from a sippy, we'll probably just proceed with the path of least resistance. And in typical Molly form, she prefers the big girl regular sippys (just cup w/ spout) not the non-spill ones!
In her johnny jump up
A lot has changed since my last Molly update! At her 6 month check up she weighed in at about 15lbs and is in the 25th percentile. She's pretty much following the same growth pattern as Edie of being a little munchkin. She still spits up A LOT, but since she is gaining weight at a steady pace and is otherwise very healthy we are just waiting it out to resolve itself. Edie did that up until 9 months, so hopefully we will see the end of that soon.
Molly is "a very active baby" as classified by our pediatrician. She already desperately wants to keep up with Edie. She started crawling at 6 months, and almost immediately started pulling up in her crib to stand up on her knees. She loves for me to hold her so she can stand, and she even tries to take steps when she's standing. Yes, that's right - trying to walk at 7 months! She is going to give me a run for my money. She tries to talk, which of course just sounds like babble. She's VERY vocal, which can sometimes be a bit overwhelming, but also sometimes very cute!
Standing in the crib at 6 months!
She's fallen into a pretty good nap routine, but at night she has completely regressed which is really hard. She was sleeping 10-11 hours a night up until just about 6 months, and now she gets up 1-2 times a night. She generally will go back down fairly easily but its still somewhat exhausting. Hoping we outgrow that soon too.
We started solids at around 5 months, and so far she'll pretty much eat anything. Her favorite is Yo Baby yogurt though! She still won't take a bottle,despite many attempts. I've pretty much given up on that now. I've gotten her to take milk from a sippy cup a time or 2 so though it seems odd for a baby as small as her to be taking her milk from a sippy, we'll probably just proceed with the path of least resistance. And in typical Molly form, she prefers the big girl regular sippys (just cup w/ spout) not the non-spill ones!
with Uncle Bonner
She loves Bathtime! Though we've now graduated from the baby tub, to either just in the sink, or in the big tub with Edie.
Edie loves to "dress" Molly up. Also note how she is surrounded by all of Edie's stuff animals! They love playing together, and it always makes me smile to watch how sweet Edie is with Molly, and how much Molly adores Edie. Molly is also pretty fascinated with Sadie too.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Visit from Uncle George and Doriot
Uncle George came back for another visit, and this time he brought Doriot with him. It was very special for Molly to get to meet her Godmother, and we enjoyed getting to spend time with them! Edie was especially taken with Doriot, and just as I was adding pictures to this post she got all excited and shouted "Look, it's Dori! It's Dori!". So they'll have to come back soon for another visit!
The weather was so nice all weekend, and Doriot, Mary Jane, and I took the girls out to Foxhollow Farm to their fall festival. Edie got a pumpkin, and her favorite part was doing the haycastle with Doriot and the fishing booth!
Molly and her Godmother, Doriot
Uncle George, Doriot, and Molly
Poppy, Uncle George, and Molly
The weather was so nice all weekend, and Doriot, Mary Jane, and I took the girls out to Foxhollow Farm to their fall festival. Edie got a pumpkin, and her favorite part was doing the haycastle with Doriot and the fishing booth!
with her slinky from the Go Fish booth
The "Bat tattoo" - made me laugh she chose the bat for the face painting. She loves Bats!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The Flower Girl
We spent Labor Day weekend at the lovely Greenbrier resort in White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia to celebrate the wedding of Erin and Brent! It was absolutely gorgeous and we had such a great time. Erin is Edie's godmother, and so she included Edie as a flower girl in the wedding. Edie was THRILLED about this, and she loved having her very own "wedding dress". :)
The Greenbrier was such a beautiful place to visit. Oma and Opa came to spend the weekend with us and help out with the girls during the wedding, so they got to enjoy it with us. Edie had a great time at the pool, the playground, and just walking around the hotel and shops (toy store being her favorite). And her big treat was going on her first pony ride! She was a little skiddish at first, but then she really got the hang of it and loved it!
The big day came, and she was SO incredibly excited about being a flower girl. Erin looked stunning and it was a beautiful ceremony, and an even more fabulous reception! I was so proud of Edie for following directions and walking down the aisle with her wreath on, and sitting quietly during the ceremony. I was a little skeptical that she might be too shy, but she loved it and was great!
The Greenbrier was such a beautiful place to visit. Oma and Opa came to spend the weekend with us and help out with the girls during the wedding, so they got to enjoy it with us. Edie had a great time at the pool, the playground, and just walking around the hotel and shops (toy store being her favorite). And her big treat was going on her first pony ride! She was a little skiddish at first, but then she really got the hang of it and loved it!
Molly just chillin' watching the pony ride!
Pony Ride
Taking the reins by herself
Oma & Edie in front of the Greenbrier resort
The big day came, and she was SO incredibly excited about being a flower girl. Erin looked stunning and it was a beautiful ceremony, and an even more fabulous reception! I was so proud of Edie for following directions and walking down the aisle with her wreath on, and sitting quietly during the ceremony. I was a little skeptical that she might be too shy, but she loved it and was great!
She loved her flower wreath. We had some trouble getting it to stay on, and I wish we had gotten it pinned on a bit better, and her hair pulled back better out of her face but oh well!
The Flower Girls - Edie and Erin's too cute niece Elizabeth (Elizabeth was not fond of wearing the wreath!)
The beautiful bride and her goddaughter getting ready for the ceremony
Walking down the aisle with Erin's brother Matt
Loving the reception!
Special thanks to Oma and Opa for coming and spending the weekend with us, and helping with the girls. Molly even actually took a bottle that night!!!
Someone else having fun at the reception :)
Having fun on the dance floor -She loved twirling in her wedding dress!
Congratulations Erin & Brent!!!
Monday, August 22, 2011
Edie turns 3!!!
I'm a little behind again...to catch up though, Edie turned 3 on July 31! I can't believe she is such a big girl already! She wanted to have a fairy party, so that's what we did. We just kept it simple with Poppy & Tu, Uncle Todd & Aunt B, Aunt Erin, and the Sutherlands in attendance. They decorated cupcakes, had a treasure hunt and made bracelets with the jewels they found, played flash dance, and topped off the evening with playing in the sprinkler. She had a great time!
Her Major Award - the grocery cart!
Cinderella dress and accessories from Oma & Opa was another big hit!
The fairies - Lucy, Abigail, and Edie
Lucy, Lilly, Abigail, Molly, and Edie
decorating cupcakes
treasure hunting
more treasure hunt
finding some jewels on the hunt
flash dance!
Her request for several months was to have a Cinderella cake - didn't quite fit with the fairy theme but she loved it none the less!
The birthday fairy
Here are a few pictures of Eeds, the big 3 year old, that we took when we were down in Florida.
I can't believe Edie is 3! She just started preschool and is going 3 mornings a week. She absolutely loves it, and stays an extra hour for lunch bunch on 2 of the days. She loves to play with her baby dolls, paint and color, play outside and especially going to playgrounds, and she loves to ride her tricycle. We may do one last semester of the music class, though I've been debating about whether or not to do it because its during Molly's nap. Edie keeps asking to go see Mrs. Sharon though so I should probably try to make it work.
Edie still has her imaginary friend Poke. She makes up little stories and things she does with Poke a lot. Yesterday she had to get all her rain gear back on and took her umbrella outside so she could bring Poke in from the car so he wouldn't get wet! She walked all the way out to the car in the rain, put her hood up and held the umbrella out next to her to keep Poke dry as they came in. :) Poke has a few friends that sometimes tag along - John and Donio. It really cracks me up that she named one of her imaginary friends after her dad!
We are working on getting her to drop the thumb sucking habit. John told her if she keeps sucking it, she will suck it off completely. And then he showed her Sadie's paws and said that is what happened to her. She is completely content with that though, and said she'd just rather not have any thumbs...so we are working on coming up with a new strategy.
Edie still has her imaginary friend Poke. She makes up little stories and things she does with Poke a lot. Yesterday she had to get all her rain gear back on and took her umbrella outside so she could bring Poke in from the car so he wouldn't get wet! She walked all the way out to the car in the rain, put her hood up and held the umbrella out next to her to keep Poke dry as they came in. :) Poke has a few friends that sometimes tag along - John and Donio. It really cracks me up that she named one of her imaginary friends after her dad!
We are working on getting her to drop the thumb sucking habit. John told her if she keeps sucking it, she will suck it off completely. And then he showed her Sadie's paws and said that is what happened to her. She is completely content with that though, and said she'd just rather not have any thumbs...so we are working on coming up with a new strategy.
Here are a few pictures of Eeds, the big 3 year old, that we took when we were down in Florida.
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