Sunday, December 15, 2013

Happy Birthday Molly!

Happy Birthday to our sweet little Miss Molly!  I can't believe she is 2 years old, the time has just flown by with her.  I have to admit, she has Marty and I completely smitten and wrapped around her finger.  Molly is sweet, loving, happy, funny and we just love her to pieces.

We had a very low key birthday celebration for Molly, just our little family.  A few of us are a little under the weather, so it was nice to just relax.

Enjoy some pictures from her special day.
(Please excuse her messy hair and shirt...this was at the end of the day and she had spilled some food at dinner.)

When the girls' first handed Molly a present, she excitedly sat on it...apparently she thought it was a cool new seat.  It took a minute to convince her to open it and see what was inside.

She kept standing in front of me yelling "Cheese!" and making me take pictures of her.  She is so funny.

Taking it all in

Showing me some of her presents

She got a baby doll and bottles, and kept trying to drink out of them.

Her very own slippers so she doesn't have to steal her sisters'

 Molly was very uncertain about the candles, and just kind of stared.

When Marty helped her blow them out (after she tried, unsuccessfully, many times) she was a little wary of the smoke.

So there we have it.  Another birthday down...these kids keep growing up too darn fast!

We love you Molly Molly!

Monday, December 9, 2013

Phone Pictures

It's been a while since I've posted pictures from my phone, so some of these date back to before Halloween...oh well. :)

Someone had some issues getting a box of cereal open.

Addison had left a flower on a shelf by the crib.  Apparently instead of sleeping, Molly decided to shred the leaves and play with them like confetti.

Perfecting Swig sugar cookies...just about have them perfected!

My mom came down for a visit...apparently we're too much of a party.

Molly likes to wear her food 

Once in a while my neighbor will bring a ton of bananas to us (long story short, someone gives them to him and he doesn't need them all).  I usually try to make a few loaves of banana bread and take him one.

 I was cleaning the living room and looked under the couch...there I found two pieces of celery.  Very random. 

Molly enjoying a Swig cookie...or at least the frosting. 

Merry Christmas to us!  Nothing like a bill saying, "Your insurance won't cover any of this..." :P

A "Thank You" note from Claire.

Cousins watching a movie while we were visiting for Thanksgiving


Claire helping me get the lights on our Christmas tree

Addison found some tinsel garland and ripped it up to decorate the cupboard handles.  It didn't last long as the little pieces were falling all over the place.

Had a bout of sickness going through the house the last week or so...Claire was obviously resting comfortably.

We got new couches!  Our sectional was ripped, cracked, sagging and a mess.  We hadn't had it that long, so we were super disappointed that it just was junk.  But these new couches are SUPER comfy.  We love them. 

Claire thought she was feeling better and went to school.  When she got home she laid down and fell asleep again.

I fell off a chair trying to hang up birthday decorations for Addison...it hurt.

We got a HUGE snow storm.  6" in one day!

That same day, Brielle and Claire had a performance for the singing group they are in.  It's basically a kid's show choir, they sing and do choreography.  They performed at a Christmas festival, and are performing at a retirement center next week.  They LOVE it and did a great job.

Leaving the performance, the snow was really coming down.


Molly wanted me to take her picture and Addison joined in on the fun.

Our elf on the shelf decided to copy Miley Cyrus...poor confused elf.

Had to make rolls for a Christmas party...learned the hard way that my convection setting on my oven doesn't work.  The first batch I did on regular for 12 1/2 minutes...second batch I decided to try the convection to see if it would more evenly bake them (the first got a little more done on the bottoms).  This was after 11 minutes.  I would say that the experiment was a failure.  Thankfully the party was cancelled because it was supposed to be outside and it's just too darn cold, so I don't have to immediately try and whip up another batch.

Addison caught the dreaded bug and kept falling asleep on the couch.  So over being sick!


And that is that...caught up a little more. :)

Christmas Decorations

My mom was sad that we hadn't put our Christmas decorations up and weren't going to before she left from visiting down here.  So I thought I'd be nice and put some pictures up for her to see.

About 90% of the decor is in our family room.  But that's where we spend most of our time, so I like it being around. 

This year we got a bigger artificial tree. (7 1/2 feet tall) I also decided to try a new method of putting the lights on...and it took 9 strands of lights and about 2 hours.  I may go back to the old way next year. :)
Also, there's an angel on top of the tree, but I accidentally cut it off in the picture.

The mantle


All the family room shelves


And there we have it.  There are a couple little things in other places around the house, but I didn't feel like taking individual pictures of them. :)  We still have to decide if we're up to putting lights up outside.  With the freezing cold weather that came in, it seems less appealing to be out there setting lights up.  If it warms up, maybe we will.

Merry Christmas!