Growing Up

Molly is now 6 months old. Where does the time go? It is getting a little more difficult to take these pictures because she is becoming more mobile. She is rolling all over the place. She's trying hard to sit up by herself. Not really trying to sleep through the night. 16 lbs and growing.


I LOVE that face!
Sam and Molly just love each other. Sam makes her laugh the hardest. When Molly is napping (rare), Sam always asks where she is. "I need her."
We tried bathing them together. We'll have to wait until Molly can really sit up all by herself. She was just too slippery, but Sam was in heaven.
Molly is learning to eat cereal and veggies. YUM!
Molly trying to eat a Biter Biscut. Please tell me that your house sometimes looks like that. Please!
Sam is learning to dress himself. Sort of. But the potty training is going pretty well. We just have to get it by August (for Preschool).

Sam became a Sunbeam! I may have had a few tears. His teacher is awesome, she's a kindergarten teacher. What could be better? He loves it!
In fact, he loved his crown so much that he wore it for the next two days. To Target and Costco. He is so happy to be a Sunbeam!

Christmas 2009

Christmas was great! We went back and forth between the Woffinden's and the Hansen's. That's what you have to do when you live 5 minutes from each family. We have been so blessed this year to have Devin's good job, me being able to stay home and TWO healthy kids.


Molly-5 months
Sam and the great Santa Devin got for our ward party. Sam was so excited about Santa and Rudolf this year. They are his "best friends."


Molly's First Christmas
The Girls on Christmas Morning
Sammy got a very manly kitchen and he loves to "cook." His favorite things to cook are "Deons". We have no idea what they are, but I know we'll wet ourselves laughing when we finally figure it out.We also got to visit with some of our very favorite people. Jeremy and Melissa came for Christmas! Even though they stayed for 3 weeks, it still wasn't long enough. We love you guys!

WHY?

WHY? This word has unfortunately found its way into Sam's vocabulary. I mean it now IS Sam's vocabulary. After I have answered with 5-6 real reasons to his WHY, I just give up and say "Because I said so" or "Just Because". Is that so wrong?

Life is Good

When your kids are this happy in the morning...Life is Good
When your kids like being together...Life is Good

When kisses happen voluntarily...Life is Good

When you are blessed with a baby that is this cute and smells good every night...Life is Good
When you are ALL having a great Thanksgiving...Life is Good (Molly's first cereal)When the boys at your house look this good and even make it to church on time...Life is Good

When you get a good picture of your 2 kids in their Sunday clothes...Life is Good
When this happens 0.2 seconds after the good picture...Life is GREAT!

Sam=Talker

Sam is now quite the little talker. I thought it would never happen. I love to see his little personality emerge more every day.

K: What is your favorite color?
Sam: Red and blue. Because red and blue are for big boys.

K: Who is your best friend?
Sam: Daddy and you and Molly and Lucy (giggle)

K: What is Santa going to bring you?
Sam: HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS. That's the surprise on Christmas time. And it's so noisy.

K: Why do you suck your thumb so much?
Sam: Cuz I can suck it in the daytime. In this room.

K: What is your favorite animal?
Sam: Well then, it's a horsey and a cow. We saw plenty cows when we were going...'Member the little pony at someones house? Kate and Trevor and Austin, remember their house? It was fun.

K: What are you going to be when you grow up?
Sam: Well, I really like to be a sootball (football) player. It's good to be a football player.

This was cut short by Molly waking up and Sam telling me, "Molly's waking up. Check on her please. Right now."
Then he got his Mickey Mouse flip flops and told me he was ready to go to the beach.
My life is pretty fun with this kid!

4 Months

Molly is now 4 months old! She is getting so big and just wants to play while I take pictures and not hold still. She rolled over about a week ago too.
Her stats:
Weight 13.5 lbs (53%)
Length 25.7 in (92%) WOW! Volleyball here she comes.
OFC 16.1 in (46%)
Likes: eating, sleeping at night, smiling, baths, her mobile, laughing when Sam laughs, chewing on whatever she can get in her mouth
Dislikes: any noise while she is trying to eat (talking, footsteps, noises made by Sam), being on her tummy, being alone






P.S. I made that flower clip. I'm crafty.

Halloween

Jumping in freshly raked leaves must be instinctual. I was raking and Sam just came and jumped from pile to pile. Where did he learn that? We have had lots of fun playing outside.

Molly is getting big and loving her Bumbo seat. I love it too.

Lots of people tell me that Molly looks just like Sam. Sure, she's bald like he was. I didn't really see it until I saw this picture. She looks like a girl though, right?Sam and Devin were throwing up all day on Halloween so we didn't get to go trick or treating. Sam was so sad. So a week late we dressed the kids up and let Sam go. We went only to selected (prewarned) houses and they were all good sports. Sam didn't know the difference and he had a great time.Sam was a "B...I...U sootball player" Poor kid can't say "Y" or "F" yet. He was super cute!Molly was the cutest BYU cheerleader I've ever seen.
Devin was a giant tree for Halloween. Seriously. It went with his group thing at work. He did a great job on his costume and I only had about 1 hour of sewing the night before. Actually less than usual. He was successful in scaring many adults and kids. He also was voted "Favorite Costume" at Omniture and won the BIG $$$$. Not really surprised.

Devin with Sam and my dad. My dad is a little over 6 feet tall. My husband is pretty awesome!