Suzie's visit

Suzie (Drew's mom) came to visit this weekend. She got here Wednesday night and left Sunday. We had a very nice visit. Drew has class on Thursday and Friday so unfortunately he didn't get to go out too much with us. On Thursday we spent the day at the Lincoln children's zoo. (See pictures below.) On Friday we went to a natural history museum on campus. I wasn't sure what Molly was going to think of it. But she loved it. They had a really neat children's area. Molly's favorite part was digging for bones. She loves being in the sand, but she hates it on her feet. So it's entertaining to watch her look for something to rest her feet on as she sits in the sand. On Saturday we went to Pioneers park. We had a good time walking around the nature center. Unfortunately I only remembered to bring our camera to the zoo. And I don't have a usb cord that would fit Suzie's camera. So sadly I only have zoo pictures to post.

wahoo for sand.

Who wouldn't want to ride a turtle? Probably anyone in a hurry..

ha ha

Gabe hanging out.

Gabe as a Caterpillar

Molly the butterfly

Molly and Suzie

Molly being hatched

You can't really see it, but there is a peacock in the bushes. Molly saw it walking on the sidwalk, she got so excited. She started running at it. The poor bird was horrified, and started running. Molly ran faster. It finally found cover in a bush. I grabed Molly before she could get in too far after it. Very entertaining. So in this picture she's pointing at it, so that I can see her desired prize.

Molly wasn't so sure about feeding the goats.

I have one hundred and one things to do today, but...

For anyone who hasn't read The Twilight books I really liked them. It's an unlikely love story. I would recommend them to anyone who enjoys a good chick flick. The first two books are in paper back, you can get them pretty cheap at Wal-Mart. And don't let the size fool you. The print is big and they're written for a younger audience. It's a quick read. I think I finished all four books in about two weeks. Thanks to Julie, Beth and Katy for getting me interested in them.


Stephenie Meyer was working on another book called Midnight Sun. It was Edward's version of Twilight. I have to admit I was pretty excited about it. Has anyone read the books and not fallen in love with Edward? Well someone leaked what she had written and she decided not to finish it :( But she did put what she had finished on her web site. I realize that I'm probably a little behind and most people probably already know. If you didn't know, you should check it out. It's about 260 something pages. It's fun seeing Edwards perspective and everyone else for that matter. I'm excited that the movie will be coming out in November. I hope it's good and they decide to make the rest of them.

Busted!

Molly's a big helper, especially in the kitchen. She's too cute. She loves the step stool and uses it all the time. She's always pushing it around to see what's on the counter or in the drawers. (I have to be honest, that isn't always cute. I hate rewashing and putting away things that are dropped on the floor.) Today she decided to help me make fruit salad. I turned to get the cool whip out of the fridge. That's when Molly decided to start sampling. I wasn't surprised. It has all of her favorite things in it, Mandarin oranges, pineapple, pasta, the list goes on and on.

Busted

Drum roll please.... Gabe is sleeping through the night! (knock on wood) It is so nice. Sunday night he went 10 hours then 8 and last night it was 81/2. It's amazing how much better I feel when I get uninterrupted sleep. He's rolling and scooting all over the place. He'll be crawling after Molly in no time. He is the sweetest boy. He's always laughing. He has a very ticklish tummy and neck.

Here are some park pictures.



Molly's going to be a great gardener when she grows up. Just give her some dirt and a shovel and she's good to go.

She's getting more daring at the park. She'll do the slide alone.

More Molly stories...

Whenever Molly has something that I don't want her to have I take it and say thank you. I've noticed when Gabe has something Molly wants, she'll take it and say dank dou. She even says it in the same tone I use.

She loves tp and Kleenex. What little kid doesn't? Whenever she gets into one of them and I find her she immediately starts to blow her nose with what's in her hand. Like it justifies the 20 Kleenex on the floor.

She also likes to get into my makeup if I leave it out. She likes the mirrors and brushes. Needless to say most of my eye shadows, blush, and chap stick have little fingernail marks in them. When I catch her, she'll wrinkle her nose and start sniffing it. She's a card.

Molly is on the path to being a complete girly girl, she loves nail polish. A couple weeks ago she found a bottle and opened it. It didn't surprise me, she's been unscrewing things since she was one. I just wish I knew where she got it from. Thank goodness I noticed before we got a nice shade of pink all over the carpet. So I took it from her. She was upset, until she found a pen cap. Ever since she has been using pen caps to paint her toes, mine and Gabe's. She does however get frustrated with Gabe, he never holds still for her.

Are you sure?.....

At church I received a new calling. (In our church their isn't a paid clergy, so members of the church are asked to do different assignments, called callings. It helps people to develop different talents and gives you a chance to learn and grow through study and prayer.) The bishop called a couple weeks ago and asked if he could meet with Drew and I before church. So we were talking about possible reasons the bishop would want to meet with us. Drew was thinking it would be a get to know you thing. But I was pretty sure that we were going to get new callings, and I was pretty sure I was going into primary. I was mostly right. The bishop asked me to be the primary president. My first thought was are you sure? I was thinking I was going to be a teacher, or something along those lines. It's a little overwhelming. The primary program is in November, and they would like a budget and next year curriculum order turned in soon. But I'm excited. I'll be working with some great people. Our primary (18 months -12 yrs) is pretty small we have about 25 to 30 kids, half of them being in nursery. So it should be an exciting and challenging new adventure.

Call me curly

Today Molly was sporting a fro. Her hair is naturally curly, but today it was super humid. The picture really doesn't capture it.


Molly is one and a half! She's gone to nursery twice by herself, but now it's legal. We're pretty excited. She's getting so big. It feels like yesterday that we were going to the hospital to have her. She got her 12 tooth a couple days ago. Now she has the front four on the top and bottom and four molars. Molly has always been a great eater, maybe she'll be even faster. She has stopped calling Dad, Drew. We were joking that it's because he hasn't been home much the past week. We think that she might have picked up a few other words too. But we aren't sure. I think that she's now saying Daddy, Dog and maybe bubble. She babbles a ton. I'm sure that once she starts talking, it's never going to stop.

We played in the rain. This is how Molly has been dancing recently. She stomps on the ground and throws in the occasional spin.

In this one it sounds like she might be saying bubble. Probably gibberish, but maybe not?...

That's my boy

Gabe had a check up yesterday with his new doctor. He got his four month shots :( It was very sad. I hate feeling helpless as someone stabs him. I think the worst part is when all of this is happening and he looks at me holding his arms down. It just breaks my heart. But I know that it's all for the best. Today he's had a low grade fever and has been very clingy and sleepy. Not his usual self at all... Hopefully tomorrows a better day.

Gabe is weighing in at 17 lbs 1 oz and is 24 1/4 inches tall. He's getting huge!

DREW! I mean dad...

As some of you might know, Molly has a limited vocabulary. She says: Momma, Gay (for Gabe), Da (for Dad), kitty (referring to most animals) and other little words that come and go. She has a few signs, but mostly just prefers to grab your finger and take you to whatever she wants. Most recently she has picked up saying Drew in perfect clarity. So as you can imagine Drew isn't very impressed. So I'm working on calling him Dad, Da, Daddy, really anything other than Drew. It's amazing how much she picks up on. Recently she has also started putting diapers in the garbage. It's way nice being able to hand them to her. She is so proud and will give you a high five when she's done. I'm gonna have to start paying attention when I throw things away. Hopefully other things won't start appearing in there.

Gabe is such a happy baby. He loves being on his tummy. He also for some reason loves being on the floor. Molly likes to hover over him, and he loves that too. He hasn't rolled over again since last week. He can however get up really high on his hands and sometimes he gets up on his knees too. He almost looks like he's ready to crawl. Then he'll keep Molly entertained for hours. He has always been really easy to put to sleep. He likes to be laid down and left alone. He's changing his schedule and is starting to be awake more during the day. He's been taking little 20 min cat naps. Which really don't work. So now the key is getting him to stay asleep. And if he wanted to stay asleep all night, I'd be ok with that too.

Here are some pictures of the Lincoln Children's Zoo. We had a great time.

Rain rain...

Of course on the day that I need to walk to the office, it's non stop rain. It did, however, give Molly the perfect opportunity to wear her rain coat. She thought it was funny when I was putting it on her. Being a desert baby she isn't accustomed to rain. As you can see in the picture, she didn't do the best job keeping her hood on.
At least it didn't rain yesterday. One of the families at church invited everyone over. It was a bring your own meat and side to share BBQ. We had a good time. I'm trying to be a little more outgoing when it comes to meeting people. There are a lot of young families in our ward, lots of potential friends :)

And randomly I realized that I didn't post a picture of Gabe's blessing. He looks a little surprised. Sister Peters gave Gabe his blessing outfit. It was very cute. Gabe just loves Ubalda. The month that we were in Chicago she would take him every Sunday. He would flirt with her shamelessly.