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.

Game day

Today is the opening game of the Husker's season. Kick off was at 6. We ran to Wal-Mart to get a few things after dinner. I have never seen it that empty. I guess I should have believed people when they say the town shuts down on game day. Unfortunately all the tickets for the season were sold out last April. We'll just have to make sure that we get to a game sometime while Drew's still a student. I think sometime in the next six years I should be able to accomplish that goal.

This is going to sound really lame to probably everyone reading this. Drew takes the bus to school, so I have the car. But I'm scared leaving the house all by myself with both kids. Lame I know. So anyway we're on WIC and the only appointment I could get was while Drew was in class. So I sucked it up and went alone. I'm not sure what I thought was going to happen, but everything went great. I have really good kids. I'm not sure why I was so worried about leaving the house with them. So with the realization that I can go out alone, we have been. Here are some pictures of a fun park we found. When we parked there was a little girl playing with her dad. About 10 min. later there were four minivans full of kids. I guess 11 is a popular time at the park.



This morning we went to Lincoln's botanical gardens. They were beautiful. Molly enjoyed petting all of the leaves. They had nice ponds with big fish. I think Molly's favorite part was some stairs. She could go up and down for ever. Gabe wasn't very impressed. He slept until it was time to go.






Drew just informed me that the Husker's won 47-24 against Western Michigan. Go Big Red!

Another side note... Gabe rolled over! He went from his tummy to his back. I'm so proud. I knew it was only a matter of time. He has been so close for a long time. We'll see if he's really figured it out in the next few days.

This one goes out to Katy.....

When Katy blogs about people being "tagged" and never following through.... Well, that's me. So here goes...


Four Random Things I Like About My Husband/Wife
1. he tries to read my mind
2. he always drives and somehow never gets lost
3. he asks me opinion about clothes before he leaves the house
4. he's a great cook (Drew makes a killer cheesecake)

Four Jobs I Have Had
1. Kindercare teacher
2. enrollment specialist at Melaleuca
3. early morning janitor at BYU-Idaho
4. Hobby Lobby fabric counter/cashier

Four Movies I Have Watched More Than Once
1. Big Fish
2. Dan in Real Life
3. Thank you for Smoking (the clean flicks version)
4. 13 going on 30

Four Places I Have Lived
1. Midlothian, IL
2. Rexburg, ID
3. Mesa, AZ
4. Lincoln, NE

Four TV Shows I Have Watched
1. Prison Break
2. Bones
3. House
4. Cold Case

Four Places I Have Been Most Recently
1. Wal-Mart (North)
2. Church
3. Michael's
4. UNL campus

Four People Who E-mail Me Regularly
1. Norton Anti Virus
2. Red Box
3. Suzie
4. Beth

Four Favorite Foods
1. Italian
2. Mexican
3. Greek
4. Chinese

Four Places I'd Like To Visit
1. New York
2. Washington
3. Quebec City
4. Anywhere in Europe

Four Things I Am Looking Forward To This Year
1. Halloween
2. Twilight coming out
3. Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday)
4. Christmas

I'm not going to tag anyone because I'm horrible at following through yada yada yada

Graduate school has begun

For anyone wondering, Drew's started school. Last week was orientation. On Thursday, being true to tradition, the math chairperson had all the first years over for dinner. It's nice getting to put faces with the names I've been hearing. It was neat getting to meet some of his professors. I was surprised at how informal everyone was with each other. I have to admit I was a little nervous about bringing the kids. As you can imagine it isn't common to start grad school married with a couple kids. But they were a hit. Professor Meakin had a dog, that was all Molly needed to be comfortable.
Classes started this week for Drew. So far so good. It's sad not seeing him as much. When he was teaching H.S. he would leave around 7 and get home around 3. Now he's leaving at 7:40 and getting home between 5 or 6. That will take a little getting used to. But I'm proud of him and I'm looking forward to our time here. Lincoln is a really nice city. There are a ton of parks and things to do with the kids. So even though Drew will be busy working, I'll be able to have fun.
A Molly Story
On a completely unrelated note I have a funny Molly story. This morning I had a couple people coming over so I was cleaning. I wanted to make sure that I gave them a false sense of what my life is really like. So I was making sure all the toys were put away, and everything was dust free and uncluttered. So I was in the kitchen finishing the dishes and I hear Gabe's swing going. I thought it was odd, but continued cleaning. When I rounded the corner into the living room what do I see? Molly, who woke up at 7 about an hour and a half before her usual time, had climbed into Gabe's swing turned it on and fell asleep. I guess she was tired and knew that I wasn't going to rock her to sleep. So she did it herself. It was really cute. I'm going to have to make sure that I put the tray down so that she can't get in there anymore. To be honest I was shocked that it supported her.