Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a merry christmas. We did! it was a lot of fun having a lot of our family over for christmas dinner, and the girls loved what santa brought them! Molly even did really well what with all of the excitement and noise, she's such a good baby!

This is what the girls woke up to on Christmas morning. Santa left them a wagon and an easel. Jayne's first words when she walked into the room were "Wow!"

Here are the girls in their new jammies and wagon. look how happy molly is! :D

Here are Lucy and Jayne making their Rice Krispies Treats houses that their aunt Ashley brought for them! They had a lot of fun with the icing and candies!

Here are the final results; Jayne's on the left, Lucy's on the right.

And here's my beautiful molly sleeping through all the noise. we had her in her pack n play in the living room (among all of the guests and loudness), and still she slept!

I was in charge of making the desserts, and i was very happy with the way this one turned out. It's a banana cream cake (really banana pudding), and it's so pretty! :D

baby blessing

we had molly's blessing done yesterday at church, and she got to wear the same blessing gown both of my other girls wore. my mom made it when i was pregnant with lucy, and it's really neat that we've gotten to have all 3 girls wear it.

at the ward christmas party on saturday evening, the primary got up and sang a couple of christmas songs. i never realized how little lucy actually is until she stood up with all the other kids. she's the smallest one in the primary! that's lucy in the pink in the very front. she's so little!

new family photo

i've been meaning to get our family photo done since molly was born, and i was going to have a friend take the picture, but today i just decided we would do it ourselves. i think it turned out pretty well, what do you think?

tagged

i'm supposed to come up with 10 material things that i would like to have, but i could only really think of 5 because i'm tired. so here you go tami!
1. a piano
2. more burp cloths for molly, feeding time is a mess!
3. richie to get a christmas bonus
4. a van (we're running out of spaces for car seats!)
5. a coffee table/extra seating (i saw some people on tv make a coffee table that turns into a bench for extra seating when you need it. awesome...)
now, if you wanna do it, i tag you!

big girls

here's a new video of my girlies!

one month old, new dresses

molly is a month old already! i can't believe how much time has gone by! she's finally putting on weight, and she's just so cute! Lucy and Jayne are such big helpers, and we're having fun adjusting to life with 3 little girls. we definately have our hands full! :D

so, i got lucy and jayne some new christmas dresses, and i thought i'd post a picture for the family (and friends) to see. i don't know why jayne can't just stand still long enough to take a picture, but this is the best one i could get.

lucy's face is adorable, but i'm not sure what jayne is doing..

my beautiful girls (and richie)

we took molly to the doctor's office to check her weight on monday. she had lost a bit of weight (as is common with newborns), and we had to see if she was back up to her birth weight. she's not up there yet, but we're working on it! she's so little, but she is getting bigger!

happy family

so, we got our family picture taken at that stake winterwonderland dance they had this past saturday. it turned out pretty cute, but someone should have told me to fix my hair and sit up straight! where's my mom when i need her? :D

more pictures...

we took molly to church today, and it seems everyone was shocked that i would bring my 8 day old baby to church! it's not like i was letting little kids sneeze on her. i even left after sacrament meeting! it was very awkward.

anywho, she's so small that we don't have any dresses that fit her! she wears preemie sizes, and all of our dresses are 0 to 3 months size. the difference a couple of pounds makes...

here are some more pictures of our girls (and richie).

molly and richie snuggling

jayne the black cat

the girls in their costumes

lucy's new dress

molly snuggling richie's tie

Molly Camille

Here she is! Molly was born 1 November 2008. She weighed 7lbs 7ounces, and is 19 inches long. in my opinion, she's the cutest thing!

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most original costume

our pumpkin that we carved to look like a pirate skull.

the girls and richie in their costumes.

we went to our ward's pumpkin carving and costume contest on tuesday night. the girls and richie wore their halloween costumes, and we carved our pumpkin to look like a pirate skull (lucy's choice).

richie and the awards he won for most original costume (a giant chocolate bar and a certificate)

we didn't win anything for our pumpkin, but richie won most original costume for his samurai outfit that he made all by himself. what i mean by made all by himself is that he got the idea from the internet, and then sewed the thing and even made the shoes from rope and hemp. he wasn't going to wear it, but i convinced him to. i bet he's glad he wore it now!

baby time!

so, i went to the doctor yesterday, and it looks like we're gonna be having a baby this weekend! i go in to be induced friday night (after trick-or-treating, ofcourse). we're very excited, and will let everyone know how it goes soon.

the pumpkin patch

lucy's preschool class took a field trip to the pumpkin patch this morning, and jayne and i met her there. i got some cute pictures of jayne, but lucy wanted nothing to do with me when she was there. if i even tried to talk to her, she'd run off with some classmates. has my coolness already worn off that my own preschooler doesn't want to be seen with me? do i already embarass her? i did sneak in some pictures when they were posing her class for some, though.

37 weeks

for those of you who really wanted to see a picture of my baby belly, here it is. i'm warning you, though, it's not pretty... :D

5 years!

yesterday was mine and richie's 5 year anniversary. i can not believe how far we have come! after just 5 years, we have 2 3/4 kids, and a mortgage! :D
we had a fun day celebrating with our girls and our friends. we took the girls to the park in the morning, and showed up right as everyone was showing up for a birthday party. i've learned that i don't really enjoy sharing the park with a bunch of older kids who trample my own sweet girls! call me selfish.
we went to the fall festival the library had yesterday afternoon, and the girls got to wear their halloween costumes. they had fun little games and harlin was there making balloon animals for everyone (jayne chose snoopy, and lucy chose a purple poodle). juice the moose was there, but the girls wanted nothing to do with him. he attempted to wave at jayne and she bursted into tears, while lucy hid behind shelves of books until he left. i'm pretty sure i was the same way at their age. too bad...
we had a barbecue last night with our friends, and had some super yummy food. and after the girls were in bed, i totally kicked richie's butt at monopoly! i'd say it was a pretty good day!

twilight the movie

i'm so excited about the release of this movie! i can't wait to see it! go here to see the trailer!
http://www.twilightthemovie.com/ecard_widget/

Air Force One

it turns out that president bush was in town today, and when we were attempting to take my father-in-law to the airport to catch his plane, the president was on his way to the airport to catch his! all paths to the airport were blocked by police cars, and we actually had to wait at the side of the road until they got the ok to let people go to the airport. when we did get there, we got to see Air Force One in all of it's gigantic glory! i attempted to take a picture as it was driving down the runway, and only got the tail end of it.



so, we circled around the airport terminal to see if we could catch the plane on it's way back, and again, only got the tail end of it.



it was still really cool to get to see it, it's really huge, and atleast i can say i've been within a block of president george w. bush! rumor has it that he's moving back to midland, too!

family photo

my sister and her husband and their little girl, emma, had a family portrait taken after emma turned one. i thought they were so cute, and figured i should share the cuteness!

what year do you belong in?

You Belong in 1957

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

http://www.blogthings.com/whatyeardoyoubelonginquiz/">What Year Do You Belong In?

snip, snip

jayne's hair has been a little out of control for a couple of weeks now, and lucy's hair was getting too long. i don't mind it if she lets me braid it or do something cute to it, but she just wants to let it hang in her face, so i let her choose if she wants to cut it, or let me style it. tonight, she decided she wanted me to cut it. jayne's needed a trim, too, so i brought out the scissors. this was actually jayne's first hair cut, and she's 2 1/2! i wonder if i should have kept the hairs i cut and put them in her baby book. too late now, they're mingling among lucy's hairs now in the trash can.

so, anyway, here are a couple of before pics (really just pictures taken a few days "before" i cut their hair). notice how lucy is showing some leg. silly girl...

here they are being cute before preschool last week.

and here they are after. you can't tell i cut jayne's really, because i didn't trim that much off (and i also didn't realize that i missed that section to the left until after i took this picture), but look at that face!

there's the short side of jayne's hair, and here's a good view to lucy's new do. doesn't she look super excited?!and here it is again. it turned out so cute, and i'm excited because now her hair won't be as tangled up because she won't let me do anything with it. yay!