This made me so happy! He truly feels that "the baby" is a part of our family. Welcome, sweet Mollie.
Here are some pictures of our girl smiling this morning (5 weeks old).
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Welcome to the Family
This morning I heard Sam over the monitor calling for someone to come rescue him from his crib. He said as follows, "Daddy!! Mommy!! Baby!!!"
This made me so happy! He truly feels that "the baby" is a part of our family. Welcome, sweet Mollie.
Here are some pictures of our girl smiling this morning (5 weeks old).
This made me so happy! He truly feels that "the baby" is a part of our family. Welcome, sweet Mollie.
Here are some pictures of our girl smiling this morning (5 weeks old).
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Mollie is One Month Old!
Yesterday was Mollie's 1 month birthday. I made her a video.
Devin was not exactly thrilled to be interviewed for this video last night...
Devin was not exactly thrilled to be interviewed for this video last night...
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Mollie's First Photoshoot
As mentioned in my previous post, Mollie had her pictures taken by Shauna Richardson when she was 11 days old. I know what you're thinking, and no, Selena and I did not break up. Sadly Selena lives in Utah and was unable to do them, so I turned to someone I could trust to do a great job. Here are some of my favorite ones!
I am in love with these pictures and with my little Mollie! Thanks for taking them, Shauna, and thanks again for helping me rescue my children!
I am in love with these pictures and with my little Mollie! Thanks for taking them, Shauna, and thanks again for helping me rescue my children!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Yesterday's Scare
Yesterday I was locked out of the house for over 20 minutes while my two screaming children were inside.
Mollie got her pictures taken two weeks ago by my friend Shauna, who came by yesterday to drop off the much anticipated CD of images. When I answered the door crazy Dixie ran out and jumped on Shauna, so I quickly corralled her back inside and closed the door. The second the door closed, I heard a little "click," and lo and behold, Sam had locked me out.
After laughing about it for about a minute and a half, then unsuccessfully trying to explain to Sam how to unlock the door, panic started to set in. I called Devin from Shauna's phone, but he was 45 minutes away. I called our realtor to see if there was anyone in the area who could come unlock our door via the lockbox (they no longer have lock box codes...you have to have a special key to unlock it), but she couldn't think of anyone. She offered to come and unlock it herself, but she was at least a half hour away.
I was mostly worried about Mollie, because of Sam's roughness with her lately. I made sure I kept Sam by the door, who was screaming his head off, not understanding why I wasn't coming back inside. In the meantime Devin had called a locksmith and his brother Adam to see if they could come to our rescue, but I couldn't stand the thought of just sitting there and waiting. After saying a short prayer, Shauna and I started looking around for something to break a window.
Right before we were about to seriously decide which window to break, I decided to see if I could pry off the doorknob by bending the lockbox. Holy cow it actually worked. It was a good thing Shauna was there with me, though, because I was just looking at the broken-off doorknob and wondering what good that did me, when she pointed out that now the inside doorknob had nothing keeping it in tact, so she used the broken part of the doorknob to push out the other part of the doorknob (confused?).
The instant I opened the door poor Sam lunged at my legs and wouldn't let go. Mollie was in her bouncing chair in our bedroom and gave me a dirty look as I went to pick her up. Adam arrived just after we had gotten the door open, and after saying goodbye to he and Shauna, I knelt with my babies and said a prayer of thanks.
Just the night before Devin and I had watched a video by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland in which he said of the job of being a mother, "heaven itself sends angels to watch over you and your little ones." I heard that quote in my head as soon as this scary event was over, and I knew that it was true.
What's left of our front doorknob
Mollie got her pictures taken two weeks ago by my friend Shauna, who came by yesterday to drop off the much anticipated CD of images. When I answered the door crazy Dixie ran out and jumped on Shauna, so I quickly corralled her back inside and closed the door. The second the door closed, I heard a little "click," and lo and behold, Sam had locked me out.
After laughing about it for about a minute and a half, then unsuccessfully trying to explain to Sam how to unlock the door, panic started to set in. I called Devin from Shauna's phone, but he was 45 minutes away. I called our realtor to see if there was anyone in the area who could come unlock our door via the lockbox (they no longer have lock box codes...you have to have a special key to unlock it), but she couldn't think of anyone. She offered to come and unlock it herself, but she was at least a half hour away.
I was mostly worried about Mollie, because of Sam's roughness with her lately. I made sure I kept Sam by the door, who was screaming his head off, not understanding why I wasn't coming back inside. In the meantime Devin had called a locksmith and his brother Adam to see if they could come to our rescue, but I couldn't stand the thought of just sitting there and waiting. After saying a short prayer, Shauna and I started looking around for something to break a window.
Right before we were about to seriously decide which window to break, I decided to see if I could pry off the doorknob by bending the lockbox. Holy cow it actually worked. It was a good thing Shauna was there with me, though, because I was just looking at the broken-off doorknob and wondering what good that did me, when she pointed out that now the inside doorknob had nothing keeping it in tact, so she used the broken part of the doorknob to push out the other part of the doorknob (confused?).
The instant I opened the door poor Sam lunged at my legs and wouldn't let go. Mollie was in her bouncing chair in our bedroom and gave me a dirty look as I went to pick her up. Adam arrived just after we had gotten the door open, and after saying goodbye to he and Shauna, I knelt with my babies and said a prayer of thanks.
Just the night before Devin and I had watched a video by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland in which he said of the job of being a mother, "heaven itself sends angels to watch over you and your little ones." I heard that quote in my head as soon as this scary event was over, and I knew that it was true.
What's left of our front doorknob
Friday, October 15, 2010
Love/Hate Relationship
Sam is the sweetest older brother in the world sometimes. He pats Mollie's head when she's crying and asks her if she's ok, he lays by her when she's on the floor, and he gives her his favorite toys. Other times, though, Sam can be quite abusive. In the past 12 hours he has been in timeout 4 times for physically assaulting Mollie and making her cry.
Sam put his dinosaur (aka "rawr") on Mollie's lap while she was sleeping
Sam wanting to be close to Mollie. Just seconds later he was kicking her and telling her to "Move!!!" Oh Sam.
Sam put his dinosaur (aka "rawr") on Mollie's lap while she was sleeping
Sam wanting to be close to Mollie. Just seconds later he was kicking her and telling her to "Move!!!" Oh Sam.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Changes
I feel like everything in our lives is changing at the exact same time.
The apartments we decided to live in in Flagstaff are only available either in November or February. Since Devin's classes start in January, that means we will be moving up to Flagstaff in November. That's in 3 weeks! I am not ready for this change and when I think about it my stomach starts to hurt, so I don't think about it too much. The apartments don't allow dogs. We are trying our very hardest to get my parents to take Dixie for 4 short years while Devin completes school. (feel free to leave comments on my mom's blog telling her why Dixie would be a great addition to my parents' home!)
Having Mollie around is a definite change, but one that we welcome. She is so sweet, and she officially outgrew her newborn clothes today, moving up to 0-3 months. We attended a baptism tonight and everyone told me how tiny she is. That made me happy.
Sam is turning 2 in a month. I don't know if I can handle that one. What is it about being a mom that makes you want to hang on to your kids' babyhood? This is a picture of us at the park today. It was so dang sunny and hot that I couldn't see what I was taking a picture of. I'm just glad I got his face in it. I swear the sun is brighter in Arizona.
And one change that makes me very, very happy? My body is starting to shed it's pregnancy shape and I'm starting to recognize myself again. I started the Maker's Diet the day Mollie was born, and haven't cheated once (besides my allotted cheats, of course). So far I have lost 33 lbs. So I guess Mollie accounted for almost 9 lbs. of that, but it still makes me feel good to say I've lost over 30 lbs. Only 40 more to go (I sure know how to pack it on during pregnancy)!
The apartments we decided to live in in Flagstaff are only available either in November or February. Since Devin's classes start in January, that means we will be moving up to Flagstaff in November. That's in 3 weeks! I am not ready for this change and when I think about it my stomach starts to hurt, so I don't think about it too much. The apartments don't allow dogs. We are trying our very hardest to get my parents to take Dixie for 4 short years while Devin completes school. (feel free to leave comments on my mom's blog telling her why Dixie would be a great addition to my parents' home!)
Having Mollie around is a definite change, but one that we welcome. She is so sweet, and she officially outgrew her newborn clothes today, moving up to 0-3 months. We attended a baptism tonight and everyone told me how tiny she is. That made me happy.
Sam is turning 2 in a month. I don't know if I can handle that one. What is it about being a mom that makes you want to hang on to your kids' babyhood? This is a picture of us at the park today. It was so dang sunny and hot that I couldn't see what I was taking a picture of. I'm just glad I got his face in it. I swear the sun is brighter in Arizona.
And one change that makes me very, very happy? My body is starting to shed it's pregnancy shape and I'm starting to recognize myself again. I started the Maker's Diet the day Mollie was born, and haven't cheated once (besides my allotted cheats, of course). So far I have lost 33 lbs. So I guess Mollie accounted for almost 9 lbs. of that, but it still makes me feel good to say I've lost over 30 lbs. Only 40 more to go (I sure know how to pack it on during pregnancy)!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Push It
Treslee and Camilla came over for a visit today. We made a video :)
What can I say...We've both got babies on the brain.
What can I say...We've both got babies on the brain.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Sleeping (Advice Please)
Mollie is 11 days old. She is a great sleeper during the day, but at night she will only sleep while being held!
The first night Mollie was home from the hospital, I couldn't get her to quiet down. I positioned myself like a tin soldier in the bed and safely positioned her between my arm and a pillow. She slept 6 straight hours that night.
Every night since then, she will only sleep in her bassinet for maybe 45 minutes tops before waking. I have been strong for the most part and dealt with the constant wake-ups, but last night I caved in again and put her in the bed with me. Once again, she slept great (5 hour stretch).
I love sleeping with Mollie. But at the same time, I know I am just making it very hard on myself for the future, when it comes time to break her of this. But then again I know that you can't really spoil an 11-day-old baby...can you?
What are your thoughts?
Sam's Haircut
Yesterday Brenda and Mindy came over to visit Mollie (and me and Sam and my mom). Mindy gave Sam a haircut while she was here. Devin and I aren't used to Sam without all the wild curls just yet.
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