Meet Molly 11.10.2010

The day we have been waiting for finally came! Molly was born at 5:42 in the morning on 11.10.2010 after a LONG day!

She's so cute. She's shorter than McKinley was...coming in at 19.5 inches, but much chubbier and 8lbs 6 oz. She's perfect and sweet and already has her Daddy and big sister wrapped around her little finger.

She likes to make funny little giggling noises and sleeps a lot. I LOVE the sleeping...I swear I don't remember being THIS tired before! Looks like we'll get to come home Sunday and we're excited to figure out life with two cute little girlies. Bring on the FUN!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. In Utah most everybody trick-or-treated on Saturday. We had a few kids come Sunday too, but McKinley did her trick-or treating on Saturday and it was a lot of fun.
After nap time we got her dressed up and took her out for some trick-or-treating in Soda Row (it's a little area of business in out neighborhood that did some fun things for the kids and you could go around to the different stores. One of the clinics Robbie manages was part of it, so we stopped in and trick-or-treated there too and they were nice enough to take out picture. I debated putting this up since I look like I'm the size of a small apartment, but it's the only family shot we got, so here you go. Doesn't McKinley look happy? I swear she was having a good time!

When we got home we decided to clean out our pumpkins before McKinley and Robbie went around the neighborhood.

As opposed to last year, McKinley actually really liked getting all the gross stuff out of the pumpkin.

Once we were done, Robbie and McKinley hit the streets to get some "loot".
She got way too much candy for little girl, but loved every minute of it.

Then we carved the pumpkins. Pirate McKinley was in charge of the designs, telling us what she like and where shapes should go. We didn't do any elaborate pumpkins this year (something I admittedly only do because Robbie likes it), but Robbie said he had more fun with the pumpkins this year than he has before. Funny how carving a basic pumpkin with the cutest little 2 year old around can change your opinion, huh?

Our finished products

The other thing McKinley LOVED was handing out candy. Every time the door bell would ring or she'd hear "trick-or-treat" she'd run for the candy bucket and door; it was really cute!

Here's What I've Learned...

about being THIS pregnant.
You see, with McKinley I went two weeks early, so I'm an entire week past that this time and it's been an interesting week. Here are something I've learned:
1. I'm not sure I LOVE people's honestly right now. Take my wonderful husband for instance. We were walking to church on Sunday and he got this silly little grin on his face and said "Guess what, you now waddle!". It did make me laugh though and it's true.
2. Strangers like to say crazy things more and more often. Lately I've heard "Are you trying to sneak a pumpkin out of the patch?". "oh, wow, you're due REALLY soon, huh?", "You're belly is pointing at me!" (I'm not lying a lady next to me in the redbox line really said that to me!) and my favorite "You could have a baby any day" -yes, I can :)
3. The last two weeks ARE more uncomfortable. I see cute little newborns and think, oh yes, it is going to be better when she's on the outside!
4. Did you ever watch Friends? Did you see the episodes where Rachel is pregnant and a bout to deliver? You know, the ones where she starts wearing her pre-pregnancy clothes and they look horrible because they are too small and her big pregnant belly is hanging out of them? Ok, now that you have the mental picture...that's me! Only it's not my pre-pregnancy clothes. I'm outgrowing my maternity clothes!!!! I don't think that's supposed to allowed! :)
Those are just a few things I learned, mostly funny, but yes, I am excited to not be pregnant anymore.

Arr! I'm a Pirate

McKinley has been running around the house for months pretending to be a monster. She hides and jumps out and yells chasing us with her arms waving around like crazy. She was even calling herself "monsta McKinley". So, I thought, perfect, she can be a monster for Halloween. I even borrowed the cutest monster costume you've ever seen from a friend of mine. Well, I brought home the costume and McKinley loved it, until she had to put it on, then she HATED it! I was so bummed. So, we decided to take her to a costume shop and let her pick her costume. She picked out a really cute pirate. Seriously, she's the cutest pirate ever! Afterward we went to The District and did some trick or treating with her cousins. She had a ball!

Before they started

She loved checking out the other trick-or-treaters

Had to put this one in for Robbie, getting candy from a Ute bucket...made his day

After the haul was over...three VERY happy girls!

Pumpkin Patch

We made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago and picked out our pumpkins. You may notice McKinley in her shorts....it has been really warm here this October; nice for everybody else, but the lady whose VERY pregnant (me) wouldn't mind a little cool down! Nana and Papa came to the pumpkin patch with us this year and also gave McKinley a pumpkin from their garden. Thanks for coming Nana and Papa, it was fun!

McKinley loved the smallest pumpkins

Enjoying the tractor again this year. Although, this year she did NOT want Daddy on the tractor with her. For all of you tractor lovers out there...we did find out that she prefers John Deer tractors over the others. Not being a tractor enthusiast I'm not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing, but nobody can accuse her of not having an opinion.

Here she is IN the wheel barrow

And pushing it because she really wanted a turn!

The day wouldn't be complete without a picture of her "Crazy Eyes"! This is what she's decided to call it when she pulls this face. It used to be her "Scary Face", but I secretly love that she renamed it her "Crazy Eyes". At least a few times a week I hear "Mom, take a picture of my crazy eyes!"

Longest Break Ever

I haven't blogged in a really long time. There is no use trying to catch up, so I'll just say this, we've had a lot of fun the last couple of months and been super busy. We finished off our basement and painted McKinley's new room and moved her in, set up the baby's room and let the dishes pile up far too often! We also took a couple of fun trips, hung out, went on lots of bike rides, walks, drew on the sidewalk and had a lot of family fun. Here are a few pictures of some of the things we did in August and September. I can't believe October is already half over!

So That's Where She Got it From!

Over the last week I noticed the funnies little thing about McKinley. She has the cutest little girl voice and when she drops something or something doesn’t go together quite like she expected she says “Oh Man!” I couldn’t figure out where she got it from, but it sounds so cute that each time she says it I smile a little. It’s such a funny little thing to say that I kept wondering where she got it…and then I figured it out. Turns out I say it ALL THE TIME! I had no idea and now I totally laugh every time it comes out of my mouth. It’s funny how you don’t realize you do something until you child starts doing it too!