Easter 2011

We had a great Easter at our house. We dyed eggs, we hunted for eggs (several times), we got to see the Easter bunny. We also read the story that is detailed in Matthew and John about the week before the Savior's resurrection. We read each day on the day it happened. I like doing it, it makes me really think of what Easter is about. McKinley was a little tired of it by the end of it, but Robbie and I thoroughly enjoyed. I think next year the Sunday before Easter, I'll do the Easter Egg story that goes through the Crucifixion and resurrection as well. Overall, the with all the festivities, the week leading up to Easter and Easter itself was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures of our little ladies.

Here we are at the Easter Egg hunt in South Jordan Park:

Dying Eggs at home:

McKinley learned a song at school about Peter Cottontail, so she decided that was the Easter Bunny's name. She was so funny Easter morning, she was running from egg to egg, she was really great at finding the eggs by herself this year. Thanks Peter Cottontail for the fun!

And last but not least, we took pictures in the girls Easter Dresses. The funny thing is, McKinley didn't want to stand up, so this is the best one we got!

4 Months Old

***No, blogger won't let me fix the spacing on the list :( ***

She's really almost 5 months old now, but I've fallen behind and wanted to make sure I got this post in. The thing I love most about all of the checkups for babies is when you get to hear all of their little measurements. So, here are my sweet little Molly's stats: Height: Exactly 2 feet tall! That's the 50% for girls her age. Weight: 13 pounds, 8.9 ounces. That's the 43% for girls her age.

We just love our sweet little Molly. Here are some things we've learned about her:

1. She LOVES books. It seems to be a common theme at our house to love books, but she's totally enthralled. Some she particularly enjoys are the Hickory Dickory Dock book, Big Red Barn, Peter the Rabbit and she LOVES all the colors when we read Pinkalicious to her and McKinley.

2. She pretty much put anything she can get her hands on into her mouth.

3. She continues to love rolling and recently has figured out it can get her places!

4. Her vibrating zebra is basically her favorite toy.

5. She really enjoys laying in McKinley's bed with her.

We really love our sweet little Molly and watching how she learns new things all the time!

Haircut

McKinley got her haircut this weekend and it's just too cute not to post a picture!

Also, I've been working to get her room finished just the way I wanted and I think I finally did (well almost finished). Oh yes, and no, I did not clean her room before I took the pictures, so you get to see it just the way it always is!

An Irrational Fear

I am really, really afraid of mice. They totally creep me out. When I think about them I involuntarily end up pulling these horrible disgusted faces.

The reason I bring this up is….we have some mice at work! I haven't seen them, they are mostly in another quadrant of the building, but I'm totally grossed out. They even found one in the toaster. Good thing I don't make toast at work! They've caught several and are working to eradicate the rest and it's supposedly going well. But, here are some of the totally crazy things I'm now afraid while I'm at work:

• When my feet are under my desk and I can't see them, I'm CONVINCED that a mouse is going to come and scamper across them…or worse, start to scamper across them, realize my legs are warm and run up my pant leg to get cozy!
• I'm totally afraid that a mouse is going to climb up into the toilet paper holder in the bathroom. You know, so when I go to spin the roll to get paper the mouse will come dropping out from inside and land on my hand!
• I'm afraid that if I open my desk drawer, there is going to be a mouse inside scurrying around trying to get out but being totally trapped by the walls of the drawer.
• I moved my garbage can today and I was afraid that when I did a mouse would come running out from behind it…so afraid that I actually had my feet up on my chair just in case it happened.

You can call me paranoid if you want to, I think it probably describes me well today! Yuck, I hate mice.

Hectic

Chaotic, busy, overwhelming, tiring, funny, exhausting, can't get anything I need to done. Those are all the ways I choose to describe the last 3 weeks. But, I still get these three to go through all of it with, so it's ok!

On another note, McKinley and Molly and I spend about 30 minutes together in the car each day. McKinley and I have some great conversations, she's hilarious. Recently she's told me that "clouds move because the wind blows and the wind blows because I (McKinley) sneeze so hard!" She also enjoys giving me Molly's play by play when we're in the car: "Mom, (giggling) Molly is pulling on her zebra and licking him. She's silly."

I Can't Get Enough of These Two!

The rumors are true, I have the two cutest little girls in the entire world! Here are a few of my favorite things right now:

• McKinley calls her thumb her thumbkin, I'm totally going to be sad when she stops doing that.
• Molly cuddles right up on my shoulder when I'm holding her and puts her little arms around my neck.
• Sometimes McKinley calls Molly MollAY and laughs hysterically and tells Molly she's funny for no reason at all.
• Molly smiles at me every time I get her out of her crib...I'm pretty certain there is NOT a better way to start my day.
• Each night at dinner McKinley says "Thanks for dinner Mom, that was good. Now Dad, you say it!"
• It's super easy to motivate McKinley right now, all you have to say is that you're going to beat her and she starts doing whatever it is as fast as she can all the while saying "hurry, hurry, hurry!

I just love my girls!

One Last Overnight Trip

I go back to work this coming Wednesday, so I decided that the girls and I would take one last trip while I'm still off work. My mom was going to Pocatello to visit all my grandparents, so we tagged along. It was a quick trip, we headed up Tuesday afternoon and came back Wednesday afternoon. We had a great time visiting, but of course I didn't take any pictures of that. I did however get a few pictures of McKinley and playing in the snow.

Pocatello had 5 inches of fresh snow that morning, so we made a snowman, she ate a lot of snow and we sledded down my Grandma's yard. We had a lot of fun!