Gotta love Frank!

We have been looking for a reason to give Malachi this Frank toy from the Car's movie for a while...he is one of his favorite characters from the movie. We gave it to him on Halloween for trick-or-treating. He was sooooooo excited. He has taken Frank everywhere (even to bed!) ever since!

Just look at that smile...man I love that kid!

Happy Halloween!!--10.31.09

I was so excited to be able to make a frilly little girl's costume this year!!! Not that I don't love making costumes for Malachi, but I have been waiting to make tutu's and bows for a long time! :) This year, we dressed Malachi up like a cowboy and Sapphira like a ballerina. I had a lot of fun making the costumes!! Best of all, both outfits together cost less than $5 since I was able to use many things we already had on hand and get the other stuff I needed for very cheap! First we visited my parent's house and trick or treated Ga-Ga, Boppa, Bobo, and Lacy. After that we all went to dinner with my mom's parents ("GG and Grandpa GG"), and my mom's sister and brother-in-law ("Debbie and Uncle Rod"). We finished the night by trick-or-treating and playing at GG and Grandpa GG's house. So much fun!
Malachi's favorite part of his costume was that Mommy colored on his face. I was worried he wouldn't let me come near him with the eye liner, but he was crazy about the idea! However, he was not about to wear the cowboy hat for any period of time. We ended up leaving (errr...forgetting) it at home...he wouldn't have touched it anyways.
Don't you just want to eat her up!?! I was lucky to get these few shots of her without the tulle in her mouth. Every time I tried it on her and before we took her outside to take this pictures, she had several strips in her mouth and literally dripping with drool...whatever works, right? :)
I just love the expressions on their faces (especially Sapphira's)...they were having so much fun!

Teeth!!!!--10.24.09

Sapphira's first tooth finally poked through today!!! She's been drooling like crazy for a while now and I was just waiting for her to wake up one morning with a full set of teeth! ha The left front bottom one poked through first and the right one wasn't far behind. She looks so grown up with her two little toothies...so cute! :)

10.18.09--Pumpkin Patch

After a failed attempt at going on Saturday, we made it to the pumpkin patch yesterday afternoon. Along with our 4, my parents, brother and his girlfriend, in-laws and our two nieces all joined in on the fun. The weather turned out to be just right and all 4 kids had a blast! We picked out a good size pumpkin for Natalie and a little one for Sapphira and told Malachi he could pick one pumpkin to take home. We figured he would end up picking one in the middle. But sure enough, he walked up to one of the larger ones in the field, started poking it and said to Samuel, "take home, Daddy". He watched Samuel load it in the wheelbarrow and took off to play with out even considering another one the entire time! It ended up being 40 pounds!! hahaha bigger than he is!!

The girls and Malachi picked daisies for Grandma...turns out they are her favorite!

10.11.09--Sitting up!

On the 10th, we were at a friend's house when Sapphira started sitting half way up on her own (sitting on her rump but bent over at the waist with her hands near her feet propping her up)...we were so excited since this was the first time she had done this with out going face first into the carpet. The next day, we were showing Grandma her new trick when she decided to sit all the way up (no hands!!) all by herself!! She was able to do this for several minutes at a time...what a big girl!! Since then, she has been getting stronger and sitting for longer and longer. Right now, she sits for 15-20 minutes at a time before getting wobbly. She fusses now to sit up...so cute. I have to admit though, it is so weird to see this little tiny girl sitting up on her own...Malachi was so much bigger when he started and it just seems like I have this 2 month old who is sitting on her own...strange! :) Malachi likes it, too...he sits along side her and puts toys in her lap and plays with her. He's such a good big brother!

She loves playing with this farm toy...can you tell? :)

She actually bangs the drum with the stick!

She also loves playing with Malachi's Mega Blocks. They fit perfectly in her hand and must taste wonderful since she can't keep them out of her mouth! hehehe

More snow!

Boy, does he love his "snow"!! :)

10.1.09--6 months old!

I can't believe my little girl is already 6 months old! She is still soooo close to rolling over, in size 2 diapers, and is starting to wear 3-6 month clothing (although some if it is still too big!). At her 6 month appointment, she weighed 15 pounds 8 ounces (36th percentile), was 25.5 inches long (37th percentile) and her head was 45 cm around (96th percentile!!!! hahaha). She is so sweet and lovey...she loves to cuddle and likes just about everyone, but will almost always chose to be held by mommy! :) Here is this month's official Molly picture...

When Malachi was down for his nap, we took her outside since it was so warm. Of course Mommy had to get the camera out since it was so nice and I thought I got some pretty cute pictures.