Lily Hits the Double Digits
8 years ago
Stylin' Sunday
Can you believe this boy is already two months old?! Where does the time go?
Sunday, June 02, 2013
Sicky Pooh!
Of course, the week I go back to work, I catch something and end up sick. I hate being sick, but when you're a working mom, you have to just suck it up and move on with life. That is, until your kids get sick.
Molly doesn't usually get sick, which I attribute to her getting so sick so early in life, but when she does get sick it is the most pathetic thing ever.
She had a fever of almost 102, and she was just miserable. You could tell she wasn't feeling well because she cuddled up right next to TR for the entire night. She didn't want to read books, she didn't want to watch Wreck-It Ralph, she just wanted to be cuddled with Daddy.
FB Post May 29: My poor Molly hasn't been this miserable sick since she was just a few weeks old. :( We've been up watching Baby Einsteins since 4, next to an open window to try and get her fever down. My poor girl.
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| Finally back asleep around 8:30 am. |
I am so grateful for my healthy kids!
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Malcolm's Blessing
It's kind of odd to bless Malcolm in the middle of the month (you can find out more about baby blessings in the LDS church here), but since cousin Margreth was coming from Sweden, and wouldn't be here for the following fast Sunday, we decided to bless him before I went back to work.
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| Molly is ready for church! (And doesn't stop moving. Excuse the blur) |
The day was beautiful in the morning. The sun was shining, and since we have 11:00 church we got to take the morning a little easy. TR did a beautiful job with the blessing, and our little boy was promised some great things.
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| I have THE CUTEST Family. |
As with all the grandkids, and a lot of "adopted grandkids" Grammy made Malcolm's blessing suit. It was DARLING! It had a little bowtie and everything.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Baby Vida!
Our best friends Sam and Andrea had their baby on May 16th! Vida Marie weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces, and was 19 inches long. She has the cutest little button nose, and we SO love her!
We went to visit baby Vida, Sam, and Andrea while they were in the hospital
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| Molly Looks so big! |
We're so happy for our friends and so excited for our new "Cousin" Vida! She really does have some of the best parents there ever was.
Friday, May 17, 2013
When did she get so big?!
It happened in the blink of an eye, and totally without my permission.
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Tulip Festival
Despite the freezing weather, it was nice to be there, and we had fun walking all around the gardens and see all the beautiful flowers. They had some of the most amazing colors of tulips.
We managed to find the secret garden (there are signs telling you where it is, but that's okay.) and got a respite from the wind for a few minutes within the garden's four walls, which was nice. Molly loved playing the in fountain.
It was so fun to go spend time with the family with no agenda, nothing else to focus on but being together and having a good time.
Malcolm slept the whole time, which was nice cause I didn't have to worry about him getting too cold or anything.
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| Love those cute girls! |
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Our Graduate: THE DADDY!
Daddy Graduated from College! After two years and a semester he has his Applied Associates Degree from the UVU Culinary Arts Institute! He worked so hard in his program, and we are so proud of him. When I watched him walk out in the processional with his classmates my heart swelled with pride. I thought it was going to jump right out of my chest.
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| I know, you can't see him very well. He's right before the platform with the lei on. |
After the ceremony and taking pictures (I'll get those later, I promise), we had our friends and family over for a luncheon at our house. It was so nice to see everyone and celebrate our graduate. I'm terrible at taking pictures at this sort of thing, so there aren't many I'm afraid.
We're so proud of our graduate Daddy!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Malcolm's professional pictures
Malcolm got his newborn pictures taken and they're so so cute. Get Ready. Picture Overload coming up, right here.
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| I seriously have the most beautiful children. |
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| This was totally candid. I love this picture! |
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Aunt Jen Came!
While Malcolm was still in the hospital, Jen called me one morning after I had sent her a picture of him. She asked me if she could come hold my baby on the 18th. Of course I said YES!
Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures while she was here because we were having a great time. She came and held Malcolm, we talked a lot, she got me out of the house, which was nice. We went and played at Sarah's house on Saturday just to get out of the house, which was really good for me.
On her last day in town she came over before her flight left and read some books with us.
Molly LOVED showing off her brother to Aunt Jen, but she also loved having Aunt Jen there to play with her.
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| Yes, that is Molly playing on Aunt Jen's phone while she reads a story |
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| Malcolm was REALLY sad when Aunt Jen had to leave |
We love when Aunt Jen comes! I was very sad when she had to leave, and wish she could have stayed longer.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Malcolm's First Days Home
Every morning while Malcolm was in the NICU I would call to see how he was doing, how he had done through the night, if they knew anything new, etc. On the morning of April 6th, I called when I woke up and they told me that the doctor had not been around to see him yet, but they were starting their rounds in just a few minutes. The nurse wasn't sure if we would be able to bring him home that day or not, and we would have to hear from the doctor once she had seen him. With a prayer in my heart, and my fingers crossed, I set out to get my family breakfast and ready to go. About 20 minutes after I had talked to the nurse, the Doctor called and said that everything looked fine, all their tests came back negative or normal, and there was no reason they could find why Malcolm had spots. She also saw no reason to keep him in the NICU, and we could bring him home as long as he passed his carseat test! There was a lot of smiles, singing, and dancing in our house after that call. As soon as breakfast was over, we dropped Molly off at Tim's house to play with Madeline, and we headed over to the hospital.
The carseat test was 90 minutes long, and all he had to do was keep his oxygen levels up the whole time. That 90 minutes seemed to last forever. We were so close to getting our little guy home with us! The doctor came and chatted with us for a few minutes, just to keep us updated on all the tests and things, and to actually meet us. Our nurse could see how anxious we were to get our boy home, so she did the whole check-out process with us while we were waiting that last unbearably long 20 minutes. We had some of the most amazing NICU nurses. They were kind and courteous, and very empathetic. We had had this nurse a few times in the 4 days we had been there. She sat with us and watched the seconds tick down for that last couple of minutes. She walked us out to our car (which I'm sure is standard procedure, but I was still glad she did). We hugged, we laughed, and she wished us good luck. Then we were on our way!
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| Happy to be home! |
At first, Molly wasn't quite sure what to think of him. She was very gentle with him. We had worked with her on that before he got here. She liked him well enough as long as he wasn't being held or fed. If TR or I would hold him, she would start crying. The second day holding him wasn't so bad, but she didn't like me to feed him. By the third morning she was just as much in love with him as we were.
After she realized that she really did love him, we had to keep a very close eye on her to make sure she didn't love him TOO much. She is such a big helper though! She would bring me his bottle, and when he would cry she would try to put his binki in his mouth (backwards, but it was the effort that I appreciated). She even found her old binkis to show him how it was done. It wasn't uncommon to hear exclamations of "Hey Cute Boy!" around our house, even if he wasn't anywhere near her, but she could hear him.
For how new he is, he is really alert. I love those eyes.
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| So squishy!! |
Looking back on how little Molly was. She was almost a pound and a half smaller than he was a birth, and she didn't gain any weight for her first month and a half. It's amazing to me now that she was so little. She's getting to be such a big, happy, spunky, amazing girl.
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| I love my kids! |
