Oh, we are having so much fun around our house! This is a picture of the kids playing in the bathtub. Tripp rides in his "boat" and Mollie usually pours water on him and squirts him with the bathtub frogs! The kids are feeling great, the weather is warmer and we are loving it! Mollie and Tripp have enjoyed strolling outside and playing in the backyard. Tripp loves to swing and Mollie is learning to push him gently. Mollie loves to run the perimeter of the yard and Tripp just giggles at her, which makes her run even faster and yell louder.
Mollie is eating her dinner in her high chair right now and requesting more peas...."mo peas pwease!" So cute, that little girl...and we love that she really loves her vegetables. We hope that lasts!
Tripp rolled off our bed last night! We were so scared but quickly determined he was fine. He got a red mark on his forehead but quit crying soon after. Curt and I were folding clothes and had both walked away to put them away. He had never rolled that much on our bed before, but we have learned not to walk away from him now. Mollie actually rolled off the bed at about this same age but it happened when Curt was "watching" her. I can't believe I let this happen to my little Tripp!
Mollie has learned to count to four! We are so proud. Curt likes to take credit for teaching her this new trick but he actually might have gotten a little help from Mollie's teacher at school, Mrs. Chavey. She has been working on counting in their circle time each morning.
Kaye and Curtis painted a plastic bird red and put it in the new maple tree they just planted in the back yard. Mollie loves to go outside and look at the "bud" (bird). She always says "daddy, sashee, monnie" when she sees the tree because she remembers that she ("monnie") helped her daddy and Curtis plant it.
Tripp moved to his new class at school and is adjusting as expected. He cried a little on his first day when I came back in to check on him, but was fine most of the day. He is sleeping less because he is watching all the big babies move around the room. We think he's trying to figure out how to get around like them! We sure do miss his teachers in his last classroom, Mrs. Vicky, Mrs. Mary, and Mrs. Anjani. He was with them in their class for most of his life (haha....about 6 months) and is so attached to them. It's so comforting to know that the caregivers are really loving on your baby while you're away! We are going to take all our teachers Krispy Kreme donuts in the morning for Valentine's Day!
Just so you know, most of you are being prayed for in our night-night prayers. Mollie reaches for our hands, squeezes her little blue eyes shut real hard, and grins real big! We start off by saying "God bless _____", and we let her say your names. Just fill in the blank with just about everybody Mollie ever met and you've pretty much got it covered. The prayer always ends with our favorite part, a big "A-mia" (amen). Some of you are probably wondering where Tripp is during this little prayer meeting? Little Tripp has a hard time staying awake for his bath, much less his sisters bedtime!
"Yet's sing" is a common phrase around our house right now. That's how Mollie tells us she wants to sing with you. It's hysterical because she says it in between every song! She usually starts off with "Jesus Loves Me" and then moves right on in to "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". After that its usually a mix of "The Wheels on the Bus", "This Little Light of Mine", "You Are My Sunshine" and "The ABC Song". It is the funniest thing ever because she only sings every third or fourth word and makes the most serious faces! Especially on the high notes! She turns her head to the side, squints her eyes, and sings real high! And Tripp loves it!
Mollie is going to Greenville tomorrow for the weekend. Kaye and Curtis are coming to Jackson to see our new baby cousin Walter, and will take Mollie home with them. We will miss her but really enjoy spending one-on-one time with Tripp. And of course Mollie loves to go to Kaye-Kaye's house! She pulls her toys and baby dolls out, spreads them out from one end of their house to the other, sleeps on a mattress on the floor next to her "Sashee" (Curtis), and sits in their laps and eats "gits and gapes" (grits and grapes) for breakfast..... she loves to go to their house! And they are taking her to Princess Day at the Carousel in Greenville so I'm sure she'll have a great Valentines weekend.
Happy Valentine's Day to all our friends and family!
Mollie has learned to count to four! We are so proud. Curt likes to take credit for teaching her this new trick but he actually might have gotten a little help from Mollie's teacher at school, Mrs. Chavey. She has been working on counting in their circle time each morning.
Kaye and Curtis painted a plastic bird red and put it in the new maple tree they just planted in the back yard. Mollie loves to go outside and look at the "bud" (bird). She always says "daddy, sashee, monnie" when she sees the tree because she remembers that she ("monnie") helped her daddy and Curtis plant it.
Tripp moved to his new class at school and is adjusting as expected. He cried a little on his first day when I came back in to check on him, but was fine most of the day. He is sleeping less because he is watching all the big babies move around the room. We think he's trying to figure out how to get around like them! We sure do miss his teachers in his last classroom, Mrs. Vicky, Mrs. Mary, and Mrs. Anjani. He was with them in their class for most of his life (haha....about 6 months) and is so attached to them. It's so comforting to know that the caregivers are really loving on your baby while you're away! We are going to take all our teachers Krispy Kreme donuts in the morning for Valentine's Day!
Just so you know, most of you are being prayed for in our night-night prayers. Mollie reaches for our hands, squeezes her little blue eyes shut real hard, and grins real big! We start off by saying "God bless _____", and we let her say your names. Just fill in the blank with just about everybody Mollie ever met and you've pretty much got it covered. The prayer always ends with our favorite part, a big "A-mia" (amen). Some of you are probably wondering where Tripp is during this little prayer meeting? Little Tripp has a hard time staying awake for his bath, much less his sisters bedtime!
"Yet's sing" is a common phrase around our house right now. That's how Mollie tells us she wants to sing with you. It's hysterical because she says it in between every song! She usually starts off with "Jesus Loves Me" and then moves right on in to "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". After that its usually a mix of "The Wheels on the Bus", "This Little Light of Mine", "You Are My Sunshine" and "The ABC Song". It is the funniest thing ever because she only sings every third or fourth word and makes the most serious faces! Especially on the high notes! She turns her head to the side, squints her eyes, and sings real high! And Tripp loves it!
Mollie is going to Greenville tomorrow for the weekend. Kaye and Curtis are coming to Jackson to see our new baby cousin Walter, and will take Mollie home with them. We will miss her but really enjoy spending one-on-one time with Tripp. And of course Mollie loves to go to Kaye-Kaye's house! She pulls her toys and baby dolls out, spreads them out from one end of their house to the other, sleeps on a mattress on the floor next to her "Sashee" (Curtis), and sits in their laps and eats "gits and gapes" (grits and grapes) for breakfast..... she loves to go to their house! And they are taking her to Princess Day at the Carousel in Greenville so I'm sure she'll have a great Valentines weekend.
Happy Valentine's Day to all our friends and family!
