Sweet almost-3-yr-old

Oh the giggles and fits, the endless stories and songs...
Though the moods seem labile at times, instant cheerfulness is just moments away...
Sharing toys is mostly a struggle, but sometimes a sweet spirit of tenderness and giving surprises us...
Creative, precise, somewhat particular and ever so cute...
The smallest of matters can make her precious face light up and delighted squeals come out...
Already recognizing a good portion of the alphabet, memorizing the story books, singing without care or concern...
We are so proud of you darling girl! So glad you are ours, Kate!

10 months

Our little bundle continues to grow like a weed, bring a smile to our faces with his sweet and goofy grin, will give me kisses, is now 18.8 lbs, is clapping, signing "more" and "all done" (i think), dances and tries to sing whenever music is playing, is great at being into everything he is NOT supposed to be in, wants to be a part of everything, EVERYTHING that is going on around him! We love you, Joseph!!!!

Shout aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto God!
Psalm 81:1

Happy Birthday Mama Lynn

we love you so much!!!! Cannot wait to see you and celebrate your special day in person!!!!

Play-Doh Cakes

Kate received an amazingly fun play-doh set for Christmas that allows her to make and decorate the prettiest little cakes ever. This keeps her busy for quite some time and allows me to either get things done around the house or even join in the creative fun. Thanks, Aunt Ang, for sparking her creativity!

BreAkFasT for DinNeR

Each year in January our church participates in a three week fast to focus on prayer and seek God's direction for the upcoming year. Last year we broke our fast with our good friends, the Semlows, by making waffles for dinner. It instantly became a tradition! So this year our two families were joined with another of our favorite families...and instead of using good ol' Bisquik mix, Phil used an authentic recipe from Karlyn's great-grandmother for Belgian waffles-delicious!!!! Michael bought and was in charge of cooking 8 lbs of thick cut bacon (not to fear, we only scarfed down about 2 lbs) while Phil prepared the waffles...96 waffles to be precise. And with much pride and satisfaction I can honestly say that we polished off a right good many of those. The stack of waffles down below looks impressive, but what is even more impressive is that pile was the tenth pile that had been put before us!
Here are the chefs...it appears that Phil is already in "food coma" just from looking at so much food!
Thank you, Semlow fam! You, as always were amazing hosts with generous hearts and tons of yummy food!!! We love you guys!

9 months of cuddles

Joseph is still recovering from a (thankfully) short bout of a tummy flu...despite it all he continues to smile, laugh and topple his sister's block towers without hesitation! He is a pro at crawling, loves to pull up and is starting to cruise around on the furniture. He seems very interested in books lately, although the reading generally turns to eating the book within minutes...We love you, lil JoJo Molloy! You are becoming quite a busy little boy...can't wait to see what lies in store for next month!