Molly's Baptism

On March 10th, Molly chose to be baptized as a believer. All week prior, she was nervous and scared. Even though she was nervous, she insisted that she would tell her testimony. She wrote it on the computer and it was all of her words. It was very touching and to make it even better Mark baptized her. It is wonderful knowing that as much as you guide your children to make the right decisions this one, a very important one, was hers and hers alone. Praise God!

Blue Teddy

Katie has a teddy blanket similar to this one. She has 2 pink ones, a white one and a blue one. They are very well loved. When Mandy was born, Nana took her out to get a gift for her. Of course she needed to get her a teddy. She picked out this one and it had to be blue because her blue one was her favorite. For the first 2 weeks every morning Katie would bust open our bedroom door, run to the cradle and put her teddy in next to Mandy. She insisted that she needed it. I walked into the living room where Mandy was sleeping in her swing and low and behold, her blue teddy was on top of her. Katie said Mandy asked her for it and then she fell asleep.

5 Months Old!

It is hard to believe it has been 5 months since Mandy has entered the world. She is showing such personality now and rolling all over. She is eager to grab toys and is interested everything around her.

Sisters and Friends

Molly and Katie bicker a lot but all in all they are best friends. Katie wants to be just like Molly and Molly gets irritated that Katie does everything Molly does. In these pictures they were being silly together. There newest wild thing to do is to do each other's hair. (Pictured as well) Wow what beauty queens!

Mandy Dedicated to the Lord

On Sunday, March 10th we dedicated Amanda Grace. Unfortunately all of the other pictures didn't turn out very good so this was pretty much the only one that did. Oh well.

THE THUMB!

Out of all of my girls, only Mandy has sucked her thumb. Molly and Katie didn't even take a pacifier. Mandy doesn't either all she wants is THE THUMB! She intensely sucks her thumb when she is hungry or her teeth are bothering her. She soothes herself to sleep and it is just adorable. She never cries a lot, except for when she is hungry or has a messy diaper. But when she does she goes from 0 to 10 in a second flat. So all I can say is thank goodness for THE THUMB!

New Business Venture

As most of you know, I will do anything to earn extra cash, as long it is moral and legal. :) I have begun to sell my growth charts. I will be posting my growth charts to sell on ebay soon. It is fun and I love to paint, so what better way then to make money on things you enjoy to do. I am not sure where it will go, but I am taking the leap of faith and trying it out. If anyone needs a unique shower gift or child's gift let me know. I am also up for painting letters (for names), and switch plates.

Katie Jr.

Here we are, 4 years later and we had to pull out the nebulizer! Mandy came down with RSV. She was pretty sick. Apparently she wants to follow in her sister's footsteps and become accustomed to the breathing treatments. Fortunately, she wasn't in need of it for long. She also came down with a UTI and has to take antibiotics, so they are suspecting kidney reflux like Katie. They will be doing testing the second week in April. In the meantime, we just have to laugh and say, "do you have to not only look like Katie but follow in her footsteps?"

The Party Planners

My two sweeties love to make parties for Mark and me. They love to go in the basement make table cloths, napkin rings and meals to make a special party for us. They so proud! It means so much to them....it is almost as if it were real. How sweet they are!

I DON'T NEED A NAP ANYMORE!

Recently we have come to the conclusion that Katie is no longer in need of naps. Mommy still is, but she really does fine without one. So our newest thing is to call it rest time. It doesn't make it easier for her because she still doesn't like to be in her room alone and rest. One day I gave her a choice to have a rest and read books in her bed or stay on the couch and read there. She chose the couch because she was "not tiered." I went about my business and tidied up the house. It got very quiet and I peaked on her and low and behold, she was asleep while reading her books. I had to take a picture. One of the sweetest things about this picture is the paint on her arm. She had a busy day....but she wasn't tiered!