Believe It

30 weeks prego, 1-mile: 7:17.

toot, toot.

**the grumpier i get the faster I am running. i've beat that time TWICE this week!! 6:43 on Monday (that was a really grumpy morning) and today 6:22. not bad, right?

Funniest Thing

This is Lance.
Would you like to hear the funniest thing I heard all day? Well, here you go:
Out of Em's mouth, " Oh Good! I'm not diabetic, I have anemia! YES!!!"

Em will have to share the story at her leisure (which is never).

What's in a name?

OK, we have a name picked out that we like (but it is definitely not for sure), but we are having trouble with this little girl's middle name. I (Lance) like shorter names and due to the expanse of my last name, feel that this needs to be a consideration for the child's own good health. Our style of name tends toward the retro-yuppie, but we are by no means exclusive to that genre (especially as a middle name) and we enjoy bi-gender names as well as place names and important people names. I like names without too much alliteration (i.e. Marmaduke Melvin Mollenhauer or Aaron Alexander = yuck) but am not opposed to it if it fits ( Kamryn Melissa Mollenhauer). Em is easier than I am and is more worried about this child learning to spell her name before she turns 12 (such is the Mollenhauer-as-a-last-name curse).

So let us know what you think are some good names, and who knows, maybe you will be the lucky suggester!?!
thanks.

The Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday Kami!



We invited a few friends an our adopted family, the Lymans, over for cake and (homemade) ice cream. Stasia, our awesome babysitter, and Kami share a birthday so i made them each a small cake. Aren't they cute (the girls, not the cakes)??

Not bad for my second time working with fondant...but I really need to practice!

Never mind the water marks all over, I was trying to wash off the powdered sugar. Really, I'm scheduled to start the fondant class in a week or so...so more to come.


Kami at one year old. She is about 18 pounds, and such a lean girl. She RUNS everywhere and loves to make noise running on the tile. She LOVES her big sister and wants to do everything Gracie is doing whether it is playing, dancing, or going potty. She can say ma-ma, da-da, ba (ball), she's really good at parroting the sounds we say. For instance today I said raspberry and she said, "ra-be-ee" or when I get frustrated and say "arrrgghh" she replies with her own, "AAARRRRHHHH". She signs milk, more, please, binki, mom, and more. She loves to give high fives. She is a good sleeper, we can lay her down fully awake and she falls asleep on her own, even with Gracie in the same room too! She is totally a Daddy's girl (which has recently switched from Mom). She is a dancer, every time music comes on she is moving and grooving. She is good at following directions and bringing us things. She's learning to use her eating utensils, we think she'll be a righty. She is such a sweetheart. She is our little comforter. When Grace starts crying, Kami will walk up to her and pat her back and give her a big kiss. She's learned how to give real kisses and most of the time remembers to close her mouth. She waves and smiles at everyone we meet. We sure love our Kami! Happy Birthday our Little One!

Peanut Butter Bandit

CAUGHT RED HANDED!!

I was laughing so hard I couldn't take it away.

How she got the lid off is beyond me.

forgiven.

Park Play

Kami's first time on the slides at the park (well, alone at least). Man, she is growing fast!


She makes the best faces!




I love this girl. I did take pics of Gracie too but they didn't turn out at cute. Maybe because she is faster...

Spring Play

Here are some random pictures of recent happenings. Kami has learned to take her diaper off and will do so at the drop of a hat. She thinks that it is hilarious.

The girls have really enjoyed the space that they are able to play in at the new house. This is washing up from bubbles in the backyard. They kept asking to be sprayed with the hose. How AZ are they? ( it was only like 70 degrees, but they couldn't get enough of the water)

Gracie has learned to roll down hills thanks to her friends Abagayle and Jackson, And that is one of her favorite activities now. She will practice everywhere, and not just on hills, in the house, in the grocery aisle, in her bed (or our bed)... basically whenever she gets the idea to roll around in that little head. She has even taken to teaching random other children the proper techniques of rolling down hills (tuck your head, clasp your arms together, keep your elbows in...
this is Kami and Loreli (sp). Kami is 4 months younger.

Look at that Face!

Rain, Rain, Went AWAY!

A couple of weeks ago one of our fav (northwest) photographers came to town. We had a pretty rainy session and I was worried we wouldn't get much out of the shoot. Man, Heather is one talented girl! Check out our sneak-a-peeks HERE.

THANK YOU HEATHER!

**I'm sure I will post more as soon as she sends them over to me.

Cribs: Moll style

To appease the crowds, here are pics of the new house:

living room. the girls LOVE having room to run around!!

Dining room

Master bath. SOOOOO excited to have 2 sinks again!

an actual laundry room!! AHHHH!!

my fav: the kitchen



things to come?? It's funny this may be inappropriate to some, but K HAS to sit on the potty when G does!!! maybe, just maybe she'll be potty trained ridiculously early?? here's hoping.

cake deco

Needed a little time to revive myself and a cake decorating class was what I came up with...




pastry school here i come.


please look closely at the MOUND of icing on top!!!!!! GAG!!

not sure what i'm going to do with all of these cakes...we were kind of sick of cake after my first piece. any takers??