Go Big Orange!

Here's Miss Molly hanging out on her awesome UT quilt made by her great grandparents. Can't you tell she is sooo excited about being a Lady Vol? :)



And I'm adding this one in just because I think it is cute...



The boys are in Atlanta this weekend...actually they are spending most of a week there. Gramma and Grampa took them down there on Thursday and they are coming home on Tuesday. WHOA! It is the longest I've spent without my kids since I've had them (I know, I still have one, but she sleeps most of the day). The house is eerily quiet during the day. I am so used to having 5 things happening at once that the lack of noise is weird! I know the boys are having a great time with their grandparents and cousins and we have managed to get lots done around the house (too bad there's always that mile long "To Do" list to conquer when they are gone!) but I will be glad when they get home. I miss them! And my days are sooooo dull without their constant entertainment! And that is why this post is just some pics of Molly's few awake moments and my ramblings of why there is nothing more interesting to talk about...because this week, the circus is in Atlanta!

Good Morning, Emilia!

Molly was all smiles this morning when she woke up. I tried to capture some of them on video. I missed her when she was smiling non-stop, but I did catch some of her first coo's on here, so that makes up for it!

Part Two...

So, here's the rest of the story on the boys holding Molly. For honesty's sake (and so James can know how things usually end up here) I'm posting this video of Josiah holding Molly, because yes, he got his turn. However, it had a not so pretty ending. Watch closely at the end, you'll see the little "extra" Micah kept leaving on her face. Like I said before, she has no idea what's coming her way...but neither do I for that matter! :)



Ok, I just watched it on the blog and the picture is too little for you to really see, but every time Micah "kisses" her at the end, there is a big line of drool he leaves behind on her face because he is laughing too hard to completely close his mouth. YUCK!

Daddy's Little Helper

This morning John was running late for work. Josiah was asking him to do something with him (I missed what) and this is the following dialogue (Oh, and at some point in time this morning, Josiah had crawled in bed with us):
John: "No, I don't have time."
Josiah: "Why?"
John: "Because I think someone kept turning my alarm off before it woke me up."
Josiah: "I didn't turn the alarm off."
John: "You didn't push any of the buttons on the clock?"
Josiah: "Well, I just kept pushing the one to make the music stop so you could sleep longer."

Awwwwwww...

John: "Like I said, I think someone kept turning off my alarm."
Josiah: "That music was your alarm?"
John: "Yes."
Josiah: "Oh."

Ok...that story reminded me of another. It's probably the other story I was going to post about Josiah last week. Anywho...at school there is a door we go in in the mornings to drop Josiah off. It's down the hallway from the classrooms, though, so it is only open in the mornings and then they lock it and set the alarm to go off if it is opened, since no one is out there to see who is coming in. When they set the alarm, they put a sign on the door that looks like a stop sign and says "STOP. Opening door will cause alarm to sound." (0r something like that) Josiah was asking about this sign one day in the car. He was asking why they hang it up. So I explained they locked the door for safety reasons and put the sign up to remind people not to open it because it would make the alarm go off. Josiah said, "No, if you open the door it makes the alarm go on, not off." I didn't know how to explain this (one of many) strange phrasing in the English language, so I just let it go. But, isn't it strange that we turn the alarm on so that it will go off?

Watch out for Grandma!

This happened last friday at Grandma Day...

We were sitting at the table eating lunch, as usual. Grandma got up to get something (I think coffee) and Josiah yelled out, "Grandma's on the loose--HELP!" No one knows why he yelled that, but we all just started laughing because it was so random!

So, on Sunday I'm telling John this story because it was funny and Josiah hears my re-enactment of it. Well, anytime he hears you retell a story about him he is sure to re-create it for you. He loves to be the center of attention and he loves to act things out, so this is a highlight of the day for him, I'm sure. Anyhow, he starts yelling it again for John like he did at grandma's and then he decides to change it a bit and announces, "Now THIS is going to be the funniest of all!....I'm on the loose, HELP!" Micah wants to get in on the attention, um, I mean, action, so he says, "Daddy, this is going to be the STRANGEST of all!...I'm on the loo, HELP!" HA-HA! He doesn't always pronounce an 's' in the middle of a word, so 'loose' came out as 'loo.' John and I laughed even harder at that. Which of course meant that Micah repeated it about 10 times. So, watch out for Micah in the loo...apparently there's trouble brewing! (I don't really want to explore the truth behind that statement...)

Oh, and here is the video I told you about last week...and a bonus one for being so patient! This first one is Micah and Josiah laughing over Emilia. That sweet girl has no idea what's in store for her with these two older brothers!


And this second one is Molly's first photo shoot with multiple cameras...Micah is starting to try out his photography skills! I thought it was so cute how he was down on the floor snapping away like he was an old pro. I missed most of the times where he said her name or things like "You're so cute!" but hopefully you can imagine that part.