Cozy morning shmuffins

Playing at the park

I really liked these pictures of Elijah playing at the park this week - I don't know why, but I couldn't pick just a couple. He had fun playing, and just being out of the house for a while!

Welcome, baby Brynn!

We are so excited to welcome our newest niece, Brynn Marie, who was born this morning to (Patrick's sister) Diane & Bill. Rylee is a big sister now! We are thankful for a healthy arrival, and we are looking forward to meeting our new little sweetie, whenever that may be. Congratulations, Diane, Bill, and Rylee!

OK, let's see, that makes the count 6 nieces and 1 nephew, and 3 of the 6 nieces born in February! Wow!

Happy Valentine's Day!

See those two little teeth?
(Click the picture to enlarge.)

Miss Molly

Just a few recent pictures of our little lady. Ain't she sweet?!

Lots of pictures

I took a bunch of pictures yesterday, so here's a big post of cute kid shots to make up for the light posting spell we've had the last couple of weeks. Enjoy!

OK, can I have just one of you look at me and smile? Great!

Now, switch! You guys are naturals!

She's growing up so fast.

Nice profile shot of those crazy cheeks!

What a sweetie

Daddy's hat

Elijah had fun wearing Daddy's hat yesterday.

Pictures to go with last Friday's post

Miss Molly sleeping, sans swaddle, in the pack n' play so that she and Elijah don't keep each other up with their frequent waking/fussing. Naps are tough when you're sick.

Tickle time! Molly loves when Elijah plays with her.

Very Superior

Patrick and I each took this funny little quiz, and we each turned out to be Very Superior spouses! Ha ha! Although, I have to admit that he had a much higher score. Maybe I should start getting dressed and fixing my hair before breakfast instead of after lunch. =)

125 As a 1930s husband, I am Very Superior Take the test!

Sickos and other news

Well, we have two sick kids right now. Elijah has had a cold all week. Molly had a bit of a runny nose but I thought she was going to miss the worst of it, until Wednesday night, when she started coughing and generally having a hard time. So she's actually had it worse than Elijah for a couple of days, but so far no real fever or coughing scary enough to go to the doctor. We had a long night last night though!

In other news, Miss Molly is now sleeping without her swaddle blanket. I've been putting it off for a while now, but she was just getting too big for it. We started with one arm out a couple of weeks ago, and she's been completely free for more than a week. It was a rough transition, but I'm thankful that it's over. She is sleeping either on her side or on her tummy most of the time now, and I think she'll be sleeping better because of that (we'll see after she gets well again). Hopefully now she will learn to put her own pacifier back in at night! =)

It was really cold here again for the past couple of days, and last night we had heat issues again. No pipes burst this time, but we spent the night with space heaters running in all four apartments in our building to prevent it, and to keep our poor sick babies warm!

Awwww, so cute!

Happy girl in her jumper, before the sickness hit.

Elijah resting on the couch when he wasn't feeling so hot earlier this week.