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Monday, February 23, 2009

A new week.....

According to the calender we are approaching the end of February! I say "according" because I can't believe it! I have some more pictures to download but my computer is being very slow (I need a new one!). In the posts below are some more pictures from Molly Anna's birthday and some random shots.
Audy is in his LAST week of nights and boy are we excited! He was off Friday and Saturday night and it felt so werid having this "man" in my bed! The extra body heat means I don't have to turn my electric pad up 3 notches and I found that out on the first night;).
Family news: Skip and Jessica are doing good. We kept Molly Anna on Saturday so they could get some things down around the house. They have let her have run of part of the house and she is so much happier. Skip said, "mom go and look at her bedroom"....looked like a tornado struck! He's going to bolt the dresser to the wall for safety reasons. They stay busy these days especially as they become more active in their church.
Katie and James are doing well too. James still struggles with pain in his foot. He is now able to wear shoes and walk "normal". Now he's itching to get outside and get caught upon things around the house. Him and Bryson made a science project this weekend, a volcano. Bryson and Jessalyn painted it yesterday after church and we got to watch it "overflow"...so fun! I told him about the active volcano near Aunt Debby's house in Alaska and he was like, "wow". I also noticed yesterday he's a tad taller these days. He's built like his daddy....long long legs!! Also his two "big" front teeth are coming in real nice too....Jessalyn is still our flutter bug. What I mean by that is she just flows in the breeze! She met a new friend at church yesterday and was full of news about her. She misses her bestfriend Kate so much.
Dawson is the one who really met a new friend....he's a hoot! He always seems to attract the little girls that just love to fuss over him. At our church it's Haley who is so adorable and now he won't be seeing her much as he is going to church somewhere else. Well this new little girl is "Meggie". His statemant for that was, "mommy is Meggie's name a human name or a dog's name"?Heehee...explaining to the parents of this little girl, "his Papa and Nana's dog's name is "maggie".....leave it to Dawson!
NEVER A DULL MOMENT!

Continuing.........

Molly's favorite thing to do is crush the tissue paper!

In the background is Amanda, Brianne and Ryzek

Molly's other grandparents, Mimi and Tom Tom. Behind them is Papa and Aunt Christy and Uncle Andy (Skip and Jess's bestfriends)

Nana's little love bug was totally exhausted and as you can see she is "resting her eyes"!

Even the adults had a blast, Mathew Sims including
Before Valentine's Day Jessalyn and Erica made cookies for their family. Grandma Diane and Nana had such a good time too

Erica Wagner and Jessalyn

That sweet little face is Claire Sims, Rhonda's granddaughter. Nope she's not in the class just visiting Grammy......

Lani Kohler who will one next month (Melissa Sims baby girl)

Lani again...cutie pie

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Kids say the funniest things!

Last night Papa and Nana went over to see the granchildren. We were greeted with lots of hugs and kisses! And the stories Mommy told us I am still chuckling!
From what I understand Dawson was getting in trouble at the dinner table (what's new?) with his daddy. All of a sudden he says," I am not yours and mommy's baby boy anymore but I am Papa and Nana's baby boy"! James got up and opened the door and told him to start walking to Nana's house!!! Dawson got up and looked outside and saw that it was dark out there and says,"it's too scary out there"!
One day Dawson, Jessalyn and Mommy were shopping at Kohl's. It's easier for her to strap him in the stroller.....well Katie was looking through some clothes and all of a sudden he points his finger and LOUDLY SAYS.....YOU AREN'T MY MOMMY!!! Katie says, "Dawson stop that, you know I am your mommy....NO YOU AREN'T MY MOMMY! There was a lady near the rack and glanced up at Katie and thankfully grinned because Jessalyn was firmly telling her brother, "Dawson that is mean of you to say that! You know she's our mommy"! That boy is something else...the Padilla clown~
For some time they have been telling Jessalyn it was time for her to be a big girl and take her own showers. Well earlier that day she had been over to a friends house and she was in the shower when she arrived. So (at the dinner table again) she pops off out of the blue saying, "I am going to be a big girl and take a shower tonight".James teasing and says,"no you can't be a big girl yet, you are daddy's baby girl and you need to keep taking your bubble baths"....she very seriously says,
" no daddy I can't take bubble baths anymore it irrates my.....(private)...Bryson was daydreaming as he was eating and blurts out...WHAT DID YOU SAY....needless to say her daddy was speechless!!! And of course the subject was quickly changed!!! I laughed and laughed! When my kids were growing up we always seemed to have "our talks" at the dinner table! Over the years our kitchen table was nicknamed the MAGIC TABLE!!!
We had fun watching Jessalyn bowling on the wii. That girl scores as high as 193! She's fast! She even beats her daddy!

Monday, February 16, 2009

Family update!

Well I finally got around to posting the birthday girls pictures. You will find them as you scroll down. Time got away from me as it's been a month since I last posted. The week after Katie's birthday they left as a family for Arizona to be with James family as his dad was having a serious surgery. His dad Mike has kidney cancer and on one kidney the tumor was so large he was bleeding something awful. They had good news that the cancer hasn't spread and will begin chemo shortly. The day before they left I went to Alabama with a dear friend Sandra to take her Mama, Mimi home. The trip came at a time I really needed to get away. As Mimi said, "you need a mama". She took such good care of me and it was just what I needed.
Audy has another week after this one of nights! We are anxiously looking forward to the change.
We had a wonderful Valentine's Day. To us we try and make everyday Valentine's Day. I made dinner at home and we went out for ice cream. It was very nice. Skip and Jess were treated to a night at the Embassy Suites with some friends and they had a wonderful time. We had our sweet little Molly Anna. She was so good, of course!

BIRTHDAYS BIRTHDAYS!

February is a busy month of birthdays. Feb. 4 Jessica had her birthday and we went to lunch at the Copper River Grill and then Friday 6th was Skippy's 30th birthday. They celebrated that with some dear friends. We had so much to do to get ready for the birthday party.

MOLLY ANNA IS "ONE CUTE LADY BUG"

On February 7 we celebrated Molly Anna's first birthday with the Lady Bug theme. Her little guest list was, Edwin Sprinkle 9mo., Claire Sims 14mo., Lani Kohler 10mo., Ryzeck Romo 22mo., Reece Wagner 22mo. They munched on cherios and chicken nuggets. Mommy wrote their names on their very own sippy cups. Lots of family and friends were also there
Her Uncle Mike's present was her very own chair!

YES YES YES that cute little bug is walking!

Molly Anna's Aunt Allie and cousin Edwin Sprinkle

Princess Molly Anna