I know, I know...it's about time!

I have a million reasons why I have not updated lately. We have had visitors and then some more visitors and then we went and babysat our Bishop's kids for two weeks.  

The real reason is that I HATE my computer. it has seen better days and it takes forever to do anything on it.

With that said, here are some updates! We are happy and doing well. Sorry for the delay!

SM

Clark and Chrisitie's visit

Clark, Christie, Hannah, Grace, Peter and Brooke came next to visit our house. We played a lot of games and had a great time. The moment those kids walked in to the door Molly attacked them. I was really happy to see how much she loves her cousins. She definatley plays differently with them then her friends.

Brooke was nice enough to let Molly hold her when she woke up from a nap.

Molly and I joined C & C for a trip to Nauvoo. We had an amazing time. I had been their when I was a little girl, but I really loved learning about the early saints and the sacrifices they had to make.

These kids were so good with Molly. She loved having her cousins with her

We got to play lots of pioneer games and Molly spent a lot of time playing in this little cabin.

One of the best parts of the whole visit for Molly was having sleep overs in her room. (btw: I did not paint those walls. There were little boys that lived here before us!)

We love our nieces and Nephews and we were so happy they came to visit. They are an amazing family.

Baby Emma

While Grana and Tibu were here, my dear friend Melanie had her little girl. Baby Emma has a great birth story that you might want to read! Molly LOVES babies and was so excited when Melanie let her hold Emma!

Emma's Story

Grana and Tibu come for a visit!

We loved having Grana and Tibu come visit us. Molly really enjoyed having two people that just wanted to play with her.

It's almost a tradition that we throw rocks with Grana and Tibu.  Grana, Sarah and Molly found a great little stream to throw rocks in, so we had to come back again with Tibu then next day.

We got to go to Fair Oaks farm and the adults had a great time. Molly was in a "special" mood that started because she was afraid of having the little paper bracelet put on her wrist. She never really recovered, but we had a few happy moments!

Here are a few of those moments.

There were a lot of fun things to do there and Molly really loved seeing a baby calf being born.

Molly really misses them. We are so glad they were able to come visit.

Goats

My (Nathan's) parents were in town last week. We did several things while they were here, including visiting the local petting zoo.

At some point while we were looking at the goats Molly sat down on one of the rocks and the goats joined her. The baby goats had a tendency to want to nibble on clothes on hair.

(I know, nice shot of my finger)

Here are some of the goobers left over from the goat chewing on her hair.

Playing in The Rain

Potty Training

Potty training has been a long time coming. Molly is almost 3 and a half and up until Friday if you even tried to get her to sit on a potty she would arch her back and scream like she was being abused. I have been so worried about how to help her get over her fear but on Friday she decided she was ready.

We have offered every bribe in the book including this baby doll that she really wanted. It has been sitting on a shelf for four months. She calls her "baby Claire" and every time I would try and entice her with actually getting to play with the doll she would tell me, "Baby Claire will wait". It was very frustrating, but she made it. She finally earned baby Claire and she is in love with this doll. It hardly leaves her side.

I never thought I would want to shout from the roof tops that my kid can go potty in the toilet, but that is exactly what I wanted to do. I love seeing how proud Molly is of herself that she overcame her fear. It is such a cool feeling as a parent to see your kid progress.

My favorite quote from the whole process was the first day she wore big girl underwear. One of the bribes we had tried was 5 coins. Molly LOVES money. I overheard her say,

"I love underwear on my bum, and money in my hand!"