This is My Life by Jackson Wolfe

I love macaroni and cheese!!!!!!!!!

So much that I fall asleep in my coat and hat!

Don't I look like a big kid compared to my sister?

She's cute and loves mac and cheese, too!

Have you met my best friend, Blue Puppy?

Here he is.

I like to chew on his face...

and his tail.

And I get mad when he has to take a bath in the washing machine.

Molly got in trouble yesterday.

Mommy yelled at her but then she cheesy-smiled and Mommy kissed her all over.

She's not always cute, though.

The End

The most wonderful time of the year!

Christmas was a whirlwind of activity with lots of fun and very few naps. Jack and Molly were spoiled and it's fun to watch how they interact with all the new toys around the house now.

Jack (20 months):

*26 lbs. 9 oz. and 33 in. tall

* jabbers constantly and throws words around but is stubborn and often won't say words when we ask, even though we know he knows them
*climbs EVERYTHING (I found him standing on top of the table...)

*gets jealous when we give Molly a sippy cup

*insists on calling Molly "Mo Mo"

*loves to dance and sing and jump and run and never stops moving from morning until night

Molly (10 months):

*21 lbs. and 10 oz. and 28 1/2 in. long

*now crawls

*said her first word "DaDa" and associated it with Andy

* drinks real milk with one bottle of formula before bed

*is transitioning to all table food

*claps her hands when we cheer for her

*loves to be thrown in the air (what a little daredevil!)

What I'm Thankful For...

Jack is intensely concentrating on Sesame Street

Molly at 8 months (it's hard to believe she was once as little as that baby doll)

Jack dressed as Fonzie for Halloween
Molly dressed as Joni (as in Jonie loves Chachi)

Molly really hates having pigtails in her hair

Jack's favorite hobby... making messes!

My sweet baby girl's sweet smile

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Jackson (18 months):

• favorite foods are bananas and raisins
• tries to get in the onion drawer for the "apfels"
• plays "hat" with Molly
• loves his "shooshs" (shoes)
• constantly wants to "brush teesh"
• wears a size four diaper
• tries to plug everything in (thank God for baby proofing)
• is still scared of the vacuum, but doesn't cry anymore when he sees it
• favorite TV show is Sesame Street
• still loves his Blue Puppy and takes it everywhere (if you ever see a Blue Puppy at Target that is made by Carter's Just One Year let me know... we need a replacement puppy)
• LOVES Mommy and Daddy's room and the Bathroom
• takes one two hour nap in the afternoon but sleeps from 730 - 7 at night
• sings Old McDonald, 5 Little Ducks, Happy and shakes his little butt to the beat
• melts Mommy's heart because he still loves to cuddle

Molly (8 months):

• is currently getting four new teeth, but you would hardly know she's teething
• loves baby yogurt, cinnamon raisin granola, and corn cassrole
• always wants a spoon to chew on
• cracks up at Jack when he throws a fit
• just started playing "hat"
• doesn't crawl yet but still manages to get all over the room
• pulls books off the shelf
• wears a size three diaper
• takes two naps (but is a cat napper)
• sleeps from 7 ish to 7 ish at night
• belly laughs when I wipe under her chin
• is very ticklish
• has the sweetest disposition and is such a content baby
  
  
  

Long Overdue

Here's what's been going on in the past month:

• Molly got her first and second tooth and loves to show them off.
• Jackson got tooth #13, 14, 15, and 16 and managed to fall and cut his lip twice in three days
• school, school, school, school, and repeat
• Andy started his new schedule of T-S 7-5... we are loving this!
• My sister-in-law and brother-in-law had their pretty baby girl
• I got rear-ended and broke my nose and got a couple stitches... the Vitara is totaled and the other guy wasn't hurt
• we're car shopping (SUV with 4 wheel drive-- if you know of one for sale!)
• Molly sits all by herself and has graduated to three meals a day. She also loves playing peek-a-boo and to "dangle" upside down
• both Jack and Molly are doing great at their new sitter and they love going to her house to play
• Jack fed Molly a goldfish cracker... she gagged and threw it up and I retrieved the rest of it. She's fine and Jack was scolded! But, he just loves to share everything with his little sister.
• Jack now says "my pretty, pretty baby" to Molly (he's probably heard me say it a time or two)
• Jack sings several songs including New Kids on the Block, E-I-E-I-O, and the pancake song

That's about it for our little family!

Bye Bye Summertime!

How big is JackJack? So big! Fun at the Columbus Zoo... Jack liked the stinky penguins and Molly like sleeping.

Bare butt fun in the kitchen...

Molly is getting sooo big and is rolling in circles these days.

Snuggle time!

Many good hours have been spent in the pool this summer!

Playtime on the porch

Sleeping in the van with best friend Blue Puppy

Jack goes up and down the slide all by himself!

My precious girl and her adorable smile!

Definitely not...

I definitely did not feel tempted to turn the hose on when Jackson was chewing on the end while playing in the kiddie pool. I am a responsible, loving mother who would never give in to temptation just for a good laugh.

I definitely did not ignore my crying children so I could check Facebook. I always jump up at the first sound they make to get them up from their naps.

I definitely did not pick up an already-been-through-the-digestive-system raisin off the floor. My son's waste always stays in the diaper and I always change him immediately after he goes.

I definitely did not get up to feed my daughter at 2 am and then get sucked into a Rolling Stones special on PBS. I always put my daughter back to bed immediately so she does not get used to being up in the middle of the night. I never just sit there holding her, watching her sleep.

I definitely did not boycott mopping my kitchen floor until my new steam mop gets here. I always mop and sanitize my floor daily. See "raisin" above.

I definitely did not feed Jackson the rest of Molly's cereal when he was throwing a fit yesterday. I thoroughly believe in teaching my children that throwing fits does not get them their own way.

I definitely did not hug my children enough this week... that I definitely did not do.

The Best Four Years

The First Year

The Second Year

The Third Year

If year number four is as exciting as the previous three, we're in for an adventurous ride!

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Look how big Molly is getting! It's hard to believe she was only as big as the baby doll three months ago!

Molly is busy smiling super-sunny smiles, rolling over belly to back and cooing! She seems to have caught up physically and developmentally to babies her age!

Jack is busy saying lots of words (most of them one-year-old jabberings), walking all by himself, climbing on furniture, trying to blow kisses, and burping Molly!

Life is never boring at our house!