Leah turned 2 on the 16th, so we celebrated with cupcakes from the new Kupcakes & Co.
Two candles can be tough. It helps to call in some reinforcements.
She had singing birthday calls,
practiced tearing open gifts, a skill necessary for her party,
then played with some of her new toys.
Happy birthday big girl!
The celebration continued with lunch at Grams and Pop's house. While waiting for lunch, Molly showed Grampa her iPad skills.
Grams made a great lunch, but this trifle was what many of us were really looking forward to!
Leah played peakaboo with everyone.
Leah now loves to say (with force) "boh." It's said with a deeper voice and lasts a few seconds. It's quite hilarious. You can see a video of it here.
The main event, Leah's baptism, arrived Sunday morning.
Molly assisted in pouring the water.
Leah did great! No tears, and she even gave some good smiles and clapped for everyone.
Grampa and G'Mom finished the baptism with some bell playing.
We were grateful that so much of our family could be with us for this special day.
Mom and baby.
A close up of the pretty girl!
Leah with Grams, the dress maker. The dress was made for Aunt Caroline's baptism.
And if you missed it, you can watch the video of Leah's baptism here.
We went to the pool for a little wet fun. The splash pad was a big favorite. We did a little jumping,
ducking under the water,
zooming through the water,
and finally, some swimming in the water.
Grampa, G'Mom, Aunt 'Chelle, Uncle J, Emmie, and Grammy all flew in for Leah's baptism. Molly and Leah were quick to get Grampa to read them a book.
Emmie tried to give Leah a kiss, but Leah wasn't a big fan of that idea.
Silly Emmie!
Leah had a nice conversation with Grammy.
And then had a lot to say about her conversation with Grammy.
Molly and G'Mom created a masterpiece.
And all the girls had storytime with Uncle J.
Cousins are the best!
Stay tuned for more of our weekend adventures!
G'mom, Grampa, Aunt 'Chelle, and Emmie came in town to celebrate Molly's 3rd birthday. Molly was happy to get to play with her little cousin.
They loved rolling the ball to each other.
Leah thought she'd show them both up and show G'mom how she's been working on her soccer skills before she can even crawl.
We had a great Christmas. My parents were here to celebrate with us and Chad's family. Molly was so excited about Santa and all the presents. She liked passing out gifts, helping to open them, and then immediately wanting to play with her toys. Leah slept through most of it, but had a wonderful 1st Christmas.
My mom smocked the girls' Christmas dresses this year (including a matching one for my niece too!).
My mother-in-law hosted a Christmas Eve Soup and Sandwich dinner. Here is a family photo. There was also 4 family friends there too!
Grammy (the girls' great-grandmother) gave Molly a Baby Huggums for her Christmas Eve gift. Molly has hardly put it down since getting it, and it has been added to Lambie and Bunny in the group of things she needs to go to sleep.
Leah has started to play with small stuffed animals a lot lately. So, Santa brought Leah her own baby Elmo, which she likes a lot. It's soft and furry and light enough for her to handle.
Molly and Leah got a wagon from Grams and Pop. Molly hopped in immediately, put on her seatbelt, and got comfortable.
Chad caught this picture of Molly after naptime. It's one of my favorites from the day.
Another great picture. Leah is having fun with her Grams.
The homemade sugar cookies were a huge hit with Molly. Here she is looking at herself in the mirror while eating cookie number three. Perhaps the one with the green sprinkles was a poor choice. No big deal though, it only took about 24 hours for it to come off.
There are a lot more pictures of our Christmas. And Chad captured a lot of our day on video too.
We had a very merry Christmas here and wanted to share a bit of it with all of you. Molly was especially excited about everything this year and had a blast. As a warning, this is not in the typical style of short and fun, but is rather more like a typical home movie. It's almost 16 minutes long, so it may take a while to load if you don't have a very fast Internet connection.
While we were in Tennessee with Jen's family, Uncle J built us a campfire (Molly's first). A good time was had by all, and the marshmallows were very tasty.
We had Chad's family over for some Auburn/LSU tailgating. Aunt EA tried to be a bad influence by giving Molly an LSU shaker.
Fortunately, Molly and Leah know who to cheer for!
Our Auburn family.
