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Friday, July 2, 2010

Slowing It Down

My daddy is flying in today from NY for a visit until the 18th. And my mother in law gets in on the 9th from MN for a visit until the 18th. It's my sister's birthday on the 5th. It's my birthday on the 14th. A

I'm thinking I'm going to take it easy on the blogging for this month. I haven't seen my dad in a year and haven't seen my mother in law in a year and a half. That means my dad hasn't seen Molly since she was 2 weeks old and my mom in law hasn't seen her at all. This is a super special time for everybody and I don't want to miss a second of all the fun I'm sure we'll be having.

I'm so excited for my dad to get here this evening. I'm trying to picture his face when he sees Molly walking and Anthony asks him to go for a walk. :) These moments can't be missed. I think I'll take it easy this month and try to spend more time off the computer! 

With love,

Mama Hauck

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Molly Is WALKING!

One day shy of her b-day, my sweet little girl decided to grow up even more (against my wishes) and walk. :) For all those people out there who might not know, walking is such a HUGE milestone. It completely changes everything. EVERYTHING! So please excuse my big time brag! ;)

For the past two weeks, my husband and I have been passing Molly back and forth, trying to get her to walk. This is what we did with Anthony to help him learn to walk with great success. We did this pretty much everyday with Little Miss Molly and she would take a few steps here or there (when she didn't decided to play noodle legs and refuse to stand altogether, lol). While we were at the park for Anthony's birthday, my husband and I did our usual Molly pass to practice and show off to my mom that she could take a few steps. We continued this passing back and forth in the evening with the same results..... just a few steps each time. But after my mom and her husband had gone to bed and it was just Sam, my sister and I around, Molly seriously just up'd and started walking around the living room! Like she'd been doing it forever! It was amazing! How could she go from only walking 3 steps an hour earlier to walking everywhere!? Amazing I tell ya! Just amazing!! We are so stoked! She looks adorable walking around! LOL! I can't help but yell out with excitement each time she stands up and takes off. And she is just so dang proud of herself! She gets a huge grin on her face and giggles as she parades herself around the house showing off her new skill! She loves it! And I love her, darn it! ;)

YAY MOLLY!!!!! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!

Sweet little Molly. Growing up too fast. Walking all by herself. What's next, running?


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With love,

Mama Hauck


OH! I always wanted to give a little shout out for Anthony! Remember way back when I said our goal for Anthony's potty training was to be in underwear for all waking hours, even while not home by the time he turned 3? Well we reached it!....a while ago, lol. When he and Sammy went on their trip to MT, he was wearing underwear the whole time, even during the long drive and had no accidents at all. Ever since then it's been all underwear all the time. He gets a pull up at night time, but always wakes up dry and heads right for the potty. I'd say my potty training method has been a HUGE SUCCESS and I couldn't be more proud of my little man. I framed his first ever potty sticker chart and I proudly display it on the bathroom wall. We've come a long way. He definitely deserves some bragging rights! :)

Kiddos Birthday Weekend

I'd have to say that the kiddos' birthday party was a success. I spent much of the week and all of Saturday down to the last second cleaning up the place and getting things all set up and ready. Party time was at 4, but most people showed up closer to 5. From what I can tell, everyone had a grand time! The mac-n-cheese I made was gone before I knew it! I think I got one bite, lol. So safe to say everyone liked our dishes. I got a lot of compliments on the house. If you recall, we redid our bathroom and repainted some other rooms. We had also worked on our lawn and driveway and other outdoor projects. It was nice to hear from other people how awesome are place is. ;) Maybe they'll come visit more often even though we are out in the boonies. LOL

Gift time was a little difficult. Anthony didn't want to sit still and open them with us. We kept having to yank him in and rip open a gift ourselves and hope my mom took a photo in time. Molly was a bit easier, though she was a wiggle worm herself. We got tons of great loot for the kids. Yay! Molly got some books, 3 cute outfits, hair clips, a sit-n-spin, a plush horse, a plush alligator, and a pink plate and silverware eating set. Anthony got some books, a ball & bat set, a WAY COOL bow and arrow set, water guns, sandbox trowels, a leap frog computer set that hooks up to the tv, a kite, some clothing, and a soccer ball. Both kids shared in on a special gift from Sammy and I. We got them a very nice wood play kitchen with tons of kitchen foods. My dad sent a birthday box from NY that had play kitchen foods, pots and pans, and a tea cup/plate set for Mols. HOW SWEET!! After gift time we all devoured our cupcakes....it all happened so dang fast I didn't have time to whip out the candles and have everyone sing. Oh well.

Speaking of photos, Many of the photos I'm going to post my mom, her husband, and my sister took for us. I wanted to be able to enjoy the birthday weekend, so I handed over photo responsibilities to them. I did take a few photos though, so under each one I'll let ya'll know who took it. :) Always want to give everyone their due credit!!

***Lori! THANKS SO MUCH for those cute books!!! Last night I sat down with Molly and read hers. And Anthony kept flipping through his saying, "Look Mama! Cool truck!" :) We love them. Thank you!!***


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Photo by my Fam....the kiddos' loot! ;)

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Photo by my Fam.....cool water guns from from Aunt Amy.
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Photo by my Fam....sweet outfit from the Barnett Family.
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Photo by my Fam....Lori's gift to Anthony!
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Photo by my Fam....homemade card from my gal pal, Jessie!
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Photo by my Fam....Lori's gift to Molly!
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Photo by my Fam....What did Mama and Papa get us??
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Photo by my Fam....Sweet! A play kitchen!! ;)

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Photo by my Fam....Anthony and little Madie playing with the kitchen

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Photo by my Fam....Molly's 1st cupcake ever! :)

The night ended with a slightly drunk hubby and slightly drunk friends having a grand ol time chumming it up and playing with the kids' toy kitchen and kitchen foods we got them. My mom was so kind as to do a lot of the clean up for me. Though if you know me, there was still much to do to get the house back in order as to my expectations. Haha, ya'll know I'm a little OCD about my house.

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Photo by my Fam....Sammy, My G-Ma (who originally wasn't going to be able to make it, but surprised me!), My Aunt, and Me&Mols

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Photo by my Fam....My Aunt, My Mama, and My G-Ma

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Photo by my Fam....All the guys! I wish we had a photo of all the gals! We must have been too busy chasing the kids around to have gotten a group shot, LOL!

Sunday the 27th was Anthony's actual birthday. My mom, her husband, and my sister were able to stay a few more days and hang out. We all went down to this park along the river and had a delicious picnic made up of party leftovers and sandwiches. We played in the water a bit, had Anthony open up a few more gifts, had a few family photos taken, then called it good and headed home to frolick in the yard and fly Anthony's new kite he got from his Grandma in MN. The kids played in the kiddie pool with Papa while I sat and rested and worked on getting rid of a headache I had acquired. Ugh! Later, Anthony blew out his candles on his cupcake, got big birthday hugs and kisses and we all spent the evening playing.


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Photo by my Fam....picnic time! ;)

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Photo by me.....sweet little Mols

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Photo by me.....BIRTHDAY BOY!

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Photo by my Fam....playing in the water!

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Photo by my Fam....looking for cool rocks.

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Photo by me.....Papa relaxing.

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Photo by Papa.....me. :)

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Photo by me....Molly looking cool.

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Photo by my Fam.....Us loving on our birthday boy!

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Photo by my Fam.....Hauck family photo.

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Photo by me....Anth and Papa playing with his kite!

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Photo by me....pool time fun!

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Photo by me....3 years old already. blowing out the candles.

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Photo by me....Yummy!

The 28th was Molly's actual birthday. We packed up and went for a long scenic drive down this back country road so my mom could take some photos. We ended up in The Dalles at the store where my mom and husband bought us a new pool! It's pretty sweet! It's a lot bigger than your average kiddie pool and it comes with a filter system and cover and stuff. I'm excited to get in it with the kiddos once the weather warms back up. It's been kinda chilly and windy here the past couple of days. We rushed home from the store so we could set the pool up and play outside. Molly and I swung on the swing together and I loved hearing her giggle in my ear each time we swung backwards. I wonder if her stomach was doing little flips...you know how it does that sometimes when your swinging? :) She sure was the highlight of the day. Later that night it was birthday cupcakes, birthday hugs and kisses, and then thankfully bedtime. What a looong weekend!


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Photo by me....Molly walking on her b-day!! (I'm doing up a whole post about this milestone!)

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Photo by me....my beautiful birthday girl.

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Photo by me....setting up our wicked pool! Can't wait to use it! ;)

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Photo by my Fam....Opening Grandpa's B-day box!

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Photo by my Fam....Molly blowing out her candle.

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Cupcake time! ;)

Each moment is a new moment and we can not get those old moments back. All we can do is store them in our memory. Time passes and we can not stop that, no matter how much we wish we could. I have never, nor do I think I ever will, be as more sentimental about something as I am about my children. They fill the spot in my heart nothing else in the world could have ever filled. Begin the water works.....now.


With love,

Mama Hauck