energy

i am seriously behind again on my blogging... sorry. oh well...
we have been so busy playing out side, getting the backyard ready for a make over, redoing the garage and the basement, de-cluttering.. again, swimming, taking long walks at sugarhouse park and playing in the garden... you know... my typical nesting routine... oh and smooching the cheeks off this kid! he is our entertainment these days... could you ask for anything more?? i love getting home from work to run around the backyard before dinner and then watch him water my garden (which is growing great again this year!). the pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, green beans, jalapenos, peppercinis and green peppers... mmm i'll be hanging around the cherry tomatoes right mom?!
merrick is growing fast! he had his 18 month check up last week. 23 lbs. and 33 in. tall. he doesn't turn down any food... love it. working on spitting out words, and is very good at communicating unless he is tired... love it. loves the water... love it. naps on the the bottom bunk... love it. loves to be tackled and tickled by mom and dad every night before bed... love it. sings and dances to music... love it. grabs my chin or my cheeks and loves to plant kisses on me then tilts his head to the side, says something in gibberish and flashes his dimples!... love it. hangs out in the garage with dad playing with all the tools... love it. what would i do with out this kid? and soon i get to love on two of them!! thank you kasey!



xoxo, mollymalia

just so you know...

it's another boy!
and since he is growing so fast and they just never knew when i acctually got pregnant cause my body just doesn't like to function properly... they changed my date. it's nice to gain a week with out even trying! around october 13th we'll be meeting this little fellow.

xoxo, mollymalia

what?

so all i can say that since my trip to hawaii with merrick and the two weeks i spent with out playing on the internet (the internet diet, a great thing) i just would rather spend my time else where... like playing with my little fella, working long hours at work and working my days around my tired achy self with a combo of dry heaving, gagging, barfing and yes, a grumpy ol me... not that i'm complaining... i'm excited to be having another wee one this fall!!

but then i started thinking about my mom... i started this blog mainly for her... so that she could see what we have been up too... and show the kids off to her co workers... so sorry mom... i'll try and be better and send you more photos so long as we get to talk everyday still!

we went to visit grandma helen... like i do every year down in orem. when i lived closer i used to stop by all the time and just lay there on the lawn and chat. i would imagine my kids sitting with her telling her what to tell me and to be happy.
as we were walking back to the truck, merrick turned around and waved to grandmas head stone. he then waved and said 'bye bye'.

but this here is a great photo of what we have been up to these days.... independent merrick... so i better go... until next time... when ever that may be!

xoxo, mollymalia

one year photo...

here's my little man... merrick kekoa.... one year later.

my artist

this afternoon we had art hour. it was fun! merrick got to use markers for the first time and i thought that he did a very good job. he started out as a lefty... then wanted to hold all the pens. he was having a blast creating this master piece and i love it! even having a little taste of the brown was an event... with a brown line down his lip and chin with a 'chocolate' tongue!

sledding!

we went sledding the other day at sugarhouse... we found that it was more fun when the slopes were warn from other sledders and a bit icy... we caught more speed and more laughs... i would cause the sled to spin, it scared jord the first time i did and she called me a 'bad driver', but then on the next run she would yell at me to do it again! kasey had to convince both jord and i that it was time to go and that we could come back another time...
i wasn't to sure what merrick thought about it all. he would sort of whine like a puppy on the day down... no smiles... then when we reached the bottom he was all smiles and would try to get the sled to move some more...

it was a good day! anyone want to come with us next time??

xoxo, mollymalia
happy new year by the way!

happy birthday to you fella!!

merrick is one!
i can't beleive it....
wow still in aw. my fella is very mobile. loves to be chased. hide n seek. eats everything! loves milk. still takes two very long naps and sleeps about12 hours every night. loves to show off his dimples. push his tonka cars around. loves to push buttons especially the printer. very talkative. into his books and loves story time before bed. loves to pick on his sister. hides or screams when its time to get dressed. sings to the radio in the car. loves to be on the couch and hang over the back.... loves his bobbys (doggies).

love you merrick!
xoxo mommy.

happy holidays 2009!

sorry that i have been absent from the blogging scene. things have been a bit crazy here with the holidays and my aching back and neck. also kasey working a ton, plus
i promised myself that i would spend more time with my little fella then on the computer wasting time. with his first birthday in a couple weeks i realized that this past year had gone WAY to fast and that my kitchen could wait. my tv show can wait. that i could fold my laundry after bed time.

anyhoo.

i hope that everyone has a great holiday season! our visit to santa went great. no tears. only a shy jordan and waiting for 15 min. in 28 degree weather to sit on the ol boys lap. these two were stoked!

xoxo, molly malia

dear aunt jeanie

i love you. i'm glad that you were my loving, wise, talented aunt. with amazing taste, gardening skills and a cooking guru. you were always welcoming, gentle and fun. one of the most lovable women that i know! i loved spending my summers at your house... eating wonderful treats... playing with the animals... making memories with cousins... playing at the dunes... sneaking your pickled beans and jams out of the cellar... looking at old family photos and hearing stories... i feel like i had a life full of memories but yet had a sleepless night thinking of all that i thought i had missed out on. but had just come to the conclusion that i was very lucky. very lucky to have you as my aunt.
i love you. thank you. and you will always be here with us. take care of the boys.

xoxo mollymalia

this was the last trip we took this summer... so here is the link to another post.

and here is another one from the summer before. enjoy.

discovery #264

merrick has a new place that he likes to play.. the laundry basket. it all started long ago when i would go down to the basement to do the laundry. me, the multi-tasker, would empty the dryer in the basket plop merrick on top of the pile and he would ride up the stairs in the load... he loves it! smiling and laughing the whole time... but tonight after dinner i put him on the floor to go play and before i knew it he was inside the empty basket. so we decided to go for a 'drive' around the house...

he was laughing hysterically! i love moments like that! then i decided to play basket ball... i would make them in, he would pass them back... one more thing that he is totally good at these days! then when he was ready to get out he would rock the basket to the side to crawl his way out.

i love this kid.

xoxo, mollymalia

halloween 2009

sorry these took so long to get up... but you know how it goes... we had tons of fun! paka was here... started out doing a corn maze... came home, we all dressed up, turned the orange lights on out side and walked over to the stoddards house for the hot dog roast. trick or treated around the neighborhood... cotton candy at the dewals... hot chocolate at the denisons... very fun night!

jordan was a vampire... she has been talking about being one since about march of this year... she had a blast... and loaded up on tons of candy... which i proudly raided after she went to bed... come on what parent doesn't do that?? jord had a hard time keeping those fangs in due to the fact that she has not front teeth... meaning three on top are gone... but man, it looks like all six anterior teeth are missing!

this fire breathing diaper wearing dragon is merrick! for the last month he has been wearing his dragon legs around the house, he loves them! every time he sees the costume hanging in the closet he races right over to it and has a huge grin as he watches me take it down and put it on him!
kasey had been a lumber jack the night before at a party we attended. ax, spenders & flannel... oh my! he fit the part to a T. but when we went out halloween night around the neighborhood he decided to go with the biker beard.
my pops was here! i think that it is becoming tradition to have my parents here for halloween... i seriously don't mind! pops was the devil... yeah right, no evil plots going on here... but we did joke about my dad wearing no shirt with only the sequenced bow tie (shown here) in a photo shoot for my moms xmas present... mom watch in the mail for your chip n dales portfolio.

and then there is me... dork... at work we dressed up as flies in our department and one of the guys dressed up as a turd... ha ha we got most creative though! later that night i was cleopatra. head to toe... beaded head piece, arm and wrist cuffs... gown and sandals for the party... but like my other half... wig did just fine while out with the kids... good call though cause it kept my head warm!

xoxo, mollymalia