100% Girly Girl

Molly is my only girl, so I am very happy to say that she is a girly girl. She is very tough since she has a big (and sometimes mean) brother, but still very prissy. She keeps us laughing with her female traits that have already shown up even at such a young age. She is very moody, especially in the mornings. She is a HUGE tattle-tell. She loves anything and everything to do with make-up, dressing up and jewelery. She notices EVERYTHING, and is often a little obsessive-compulsive (I have no idea who she got that from)! Anyway, Molly I hope you continue to stay girly. I need all the help I can get since we are surrounded by boys!

4 New Babies

This past year my running group has added four more babies to our combined number of children(somewhere between 35 and 40 if I'm counting right). Gray was the first to be born, followed by Stephen Friloux, Walker Brown and soon to be Mary Kathryn Morgan. We will get to meet her in a few weeks. This week, nine(out of fifteen) of us were able to get together for supper and a diaper shower for Anna. I'm so thankful for this precious group of friends who have prayed over these children for healthy pregnancies, deliveries and babies. Anna, I hope you will take the next few weeks off from running for some much needed rest. You won't be getting very much in a few weeks! We can't wait to meet your precious baby girl!

Funny Happenings

Not much going on around here since the holidays have passed. It has been kind of nice to just let the kids play with their new toys and watch movies instead of rushing them from place to place. Last week, Charlie got home from school and asked if Gray could watch a movie with him. I agreed, as long as Gray was happy. I return to my bedroom to find that Gray had mysteriously ended up under my bed. Evidently Charlie's new 3-D movie is best viewed in a dark place.

This is the best picture I could get...since the lighting was bad.

Another funny happening this week really isn't very funny to me. My three year old Molly has been very attached to her pacy since birth. I swore I would NEVER let any of my children have their pacy's much past age one. I stayed true to myself with Charlie and took his away at 15 months. After all, I had all but dogged Stephen's mother for letting him have his until he was FOUR! She would always tell me he needed it, and I would just roll my eyes. Well, it's been time for some time now to just get it over with and take it away completely. She had gone from about 5 to 1. I told her once they were all lost, that was it... they were gone. She lost here last one this past week. After hopelessly searching the house for it, she went to bed fairly calm. A few minutes later she said, "Mama, I know what's better than my pacy...my thumb!" I give up! We've gone from this...

(Christmas 2007 with Uncle Mark)

to this...braces, here we come

Rolling Along at Five Months Old

My baby Gray turned five months old on Monday. He mastered rolling over about a month ago, but I never had the camera ready fast enough. This time I made sure I was ready...

Speaking of rolls...

He also tried cereal for the first time last weekend. He wanted more. He is growing fast. Have I also told you that he is the SWEETEST baby ever!

Christmas came and went

Christmas came and went in a hurry. All the planning and preparation for just a few short hours makes me sad it's over. When life somewhat returned to normal, I settled down in front of my computer for some catch-up blogging. Not only did I find that my DSL modem had to be replaced, I also found my computer was doing some crazy thing by not showing any graphics. It's about time to put it out of it's misery and get a new one. Anyway...here are some of my favorite pictures with our families...I'm a little late as usual.

Getting ready to watch Polar Express 3-D!

Santa brought Gray a new play pretty!

One of Molly's favorite gifts from Santa- a digital camera...like mother, like daughter!

Santa brought Charlie an electric guitar...Molly likes it more than Charlie

Ten Leeper Grandchildren

Molly and Elise...first cousins and best friends!

Charlie's best Elvis impersonation

Sweet kisses from baby Fletcher...he has a new cousin!

Gray and Aunt Amy on Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve in Aberdeen

Technical Difficulties

My blog is currently experiencing technical difficulties...i.e....I think I really messed up. My computer and DSL have been down, so these weird things going on are hopefully not all my fault. Anyway...check back later for future updates.