Popsicles anyone?

Our first Popsicles. And who do we get to share them with?

PAPPY!!!

Rebecca has sucked her popsicle to a point

It's sooo cold!!!

Rebecca is a pro at this.

Mary-Gail couldn't quite get that you hold the popsicle stick;

Pappy helped by breaking off some popsicle.

Pappy tried to share his banana popsicle with the girls -

NO THANK YOU! They will have nothing to do with bananas!!

WE LOVE ROOT BEER POPSICLES!!!

Pappy snuck up on us

Pappy came over Thursday night right at bedtime and was able to read us one of our favorite books!

See the Mouse?

Rebecca is swiping her nose to show how the mouse wiggles his nose

Pappy saying "ribbit" for the Frog

Mary-Gail's mean mommy

I must be such a mean mommy. I don't carry Mary-Gail everywhere I go. I must be mean...

Mary-Gail is so close to walking! She has taken 4 un-assisted steps last Tuesday, and 5 un-assisted steps with CarCar & Spencer last Friday. Tony & I have seen her take a few steps here and there, but once she realizes she's on her own, she drops and crawls to you for you to carry her. My Mary-Gail is voicing her objections that I won't carry her.

She cries "UP!" I said, "Let's walk," and she smiled and took my hand. Silly Mary-Gail. You can do it, I know you can!!!

Snack time with the cousins

JoJo, CarCar, Jed, and the kidlets stopped by yesterday just in time for snacks! See this little guy? The one sandwiched between his cute Aunite CarCar and cute Mommy.

This is Cy. He will be ONE YEAR OLD on Friday and can you believe he has been walking for a month now? Amazing! Happy birthday buddy!! Rebecca & Mary-Gail get to attend their first birthday party...oh, what to wear, what to wear :)

Stripes!

Mary-Gail eyeing Gage's "LEGO" fruit snacks

The first attempt...

...unsuccessful.

The second attempt...

...Gage let Mary-Gail have his fruit snack. What a nice cousin!

REBECCA, our little mimicker

Rebecca has the amazing talent of mimicking anything you say - words, sounds, facial expressions. She loves to hear Tony squeak his lips and tries desperately to get the same result when she attempts the squeak. Rebecca was awestruck the first time she heard Tony whistle to her and Mary-Gail. Since then, she's tried to whistle back: her little, plump lips make the "form" of a whistle, but all that comes out is a soft, sutle blow. Rebecca seems to learn and remember new words all the time now. Sadly, this means that my baby is growing up, and soon her sweet jibber-jabber will be a distant memory.

Last night I had Rebecca & Mary-Gail in my arms feeding them and I asked Tony, "Lovey, [pause] can you get me a cough drop?" Only to hear Rebecca say, "Lovey? Lovey?" Can you believe that?! I seriously need to get a voice recorder, or just fix my broken camera. UGH!!

Rebecca's new favorite word is CANDY (thank goodness she doesn't know the meaning of "candy" yet). She also says COOKIE and completely understands what that means. Pappy has "cookie time" with Rebecca & Mary-Gail and they get sooo excited when he comes over for COOKIES. Here are some of the other words that Rebecca is saying:

• "beep-beep-beep"
• "ah -oh"
• "haa-haa"
• "neigh-neigh" (for her horse)
• "bee" (in lou of her "Hello Bee" book)
• "go!"
• "Pretty" as she puts my headbands on her head. This is really funny because she will hardly move after putting the headband on - her mannerisms are hilarious!
• "open" as she points to my cell phone. She calls it "open" because she has to open the top to access the buttons.
• "moo-moo" for cows and her ride-on cow
• "up" "down" as she climbs up and goes down
• "peas" (for 'Please')
• "taste" for a taste of my Diet Coke
• "Pixeeeee" (and she'll pat her leg for Pixie to come)
• "baby" (as she signs it)
• "all done" (as she frantically signs it)

Today Rebecca heard me gargling after brushing my teeth, so she started to gargle on her saliva!

Sunday @ Auntie Carol's

Today we went over to Auntie Carol's house to celebrate Isaac. Isaac turned 12 on Tuesday (4/8), and today he received the Aaronic Priesthood. What a big day for Isaac!!


Tony brought the girls down after their nap. They played with Amy, Isaac, & Travis, and showed them their skills at making beautiful music on the piano.

Mary-Gail says, "Wasn't that the most beautiful piece you've ever heard?"

Isaac takes over to show them what "real" music sounds like

Meanwhile, Rebecca re-energizes herself with massive sucks from her sippy cup, races to the kitchen, "crab-crawls" back underneath Travis...

...and reaches me. She's safe!

Isaac plays with Mary-Gail; Travis introduces Rebecca to foliage

Mary-Gail tries to escape; Rebecca starts to eat the foliage

Travis is definitely going to be Mary-Gail's gymnastics coach!

And the grand finale...viola!

Pappy takes us to the carnival

The carnival or something like it. This is what Pappy's do,

and our Pappy does it the best!!!

Pappy came over on Friday (4/11) and the girls greeted him at the door.

They KNEW Pappy would give them a ride!

Are you ready girls?

Look at the excitement in their eyes!

Here we go!

...Swinging backwards...

...Swinging forwards...

...and weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Lasagna for dinner

I called JoJo after dinner Wednesday night (4/9) and asked her,

"who thinks it's a good idea to give kids lasagna for dinner?" She said,

"only if it's bath night."

Two cute cuties!

Rebecca looking very satisfied. She's not only got a full tummy, but

she also managed to leave room for a double-stuffed Oreo cookie.

That's my girl!!

Mary-Gail practicing her "wink"

I guess it was bath night for us. Hooray!

4 kids in diapers

ArlaMae is sporting her new accessory - her X-large diaper.

Rebecca didn't want ArlaMae to feel bad, so she posed for me too

Tony & I have tried to keep Arla's diaper on her, but she manages to wiggle her big booty out of it. So, I decided to have a photo shoot with all my girls in diapers. Poor Pixie was forced to wear a diaper out of picture's sake.

30 secs alone

This is what happens when I left the girls alone for one second...

...actually it was more like 1 minute...

I sat the girls in their chairs after their nap for snack time and ran back to my bedroom for something. When I returned, Rebecca had crawled on top of the counter and was eating her raisins from there. Mary-Gail had wiggled up and was facing backwards., turning around to eat her raisins. SCARY!!!