6 Month Photos

For those of you who know my Molly, you know that she is full of smiles.  All you have to do to get her to smile is talk to her is a sweet voice and smile at her.  Last week I took her for her 6 month photos and after about 30 shots she was only smiling in 2.  I wasn't very happy with the photographer because she didn't even use a toy or talk in a high voice to get her to smile.  She just rushed through the whole thing.  This however is the one I liked the most.  It shows how she is sitting up so well on her own.  

The house is coming along.  The shingles are on, the plumbing is done and today they are working on the electrical stuff.  

This weekend we went to Salt Lake to visit some friends and we got a flat tire while I was driving on the freeway.  It was actually sort of scary.  I am so glad Nick was with me.  Why is it when you are trying to save up for a down payment on your house that you have all these "unexpected" things that come up.  Like new tires.  Ah well- we still had a great time with the Askeroths.

Milestones

As you can see from the last post, things are changing everyday around the Sidwell house.  First with Molly.  She turned 6 months yesterday!!  I can hardly believe how much my little baby is growing.  It seems so fast to me although yesterday at her 6 month appointment we found she is still measuring small.  13 lbs. 1 oz. and 25 inches long.  (5% for weight and 50% for height)  We also got the okay to start rice cereal.  (she had to wait until now to avoid food allergies because of her excema)  Today she tried it for the first time and seemed to like it okay.  She didn't give any nasty faces, but at the same time didn't seem to enjoy it too much either.  

Nick and I went on our second date alone since Molly.  We went to Harry Potter 6.  A must see!!  We really enjoyed it!

And lastly, the house got windows today.  They are getting ready to shingle and side the house.  They are also working on the plumbing and electrical stuff.  

The difference a day makes

I have been thinking how amazing it is that everyday Molly changes.  She does something new just about everyday.  Just this last week she learned how to sit up on her own.  She also officially found her tongue.  

I also didn't realize what the difference a day makes when it comes to building a house.  I actually heard that it looks as if it is going up really fast for the first while and then when it gets to the finishing work it seems to take forever.  For now we will enjoy the quickness and daily changes.  

Nick and I went rock climbing with some friends last night.  I did my first clim all the way to the top.  I think Nick was proud because I usually just stay at the bottom, or just climb a little ways up.

   (this is me coming back down, but you can see how high the mountain was)

Cake

I am sort of sad that no one seems to check our blog anymore, or at least comment, but for some reason I still keep posting.  I actually like it for journaling purposes and because I know my mom checks it even though she doesn't really comment.  Anyway...

Tonight Nick and I watched the Bachelorette.  It is a show on abc.  Probably not the best show ever, but it makes us laugh.  It is a show where one girl and a bunch of guys go on dates and each week she picks one to send home.  It is getting close to the end and there are only 3 guys left.  Anyway, after it was over we went on a walk and started talking about when we were first dating years ago.  (7 years ago we met)  It actually was a crazy time in both of our lives and we felt like in a way we each lived our bachelor/bachelorette days.  We talked about why how we knew that we had found the "right one" for us.  I told Nick that we were like the ingredients to a yummy cake.  When you put us together we had all the ingredients.  There were other guys I dated that were sugar or eggs, but they didn't have everything that was needed to mix into something great.  That is what Nick did for me.  He completed me.  Molly coming along is just the icing on the cake.  She brings color, fun, sweetness and joy into our lives.  We are so lucky to be done with the single days and to have each other for eternity.  What a blessing.  I guess you can have your cake and eat it too.  

Happy 4th!

We went on our first camping trip with Molly.  It was to a reunion in Manti.  We had a fun time being with family and friends and "catching up."  Molly did pretty well and actually loved being outside so much.  On the way home we stopped and had a BBQ with our friends the Bodily's.  We wanted to stay up for fireworks, but we were all SO EXHAUSTED that we went to bed early.  We did however drive by the new house to see what got done while we were gone.  Looks like they got most of the concrete poured.

  

Zoo

This last weekend we went to the zoo.  Not that Molly will remember it, but we had a great time.  Nick had a mission reunion in Salt Lake, so we decided to leave early and do something as a family.  Jared and Ben came with us.  We had a great time and enjoyed seeing Nicks mission pres. 

Molly had her first trip to the pool this last month.  I forgot to blog about it, but she loved it.  We bought a punch pass to the aquatic center, so it looks like more fun pool days ahead.

Several Updates...

The last week or so has been really busy and really fun.  Here is a recap of the festivities.

We picked up my sister Sherstin's kids to help watch them for the week.  (She went to Nauvoo with my parents and her hubby)  My sister Jess and I watched the kids.  It was a little crazy having all the extra kids, but I really loved it and really miss them already!  We spent some time at the pool, going on walks to the park, and I even taught the kids a little cake decorating.  We went to the Hannah Montana movies and also did some geo-caching.  We also took the kids to the temple open house in South Jordan.  My Grandpa met us there to go through.  

Over the weekend we had some special friends from Henderson come and visit.  We loved seeing Tisha and the kids!!  Missed you Neil.  Then on Friday we went to Bear Lake with the Mickels and Bodilys- some friends from our time in Cedar City.  We had a blast relaxing, sailing, swimming, playing tennis and just catching up.  We have been blessed with such GREAT friends!  On Saturday we stopped at Summerfest here in Logan, where Nick had some of his paintings on display.  The paintings had to be of an outdoor scene in Cache Valley.  They turned out really nice.  

So tired after a long day sailing.  I laid her on the bed to get ready to change her, grabbed a diaper from her bag and came back to this sleepy head.

Really the last few weeks have just flown by.  I feel like my baby is growing too fast.  It makes me think of the song, "Don't Blink."  She has been blowing bubbles for a few months now, but I finally caught it on film.

Last but not least...yesterday they dug a hole in our mud.  The house building has officially begun.  We are so excited!(this picture is the day before the dig.)