Happy 7th Birthday Zachary

Zachary turned 7 on February 6. The poor kid battled the stomach virus 2 days before his birthday and then woke up to a big snowstorm on his birthday. We had a cute snowman ice cream cake to celebrate his birthday. The cake was fitting with all the snow outside. Hard to believe that he is 7 already. Zach is doing amazing in first grade. He received a bunch of "O's" (Outstanding) on his report card this quarter. He was really proud of himself. He has received 100% on majority of his tests including math, spelling and religion. He is reading chapter books and loves to read all the time. Hopefully his love of school continues throughout his school career. Happy Birthday Zach!!

Raingutter Regatta, Basketball and Molly sitting

Zachary competed in the "Raingutter Regata" last night for his cub scout troop. He came in 4th place. There were two raingutters on a table filled with water. You had to blow your ship down the raingutter turn it around and blow it back for the win. It was cute how all the kids were cheering on another on. Great job Zach!!!! The pack also did a sibling race so Luke was allowed to race too. He on 2 out of 3 races. Good job Luke!!! Next competition will be the Pinewood Derby race in February. Zach has also started basketball on Saturdays. He loves this sport. He made two baskets during last weeks game and caught some rebounds too.

Molly has been sitting up recently. I can't believe she is doing this already. She's growing up too fast. She loves to sit and play with her toys. Pretty soon she'll be crawling and walking before our eyes. Can't forget Luke!! He has just been a great little guy. I went to his parent/teacher conference and he got glowing remarks. We are so proud of him.

Zach, Luke, Molly and Matthew after the competition

Luke blowing his ship down

Zach during basketball practice

Little Miss Molly sitting

Sitting and drooling

Uncle Jay came to visit us during a business trip. The kids were wild and acting goofy .. I'm sure he was glad to leave that night.. :)

Molly 5 months today!

Molly turned 5 months old today! Time is really flying by now. She is 20lb little chubber! She loves all the stage 1 foods and her cereal. She tried a real sweet potato the other night and was in love. She is still not sleeping through the night and I'm beginning to think this may never happen. Maybe she'll shock me one night!

We had a good Christmas this year despite the fact that we were all sick for the whole month of December. Molly had RSV and a double ear infection and Luke had a sinus infection. We are finally back on track here until the next round.

Here are some new pictures of our cupcake and some pictures from over the holidays.

My First Christmas!

First Time in My Highchair

The handsome men before their Christmas concert at school

Zach reading us all "The Night Before Christmas" on Christmas Eve

Christmas Morning (Molly seems to be in total shock)

The boys sledding on New Years Eve!

Molly 4 months old today!

Molly is 4 months old today! Hard to believe for all of us. I took her to the pediatrician for her 4 month well check-up. She is developing right on target for her age. She weighs 17lbs 2oz and is 25.75 in long. She was in the 97th percentile for weight and 90th percentile for her height. She has a cold right now, but is still happy as can be! She is rolling from front to back and back to front. She is grabbing at her toys and chewing on them. It seems like a tooth is about to pop through too. We started her on cereal last week and she loves it. We are going to try some fruits and veggies soon. I'm sure she will love it all. Here are some pictures from today. Luke was making Molly laugh this morning by throwing his Spiderman toy around. She loves when the boys act wild around her. They are the only two who can make her laugh so far! She loves those guys!

Busy, Busy, Busy

We have been so busy lately, I have not had a second to update our blog.... I can't believe we are in December already and Christmas is just around the corner. We had a great Thanksgiving spending the day with Family, this was our first Thanksgiving without Pop. It was very hard on all of us. We went to visit Pop in the morning and say our prayers to him. We do this often with the boys..they like to pray to him. We tell them that Pop is our guardian angel watching over us always. The more we talk about him with the boys helps all of cope with his loss. We always tell them Pop would be so proud of you!
We have been busy decorating, making cookies and getting to celebrate this special day! We recently celebrated Luke's 4th birthday on Nov. 3o. It is hard to believe he is 4 years old already. We had a fun little birthday party for him at Chuck E Cheese.. He had fun playing with his closest friends and his cousin Josh. He is very proud to be 4 years old. He is still sensitive and wants to be with Mommy all the time. He has had a bit of trouble adjusting to Molly, but I know he loves her (he just has a tough time sharing Mommy with anyone) Molly will be 4 months old next week. This just blows my mind. She is a wonderful, pleasant little baby. She is getting so big and chubby! She is in 9 month clothing. Her Christmas Dress is a size 12 months. She has roll after roll after roll on her legs, arms and belly! She loves to be involved in everything that is going..hence the fact that she will only sleep during the day for 15 minutes at a shot...Plus, we are still working on trying to get her to sleep through the night. You would think she would be exhausted, but nope..she doesn't want to miss a beat! She really just goes with the flow of everything. She is so easy to take anywhere and do anything with. She absolutely adores her big brothers. They are the only two who can get her to giggle and laugh out loud. Here are some recent pictures of Zach, Luke and Molly.. Enjoy and I'll try to update more often.












I found this picture of Pop. This was taken last Christmas Eve (08). They boys loved laying in Pop's hospital bed in his bedroom. This is one of the last pictures I have of Pop and his boys.. I'm so glad we took this picture.

Molly is 2 months old

We can't believe it has been 2 months since Molly's birth. She is growing so fast and getting to such a big baby! Molly had her 2 month well checkup today and weighed in at 12lbs 10 oz. She is in the 90th percentile for weight already. She is a baby who definately enjoys every feeding to the fullest.

Molly has been such a pleasure and joy to us. She has is so alert and focuses on what everyone is doing. She loves to talk and coo. She will get the biggest smile on her face when her daddy and two older brothers talk to her. They like to pretend she is Super Molly and fly her through the air.

Molly attended her first Penn State game this year. She was 5 weeks old in Beaver Stadium. She could have quite possibly been the youngest attendee. She slept through the whole first half of the game. She also stayed in her first hotel room that trip too!

We had Molly baptised on September 27th. Molly wore my christening outfit from 33 years ago. It fit her perfectly. She looked so beautiful and the ceremony was wonderful. Her Grandfather and Aunt Bernadette were her godparents. After the ceremony we had a fun little party for her and Grandmom and Grandpops house.

Molly had the pleasure of finally meeting her Uncle Jay who came from Georgia for a visit. She took one look at him and you could tell she thought it was Daddy. Mike and Jay look so much alike. I remember Zach and Luke getting them confused sometimes too.

Molly has had a very busy 2 months so far. We look forward to sharing in each new day with her and watching her grow and enjoy all her surroundings. I'm trying my hardest to stop time and keep her this age, but it is just not working out.

Molly in love with her big brothers

Big Girl in with a Bow in her Hair

My First Tailgate at Penn State

Christening Day

At St. Ann's Church. Godparents Grandpop and Aunt Bernadette in the pew behind us. 2 months old this morning!

Zach playing Fall Baseball. This was a coaches pitch league. He did a great job.

Luke playing his first sport. He's not a big fan of soccer, he's just in it for the trophy. He said he just wants his own trophy. (Guess he's tired of looking at his brother's trophy collection)

First Day of School and Molly 3 weeks old

I am finally getting back to updating this. Zachary started 1st grade last week. It was an easy transition for him since Kindergarten was full day also. He likes his teacher and keeps telling us that 1st grade is awesome. He will get homework every day this year and will be required to do a lot more reading. I'm sure he will do just fine this year too.

Zachary is also playing coaches pitch baseball this fall. It is a lot different from spring tball. They strike out and have to really pay attention when out in the field.

Zach has signed up for cub scouts this year. His pack seems to be doing tons of fun stuff this year. Camping, hiking, fishing, pine wood derby races and a lot of community service. Mike will be involved with the cub scout pack too. This will be fun for the two of them to do together.

Zach also loves Molly so much. He cannot wait to hold her and kiss her. He is a great big help to me when it comes to taking care of her.

As you can see he sure does love his little sister!!!!

Luke started his first day of pre-school at St. Ann's too. He also loved his teachers and all the fun projects he did in school. He is just excited to be going to the same school as his big brother. His teachers said he was very well behaved and very polite too. I am very thankful for that. (We all know Luke and "spirited personality"......)

Luke will be starting soccer for the first time this fall. His practice will start in a few weeks. He wants to have a trophy of his own so bad. He sees all of Zach's in their room and just wants to have one too. I'm sure he will do great. He loves to run around and be active. He loves everything about sports.

Luke is a great big brother too. He loves Molly very much and has adjusted to not being the baby very well too. He just has a hard time when Molly cries. He especially does not like when she cries in the car. He will feel the need to sit behind her and keep saying "Waa, Waa, Waa, Waa" I think that might be his way of blocking out her cries. I'm sure you can see how much fun it is to drive with the two of them together in the car.

Little Miss Molly turned three weeks old this past Sunday. She is such a good baby. She eats and sleeps and rarely cries at all. She loves to be held and talked to. We are very lucky to have such an easy going third child. We all just adore her so much and so glad she is ours. I have a lot of fun dressing her up in all her clothes that she has. I change her sometimes two or three times a day just to get use out of all her clothing.

The only thing we found that Molly hates is her car seat. She is getting better, but there is still quite a bit of screaming from her in the car. Hopefully that will get better. Here are some recent pictures of Molly!

Thank you Hardy Family for her cute outfit.

Compliments of the Hardy Family...You all have great taste!