princesses

We are a girl house, no doubt. Last night we celebrated the Lotz family anniversaries all together. So much fun to see cousins, especially when the older cousins pass on dress up clothes. Up till now there has been no dress up stuff, though you'd never know it with Cassidy seeming to always come out of her room in a new dress. Well these new clothes are princess with a capital pm tulle skirts, crowns, sceptors, princess heeled shoes... Cassidy was in heaven. I'll have to upload pictures later. Molly had fun at first with a dress then was done with it. But she loved the shoes and the wand. At one point Cassidy was trying to get the pointy hat with tulle hanging from the point to stay on molly's head. App I could do was laugh. Molly only had the hat, shoes, and a diaper one. All I could think was troll, allbeit a very cute garden gnome. Gnome, not troll. Wrong creature. the girls are going to enjoy those dresses. Cassidy kept carrying the spare pairs on shoes around. On the wand. Too funny. Julia is getting to be a little cutie, capital c. What a doll. Seriously. I love that girl. She does this warthog face sometimes and breathes in and out of her nose loudly. So funny. She'll make the sweetest faces. I call her my spider monkey. Sometimes when j go to pick her up she'll get get legs all ready to wrap around me. I love her snuggles. Molly decided to sit in a square (maybe 6 inch) Tupperware today. Surprised she fit. Again, only wearing a diaper. Then she decided to practice toga and do downward dog, with her head in the aforementioned Tupperware. Hilarious. She's having sleeping issues:/ the last two nights. Little one wakes up and cries and cries. I comfort her but she does it again. In fact no one wanted to sleep tonight. They must have known I was trying to get out to see daddy play stake basketball at 7. He made two or three shots tonight:D Oh and there is one know. Crazy bow they just have nights. we are all healthy and that is such a blessing. the last two weeks at church I have been the only nursery leader. I am the only nursery leader now. The primary pres is trying to get volunteers to fill in until someone is called and accepts. It is way hard to fill that position. It seems like no one wants to do it. The ones who seem like they would do week are already in other positions. We only have 11 right now, only. But it's better than 21 like in December. I love the kids. I saw one at basketball tonight. So adorable. I don't get much out of church these days though, with having to leave Sacrament mtg to nurse Julia before nursery. But I do love those little tykes. Cassidy is not taking real well to her sunbeams class. It surprises me because usually she has no problem going places or being with other kids. She knows the teachers and kids but has a rough time going. That will change though, eventually.

still sick

Cassidy first got sick the week before Halloween, she has been sick ever since. Then Joe got sick about two weeks later. The others caught it almost a month ago. I finally caught something else about ten days ago. Can I say how sick of being sick/taking care of sick people I am? I need a break. We all need to get healthy and stay well for a little while before the next wave hits. Is that too much too ask? And its only begun. The kids aren't even in school yet. What am I going to do when they are bringing home illnesses left and right? Lately I have been thinking a LOT about our garden. I caught the garden hug. I have already ordered my seeds for this coming year. Crazy. I am so excited to get in the dirt. I found some really motivating books and am ready to go. Maybe having been in that little condo last summer made me appreciate our yard even more. It isn't ideal, not enough sun, but it works for now. In a few years, when the kids are little older we will turn our front yard into a garden (tons of afternoon sun). Even talking about it makes me smile and get antsy. . Julia is crawling up a storm. She can pull up on the furniture, loves to climb over things, and she can go up the stairs by herself. We had to put the gate back up to block off the stairs. She is the happiest little cutie pie. I love when I get slone time with her. The way she rounds her back and snuggles in is so adorable. She is such a delight. . Molly is a little grumpy right now because she's sick but she is a sweet heart. She has this way of canoodling her way on to my lap when I am sitting feeding Julia. All if a sudden there she is, getting into everything. She has the sweetest face and when she'll keep a rubber band or clip in she is so precious. . Have you seen finding memo? Remember the seagulls? Mine. mine. Mine. mine. Well, Cassidy and molly do a mean seagull impression. I have to keep from laughing when they do it. They love each other. When I think of what life would be like if molly wasn't here (if we had waited longer between kids) I think Cassidy would have missed out on so much. Those two squabble sure but they miss each other and love to be together. . Cassidy is so three years old. She loves to tell us how she doesn't want to do what we tell her to do. Oh and the crying. I chalk that up to the illness :S but it's probably just a foreshadowing of things to come. She loves her family and gives such wonderful hugs. I can't believe that she is going to be in sunbeams in two weeks. Crazy. . Christmas is Sunday. Wow. I hope we are better by then.

Photos at last

Life is hectic for all of us. Here are some photos that I have been meaning to upload. Some before and afters of the house. Some halloween costumes for the kids. And some cute recent random ones.

Sometimes I forget my wife's not perfect

So I came home the other day to find that my oldest daughter had a need of a bath because she got a cup of milk spilled on her head, which is kinda funny because she is always spilling it all over. I will leave it up to your imagination on how it happened because I don't even know.
My wife has been great these past few weeks. More amazing and capable than I think she gives herself credit. Sadly there are no awards or promotions for doing a great job in raising children...but here is a little something to say I appreciate and love you:
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supposed to be a rose ^^

cupcakes

Cassidy is now in a big girl bed. She finally earned it and the duvet cover finally arrived in the mail and so she has progressed. So cute to see her wearing the jammies that match the duvet cover, she kind of blends in. I even broke down her crib and put it in the storage room until Molly needs it. It all seems so big girlish now. She and the rest of the senior nursery will be singing I am a Child of God in the primary program in a couple of weeks. Craziness.
molly is starting to talk a lot more. She sounds a little muffled like she was hearing underwater but it is a start. She is letting me put clips in her hair and she will keep them in throughout the day. She looks so cute with her hair pulled back from her face. What a dear heart.
Julia cut her first tooth Tuesday. She started inch worming on Wednesday. And she is a pro at sitting. She is talking up a storm. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. I am nervous about the teeth thing. This is the first time I have nursed a baby with teeth. With Cassidy and Molly they were weaned before they got teeth. She is getting into the go go go phase. She wants me to hold her but always squirming around trying to spy the girls.
Joe is doing a lot of fishing lately. He is in a bass club and is liking it. We are almost done with the house. Finally. I need to upload photos.
I was called into nursery last week. We have 17, soon to be 19, in nursery. Usually 15 or so are there. Fifteen makes three seem much easier.