March

Stockton wanted to sleep in Ivy's crib one night.  It was set up in Molly's room and Ivy's still sleeping in the port-a-crib in our room so Justin gave him the green light.  He fell asleep and stayed there all night.

I took a month off of piano but started back up again in February.  Ivy has been great during lessons.  She usually sits in the bouncer right next to me and often falls asleep.  Sweet dreams, baby girl.

Brynn has started to pick her own outfits occasionally.  We'll work on matching later.  She loves to pose!

Molly loves her gymnastics class but her acrobats spill into her home life.  She is always doing gymnastics on the furniture!

Brynn and matching Bitty Baby the Sunday after her birthday.  Oh how she thought herself so special!  She pranced all over church that day.

 

The scooter club.

Eli Ryan Goodrich was born February 21, 2015.  All babies are miracles but Eli especially is a miracle baby.  Eric and Heidi adopted four kids and spent nearly 15 years trying to get pregnant with no success.  Then Heidi found out she was pregnant last summer at the age of 40 (after thinking their family was done) and Eli joined their family in February.  We were so excited to finally get to meet him when he was a couple weeks old.

Eric and Eli, Justin and Ivy

Molly and Eli, Tiana and Ivy

Ivy, being one month older than Eli, looked huge compared to him!  Funny how babies can change in just a month.

Molly just adores Ivy.  She loves to get Ivy to smile and her goal now is to make her laugh.  She made up a game with her called "Tickle Time" and it always gets a smile from Ivy.

 

Justin had his birthday on March 14th.  It was a Saturday but, sadly, we did nothing too exciting.  Gene, April, and Brett came down to help us get our house ready to list (more on that later) and they brought a few bundt cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes for a treat.  Between the loads to the storage unit and the wiping down walls and baseboards, we sang happy birthday to him.

My mom and dad came down that night and helped a little bit more before taking us to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.

I had managed to whip up some homemade twinkies on the 13th while he was at work.  We made his twinkie tower and sang to him on Sunday afternoon.  We didn't even have candles, so a match had to do.

We appreciate his hard work at home, work, and church.  The best time of the day is when dad gets home! 

Brynn got to go pick out her Build-a-bear with Grandma and Grandpa Moyes (4 is the magical age for the grandkids to get to do this).  She picked a Cinderella princess bear and was very happy with her choice.

Here is an example of Brynn's stubborness: Justin was out playing baseball with the kids.  Brynn insisted on using Stockton's metal bat even though every time she would swing, the weight of the bat would spin her around and make her fall over.  We kept trying to get her to use the plastic bat but she wouldn't.  The little stinker persevered and ended up connecting with the ball a couple of times.

Stockton and Brynn always ask me to take pictures of them doing random things.

Ivy, 2 months old.  3/19/2015.  At her well-check, she weighed 10 lbs 4 oz (20%) and was 21 inches long (2%).  Molly was 10 lb 1 oz at her 2 month and Stockton was 12 lbs even at 3 months so she is right in the mix of those two.  Brynn was only 8 lbs 11 oz at 2 months.  We love Ivy's cute round face, bright blue eyes and those chubby cheeks sure are kissable!

Molly and her friends did a kool-aid stand.  This was probably their most successful one, as far as money goes.  Someone even gave them a $5 bill!

Brynn, Kylie Regalla, Molly

This happened in March:

It's been a whirlwind these last six weeks, but I will probably devote an entire post to that.

Brynn was so excited to find this Rapunzel shirt in her closet one day.  She thought it was a dress.

I made her put leggings on underneath to go outside.  She didn't understand being "modest."

It's a tradition for all the adult Moyes' to go to the Jazz game each winter.  My dad always gets enough tickets for us from his brother who owns a suite.  It's always fun to get out without all the craziness the kids bring.

me and Justin in the back, Jeff, Ali (holding Ivy), Erin, Bryce, Dad, Mom, Erin, Christopher

Soccer season started the last week of March.  This season I get one more kid to take to all the games.  Good thing she doesn't mind.

Molly hasn't scored yet but is determined to get at least one goal before the end of the season.  Her coach plays her at defense a lot and she is really pretty good back there.

Errands are pretty easy when it's just these two.  It's not so fun when I have to take all 4 so I rarely do it.  Only in emergencies.

Brynn sat up on my bathroom counter one day and watched me put on my makeup.  She wanted some so I put some mascara on her.  Her eyelashes are so light that you don't notice how long they actually are.

The plastic Easter eggs came out for one day.  The kids played with them.  Brynn got buried in them.  Then they got put away.  We didn't decorate for Easter this year, although we did plenty of celebrating.