Nap time

That's right, miracle of miracles, both girls are down for a nap at the same time.
As usual it has been a busy few weeks for us. Jason continues to work lots of hours and to make our spring a little bit more interesting we just accepted an offer on our house and our offer was accepted on a new house. Hooray! More bedrooms and space which means we should be getting more visitors. If all goes according to plan we will close the end of March....which means we have a lot of work to get done around here. However, in the spirit of productive procrastination I've opted to do a blog update instead of packing.

A few weeks ago we took Carly to the House of Bounce (or Housey Bouncey as it is now referred to often in our house). This is like kiddie crack. Carly could not get enough of this place and was somewhat obsessed with our return for several days .

You may notice that our little flower child has completely embraced the idea of dressing her self.



It really is fun for the whole family



Molly checking out her toys. You can't tell in this picture but she has gotten her first two teeth in the last week or two.


Carly loves (sometimes) to get her picture taken and then see how it turns out. Check out Molly in the background. She thinks anything Carly does is cool.


Carly loves to help shovel.


She's pretty good at it too!


Carly likes to hang out with Molly in her bed. Just the other day she told me that Molly was her best friend....I hope that lasts.


Molly just hanging out waiting for dinner



Carly busy doing her work.


Carly has this cool tunnel that goes into a tent but she likes to walk around in it.


Carly helped frost a cake and then helped clean up. Please take note of the beautiful tutu that grandma brought for Carly. She LOVES it.


Gram and Bakka took advantage of Gram's long weekend for presidents day and came up for a visit. Not only did we get the tutu but we also got a book. Gramma loves to read stories. It looks like Columbo is enjoying this story as well.

Monday morning saying goodbye to Gram and Bak. (note tutu still on)


We'll leave you with just a little oral exam

Teeth.....check



Tonsils.....check


Tongue.......check


Hope everyone is doing well!

Wintertime fun part 2

Well tax season is upon us and Jason is working A LOT. The girls and I are having a great time but I have a new appreciation for single moms! Here's some pictures from earlier in January before we got too busy to get the camera out.

Molly loves this baby spoon she borrowed from Cassidy.


Carly loves to paint...so does daddy. It should come as no surprise to anyone that there is a beautifully painted water color tractor on our fridge.


What an angel! This is not posed, just nodded off while reading.


Sometimes Mommy gets to paint too!


A couple of weekends ago our friends Amy and Cristo and their boys came to MN for a visit. They stayed near the Mall of America (because it's more fun than Kasson) and we drove up and spent a Saturday with them. We all enjoyed the rides.



Not a great picture, but doesn't Jason look cute wedged into a big pink dog?

Carly in her big rig.


Molly didn't get to ride any rides this time but she had a great time watching people.


We also got to go to the aquarium. The kids loved it!


Turns out the adults thought it was pretty cool too!

Molly got a chance to break out of her seat.


Waiting in line for the carousel. I wonder what Mommy was looking at.


Here's a picture of the whole group and some random guy who didn't notice we were taking a picture.


What a great time....thanks for visiting Rojas family!!!

Looks like that's it for pictures. Here are a few things the girls are doing that we can't capture on film. Carly continues to do very well with potty training. She's so motivated she even scolds Molly for pooping in her pants. Carly often tells her she needs to go in the potty and that she needs to tell Mommy sorry, but then she says "it happens" gives Molly a hug and a kiss and tells her she loves her. She's an excellent big sister! She can now sing the alphabet and count to thirteen. Well actually she counts all the way to eleventeen (which comes right after 13). She loves to read and do any and all art projects. She also LOVES to wear dresses (which she calls dressies). Nearly every morning Jason has to explain why brown dressy is in the wash or why she can't wear ladybug dressy. She is really becoming her own little person. Molly is also developing her own little personality. She is a very happy girl. Fortunately for us she is not yet mobile...but will be soon I think. She still has no teeth but if the buckets of drool are any prediction they should be here soon too. She loves Columbo and of course she thinks Carly is a rock star. They are great girls and we are very lucky parents (and I'm not just saying that because they are both currently taking good naps).

Wintertime fun part 1

Well, hello everyone, sorry it has been such a long time for this update. Just seems like there's never enough hours in the day. We've got so much, that this will be a two part update. Just seemed like too much to throw into one post.

This goes all the way back to about a week before Christmas. We managed to get home the week before Christmas this year and got to see some extended family, some of whom we haven't seen in many years, and got to meet new cousins and they got to meet Carly and Molly for the first time. So let's just jump into the pictures...

Christmas party in Pekin. Grandpa was caught several times getting a Molly fix.

One of the toys at this party was a this awesome little motorcycle. Carly really enjoyed it.

She had a good time playing with the newly met cousins.

Molly has really started to take a liking to Columbo. She smiles when she sees him, and likes to play with his ears (and try to poke his eyes) Fortunately he's just so desperate for attention that he tolerates pretty much anything.

Moly and Bakka chilling after a rough afternoon.

Look at me Bakka, I can sit so nicely!!

Carly helped finish off the bottom of Gram's Christmas tree.

We made a run over to visit Aunt Megan and Cassidy. They were waiting for us with extra santa hats for everyone.

Group picture. Note to self... work on lady-like poses.

The cousins got together to continue a tradition of making Christmas cookies. Carly enjoyed it even more than last year.

She was quite the excellent cookie cutter outer.

Houston...... we have a problem. Hrmm... big difference in the way a recipe turns out when one uses two teaspoons of sugar instead of two cups.

Not to worry, it all worked out in the end. The cookies were saved, and all got cut out. Then it was lunchtime, while the adults baked the cookies and got ready for decorating.

In case you can't tell or didn't know, Blue is one of Carly's favorite colors. Currently anyway.

Molly didn't care what the color was, she just wanted to get her hands on some of that frosting!!

Gram's new Christmas tradition for the grandkids... Christmas jammies for opening presents.

Carly and Kim Christmas Eve morning

Molly really likes her new cell... get's great coverage.

Then down to celebrate with the family in Lincoln. It was super snowy... took us over four hours to get from Dixon to Lincoln!!

Carly was quite happy when we got there and got out of the car. It was a bonus that there were presents waiting!!

Then in a special twist, Santa managed to find us at the hotel Christmas morning!!

Carly has loved her "blanket cow" (that's really a giraffe, but oh well) so much, that Santa made sure to get Molly her own "blanket frog"... no mistaking the frog... definitely a frog.

Both girls were up for a little swimming before heading out to Grandpa and Grammy J's place.

Then cleaned up and ready to go.


You may notice in all of the next few pictures, Carly was happy to assist anyone in opening gifts.




Aunt Laura was very happy to get to spend some time with Molly.

We got back home to Minnesota and found that Santa had stopped there too! Molly was kind of tired, so I guess we only got pictures of Carly.

She was super pumped about her new tent. I'm not sure how Santa got that whole big thing in that skinny little box...

After all the excitement, Carly was ready to sit down and read a story before bed.

That's all for now. Hope to catch part two in the next few days. Hope everyone is well. It was so nice to be able to see so many of you over the holidays. Looking forward to warmer weather and meeting up again!!