The Jolliff Family

Sabah Ilkher ya Abigail w Abram!! :)

Today we let the boys hold a puppy and they were so excited!  Jesse wasn't sure about me taking her pups and was acting nervous about it.  This picture was taken after I put them back, she sniffed and licked them good! Three sweet boys with three cute puppies!!  Jacob named his puppy Rocky, Andrew's puppy has the name Marshall and Sam's puppy was named Chase. Andrew has a special love for animals. Sam enjoyed holding Marshall while I put the other puppies back. Puppy love is my 1400th blog post!!  Here is to 1400 more blog posts ;)

Much of America is blanketed in snow, so I thought I would warm your hearts with these cuties today.  They have really started smiling and cooing this week, it just melts our hearts.   I tried to get a picture of them smiling but it didn't happen, maybe next time!! Happy Sunday!

The biggest news around here this week, according to the boys, is that our Hap's dog had puppies!  She had nine but two died leaving us with seven wiggly, cute puppies under our pirate ship out back.  The boys, of course, are in love and are sad about the thought of giving them all away.  They have already picked out names but not assigned them yet because they aren't allowed to touch them until at least their eyes open.  Here is the best picture I could get under the ship with them all cuddled together! And in other news, Andrew brought home a prize for having ten books read to him in Arabic that he has brought hone from school.  He was so excited!

Just some pictures of the family over the last few days.  Little Abram has found his thumb.  He doesn't suck it all the time but when it goes next to his mouth, he will suck on it!  He has been really fussy the last couple days, so his thumb is a welcome distraction :) I made some cinnamon sugar popcorn for the boys to enjoy one afternoon after school.  Tasted yummy. We made some rolls and I had three little helpers during one of the snow days. And Hap didn't have class on Saturday due to the weather, so he played some board games with the boys.  They boys are left to play by themselves often while we care for the two babies so this was a fun time for them all. Even though we are busy with life there is never a lack of love for each other.  I'm so thankful for this. I just wanted one picture, easier said than done :)  We have family pictures scheduled for the beginning of April and I'm excited to have some professional...

Babies, you are two months old today!! Baby Girl, What a fast month it has been and my how you are changing so much.  First off, you have grown to love laying on the play mat and stretching out.  This is new and we are glad you enjoy being put down a bit more.  You do still love to cuddle close after you nurse, which I love!  You are a good nurser and a good burper... we will need to work on your lady-like manners :)  You want to nurse every 2.5-3 hours around the clock.  You have started smiling more and have also started cooing, nothing predictable but you are doing it more and more.  You are so bright eyes and alert!  You are still wearing size newborn clothes and have started wearing size 1 diapers.  Today at the doctor you received two vaccinations, the Hepatitis B and the dTap.  Today we weighed 6.6 pounds and measure 20.5 inches long.  The doctor wants you to beef up a bit, so we'll work on that in the next month, but ov...

Some pictures from the week! We are in the process of sorting through the house and clearing out what isn't used or needed.  I have been saying for some time now that the boys do not need another single toy because half of the time they don't even play with their toys but one or two and use their imagination the rest of the time. I think they have so many toys, they don't know what to play with!  On Sunday afternoon, the boys had managed to make a huge mess of toys in their room and everywhere else but then started bickering with each other and not even playing with the toys... real life folks!  Anyway, Hap had enough and went into their room and started organizing and clearing out.  He did a great first round!!  More getting rid of to come in the days ahead but I'm so thankful for his hard work in their room! The boys always want something different for a snack after school and so I found my apple corer and made them an apple, peanut butter, and granol...