Mylie loves to dance

Mylie and I go up to church 2 days a week for Wee School where I teach the 2 year old class and she goes to the 1 year old class to play. She has benefited so much by being around other kids and just having some time independent of me. Last week during our chapel time, I noticed that when the music came on, she really seemed to love it and was actually picking up on the clapping, spinning and other moves. So this morning, I was sure to bring my camera because not only is she precious doing all her moves, she is also pretty hysterical. Enjoy the video!

Catching up...

Here's what we've been doing the last few weeks...

My dad, brother Ryan and David put up a wall and french doors in what used to be our dining room, but is now a office/guest room so baby Coley can have her own room. David still has a few things to finish, so we'll post an "after" picture soon.




Mylie and I spent a few days in Albuquerque visiting everyone and Aunt Cheryl, Aunt Catherine, my mom and David's mom Carole gave me and Coley a baby shower. Mylie was showered with big sister gifts too and she also received a couple of her own babies.





Here's Mylie not really liking the ears the Easter Bunny left her before church this morning. She would leave them on for a few seconds and shake her head until they started to fall off. The Easter Bunny also left her a super cool pair of sunglasses, but she prefers to carry those around with her; not actually wear them.





Happy Easter from the Hicks!

Snow in March

The news mentioned that there was snow in the forecast, but I'm a skeptic and thought it really meant rain. I was wrong. This is around 11:30am this morning...




And this is around 3:30pm...





Mylie has the croup (again) and has not been able to enjoy the snow. The barking seal (this is what she sounds like) and I have put on our comfy cozies and are staying warm inside.

Usually, Martie the lab is outside during the day, but I felt sorry for her today and brought her in...bad day to do so as she has been throwing up from both ends. After christening the laundry room, she has sadly been moved into the garage to recover. She'll live.

And here's Miss Mylie. We were singing Itsy Bitsy Spider in the hallway...trying to cure our cabin fever. Her favorite part is "...down came the rain and WASHED the spider out." We sing "WASHED" very enthusiastically.

Snuggling with Daddy

A Pretty Day to Play Outside

Monday was such a pretty day. I think it got up to 85 degrees. So we decided it would be fun to spend the afternoon and early evening outside. Mylie loves to push her cart up and down the sidewalk and really seems to like being outside.




And here's just a really cute picture of Mylie in the bath. Her hair is getting so long!

Also, FYI...Baby Coley is due 8 weeks from today. Yikes! And Mylie will be 15 months on the 28th. Where is the time going???

Grumpy Little Valentine

Mylie was a little grump on Valentine's Day. However, she is cutting her 4th molar, so I'd be a little grumpy too.


Here she is climbing on the mats at Wee School...still grumpy.

However, for all of you that know Mylie, food will always cheer this gal up.


And finally a happy little girl when her friend Camille came over to play so Camille's parents could go enjoy their Valentine's Day together. David is traveling with work, so we missed out on Valentine's Day together, but he did send us some beautiful tulips (the picture won't upload for some reason) and we have plans to go out and celebrate once he gets back.

Hope you all had a sweet Valentine's Day!

Meet Boomer

My mom and her husband Dan were in town a few weeks back and we went to Babe's Chicken Dinner for lunch. If you've ever been or heard of Babe's, you know that even at the most random times of the day, you may end up waiting 30 minutes to 2 hours for a table...and you wait outside. We decided to wait for the Sunday lunch crowd to die down and we went to Babe's around 1:30. We had to wait for at least 30 minutes outside in the really cold wind. Neither Mylie or I were dressed to wait outside in the wind, so David took her across the street to this little gift shop where they walked around and looked at all the little gifts. They were gone about 20 minutes and when they came back, Mylie was holding the little doggie (the one she's snuggling above). I laughed and asked David what Mylie suckered him into. He said that as they were walking by the stuffed animals, Mylie leaned over and picked up this dog. He let her hold it for a little while and when it was time to go, he took it from her and put it back with the other animals. Mylie started to cry and wouldn't stop until he gave her the dog back. So, he bought it for her. She was smiling when they came out of the store and she now cuddles this dog as she goes to sleep, grabs for him when she gets out of her crib in the mornings and will sometimes just carry him around the house. It is precious! So we gladly welcome Boomer (that's his name) to the family!