Happy Birthday Rubenstein!

One year ago today Ruby Wednesday Bybee was born. She was the sweetest little thing with the biggest, bluest eyes. After four months of screaming most of the time she mellowed out and became a very happy baby. She got fat so fast, it was crazy how big she was. I think she's starting to normal out. Anyway, we love this kid. Happy Birthday little Rube!
Here's a year's worth of pictures.

Piggies and Chompers

Ruby's first piggies. And her enormous front teeth. They kill me. I love it.

You may be wondering about the state of Ruby's face. She has a scrape under her eye from a lotion bottle she was trying to eat. And she has a staph infection around her mouth and nose. So, that's why she looks like she's been in a fight.

Blog-o-rama

It's been a while. I've been obsessed with another online show-your-face-off site. Here's what we've been up to for a while. Before Ruby could crawl she got around on this little car. She got into all sorts of trouble. Pulling books of the shelf. . .

. . . and pulling out the pans.

We've been eating. . . a lot.

We made a gingerbread house.

Ruby grew some teeth.

We took a trip to SLC to see the lights. It was fuh-reezing. Molly can't wait to go to the temple and dance with her prince in her beautiful dress.

We played in the snow. Ruby didn't like it that much.

Christmas came. It was fun with a wacky three year old. I think she liked Ruby's toys better than her own.

Molly found a new hobby. She called herself the mud person.

Sisters

Dear Blogspot. . .

Dear Blogspot,
Sorry for my absence. I have been hanging out with Facebook. See you soon.
-Natalie

Garrick

Our nephew, Garrick, passed away on December 5. We will miss him so much. Never was there a more funny, sarcastic, kind, or accepting soul. We love you Gare!

Thanksgiving

We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving at my(Natalie) parent's house this year. Everyone was there. It was great. While I didn't break out the camera for the Thanksgiving festivities (I forgot to get it out of my diaper bag :(), I did manage to get a picture of our little family morning run. Strawberry was so excited to go running. She made me dig out her "running pants", put them on backwards, and wouldn't let me fix them. We only ran for a little while, but Strawberry ran almost the whole way. She only rode in the stroller with Wednesday for a minute. I can't believe how much energy she has. I hope she enjoys running for the rest of her life.

Backwards pants. Funny.

Wednesday stayed toasty.

Strawberry Conversations

I'm just posting these so I have a record of them. I'm going to delete them from the side.

This is a conversation Molly had on her Hello Kitty cell phone while driving home from Grandma's today: "Oh, hello Preston. Nothing, just going home. I'm going trick or treating with Dad when he gets home. Oh yeah, I'm Uniqua. You're a turtle, that's cool. Okay, your majesty. Hi Sheldon (Sheldon is Grandpa's name, by the way). You're in the castle? Okay. Okay, your majesty. What is going on in her head?

Molly: Hey Mom, open your eye so I can poke you in the eyeball. Me: NoooMolly: It's fun!Me: No it isn't. Molly: You can poke me in my eyeball.Me: No thanks

Molly: Mom, what's that? Me: A grasshopperMolly: Oh, what's his name?Me: I don't know. What do you think it is? Molly: Willy. I'm Molly, he's Willy, and Ruby is Lord Farquad. Me: Hmm. That's random. Molly: No, that's Willy.

Molly: Mom, can you do me a favorite?Molly (pushing a beetle around the floor): I pissed him off. Me: What?Molly: He's pissed off at me.Me: Molly! (Thanks for the vocabulary lesson Dad!)

Molly: Mom, are you a man?Me: Nope, I'm a woman. Are you a man?Molly: No, I'm a Polka Palace. I think Roob's a man.Me: Why is Ruby a man?Molly: She's not crossing her legs.