A Gorgeous Afternoon

Dressed in her denim... I couldn't resist some pics!

Amazing Day

18 months is a fun time!

When I picked Mollie up at school on Tuesday, they looked at me and said, "I bet you have your hands full" ;) with a wink and a grin. This was after they told me that it appears that Mollie had been hired as the church ambassador because on their buggy ride around the church, she was saying "hello, hello" to everyone they passed. This girl has got some spunk!

We had three events today that knocked me off of my rocker.

1. When I went to get her out of her crib this morning, she heard a noise outside and said "airplane" and pointed to the window

2. When we were looking at a fish with stripes and I explained stripes, she proceeded to point to her own striped shirt and say "stripe", then point at my striped shirt.

3. She looked at a 3 year old photo of my sis that was pulled up on my computer, pointed and said very clearly "Annie"

WOW - proud mama. There must be a lot of info stored in that brain of hers that will slowly start showing itself. Fun times!

Time for mama's shoes

Sunday Morning

Well, it's 9:45 and Mollie is still sleeping!?! Since we can't play with her, I'm playing with pics of her! She wasn't interested in playing with this baby swing when she was a baby, but now that she's over the max weight limit, she can't wait to crawl around on it.

More Valentine's Fun

Completion of the tasty Valentine's brownies with icing and sprinkles...

...And cheers!!!

Happy Valentine's Day

All we can say is she comes by it honestly! Happy Valentine's Day. Mollie, sorry to pass on the chocolate gene to you... love you pretty girl!

Record Breaking Snow Storm!

Never has Dallas seen so much snow in a 24 hour period. Mollie had a fantastic snow day that began with a play date and child size snowman built by Mom, and finished with a life size big guy built by Dad after work. We got a lot of smiles out of the snow slide and crazy dogs enjoying the snow. Nothing it quite like being big kids in a crazy winter wonderland.

The evening...

The morning...

18 Months Old Today

WOW - Our little girl is a year and a half! Old enough to half way fill her Daddy's boots and say the words "Daddy" and "boots"! Old enough to sit at the table with us at dinner and use a fork and spoon. Old enough to trick us ;) Old enough to look like a little girl, no longer a baby. But still our little baby with the infectious laugh and shining blue eyes!

Mollie, we are so proud of you and love you so much. You are such a fun 18 month old! We love watching you grow and change each and every day. Thank you for amazing us and keeping us laughing!

Raiding mom's drawers

The spoon and the words

So it turns out learning to eat with a spoon can be messy business. The big girl is talking more every day. Her first "sentence" came this week... "Hello Dada" and today was the first for "purple" which is now one of my favorites in addition to "hello", "shoe" and "cheese". So much fun!

Pretty Eyes