A new hangout spot

The magazine basket!

Annie O is Here!!!!!

Mollie LOVED her first day with Anne, and it ended perfectly with her falling asleep on Anne's shoulder while she was rocking her to bed!

Happy 11 Month Birthday Mollie!

WOW - our baby girl isn't looking very much like a baby anymore.  We are getting dangerously close to having a one year old toddler.  With tears in my eyes, I want to highlight some of our Mollie favorites as an 11 month old...

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- That angelic smile

- Her devilish smirk when she's feeding Charlie from her highchair, bolting for the bathroom or Charlie's food, crawling into the dishwasher, or doing any of the other things she knows are off limits

- Her absolute love for her doggie

- Her babbling rants... she starts talking and keeps on going like we know exactly what she's saying

- Of course, her belly laughs!

- The three times she has now stood for about 3 seconds without help, until she realized she was standing, then got scared and sat down

- Her dislike of small dogs, that was recently cured by meeting Riley the pug (who is now scared of her)

- Her newfound enjoyment of digging, dirt and getting dirty!

- How she lays her head down on the floor, the pillow, or Charlie and "rests" for a few brief seconds

- How she just loves being the center of attention

- Her voracious appetite (she really enjoyed some Indian food last night!)

- Her curiosity!   

- Her ability to soak us when kicking in the bath tub.

- Her face lighting up when she sees her parents!

- And once again, she wants to cuddle on our chests before bed.  The best.

We love you beautiful girl.

Here she is showing her newest skill, waving bye bye to Dada on his way to work!

Our daughter, the cheesehead?!

The Secret Garden

We found out Mollie loves dirt!  She had fun playing around in Grandma and Grandpa's magical garden!

Mollie at the Union

I know it's surprising :) but I got carried away taking pictures of Mollie at the Union, one of my favorite places on earth.  Here she is, in the signature sunburst chairs, enjoying it just as much as we do!

Happy Birthday America!

What better way to start the 4th of July celeration with our little firecracker than the Farmer's Market around the capitol square?!