Spring is here

We have been so busy over the past spring break that I can't believe it is over. :(
Mollie had so much fun and it is a blast to be around her. Every minute feels like she is doing something new and that makes it exciting. Over the break John had to work but not nearly as much as when we are in school. We were able to have some nice family time and even a few date nights with movies after Mollie went to sleep. On Thursday I left for the Lake Austin Spa and Resort with my best friend Christina, her mother-in-law Pam and Pam's best friend Michelle. It was so much fun and so relaxing! I've forgotten what it is like when there aren't diapers to be changed, a toddler to watch every single second and a house to keep clean.
This place was wonderful; they had rooms where you could just sit and read (I brought 6 books and got threw 2 of them), tons of hot tea and of course the massages and facials. I got a pedicure (toes are now yellow), facial and a wonderful massage. No matter how much fun I had I still missed Mollie and John and was very happy to get home.
Love to all!

Crazy girls

Christina and Victoria came over last Sunday to celebrate my passing the Gifted and Talented Endorsement test. Well, as you know, the girls are VERY cute together. John took this video of the two peas in a pod and you can see that they thoroughly love being together. Enjoy!

On the go....

Hanging out at Daddy's baseball game.

Getting a haircut

Very tired from rooting on the 'Horns!

Just checking things out.

Getting ready to watch the 'Horns beat up on Missouri.

Mollie's favorite seat.

With the weather beautiful outside and all of us well (knock on wood) we've been on the go. Last night John and I went to the Houston Rodeo and saw Rascal Flatts in concert. We had so much fun but are very tired today. John's not too busy right now. He has his first Saturday off this weekend in who knows how long. Last weekend was BUSY! John had a baseball tournament so Mollie and I went up for a bit. Then she and I got our haircuts, which she didn't like very much. Sunday, me, John, Mollie and our friend Gretchen went and saw UT play baseball at Minute Maid Park for their college baseball classic. It was Mollie's first Longhorn sporting event and they WON! She had a blast. Enjoy!

A Little "Boxed" Up

I received a package in the mail the other day and Mollie wanted to play with the noodles in it. So, in she went! She didn't like it too much but oh-well, at least she tried.

Let me show you what I know!

Well the sick bug has decided to stay around at the Harmon house. Last Saturday, Mollie woke up VERY sick and continued like this for about 2 hours. Finally around 3 Sunday morning, she finally fell asleep (in our bed) and woke up later like everything was fine. Well, Monday night John got home from baseball and wasn't quite himself. I guess Mollie decided that when he told her he wished he could have her virus she gave it to him. Tuesday I woke up feeling not-so-great so at 5:30 in the morning, I called my parents and my dad came over and got Mollie. The last thing we needed was for her to get this stomach bug again. She stayed at my parent's all day (thank goodness for grand-parents) and John and I spent the day sleeping and trying to feel better.
We thought everyone was back to feeling good until I woke up Friday morning and saw that Mollie was very hot. I took her temperature and it was 101.8. So, here we go again. John took her in with him to work that morning and I took a 1/2 day off that afternoon. We thought she was feeling better that night but yesterday I checked on her and her temperature was 104.8 so motrin and tylenol went in full-force on the Monkey. Every 2 hours I would rotate the two and finally last night she seemed to be back to normal (fever too.) However, this morning she woke up and was coughing, had a fever and her right ear was draining. So we knew that she possibly could have an ear infection or the tubes had come out. Luckly, we have a pediatrict urgent care by us so off we went. Yes, it was an ear infection (first one since we had the tubes put in over a year ago) and we are now on ear drops, cough medicine and an antibiotic. So to show everyone that Mollie is feeling better I took a little video of her tonight to prove it. Please pray that our little Monkey gets to feeling back to normal!

All my tricks

Mollie's saying tons these days so I thought I would share. I took this, this past Saturday morning and hope you enjoy!

Long time, no write

Not so sure about all the noise.

A cool float

Like all the beads?

Pre-Parade
Yes, yes....I know it has been far too long since I've updated the blog but we have been so busy that I think I finally caught my breath last night for the first time in a month. John's sports schedule is in full-on go mode right now. He has basketball (3 teams), soccer(2 teams), wrestling (1 team), baseball (3 teams) and track going on. He is so busy and and will get even busier the next few weeks. For the next 4 weeks, he will have something every week night except for Wednesdays. Needless to say, Mollie and I will be going to Clear Brook High School a lot over the next few weeks so she can see her daddy when she's awake. It's tough on John to not be able to see her but at least I can bring her up to him and they can spend some time together.

School is going well; I love my kids and schedule this year so that helps. I have been studying big-time for a major test to have another endorsement on my teacher certificate and I took that yesterday. I should know the results in the next 3-4 weeks. Keep those fingers crossed!

It's been cold here (nothing like our East Tennessee family has experienced) and I am now at the point where I miss our 95+ degree summer weather. I am a coastal girl and I miss my sunshine!! Bring it back....

Mollie's doing SO well. She's running, talking more and LOVES to color. I can give her crayons and a coloring book and she'll sit and color for a good amount of time. She's really into the movie "Cars" right now so we've been watching that a ton around here. However don't worry, she still loves Elmo.

Speaking of Elmo: we are going to see him live today. I can't wait to see the look on her face. No worries, pictures will be provided later.

We went to one of the Mardi Gras parades last night in Galveston so there are pictures from that. Hope all is well and lots of love to everyone!