Summer Pool Fun and a Sad Good-Bye

Everyone knows how much we LOVE being off in the summer and hanging out with all our friends and Sunday was no exception. Gretchen had us over for a good-bye party for our awesome friend Sally who teaches with everyone at Clear Brook. Sally is leaving us to go back to Auburn and teach and coach there. We are so sad but excited because we've already told her that we will be coming to visit. She's just a caring, awesome person who is as genuine as someone can come and she LOVES Mollie so, why couldn't you love someone like that???
Anyway, we went over on Sunday for our last crawfish boil of the season and lots of swimming. We all know that Mollie loves the water and just to prove this point: she got in the pool around 2:45 and didn't get out till close to 8:00 that evening. Holy cow! Needless to say, she was tired the next day and took 2 naps. So, I hope you enjoy the pictures.....

Sally (the one leaving us) and Liz (our awesome house sitter from last summer)


Daddy and his girl...this was as the evening was winding down.

Mollie loving the birthday cake for her buddy's, Michell's, birthday. I think this is only like the 4th time she got out of the pool the whole time we were there.

Daddy and his girl. Like the pigtails?

Starting the day off right....in the pool she goes. Can we say she is definitely a Harmon Baby??

Big Girl Bed!

After a hard day of swimming...love how cute she looks!
Well we have come to that time where I must admit that Mollie is definetely getting older. She's no longer sleeping in the crib but in her toddler bed! Yes, I understand that this is pretty much the same as her crib but without one side but this a big deal for us! Tonight will be her 2nd night and last night she did very well so here's hoping.
We have been so busy during our first week of summer with doctor appointments, swimming lessons and catching up on much needed rest from the school year that it feels like our summer is really starting today. We have been swimming almost every day and while we tried the swimming lessons, Mollie's still a little too young to understand what's going on so we're going to postpone lessons until next spring. We have a lot to do before we leave for East Tennessee but I know we'll get it done. Love to all!

Helping daddy start taking her crib apart.

Checking to make sure nothing falls.

Mollie and her big girl bed!

Birthday Party Time!!

Mollie and her new wheels

Like the hair? Right after she woke up from her nap.
Cake time #2...She REALLY liked her cake!

Opening presents with Daddy.

Trenton and Victoria helping Mollie with her presents.

Mollie with more presents...like her Elmo phone?

4 of the 5 little girls in our group all lined up for cake.
From L-R: Isabell, Mollie, Victoria and Emmie

Mollie and Victoria...like the hats?

Mollie's cake...it was SO GOOD!

Mollie swinging

We had Mollie's birthday party today at a local park. She had lots of fun but it was close to 97 degrees so hot doesn't even begin to describe how we felt. Luckly, the pavillion we were under had a nice breeze but the playground wasn't that shaded. Eventhough, Mollie had so much fun with all her friends and family. She gots lots of fun things and cute clothes. Her big presents this year were a tricycle from us and my parents got her a wagon. We took our first stroll around the neighborhood in it tonight and Mollie was right at home.

She's TWO!

I love to eat with my fingers!
I also will use a fork, if I have to.

Mollie's birthday cake

What's in the bag?

Oh-Boy...look what Gran and Pops got you!

Mollie and her first set of "wheels"

It's hard to believe our little angel is two. It just seems like yesterday I was sleeping through my labor (sorry honey.) Unfortunately, the day wasn't that great for Mollie because we had to keep her home from school due to a fever. We are 99% sure she's getting a new molar and with that comes major fevers. So, Daddy stayed home with her and they hung out. When I got home from school (last day with kids is Friday) we gave her, her present. A tricycle! It's so cute. Then Christina, Jason, Victoria and Isabell came over to help us celebrate. Mollie's big birthday party is this weekend but we wanted a little something on her birthday. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Austin Trip #2

Carol sleeping and Mollie "texting." What's wrong with this picture?
Playing in the sand at the Hula Hut.

Still playing

Mollie and Cooper the Longhorn at the Co-Op on campus.

As much as we love Austin, going two weekends in a row was a little tiring. Our babysitter/John's student trainer/Mollie's buddy Carol, went up with us to go with John to the UT student athletic trainer workshop on Sunday. We left Saturday afternoon and met Carol and her dad up in Austin. We took her down on the Drag to the Co-op and got her a shirt and of course Mollie got a few things. We then took her to a cool restaurant called the Hula Hut that is on Town Lake and had a wonderful dinner. It was so nice because they had a sand pit for the kids to play in and Mollie had so much fun. She was able to stay occupied during our 45 minute wait. Once it was our turn and we got her out, she had so much sand on her feet we just let her go barefoot!
After dinner we took Carol and her dad sight-seeing around Austin and the campus. Sunday morning we woke up and had breakfast and John and Carol went to their workshop. Mollie and I went to see our friends Elizabeth and Brendan and their twin boys Luke and Miles. We had so much fun playing with them. After the boys went down for a nap, Mollie and I headed back to campus to see my parents. They came into town to visit some friends and hooked up with me and the Monkey. We went to the Co-Op (yes again) and had lunch with them. After that Mollie and I went back to campus and hung out until John and Carol were finished.

Then.... we headed home. We have fun when we go to Austin but are looking forward to a few weekends at home.

Bluebonnets!

Smelling the flowers.
What is this?

Going for a walk.

Mommy and her girl.

We went to Austin this weekend to celebrate the first birthdays of Luke and Miles Puthoff. Their parents Elizabeth and Brendan are friends of ours from UT (the Texas one) and we haven't been able to see them very often so we hit the road to share this wonderful time with them and their awesome boys. Unfortunately this time of year is when the wild flowers are blooming and everyone was on the road to stop and get pictures. (This is kind of a Texas tradition.) Well we got caught in traffic so decided to pull over, eat lunch and get some pictures. Mollie loved playing in the flowers and did pretty well.
We had fun at the birthday party and John was even able to go out last night with Brendan and Alan (our friend Kim's boyfriend.) However, we woke up this morning and Mollie just wasn't right. Sure enough, after she got out of the shower she threw up all over the hotel bed so back in the shower she went with Daddy. We had to cut our trip short and not see the Puthoffs but there was no way she was going to be around the boys and possibly get them sick. So, back home we went. She did pretty good on the way home; granted she got to watch "Cars" twice. :)

She's feeling better and her temperature has come down but she and I will be home tomorrow because John has to go to St. John's to do a few things before he can considered officially hired by the hospital.

We are so excited about this new opportunity for him and LOVE the idea of normal hours and no weekends! Hopefully we'll get to do a lot more as a family and John will get to fish more! :)
Love to all!

Happy Easter!

I think I found one!
Playing peek-a-boo with Daddy.

Checking out the card from Gran and Pops

The Easter Bunny after his visit. What a stash!

Getting eggs at the city-wide hunt with Mommy.

The anticipation of the hunt...so excited!

We've had a wonderful Easter weekend as Helen and Bob came into town on Thursday. We've been going but not too much. Yesterday we went to the city-wide Easter Egg Hunt and Mollie did very well including going down a "big girl" winding slide all by herself! Today we went to church, came home and did Easter Bunny with Mollie (she loaded up!) and then we to my parent's to celebrate this wonderful day with my grandmother, Christina and her family and of course my parents. We had tons of food, lots of eggs to hunt, more Easter Bunny gifts to open and good ole conversation. We've celebrated with Christina's family for a few years now and love how relaxed it always is. We hope everyone had a wonderful day and am so blessed to have our family and friends in our lives. Love to all!