Misc...

"Like my new 'do?"

"I'm cool."

Mom...I'm trying to watch Elmo.

Feeling better, sort of

Mean 'ole flu
We have been super busy with teacher in-service, school starting, football in full swing and the weekend before school started Mollie came down with the flu. Luckily we caught it early on and were able to get her the tamaflu but it took her a good week to get back to being the Mollie we all love so much. We are so fortunate that with school starting neither John nor I could take off so Jason, her Godfather, and my mom watched her while we were at work. She's back to normal now and walking and talking all the time. She's learned to open the doors so we've bought, and installed, safety handles so she can't get around without us knowing where she is. She's doing really well at her school and is moving up to the 18 month room within the next few weeks.

Our school year is going pretty well. I have 6 classes with about 150 kids total and am very impressed by what I am hearing from them already. They seem like a really cool group of kids and I'm excited to see how I can challenge them this year. John's super busy and had his first football game this past Friday down near Corpus Christi. They won and spent the night down there so Mollie and I had a girl's night for the first time since we've lived here in the house. I am proud to say that both of us did very well.

Here are some pictures of Mollie. The ones of her laying on the couch are from when she was sick. She laid here a lot while she had the flu but has since gotten an Elmo "recliner" (pictures to come) that she absolutely loves.

Hugs and Kisses to all!!

Bye-Bye Summer

Well, we've had a wonderful summer but unfortunately it is coming to a close. John started football two-a-days last Monday and I go back this Tuesday. However, I am proud to say that I have only been up to my school once for about 4 hours and will not go back till Tuesday. I'm going to enjoy tomorrow with Mollie and then start panicking about school starting on Tuesday.
This summer has been a lot of firsts for our family. Mollie's first birthday, her first road trip to East Tennessee, South Carolina and of course the beach, her first steps, her first words, our first official night away from her (the real first was when John had his appendix out but we try to forget that if possible) her first pairs of "real" shoes and of course our first full year in our house.
After we got back from our vacation I decided to make our house "ours" even though we had been in it for a year. So one day we packed up Mollie and shipped her over to my parent's house, Gretchen came over and then later on Julie and we did the foyer and the WHOLE living room. I am proud to say that it looks awesome (pictures will be later.) About a week later, we did our kitchen and I finally got my yellow kitchen. No worries, it's not too yellow (Gretchen wouldn't let me get away with that.)
Mollie's doing so well. On Saturday, we had family pictures for the football program and she wore her new Clear Brook shirt that her "GG" made for her and looked SO CUTE!! It was hot outside but we were done very quickly. Mollie wore her monkey backpack she got at the beach and was admired while she walked around with it on.
We are so lucky to have had such a wonderful summer and are very sad to say "bye-bye" to it but we're also excited to see what the school/athletic season has in store for us. Stay tuned!

Beach Day

We spent yesterday with our good friends Gretchen and Joe and two of their boys, Mitchell and Drew down in Galveston at the beach. Of course, we are no strangers to the beach this summer and Mollie was excited when she saw the water. We played in the water and in the sand and Mollie ate some sand (I swear we do feed her) and laughed with Gretchen and Joe. It was a wonderful day and everyone was exhausted last night. Mollie's getting a tan (we coat her in sunscreen) and John and I got some sunburns but nothing like we have experienced in the past. Mollie did really well at the beach and walked up and down the sand a lot. She loved getting in the water and having the waves splash up on her.

Pool Time

Like my dress?

Chowing down in the pool

How big is Mollie?

A Day At The Pool

Mollie and I went over to Gretchen's house today to swim for a few hours. As usual, we had a blast with Gretchen and Drew. Mollie chilled out in her float while Drew pulled her around the pool, she ate animal crackers in the pool (not the worst thing she's put into their pool) and "jumped" off the step into Ms. G's arms and laughed the whole time. Here are some pictures and a video of all the fun we had today.

She's WALKING!!

Mollie's really started walking today and we're super excited but a little nervous. Here is a video taken about 20 minutes ago. ENJOY!!