A Day in the Life...

(BEWARE: You are about to be bombarded with pictures! WARNING: Take your time so as to not overload yourself) :)

Things of course have been crazy around here. Casey started teaching this past week and is busy getting art lessons ready. I'm so proud of him....he's worked so hard and sacrificed a lot to get where he is today. God has truly blessed us with a great job for Casey when they are very hard to come by.

And this little one....

Well...the picture speaks for itself. Molly is everywhere!! That girl could not sit still if her life depended on it. She is 9 months old now and loves to crawl and pull up on everything. Her new favorite spot of course....the seat under the end table! She thinks it's her hiding spot and nobody knows where she is. Hee Hee.

She had her first steps on the beach. Little Lady loved the sand and waves crashing over her feet but would always get sooo sleepy hearing the waves. She thinks it's time for bed when she hears that sound.

This just cracks me up. Grammy (Casey's mom) was putting her down for a nap while we were at the beach and could not get her to lay down. She passed out like this! Ha! Talk about flexibility.

We were able to spend the weekend with the Bassett's and she loved playing "jail"!

Miss Molly is such a little jokester. She can make the funniest faces. I can't imagine what kind of craziness she will come up with in the future.

And the girl LOVES books. I'm so thankful that she loves to be read too and will hopefully enjoy this for the rest of her life. We trying to familiarize her with the alphabet so I bought these cute little letter books and you'll can tell from the expression....she LOVES them!

Molly and I were able to hang out with 2 of my very good high school friends a few weeks ago. We recently reconnected over none other than facebook and got together for lunch after 11 years!! We all three had baby girls within the last year. Molls had so much fun playing with Macie and Avery and was actually the big girl for once!

In her spare time between bottles, baby food, books, and naps. She likes to create little mischief. Her other new fav place....the tupperware cabinet!! *Sigh* This actually keeps her occupied while I get a few things done in the kitchen. I think I see a chef in our near future.

Besides sticking her hands in the fireplace and being covered in soot (ahem...a task she completed as I left the room for 5 seconds!) she explores the bookshelves....the refrigerator...the computer (which she doesn't like to hear no)...the dog bowl and crate. She so stinkin' cute...and exhausting!

6 Months....yes she's 7!

So I'm...ahem...a LITTLE late with her 6 month pictures. I'm pretending to be a photographer and do my own baby photo shoots to save money. I'm a work in progress. The "taking" of the pictures was the easy part....it's the "editing" that is so time consuming. But I'm SO excited about how they turned out. I can't wait to get some of these up on my walls!

Swimmin' Pools and Sweet Potatoes...

Molly had some first experiences this week. She discovered she LOVES swimming pools! She chillaxed in the cools waters of her pool to get away from the busy days of eating, sleeping, playing, and snuggling.

And we practiced feeding ourself. I gave her a sweet potatoe puff cracker because this girl LOVES sweet taters. She wasn't all about the puff but we'll get there. So cute!

Cheers! Here goes nothin'!

Uggh! What IS this thing??

Umm....can I have the real thing instead??

Or I can just make body art!!

Let's Shoot

Molly and I went to lunch yesterday with some good friends from my work. There were lots of babies there...it was SO much fun to snuggle with the other babes and let Molly have some playtime. After lunch...my friend, Brooke taught Molly how to shop for sales at the mall while I had a doctor's appointment. When I came home....this is what was waiting for me. A photoshoot!

This is Molly's friend, Madeline. She 8 weeks old and as big as Molly!

Hey Mads...you got something back here. Want me to get it??

Oops! I didn't push her THAT hard Mom!

Being a model is exhausting!

Baby Dedication, Mama, and Carrots

We had a great Sunday having Molly's baby dedication. It was a great ceremony to promise to teach Molly to follow after God and raise her to know Him and love Him with all her heart. She yawned the whole time....apparently Brother Archie was pret-ty boring. But will be a great memory in our Molly story.

Then Sunday night as I was giving her a bath she was chewing on her lotion bottle and said....yep! "Mama"! It was so sweet. I just love that little sweet voice. I know one day it will be used with attitude or annoyance sometimes but today...there was no greater joy. Daddy is patiently waiting for his name!

As I was making dinner one night...I was chopping up some carrots...and as always...Casey has to taste test or steal before preparation rather! And Molly learned quickly! It felt SO good on those gums!