Rough Weekend

I am definately ready to start a new week. This weekend was a rough one. I tip my hat to single parents especially those that don't have family or friends to come and help. I would be lost without my family. Here are some snippets from my oh so fabulous weekend.

• Danny left Thursday for a hunting weekend (third one thus far and not the last). I think there should be a ban on trips guys “get” to take when they have a baby under one at home. Just sayin….
• I got strep. I did have help. My sister stayed with me and we hung out with my family.
• Got a flat tire on the way to lunch in the heights, ran over something in the road (you can see the slash in the picture). Pulled into a parking lot – me, my mom and my sister - and let’s throw Molly in the mix because she had just as much of an input as we did – started reading my handbook to try and figure out how to change a tire…..comical, seriously comical. We were starting to figure it out and in swooped a man with a red cape to rescue us. No? Ok, it was more like in swooped in a man with a red rag hanging from his back pocket but it could have been a cape. Anyway, I digress, he did save the day and he did change my tire, for that I am grateful.

• Went to lunch at Revival Market in the Heights and I am glad I went but I don’t recommend it. There is no parking and it is too small if you have a baby with you. And….the food is expensive for a sandwich.
• The disposal sink overflowed when I ran the dishwasher. Gross.
• Molly got sick with a pretty bad cold. Saturday night was horrendous and then today she only wanted to nap for a total of 1 hour. Poor baby. My mom was nice enough to come over late that night for some relief. I suspect tonight will be just as horrendous. But that is what Danny is back in town for – right?!?

• And I am still driving on a donut because it was raining all day Saturday and I just didn’t go in. This is my fault.
• Our baby monitor screen is now broken. Molly decided she didn't want us spying on her anymore so she dropped it. Ugh.
• In the pictures you might see a bruise on Molly’s little forehead. Well, she got her first accident report at school on Thursday because she fell on a toy. ☹

• Oh and this is fun. I taught Molly how to give a high five! I love it and she loves it! ☺

So, bring on the new week.

Molly's Dedication Day

Yesterday was a big day. It was the day that we went in front of our family, friends and church family to say that we are going to pray for this little girl and raise her in a Christian household, teach her about Jesus and pray that one day she will come to know the Lord on her own.

It was a great day. Woke up at 7:15am (why can't kids be programed to sleep in a little bit on the weekends??? I guess one day, when she is a teenager, I will be saying the opposite, but for now - I just want to sleep in one day.....). I digress. So back to baby dedication. After rolling out of bed we were greeted by a very happy baby really and excited to start the day, which made us a little more ready and excited about starting the day. We played, ate breakfast then Danny went to the doc in a box because for the third time since Molly has been born he has strep WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THAT!

Then we got ready and headed to church. Everything about the service was perfect. The music was great, the sermon was great, Molly did great. Well, she was the most vocal of the bunch and did get a little fussy but we didn't have a meltdown! She just really wanted to get down and move. All in all everything was great and I thought the message was a good one for her to go back and listen to when she becomes a Christian.

Here is the verse that we chose for her and pray for her.
"For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God." Colossians 1:9-10

8 months old - O.M.G.

I swear every month goes by in a blink of an eye! We have been busy with a sick little girl and a big 6-0 birthday for Mimzie (my mom)! So a couple days late, here is Molly’s 8 month post.

• You are wearing size 3 diapers and size 9-12 month clothing.
• You are still taking 2 naps a day. The first one can be anywhere from 45 min – 1.5 hours and your afternoon nap is about 2 hours. Sometimes, if you have had a long day at school you will take a 30 min nap in the car.
• You have mastered the skill of completely sitting up on your own from a laying down position. You had been using your hand as a crutch, but not anymore!
• You have 2 bottom teeth and your top two teeth have made their debut and are about half way down.
• You babble all the time….mamamma…..dadada and you totally say dog. Every time when we are gone and come back home as soon as you see Harli and Rocki you say “do, do, do”.
• You slept through the night 4 nights in a row and Daddy and I were so excited but then you got sick and went back to waking up once a night, sometimes twice! But last night you slept until 6am so hopefully we are on our way back to sleeping through the night. You are still going to bed between 7-7:30pm and waking up b/w 7-8am.
• Likes: dogs of course, you chase them around the house and laugh, laugh, laugh, playing peekaboo, jumping after bath time, jumping in general, walks, being in grass, your lovie (crack up every time you see it and you give it a big cuddle), crawling – you like to go! go! go! You love being the center of attention…..I think we might be creating a diva!
• Dislikes: changing your diaper, putting on clothes – it is like herding a cat! You do NOT like to be on your back. Definitely don’t like eye drops, you really work your lungs when we do that but as soon as we pick you up you are totally fine. I think you are working a tude girl!
• Food is a whole other topic. You have not so much embraced the deliciousness that is food (and I have made you some good stuff!). You react the same way to the food I make and jarred food, which is ew. All you like is rice cereal and how nasty is that! We have given you some table food and that is not happening either. You just gag it up. Oh Molly….we will just keep trying.
• You have shown signs of separation anxiety. So far you are ok when I drop you off at school and church but there are times that you do NOT want me to put you down or if I leave the room you get some kind of cranky.

My little chicken nugget, you make me sooooo happy. Even though you wear me and daddy out – like for real – you totally wear us out because you just go and go and go and never want to sit still you are the best thing that has ever happened to us. I can’t imagine loving anything or anyone more. You smile all day long and we are truly blessed to have such a happy baby. I love you little bird.

The much loved outtakes:

How long do I have to sit here?!?

Um, what is dad trying to do?

OK - he is kinda funny.

OK - I give in, he is really funny.

You know you can't keep me here - right.....

What is this?

That sticky stuff kinda tickles

Oops!

Oh well....

Saddest Thing You Have Ever Seen.

That would be Molly right now. Poor girl has had a cold for a couple days and now it has turned into pink eye. She woke up this morning with the skin around her eye being a little red and I just thought she had rubbed it. After her morning nap it was crusty and really red around her eye. I called the doc and she said with all of her symptoms (cold, slight fever, red eye) that it was pink eye. So we got drops that we are supposed to put in both eyes 3 times a day. How do you put eye drops in a baby?!? I mean there is just no good way. The first time wasn't so bad. Homegirl was passed out and nothing was waking her up so we put them in while she was sleeping. The second time today didn't go as smoothly. You have to pin her down, pry open her crying eyes and be as fast as lightning putting those things in. It is for sure a 2 person job. She was a trooper for most of the day but the evening time was rough. Anyway - poor baby. And to top it all off she left a nice surprise for me in the bath.....so we had to take another bath. Cheers to tomorrow and a *crossing my fingers* a better baby.

Oh yeah and this is her 8 month birthday!!!!! Not a fun way for her to spend her 2/3 of a year old b-day. I will do her 8 mo post a little later - when she is feeling better.

First Words?

Well, as of now, I think Molly's first word is dog. She says mamamama and dadada but i don't think that she associates those words to me and Danny but every time she sees the dogs she says "do". So I am gonna go with dog is her first word as of now.

And here are some pics from our weekend because what is a post without some Molly pics?!?

You mean to tell me I got all dressed up and the Aggies didn't win the game!!!!

Look at this face, would I ever doing anything I am not supposed to do.....

I made an opsie in my dressy outfit, don't tell anyone.

Like this mom or do I need to put my arm up a little more?

This is good.....

You want some?

Girls Weekend

It was a last minute trip but oh so fun. Danny always go hunting this weekend so the 4 of us (my mom, sister, myself and Molly) decided to pack up the car and go rough it for the weekend. Ok - not really rough it. We ended up going to the Hyatt Hill Country Resort. It was great. We left Saturday and came back Monday and never left the resort. The hotel definitely had families in mind for the weekend because they had a million different activities for kids. When Molly gets a little older I can't wait to take her back so she can do all the fun things. They had something to do every hour from a Radio Disney performance, movies on the lawn, make your own super hero cape, live music, family flag football, sand castle contest, face painting, a visit from Sea World animals.....and more. I am telling you, they had a million and one things to do. We did a lot of lounging in the lazy river.

When we got there on Saturday we immediately put on our suits and headed to the lazy river. Molly loved every bit of it. We had a fantastic seafood buffet with a live band for dinner then went to go to the zoomagination (where they bring in animals). We stayed for the first animal, an owl, because I got a look see on what they were bringing out next and it was huge and wrapped around someones neck and if you know me you know I was out of there in a split second! It was awful. We headed back to the room and put Molly down for bed, although she had other plans and just wanted to play. Once she was asleep my mom stayed with her while Jenna and I went out for a little perusing. We walked around and ended up watching The Lorax on the lawn with popcorn and an Arnold Palmer. It twas a lovely evening. Then we went back to the room and crashed......for about 30 minutes when Molly woke up. She is not a fan of sleeping in hotels. It felt like we were up every hour. The nights were not so fun. Back up, back up. So at the check in counter they had these massive bowls of plums so we took them just about every time we passed by - ok scratch that - we did take some every time we passed by. Hey, they were free! Well, I took a bite and then let Molly taste it. The initial reaction was ewwww gross but then it was pure deliciousness. She would just suck on it all night long. It made for a nice dinner because I didn't have to entertain and eat. She just sat there sucking on her plum.

On the way to girls weekend!

What in sam hill is that thing???? (It was both of their first time in a Bucees! It was a momentous occasion.)

Are we gonna get on this water or what?!?

Mom this is pretty good. How come the plums you feed me aren't like this?

Bedtime!!!! You are not talking to me, right?

I got things to do before bed

Sunday we woke up about 8am and went out to get some breakfast taquitos then walked around to check out the rest of the resort. I booked a spa appointment and then of course put on our suits and headed back out to the lazy river. After we came back and napped, I got my massage (best.one.ever) and headed back out to the river.....are you seeing a pattern here. We put Molly in the sand when we passed by the beach part and she did not know what to do with that new texture. It was quite humorous. Reece came and joined us for the evening so we circled the river a couple more times then went to the BBQ buffet. By then it was about 7:30pm (Molly goes to bed about 7:15pm) and Molly was getting a little restless. This night I was full on entertaining/shoveling food in my mouth as fast as I could, we had no more plums. Needless to say, Molly and I left dinner a little early and headed back to the room. She was not wanting to sit in her stroller anymore so I picked her up and was steering the stroller. Then things took a turn for the worse, a bug the size of Texas a gnat flew in my eye and was engulfed by my eyelid so my eye was on fire, I am trying to blink it out but now I am just crying massive amounts of tears (along with Molly I might add) and slinging the stroller all across the sidewalk. People are MOVING out of the way. They did not want to mess with the hot mess that was carrying a crying baby, was crying herself, and cannot steer a stroller to save her life. I can't even begin to imagine what people were thinking about me. We made it back to the room on one piece, took a quick bath and finally was able to put my baby to sleep. I stayed in the room and joined Molly on the sleep while my mom, sister and Reece finished a fun dinner then went to hear the jazz band playing on the lawn.

Mom has her go juice now we are ready to start the day.

Mom promised if I gave her a big smile she would give me another plum.

I don't remember this part because I was taking my nap but from what I heard everyone talking about we were just walking around soaking in the fun.

That's where my mom got her massage.

I'm here! I'm here! I am in the river.

Peek-a-boo, I found you!

Just chillin with mom. I liked being in my float the best but I let mom cuddle with me for a little bit.

What, we are taking a picture?!?

Nom, nom, nom.....this strap tastes good.

Mom, can we go yet? Why do you have to eat dinner? I need to eat dinner!

Monday, we had big plans to wake up, eat a quick muffin and go back in the river. Well, those plans changed when Molly woke up at 8:45am (normal is 7am)!!!!!! Don't get too excited she was up quite a bit during the night but 8:45 made up happy. So we lounged around the room and got ready for the day. Packed up our things, made one last round of the hotel and took some nectarines for the road. Molly loved these as well. :)

Good morning. Did you guys bring me back a cup of coffee?

Check this out, I am gonna be a surfer like this guy one day.

Yay, I got free prizes for being a kid!

Girls weekend 2012!!! Holla. Can I take a nap now.....

Being silly with mom on the way home.

All in all it was a great weekend. A lot of work with a little one but it was so much fun getting to see her reaction to everything. We just need to work on sleeping through the night......one day, right. :)