Happy Memorial Day!

We're celebrating with Pig Tails! Seriously, could our little sweetie get any cuter!

If you look closely, you can see Molly's two little bottom teeth. She's got two more coming in on top! Molly is really cruising now - she crawls all over the place invesitgating everything! Her favorite find? The door stopper (is that what they're called? The little springgy thing behind a door that stops it from hitting the wall.) She loves to pull on the stopper and let it go! Shane child proofed our cupboard doors and they're driving me crazy! I suppose I'll be conditioned to look for the latch eventually, but until then...AAARRGHH!!!

Springfield Surprise

We love surprises! Shane's brother just moved from Missouri to Ohio and Shane's parents flew out to help with the move. Since they'd be driving through Illinois to get to their new home, Shane and I devised a super secret plan to meet them when they stopped for lunch and surprise Jill and Lonny (Shane's parents). We let Todd and Tam in on our mission so that everything would go smoothly.

Here we are in Chipotle...Jill and Lonny are still trying to grasp running into us 3 hours from our home. It was awesome! We got there a few minutes before them and sat at a table to wait. They walked in and didn't notice us until Shane waved. Lonny didn't see at first, but we thought Jill was going into shock. She just stood staring at us without saying a word for about a minute and then the waterworks began. By that time we'd gotten Lonny's attention and a similar reaction. It was so fun!
We loved seeing everyone, even though it was for a short time. Thanks Todd and Tam for taking time out of your long drive to let us visit!

Crawling, Cutting teeth and Clapping, Oh My!

Molly's been busy this week! She officially has two teeth, can crawl across the room (Friday she was only doing 2 small steps forward before falling onto her tummy), and yesterday she started clapping. Here are some cute pictures of her moving across the floor. She's pretty proud of herself!

Maryland

This past week Shane attended a training in Maryland, not far from my brothers house, so Molly and I went with him to spend time with family. It just so happened that my brother was out of town too, so it was nice to have some company! We had a pretty laid back week going for walks, attending my niece and nephews lacrosse games and visiting the National Zoo in D.C. We partied it up on the weekend with a crepe fest, Lego rock band and an ice cream bar! All in all a wonderful week! Here's Molly on her first trip to the zoo.

It's not often that the lion's are awake and roaming. This guy is so beautiful!

Molly had so much fun playing with her cousins! She can now crawl backwards (we're still working on going forward) and her first little tooth is starting to come in.

Love the crepe fest!

8 Months Old

Molly turned 8 months old this week. She is such a happy little baby! She's still not crawling, but oh so close! Today I had her sitting on the floor by the tub while I was getting the water ready. She put her hands on the side of the tub and pulled herself up to her knees. That's the first time she's pulled herself up...before we know it she'll be walking along the furniture! She loves to roll all over the room and is pretty good at doing yoga poses with me when I exercise!

Happy Mother's Day!

Our little munchkin has a pretty good head of hair.
Here's her first little ponytail!

It's movie time...which one should we watch first?

34 Weeks and Growing!

I know that I'm a couple days late getting these posted...it seems that between feedings, naps, and showing our house, my computer time is a little hit and miss. I wouldn't change it for anything! (except the house selling thing...all those showings stress me out a bit!)

It seems that Molly gets cuter every day! I had so much fun taking her Sunday shot that I couldn't decide on just one to post. I love this one with her little tongue sticking out!

Molly is rolling across the floor and scooting around a bit. When she sees something she wants, she goes after it! She's started getting up on her hands and knees this week, but no crawling yet. She usually doesn't move very much when she sleeps, but last night when I checked on her an hour after she went to bed, Molly had turned herself around so that her feet were where her head had been and her head was at the foot of the crib. So cute! We just love watching her grow into this beautiful curious active baby!

This is one of Molly's favorite toys (and on of our favorite pictures!) These stacking rings are timeless - we had one when I was growing up too!