Mollie and Me

Here are two of my favorite pictures taken recently. My friend, Lisa, took a few maternity pics the other week and I ended up loving the ones of Mollie and me together best. She is such an amazing little girl. Can't wait to meet Gabbie and get to know and love her just like I love the girl I already have. I truly feel so blessed to be given the chance to be the mommy of two girls. I couldn't ask for more!

Spring Fair in Review

Here are some of our pictures from Mollie's first and second trips to the Spring Fair. I think I love this tradition so much because it was our first real outing as a family after Mollie was born. I just remember feeling so much joy that day and going each year totally brings back those wonderful memories!

The one of the three babies is one of the first pictures ever taken of Mollie and her cousins, Josh and Peyton. Such a sweet memory, too! The one of me changing Mollie was the first time she ever peed all over a changing table. I don't know why, but it was hilarious to me at the time. The one of Mollie and Jeremie and me won't make Jeremie too happy... It was when we were both still carrying all of our "baby weight". :)

Spring Fair 2010

This was our third annual trip to the Spring Fair. Before Mollie was born I had never been. We took her when she was just eight days old and have taken her back each year since. It has become a family tradition I look forward to every Spring. Mollie was super excited about it, too. She loved seeing the animals, especially the pigs which were stinkier than normal, if you can believe that! And she got to go on rides for the first time at the Fair. We only bought a few tickets, but maybe the scanners weren't working right because she never ran out of them! We finally told her that she was going on one more and then we gave the remaining three away. She even got to go on her first solo ride! Without us, she went on cars, motorcycles, and boats. She also got to go on the slide and carousel with Daddy. Naturally, at eight months pregnant, I didn't go on any! I made it through just over three hours there, but am feeling the effects as I type. That is a lot of walking for 32 weeks along. We also loved our fair food- yummy burgers, krusty pups, fries, and scones, of course! Such a beautiful day for a fun family outing. Can't wait to do it again this Fall with both our girls!

Mollie's Birthday Party

We hosted Mollie's birthday party at our house today. It took me two days of cleaning and one day of setting up to be ready for it. At almost eight months pregnant I can't get as much accomplished as I usually can, so this was a lot of work for me! Next year we plan to have Mollie's party at a kid's venue... Don't think that I'm up for this again any time soon! :)

Mollie got a TON of wonderful gifts from so many friends and family members who came. My dad even got her a swing set! It will definitely come in handy entertaining Mollie this summer when I'm tied up with a newborn!

We so appreciate all the people who came to celebrate our little girl. She has so many people to be thankful for, because they love her so much.

Mollie's Big Girl Room

Mollie's main gift from us for her birthday was her new big girl room. Now that she has adjusted to a new room and sleeping in a twin bed, she loves it! Here are some pictures of it.

Happy Birthday, Mollie!

Here are some pictures from Mollie's first day as a two year old. We had a busy, fun filled day!!! We started with breakfast from Happy Donuts at Forza with our great friends, Addison and JC. Then JC and I took the girls to play at the Children's Museum. Finally, we had dinner with our wonderful friends, the Field's, and Red Robin. Mollie got to open her first birthday present while we ate. Her gift was a photo book all about Mollie. The title is, "Mollie's Favorites from A to Z" and includes 26 pictures and captions of Mollie's favorite things. Red Robin was sure to sing to her and provide an ice cream sundae on-the-house. She was bouncing off the walls for at least an hour after... definitely looking forward to round two with birthday cake and ice cream on Sunday! :)

Happy Birthday, Mollie! You are our sweet, precious, little girl. WE LOVE YOU!!!

Happy Easter!

We had a great weekend celebrating the resurrection of our Savior. Jeremie, Mollie, and I went to church, just the three of us, in the morning and had brunch at Jeremie's sister's house in the afternoon. Mollie LOVED her Easter basket. I'm so glad I only put a few jelly beans in it with toys and other goodies, because she all but devoured them! (She thinks the peeps are a toy, too, thankfully!) She was totally adorable in her pink polka dot dress, too. I can't wait to have two little girls to dress up next year!