Mollie, Mollie, and more Mollie

My sweet Mollie outside the other day enjoying some good sunshine and warm weather.

Mollie loves pickles. She cracks me up because she doesn't even show a sour face but just scarfs it down.


These two pictures are of when Mollie was on breathing treatments. She is all done with those and hopefully for good but we will find out. We go back to the doctor on Tuesday. She was such a trooper through all of this stuff and I was so proud of her.



Just my sweetie and he sweet cheeks.

Bike riding

Maddie got a bike when Mollie got here and she loves it but doesn't ride it very much. The other day when it was so nice outside I got some great pictures of her being brave and trying to ride that bike. Yes, she has a helmet but it is not on so please don't judge me that I am a bad mom...I already know that.

I made another diaper cake the other day for a friend at church who is having a little boy. Maddie helped me the whole time. She is such a good little helper and always willing. I am so lucky to have someone who want to help. We made it as boyish as possible...which by the way when you don't have any boys that is a hard thing to do. We can do girly and do it well but we struggle when it comes to boy stuff. I think it turned out okay and not to fufu. Speaking of boy stuff. We have had boy birthday parties like crazy lately. We had two last week alone and another one next week. What kind of creative stuff is there for boys? Superheroes and Cars get boring after awhile...any suggestions from those mommies with boys. Our next party is for a cousin who will be 6 so definitely not a baby.

Sheet snob

We have now lived in our hose for two years and it has been a great two years. Right after we moved in we stumbled across a furniture closing sale and were able to purchase a tempurapedic bed for a great deal. We originally had a queen and our new bed was a king. Going from a queen to a king is a big deal much like upgrading from business to first class on a plane trip. There is so much more room to stretch out and if you don't even want to know there is someone else in the bed you don't have too. Basically if you want to talk to the person next to you a cell phone might be necessary. Okay well maybe not but it sure felt that way when we got it. Unfortanutely we also had to buy sheets for our new bed and a comforter and shams and pillows ect. ect. We also needed a new bed frame but that was not in the finiancal plan right away so we settled with putting it on the floor until we could get the bed frame I felt would do justice for our new bed. Well life has been great on our new bed and it has more or less become my favorite place to be in my spare time. On a limited budget we initially only purchased one set of king sheets and might I add sheets are ridiculously expensive. So when it was time to wash sheets we had to get them washed and dryed in one day to get them back on the bed. Not really a big deal but sometimes it was a hassle. Luckily, Kohl's had a great sale last spring. Buy one set get the second set free. I jumped at the chance to buy some new sheets and have the luxury of having three sets. Immediately I changed to the new set of course. You got to break them in right. So our sheet set count is up to 3 sets. 1 set from the intital bed purchase and 2 sets from the Kohl's sale....you still with me? So anyway, last summer we finally got our bed frame. It is gorgeous and I love it. Now we don't look like homeless people sleeping on the floor. Anyways, with all of that said, last week it was time to change the sheets and wash the dirty ones. Somehow or another the 2nd set of sheets had gotten dirty and so we had to put the initial set we bought two years ago on the bed. As soon as I climbed into bed it felt so wierd and uncomfortable. I never thought they felt that way before when that was all that we had. They didn't sleep good and they made me insanely hot at night. I had to put a rush on getting our other sheets clean and back on the bed. I never knew I was a sheet snob. Guess that once you have gone to the other side of sheets that is you never go back. Don't worry I will keep the old set in case their is some crazy emergency we might run into like we did last week but we will only use them as a last resort. Needless to say it only took us two years to get our bed just the way I like it, feeling and looking. Now the next thing to work on is getting some side tables. Good thing those don't have to be comfortable.

Doctor says...

We just got back from the doctor and he basically said she has a really bad chest cold. She is wheezing really bad and choking on her on drainage. So now she has a breathing machine with medicine that we have to give her three times a day. He said it would get worse before better. I feel so bad for her. She is such a sweetie through it all and her big sister is doing everything she can think of to try and make her feel better. Please pray she will get over this stuff quickly and be able to be her spunky self again.

My baby is not feeling good.

Please pray for my sweet little Mollie. She has a really bad cough that is keeping her up at naps and night time. She woke up from her nap this morning with a fever too. We are headed up to the doctor in just a few minutes. You can tell she is trying to be a good sport about it but she just can't help not feeling good. Her little eyes just break your heart when she looks at you because you can tell she is just saying, "why do I feel yucky mommy, help me!" Even after lunch today she didn't really want to eat but she tried so hard and then threw it all up all over herself.

I will let you know how it goes but please keep her in your prayers. Also, Maddie has a yucky cough but she is still full of energy. She is on cough medicine so hopefully it will get better and she won't get whatever Mollie has.

Randomness

I can't believe that my little baby is already 6 months old. She is doing really well and I am so in love with her. Even though at times she is very clingy and even fussy I love her so much. She weighed 16 lbs. 7 oz. and 25.5 inches long. She sits up really well and most of the time unassisted. She has a big appetite and laughs all the time. Most of all she adores her sister.

My Crew at their finest...relaxing in the big recliner.

This is utter laziness. Maddie never held her own bottle ever! So I am hoping that this one will. As you can tell she has no interest in doing this whatsoever. When I did this she just looked at me like whatever works mom. Don't get the wrong idea this is the only time I have ever done this it is not like I do this everyday.

Maddie and Gus are inseparable. He even lets her dress him up in princess crowns. She blow dries him with her little hair dryer. He is such a good sport.

Mollie got her new bathing suit and we tried it on with a little sun hat. Doesn't she just look too cute. The funniest part is that I had to buy this hat 18 months-2T to fit her. The doctor did say last week that her head was the biggest thing on her. Those of you who know Trey know exactly where she got her head from.

Maddie had winter festival at school two weeks ago and they had snow cones along with lots of other winter activities. She showed me her purple tongue after chowing down on the snow cone.

My big girl and I enjoying quality time together.