Money making scam

So apparently the con artists that run Molly's daycare have found another way to swindle more money from us. Apparently school pictures are taken TWICE a year. They take them with the understanding that there is no obligation to purchase, but then of course once you see them you know you'll be buying the whole darn package. Plus, they do multiple poses and Mike and I have different favorites. So basically we'll have to take out a second mortgage. Anyone want a wallet? :-)

My favorite

Mike's favorite

p.s. I really love Molly's daycare, even if they are con artists.

tutus and grandparents

When I told my sister Annie that I was going to be having a girl, one of her first comments was that she was going to go shopping for a tutu. She did not disappoint. She bought this cute leotard/tutu while I was pregnant. I had it hanging in Molly's closet and decided I should pull it out to see if it would fit her yet. I'm so glad I did because it was almost too small. I was kind of hoping to save it for her 1 year pictures, but I'm pretty sure it won't fit in two more months. She was a little unsure about it but she looked so cute. And, Aunt Annie got to see her in it because we Skyped while she had it on. We all agreed that the cutest part was when she crawled away.

In other news, my parents were here this weekend for what felt like a really quick visit. I don't care how old I get, it still makes me so happy to have them visit. I didn't pull the camera out until they were in the driveway leaving, but ended up getting a really cute picture of Molly with Lumpy and Gammy.

It was a great way to spend my first Mothers' Day.

A deal is a deal...

I promised Jessie I would post a picture of Molly having a meltdown. So here she is. We had a lot of these this past week as Miss Molly had Herpangina (isn't that a disgusting name?). It is a virus that caused her to have sores in her throat. Poor little munchkin was not too happy! Don't worry though because she's back to her old self again.


By the end of the last day that she stayed home from daycare she was feeling fine. In fact she was quite rowdy. Mommy decided this was a good form of entertainment/containment.

In other news Molly is doing really well with her solid foods these days. It's a bit messier, but lots of fun to watch. She's such a big girl!

She's also been enjoying the swing we hung in the backyard for her. This picture was from her first ride and she wasn't too sure about it. Now she loves it.

A big first today...

Molly crawled today! She's been doing the army crawl for awhile, but today was the first time she crawled for real. (Sorry about the barking dog at the end of the video).

The elusive giggle...Captured!

Up until today it has been impossible to catch Molly's laugh on video because she is so fascinated when the camera comes out that she stops. But today, I got it! Please excuse the poor camera work, but all you have to do is close your eyes and listen to the cutest sound ever! By the way, every time Molly laughs really hard she gets the hiccups. Strange huh?

Backyard Photo Shoot

Cardinal's baseball is a pretty big deal around our house. In fact we often 'joke' the Molly was named after Yadier Molina, my favorite player. Mike counts down to opening day of baseball season like most people count down to Christmas. When we found out Molly was going to be a girl we went shopping at Babies R Us and Mike found the girl baseball clothes section and immediately bought some things. Fast forward to baseball season and the cutest little Cardinal fan around. I had a great idea for a do-it-myself photo shoot (who can afford professional pictures) and they turned out pretty cute. I wish I had found something better than a bath towel to set under her, and I also wish I was better at lighting. But...until I take some professional photography classes these will have to do. Thank goodness I have such a perfect model who makes up for all of the photographer's flaws!

Enjoy, and Go Cardinals!

Visit to Wichita/Easter

For Easter weekend we drove down to Wichita to visit my family. It was wonderful to be able to stay there for almost 5 days. Highlights were getting to spend lots of time with my Grandma Duck, Molly's first haircut, play time with Cousin Oliver, a Taylor Swift concert, seeing Molly in her Easter Dress, and lots of time for Molly to spend with Gammy, Lumpy, Uncle Charlie, Aunt Amanda, and Aunt Annie (we missed you Unce David)!

Here are some pictures from the weekend. Annie took a bunch of cute ones of Molly and Oliver dressed up together, I'll try and post those on here too.

Hanging out with Aunt Annie and Uncle Charlie before the 6 hour dirve home in which Molly was fairly unhappy!

Family picture after church

Walking with Gammy. She liked walking in the grass, but sitting in it was a different story.




Playing with Aunt Annie's dog, Murphy. Molly really liked him and he was great with her.

Snuggling with Gammy on a grumpy evening.

Molly's first haircut, Casi did a great job!

"This isn't so bad!"

Lunch at Larksfield (Duck's retirement community) with Cousin Oliver and Great Grandma Duck. The babies were a huge hit with all of the residents and everyone thought they were twins.

Loving on Lumpy.

Sweet Oliver.

Oliver checking out Molly and Molly checking out Oliver's toys.

Just being cute.

Great Grandma Duck took Molly for rides all through the halls of Larksfield on her scooter and Molly loved it!

It was a fun weekend and we miss everyone tons already!