The Loves of Molly: 2011

I did it!

I was definitely feeling a new hair style was in order this winter, so I did it! I didn't want to cut it off, but I was thinking dark would be cute. I'm liking it so far, it definitely is going to take some getting used to, but a new hairstyle is always fun. I will probably go back to my reddish/blonde, but this is fun for now. I love my hairdresser....Emily at Elements Salon on Preston....love her, go to her, she is the best!

Prayer Pail

So sweet baby love has been struck by seasonal asthma once again. This breaks my heart into a million pieces, because watching her couch and struggle to catch her breath is so hard. Sunday night she was up for most of the night and I was up from 12-6 making sure she was ok, propping up her pillow, giving her breathing treatments, all that good stuff mommies do. Finally, I just decided to put her in bed with me and she did a little better snuggling close to mommy. I gave her one breathing treatment and it was so quiet, and she was all snuggled in my arms, and I just fell in love with this precious girl even more. It's been a rough couple of weeks for me and even though I hated that she was sick, I just loved snuggling with her and my heart felt so full and complete.

After coughing all night, her eyes were pretty puffy the next day. Thankfully we got her fixed up early Monday am.

With the "puppy nebby." We both decided that we needed a little mommy/daughter time, so we went straight to the hair salon. We are getting our pics taken at the end of the month, so a sassy new do was a definite must.

I think it brightened her spirits just a tad :)

Then we made our prayer pail! I have been so excited about this! We made this bucket and got popsicle sticks, then we wrote the names of people we love on each one. I just have to say that she is so sweet, she came up with all the names. Ms. Shelly, Maggie, James, Pixi, Austin.....just to name a few.

Cutie pie.

First name we drew....Ms. COCO!! She said "I pray that Coco learns to talk soon so we can talk on the phone." Tonight she drew Daddy, and we will continue to draw every night until they're gone. She is so good at saying her prayers every night and I think this is a tradition we will keep every year when the holidays roll around. Always a great time to lift up some prayers and be thankful for everyone in our lives.

We did our nails, started a big puzzle in the dining room, and snuggled into bed. Not without some silly face time :)

And smooches!

Just love this sweet girl too much! Here's hoping her little asthma situation only lasts a little bit and here's to many more fun traditions with my girl.

This is just fitting tonight.....Love me some Dave Barnes, we sing this all the time at bedtime :)

Halloween fun

We had such a great Halloween weekend! Lilly got to play with sweet Miss Coco at the Cinderella Pumpkin Patch, which was amazing! If you haven't been to the Arboretum in the fall, GO. Pumpkin overload, so pretty too!

Lilly is getting sooooo big! These little heart tights were hers when she was 18 months....big girl!

She had her Halloween party at school, which she said was fun, and then it was time for our Halloween tradition over at Ryders!

Before we left, we had to do some photo ops of course.

Lilly went as Tiger Lilly this year, which is from Peter Pan, and Dottie Suzanne went as a witch, which she loved.

Dottie in sheer panic mode.

Can we talk about my beauty??? Geez. I put a little makeup on her and was freaking out, such a pretty girl.

With her pumpkin she made at school. We won't bother showing the pumpkin we made.....epic fail. Pinterest, that was not the best idea.....

Ryder was some spider monkey or something, I think. From Ben 10? Boys shows, don't watch them. But cutie pie of course.

Glow in the dark masks from Pixi!

That we ended up wearing. I can not believe the kids wore these for so long, not easy to see out of.

Love this lady. This Halloween was not the best for me, hence the red eyes. Halloween has been hard for me for a few years for that fact. However, I was really down this year after having to make a big decision last week. It's best for me I know, but still sad. She always makes me smile. Why is my lipstick so pink? Gross.

Lovers.

With the guy from Monster Mash. Frankenstein I guess? I'm not up to date on my Halloween characters obviously.

Then the kiddos relaxed with a movie while we finally got to eat!

Look at those sweet babies.....they had both just turned 1 here. Sarah and I say we will keep forcing them to do Halloween together even when they are in high school. Something tells me they won't mind :)

Little random Thursday post

My cousin had this photo tagged of him on facebook and we all started talking about how he resembled Steve Jobs. Funny, he's a genius. Soooo, that led to the title of his autobiography, joking of course.

Here are the options....

1. J-Luv.....I do not like bananas. An autobiography.

2. J-Luv vs. J-Hole. My untold story.

3. J-Luv. The man, the beard, the legend.

4. I mustache you a question. My story.

I'm thinking this for sure needs to come up as a gag gift of some sort. I'm giggling away, sorry, if you don't know my cousin then you don't get it so just scroll down to something else if you don't. If you do, feel free to laugh yourself silly like me :)

Karen's party

SURPRISE!!!

She was sooooo shocked, she thought she was going to volunteer at a Harvest Festival, so she even brought cupcakes.....to her own party. Good woman.

My cousin's friend, Josh, has started this photography company and he set up a little photo op thingy, which was so fun. I've done this at so many weddings, but it was nice to do with my family!

Three sisters!

So, can we talk about the one single boy grandchild in my family, Mr. Jake. He is a mini John Kopacz and just as chubby as he can be! I couldn't get enough of his chunky legs and loved getting to rock him to sleep :) Heaven.