Pictures

I have so many good photographers in my life. That being said, I really, really some professional photographs of Molly Grace done for either her 9 months, and definitely at a year. I haven't really had a need for professional photography in the past couple years until now, so I don't really know any good, reasonably priced photographers. Can anyone help?? I would love to spend thousands of dollars on photography, but I just can't. So if anyone out there knows anyone that they recommend, let me know!

ION:

Today was a pretty great day. I got to take MG to work with me, which is hard but worth it because I get to spend so much time with my FAVORITE person in the world. She has so much personality and I love watching her explore everything around her. I am so blessed.

please, please, please help me in my quest for a great photographer!

and THIS how the cookie crumbles...PART 2

I have some updates from my earlier post.

1. I did not have to take MG with me to get a new tire! My gracious and wonderful grandmother kept her for an extra hour so that I could go get a new tire without the bear! She is the best!
2. I got the new tire for free!! I bought three new tires between April-June of 2009 and was pretty sure the tire that needed replacing was one of those tires. When I got to the tire place they told me that my tire was not under warranty, (I thought it was) and that it would be $83.50 (before taxes). When I went to check-out, I was shocked to see all that I owed was $6.50! (for fees related to disposing of the old tire, etc)
3. I am now home and in my pj's (yes, it's 4:00) and I'm playing with the bear, excited about The Bachelor: Women Tell All tonight!

a bad day turned good.

love!

and that is how the cookie crumbles...

I'm annoyed.

So I thought, i'll blog about it.

Here's why:

1. Babysitter sick today, which means I must take half a day off (trying to save vacation time for April and July (roadtrip to Chicago! whaaaaat!)




2. Flat tire yesterday, Sunday, nothing is open, baby-sitter sick today means I must take Molly Grace with me to get a new one put on, which means it will be loads of fun! (sarcastic tone, while I love the bear dearly, she is a wiggle worm and wants to get into everything and has a very very very short attention span)
3. I am going to have to drive past all of the tire places before I pick of MG, which means I have to back track on a spare tire, not fun, makes me nervous.




4. I wore green and blue polka dotted undies today under khaki's (on accident! i was wearing black pants but changed and forgot about the color of my undies!)....my c0-worker, (who is a male), gladly pointed it out to me this morning. made me mad and uncomfortable, can you not look at my butt when I walk?? creepy!
   
   I think that is it for the day. Except, my co-worker is really on my nerves.
   
   
   Hopefully this face will cheer me up.

the bear playing with her auntie amy!

leave me some love. i need it.

It's a Girl!

No, I'm not preggo again, but I did just realize that a year ago TODAY I found out that little BT (baby toles, what we called her before I knew if BT was boy or girl) was a GIRL. I also gave her the name Molly Grace a year ago TODAY! So much has changed in a year. I could have never imagined how beautiful she would be or how much I would love her.



I will never forget the day I found out! Even though I already knew BT was a girl, even though no one chose to believe me.


I don't think I have ever shared this story on here so I will tell you a little bit about the dream I had before I had the gender ultrasound on Feb. 17, 2009.


I dreamed that I was sitting at my Grandmother's house on the swing on the front porch, a place we visit quite frequently (b/c I have an amazing Grandmother who cooks us lunch every Sunday and keeps MG on Tuesdays and Thursdays!), and this little girl came running up to me and said "Mommy, Mommy, I hurt my finger." And I kissed it and made it better, and she ran back to the yard to play. She was about 5 years old, wearing a brown dress, with a big brown bow and long, brown hair. She was the prettiest little girl I had ever seen. As she started to run back to play, I called out to her. And I said "Molly Grace, be careful"! I woke up the next morning determined that I was having a little girl and I would call her Molly Grace.


And today, I have my Molly Grace. She is everything I could have asked for and a thousand million billion trillion times better!



Here are a few of the ultrasound pics from that day...



the only thing I would have loved more about that day was the ultrasound pictures I got. The ultrasound tech lady must not have been in a great mood, so I got no "it's a girl!" written on the picture or even really any excitement over it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE my doctor and is nurses but NOT the ultrasound lady! ha.

this one is actually from her 13 week ultrasound, but it's my favorite ultrasound pic I got!
it's a girl!

no boy parts!

the proof is in the picture

I find it sad that the only thing I seem to be able to blog about these days is Molly Grace's teeth.

Well, loyal blog followers (all three of you), what you've been waiting for is here.

Molly Grace allowed me to get a picture of her two bottom teeth (she has one more on top).

Staying Connected

One of the things I miss the most is time with my friends.

Apparently Graco knows this because I received this email this morning.

Because when I was pregnant, I signed up for every "mommy" newsletter there was (because I couldn't read enough about pregnancy for some reason), I now receive monthly emails from what it seems like 7,000 different vendors (not sure if this would be the most appropriate term, but I digress) daily, weekly, monthly, you get the picture. I get A LOT OF emails.

This edition of "Wisdom From the Heart" really got to my heart. Thus, I am committing a whole blog entry to it.

I really, really miss my friends. I literally live hours and hours away from the majority of them. Of course, Amy is in Athens, Megan is in Woodstock, Kim lives, well, in the same house, and Kristy lives in Gainesville, so I do have some relatively close, but what I miss is having someone that lives IN THE SAME TOWN. I actually don't think there are more than 30 people my age that live within a 10 mile radius of my house.

This article talked about "staying connected with non-parent" friends. I instantly started reading the email, as if it would wave it's magical email wand over me and I would instantly be connected to my friends again. I wish this is the way these things worked. Unfortunately, most of it talked about spending one-on-one time with your friend, which I would love to do but seeing how they all live 8+ hours away, this is not possible. I am terrible at staying in touch. Most of the time I am too tired to have long phone conversations and too busy to write emails. Another reason I suck at it is because if I feel something will emotionally drain me, I shy away from it. Which is coincidentally why I often slack on updating the blog. I am not great about really opening up about how I feel when I blog, which is why most of my entries are solely about Molly Grace and her latest happenings and rarely give you inside into how I really am doing.

I think I'm getting better. I'm starting to get my feet wet, but haven't taken the dive yet, if you will. And here's the reason why...

you guys.

Everyone that reads this blog and comments is such a huge encouragement to me. It makes me feel that I am "staying connected", that I do still have friends, even if they are one blog comment away. Most of you that read this are other mothers with kids about Molly Grace's age and honestly, you are some of the only parents I could call "friends". So whether you know it or not, I call you my "friend" simply because we are "blog buddies". To those of you who are non-parents that read, I also get to stay connected to you by giving you a glimpse of what parenting will be like for you when you experience it one day. And you better believe that I will be reading your blog when that days comes...(you best have one...you know who you are.)

So thanks. Thanks for reading. Thanks for commenting. You don't realize how much it means to me. You don't realize how much it helps me.

I appreciate you.

another tooth.

Big News Ya'll...

Yesterday when I said Molly Grace's tooth count was 2....it's now three.

Exciting news, huh?

I need picture proof!

Probably the most exciting blog I've ever written!

LOVE!

the new me?

I cut my hair off. Like 6-7 inches. I love it!

(omg. suchamyspacephoto. totally 7th grade.)

I think Molly Grace likes it, but judging by her face in this photo, I think the verdict is still out.

what do YOU think? :)

Molly Grace turned 7 months old on Saturday, in celebration her auntie Kim and her Mia (my mom) let her have her first taste of ice cream. Don't report me! Judging by these photos, I think she LOVED it. It was hilarious watching her. I tried to video it but my camera died...soon I will post another video of her.

7 MONTH UPDATE:

She is improved in ten fold in her crawling skills. She has learned that she can follow me into other rooms of the house so if I leave the room, she will crawl to find me. She is so adorable. She has another tooth through, bringing the tooth count up to 2. She's actually be handling the teething pretty well. She isn't too fussy all the time, she definitely has better days than others.

I've said it a thousand times but everyday with her is refreshing and she is a daily reminder that God has blessed me incredibly. I delivered Meals on Wheels today to a lady and in reply to my question of "how are you", she answered I'm blessed. She reminded me that I am too.

7 Months of Molly Grace

Happy 7 month Birthday to my Molly Gracie girl!

Mommy loves you.

I love watching you grow.

You are the sweetest, funniest, most beautiful baby I have ever seen.

You have blessed me beyond belief and am I so thankful for you.

Love,

Mommy

ain't nothing new

For the sake of blogging, I blog.

I have been postpoing updating because I don't have any pictures of the bear to share with you.

I have been thinking about some things lately though and I will share that.

I'll wait to update you on the bear until I post her 7 month blog (saturday she will be 7 months! whhhaaaatt? where has the time gone?)

I will say this, the bear has more hair on her head these days than she has ever had! Praise the Lord, it's growing!!

Thoughts (random ones, that I had to share somewhere, and facebook is not the place!):

I have decided that in life you can either find things annoying or you can find them endearing.

I think from now on, as much as possible, I will choose to find things endearing and not annoying.

(i thought this was rather smart of me, but what do I know?)

One thing that I choose NOT to find endearing is that whole doppelganger thing on facebook, where everybody is changing their profile picture to their celebrity look a likes. I think this is so friggin dumb. I did see that an old co-worker of mine changed hers to the cookie monster (shout out to http://www.greercaldwell.blogpsot.com/) and THAT i found endearing. Everyone elses for some reason really make me mad for some reason.

I am an AVID listener of The Bert Show on Q100. It is the only morning radio show where I actually get annoyed if they play a song. It is hilarious and it helps me feel less crazy and more normal because the people that call in with their "issues" are NUTS. for realsies. For example, another thing I choose NOT to find endearing, is a caller who called in about needing a way to get her "best friend" to drop out of her wedding so she wouldn't have to kick her out. Why would a bride want to kick her "best friend" out of the wedding you ask? Oh ya know, because her "best friend" is 8 months preggo and unwed and she doesn't agree with her morals and cannot have her representing her. I was LIVID listening to this caller. As you know, I am an unwed mother. Thing happen. I have morals, but everyone makes mistakes and it is not my fault that HE chose to not be a part of this wonderful little girl's life and I did. The caller kept saying that her "best friend" was irresponsible and shouldn't be bringing a baby into the world, that she should have taken "care" of the problem. Moral double standard this bride has? Yes I think so. I hate that single mothers get the blame for being irresponsible when, at least for me, I TOOK responsibility for my actions and HE didn't. He sure isn't getting any flack. buuuutttt...that's enough of that conversation.

I am so thankful for my wonderful friends and family. Thank you for loving me despite my flaws.

ION:

I am getting a pretty serious tax return (haaaaallllleeeelllujah) and soon after I get it I am going to be the proud owner of A BRAND NEW LAPTOP. can't wait. And YOU should be excited too because you know what that means? MORE BLOGGING EXCITMENT from me!

This may be THE most random post ever. and completely un-baby related. I did get some things off my chest. I feel better.

I'll leave you with what I see every night before I go to sleep. The most precious baby face there ever did was.

see her hair??

LOVE!

Mary Beth and Molly Grace