(Almost) Summer Celebrations!

We've had a fun week! The school year is coming to an end and I am ready for summer break! I just love my little class this year, but they are ready for a break and so is their teacher!

We've had play dates with a couple of friends this week. We had a great time having dinner with the Robertsons and the girls loved playing with Damari.

We also hung out with Cooper this week.

How cute is this guy?!

And we celebrated the birthdays of TWO very special people in our lives. We had dinner out on Tuesday to celebrate Anna's birthday. We all had a great time!And today is Marie's birthday. Brian's family came over and we had a great time spending time with Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Marie. Rayna was feeling much better than when we saw Grandpa and Grandma a couple of weeks ago. We all had fun celebrating Aunt Marie's birthday. Happy birthday, Marie!!
And we have one more HUGE thing to celebrate. Our dear friends Justin and Tara got approved to adopt from India!!! Justin and Tara have a passion for adoption, but have hit several roadblocks in their adoption journey. But it looks as if God is opening the door for them to adopt from India and we are beyond thrilled for them!! To read more, click HERE.

Molly Moment

I love all of the conversations I've been having with Molly lately. I wanted to document some more of them this month. She's such a smart little cookie!

Last night, Molly spilled her milk.

Molly: I am really, really very sorry I spill my milk, Daddy.
Daddy: It's okay, Honey.
Molly: It's okay, Daddy. I forgive you.

She has been very interested in boys/girls. One of her favorite games is to ask me who is a boy and who is a girl. She also likes answering that question.

Me: Is Ruby a boy or a girl?
Molly: A girl!
Me: Is Cooper a boy or a girl?
Molly: A boy!
Me: Is Damari a boy or a girl?
Molly: A baby!

Our little lady likes to ask us about our days. Perhaps Mommy should stop complaining about being tired after work!

Molly: How was you work today, Daddy? How was the plants?
Daddy: It was fine, thank you.
Molly: How was you work today, Mommy? How was the kids?
Me: They were fine.
Molly: You is tired, aren't you, Mommy?

Our Little Flower Girl

Well, she was just about the cutest flower girl you've ever seen and SHE MADE IT DOWN THE ISLE!! I had a lot of doubts when we got to the church and she refused to leave me, but Brian took her so that I could take my place on the front row. So I had no idea whether or not she was coming down or not, but she did! She walked down the isle and sat with me until we all stood up for Stefanie. At that point she was already (in a very loud voice) talking and asking questions so I thought that would be a good time for us to make our exit. We spent the rest of the wedding in the nursery playing with toys, but we actually had the best seat in the house because they broadcast it onto the T.V. in the nursery so we got to watch the whole ceremony. The wedding was beautiful and Stefanie was a gorgeous bride. The reception was a lot of fun and we had a great time with our family. Congratulations, Jason and Stefanie!! :-)

Fun in Goldsboro!

We're in Goldsboro and having a great time so far! It's been so nice to spend time with our family. I've had my doubts about whether or not Molly will walk down the isle tomorrow, but so far she's doing really well. She did a great job at the rehersal. She walked down the isle every time! We're hopeful that she does just as well tomorrow!

Molly was very excited when she found out that our hotel has a pool!

All of the girls had fun at the luncheon today. Molly was thrilled to get her own place at the table with her own name plate. She thought she was pretty big stuff!

And Rayna is having fun, too! She seems to be doing a lot better with her ears and slept well last night. (Even if she was up at the crack of dawn!)

Winston-Salem

I realize that this is several days overdue, but better late than never, right?! We went to Winston-Salem to see Brian's parents last weekend and had a great time, as always. Rayna wasn't herself on that trip and continued to be fussy and not sleep well. I finally took her to the doctor yesterday, and both of her ears were infected. Poor baby. She's been quite the little trooper considering she is cutting another tooth and has a double ear infection. I had awful ear infections when I was little, so I'm hoping she's not going to follow in my foot steps as far as that goes. She's had three doses of her antibiotic and we are already seeing a difference which is good news because we are leaving for Goldsboro in the morning. My cousin is getting married this weekend and Molly is in the wedding--exciting! I'll see if I can manage to get a couple of pictures. :-)

Fun at Grandpa and Grandma's

Mama's Night Owl

It's so fun to see our characteristics popping up in Molly. Molly and I are a lot alike. There's the whole nature vs nurture debate, but I think she's got a lot of her Mama in her simply because God had her planned for our family since the very beginning. We both love going for walks. We like playing with our friends. Anything mint chocolate is our FAVORITE. And we are night owls. Yes, we would both love to stay up late and sleep in late. Rayna is currently sleeping from about 6:30-6:30 (waking up once), but Molly has always slept 8:00-8:00. Until now. The last few weeks, if Molly takes a nap, she is up RIDICULOUSLY late. I mean 9:30-10:00 late. Last night, I went to bed at 11:30 and she was still up. Seriously?! 11:30?! Now it's 8AM and we are supposed to be on our way to Winston-Salem, but Molly does NOT want to get up. She's so much like her Mama! :-)

But all joking aside, I'm going to talk to her pediatrician about it, because it kind of has me worried. I mean, even if she is outgrowing her nap, an hour of sleep during the day shouldn't keep her up an additional 3 hours at night, should it? What do you think--I'd love some advice!

While my goal is to get her back on a normal sleep schedule now, I do have to smile when I think of the two of us in about 15 years--staying up late and eating our mint chocolate-chip ice cream. :-)

Big Girl!

Rayna is getting so big, so fast! This has been a big week for her! We moved her out of her infant car seat and into a bigger car seat, she cut her first tooth, and she's trying to crawl! She's just growing and changing so much!