Is there something on my head?

Hope this brightens your day as much as it does mine!!! I mean how can you not look at this sweet girl and SMILE!

Simple things; Simple things- they are what matter the most!

I love you, Mollye Bear!

Love,

Mom

P.S. Thanks for reminding me to enjoy the simple things!

Fall is here! What a great weekend!

So as I took the pictures this weekend, I thought I would do several different blogs this week. However, I just can't resist sharing the great weekend we had in the Casey house!

It started Friday night by Mollye doing a little shoe counting! This chick loves her "shews" and "clothes." We have to keep the closet door closed or she goes through it all! These days she loves to play dress up:)
While I know this blog is suppose to be about Mollye, I have to brag just a little bit about myself. You see I left the house bright and early Saturday morning. I was off to run the "Race for the Cure 5k." It left me with one of the greatest feelings ever! I must say that it was very emotional to see all of the support going on among the some 15,000 people.

I'm still so proud of Rebecca and I! We did great!

Here is a last shot of us after the race. Yes, after the race. In fact this is while we are trying to get out of the parking lot. The Cadillac dealership had a fabulous ribbon made of balloons- it was a must that we get out of the car and have our picture made!!! No worries, traffic wasn't moving anyways!

So after being gone from Mollye for a half day, I vowed to make sure Sunday was fun for us! I decided on doing several Fall activities. We rearranged our some 40 pumpkins- yes you read correctly 40!!! I've never had so many pumpkins! We can't wait to carve them! My mind is full of ideas!

Here are some of our fall rearranging pictures:

Look!!! It says my name! See- MOLLYE!!!

Then we came inside and made homemade pumpkin play dough! It smells so good. Too bad Mollye was not into it! Hopefully my students at school will like it better tomorrow.

All Mollye wanted to do was play dress up with all of her K.MAC clothes! Yes, Aunt Meg, I had them laid out to wear again this week. Mollye decided she wanted to wear them right then. At one point, she had on three skirts, two shirts, and the leggings tied around her neck like a cape. She said she was the sponsor for KMAC!!!

Last, but not least, we made CAKEPOPS!!! Mmm.... red velvet cake, cream cheese icing, and it's all coated in chocolate!

What a GREAT WEEKEND!!!! I am so blessed!

Where oh where is my stuff???

Yes, that's right I can't find anything!!!

You see I am very opposite of my husband in this way. He usually doens't have a clue where he put his shoes last. I on the other hand have a specific location for EVERYTHING!!! If you don't believe me just ask all those important people in my life: my students, my husband, my college roomate. Yep, they will all agree I might be a little OCD:)

So you can imagine I am in full blown panic mode this morning when I can't find my cell phone. I know that I left it right next to the bed on my nightstand. So where could it be? I check under the bed, under the nightstand, behind the door, and the list goes on and on. It is no where to be found.

I ask my precious 14 month old daughter. She is very good at pointing out text messages with the pointing finger and the reoccuring "iss, iss (this, in Mollye language)" until you acknowledge you have viewed your text message. However, this is all I got out of her when I asked for my cell phone:

So I keep searching. Then I notice this:

Yep, I know exactly where my cell phone is located!!! See Mollye loves this toy right now! She loves to push it around the house going "voom, voom." She loves to ride on the toy while mom pushes her at super, fast speed. She loves to HIDE things inside the seat. Yes, thanks Uncle Brad, Mollye has her very first hiding spot. Thanks. Uncle Brad, I appreciate and love the fact that you gave Mollye her current favorite toy, but you gave your sister endless hours of hunting objects now!

So I open the seat to find not only my phone but also the majority of the diaper bag:

If you are ever in my house looking for something lost, please, please check this toy:

Finally, the cell phone was found, and I being the mom I am, simply smiled and hugged that sweet baby girl. After all, she has to be pretty smart to have found her very, first hiding spot!

On a final note, I would like to leave you with another reason Mollye loves this toy so much. It makes music, which in return equals a Mollye dance party!!! [Editors note: please watch how Mollye's OCD kicks in when she notices the rug out of place. Sorry, baby girl, you may not look like me, but you do act like me:)]

Missing My Girl

Look at this sweet girl! Oh how I miss her. She is currently spending time with Aunt Meg and the boys. I know they are all having a blast. I mean Mollye didn't even cry at all yesterday! That's impressive for this kid lately. Thinking Mommy should just call in sick the next two days and go play with them! I love you baby girl! I will see you soon!

New Bathtime Routine

So bathtime is always a fun time in our house!

It use to be that Mollye rode her lion to the bathtub,

but these days she DANCES her way!



Yes, that's right she not only walks but can walk and DANCE!

Well I guess some would call it a wobble:)



You see Mollye usually hears her Daddy start the bath water and off she goes.

Then Mommy turns the music on and the Mollye Bear starts getting down with it!



Thanks to my fabulous sister-n-law we have been rocking out everynight before bath.

You see she gave Mollye a flip and flop CD full of some awesome tunes.

The choices tonight were two of Mollye's favorites.

So much of her favorites that instead of going to the bath like usual she just kept dancing from room to room.

Check out our first dance tonight: [camera lady apologizes for ALWAYS recording sideways!]

Mollye said she had to save the best for last!

The next dance of the night was a little Can't Touch This!

That's right; Mollye is probably the only baby out there dancing to M.C. Hammer right now.

She loves it!

Check out the ending where she throws the hand up and says, "no more mom; no autographs tonight."

Love that baby girl!!!

Life is so good with this sweet girl!

Sleep

Oh, how far we have come in the sleep world.

The first six months were spent in the bed with Mommy and Daddy.

Yes, I know this is frowned upon, but as a full-time working momma, I did what I had to do!

Let me tell you as a missing the baby stage momma, I would do it all over again!!! Who cares what people think!

Just check out this sweet picture of Mollye and her Daddy sleeping together:

Then we finally moved to our crib but still woke several times a night.

FINALLY... at eight months we started sleeping through the night!!!

Wow, how much easier things became after this occurrence.

Now, we have no problems going to sleep. It's a simple routine: bath, jammies, books, then kisses from Mommy and Daddy.

Momma lays down the Mollye Bear, and she simply looks up and says "bye, bye." I respond, "yes, night, night :) I love you pumpkin." Then she plays for a few minutes and to sleep she goes.

Just check out this picture of Mollye snoozing during her morning nap:

That is a professional sleeper!

Animals!

Yes, I know I am a bad mommy. I'm not very good at keeping up with the blog. Let's see work full time, play with Mollye, put Mollye to bed, mommy workout, and then it always comes down to mommy go to sleep or mommy blog. Sorry, guys, sleep usually wins. However, I am going to start doing better.


Starting with today...


Check out this precious baby girl and all her fabulous animal sounds! She rocks!

I love to hear her use all the sounds in context. She will be saying "meow, meow" and sure enough up walks a cat. I love it!

My baby girl is growing up. I love it, but I miss that little baby.