A Gift

So many words, but what to say? Molly has been God's perfect gift to me. Having her and loving her is something that I'll never fully understand on this side of heaven. It's a grief day. For those of you who "get it" you know and for those of you who don't, I pray that you never do. It's so crazy to feel sad, miss someone so much and be happy all at once. 15 months ago I would have crawled into bed on this kind of a day and slept until the next. Tonight I played ball in the front yard, ate shells and cheese for dinner, and then went to Sonic for iccccccce. Ice is Molly's new word and she stretchs out the C sound with her 5 front teeth showing. LOL!

A side note...these are several of my favorite pictures of M. I paid big bucks once for her pictures. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE THEM. I think I get better expression from her.


13 months

10 months

Favorite face so far. 14 months

14 months

6 months. 2nd Favorite :)

95

Last night at class we got our final grades on our 1st exam. 95 for me! YES LORD!!!!! Then today I went to a meeting at TWU's Nursing School. If I take my pre-req classes at TWU I get .4 added to my GPA. They only look at 37 hours of undergrad work so this is good for me! Not to mention that the lowest GPA that they take is around a 3.8.

Dogs Everywhere!

Zozo on her pillow yesterday. LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!

Honey. Neurotic but sweet.

Rocky the dog who thinks he is a cat.

Spaghetti Anyone?

Who needs toys?

Molly loves this blue table more than any toy we have bought her. She pushes it everywhere. It's a table for her food and a cart for her toys. Who knew a $12 table from Canton would get such good use. Also she has this new thing where she walks around the house with her hands on top of her head. I have no idea!

PS-92 on my first exam!!!!!!! YES! Just give me the A for nursing school acceptance! I studied but not too much :)

Gratitude List Again

The last few days have been CRAZY at work. I'd love to get into specifics but it's too much to type. Words to sum up this place's leadership 1.dirty 2. manipulative 3. conniving 4. back stabbing 5. wishy washy 6. people pleasing (not me of course because I am new) 7. fake They make me realize that Mr. Cunningham was the BEST! He had so much integrity and I am realizing that more and more. Today I am grateful for having a job, Molly, Bob, medicine, getting to be around kids, my family, my home, my dogs, being able to handle confrontation in an adult way, God helping me fight fear, and the list could go on.

2 other things....I had my thyroid checked 4 weeks ago. It was way off. So I started a new medicine and have lost 7 pounds in 4 weeks. I couldn't shed the weight before because I had NO metabolism. It sucked to run 3 miles a day, eat like a bird, and never see results. Yeah thyroid medicine. Plus my energy level has doubled. AND I got a 110 on my first nutrition quiz!!!!!! YEEEEEE HAWWWW

Here are some photos from my Uncle Pat's 65th B-day party. I look a little rough but it was Saturday and I was done with make up and hair for the day!

Cousins from the Cook side + Uncle Danny and Nick

Uncle David, the one most like my Dad. I love being around him because it makes me feel like part of my Dad is still here.

Greasy girls in pink!

Radio Flyer

3 weeks ago Molly rode on a boy's trike just like this girly one. She loved it. I've been trying to hold off on buying it but I got out of control at Target this morning. The medal pole in the back helps the adult push and turn it. She thinks she is driving it herself. We went up and down the block about 10 times today.





Smoking Q-Tips

Is she really mine?

Hey Moms! Have you ever looked at your toddler and suddenly thought......this is not the baby I brought home from the hospital!!!!! I love her in a million more ways now. It just doesn't seem possible that 1 year ago all she could do was eat and lay in a bouncy seat.

Waiting for Dad!

She stood at the door for 30 minutes tonight saying DAAAAAAAAAAA!

Seperation Anxiety!

Well, today was the 1st day that Molly has ever cried when I left her. She grabbed my leg and started screaming. I was already late for school so I had to pry her off and hand her to Maria. I'll be honest, I was already not in the best of moods so it sent me straight to crying. My attitude needs a big adjustment this week! My job is driving me crazy, I want a public school job for the next 4 years during nursing school, yet I love the baby house and the parents at ESD, I want to know now what I'll be doing in the next 5 months and so on...................Not positive or healthy thinking at all. I decided to post this today because it will be interesting to look back in six months and see how God has opened and closed doors, despite me trying to control or out think the situation.

Yesterday was the 4 year anniversary of my first date with Bob. Just thinking of that reminds me of all that we have been through and how God always provides and takes care of us. See...it was good just to write it out :) On a last note my nutrition class is going well. The prof lectures VERY fast. If I didn't have some prior anatomy knowledge I'd be in big trouble! We get out at 7:30 every night and the class is supposed to go until 9:00. Fine by me, I just need the A to get in. First pop quiz next Monday.

Here are some pics of Rebecca and Molly at R's school. Bob took her lunch yesterday.