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Playing with Tu-tu

We are spending the weekend with my family in Blanco and Molly has become attached to my brother Tyler's dog, Talula. As we were all sitting down for a fabulous dinner, Molly slipped away and was playing with my mom's paper dolls. Tu-tu was sitting on the floor next to her so Molly shared her dolls and played with her new friend. It was very cute... she even put the paper dolls in Tu-tu's hands. We didn't help at all.

Blanco Fun

Blake, Molly and I have been spending a lot of time at my parent's house in Blanco, which is 45 minutes south of Austin. Blake has almost finished construction and they have moved in. As you can tell from the pictures, they still have a lot to move in and organize. My cousin Aaron and his family (Kristin, Lily and baby Gunnar) came over from San Antonio to help move some of the heavy items in. Molly fell in love with Lily. She followed Lily around everywhere and Lily loved being the social director of the young kids. She taught Molly how blow whistles, snuggle for a movie and play house. Gunnar was just along for the ride.

Blake also took some time out to snuggle and show Molly how to install light fixtures. Cutie.

Baking!

I'm a little late posting these pictures, but this is Molly and I doing a little holiday baking. You'll have to excuse my face and attire... I was not caring that day. We had a blast using the KitchenAid together. I definitely have to watch her though, because she loves to turn it to FAST!

Merry Christmas

Ok, so we all know that Santa is the handsome, busy, funny guy we call our husband. But who would have thought that your builder husband would have a hard time assembling a simple child's kitchen??



So maybe Nana didn't look at the box when she bought the 42 wooden piece--140 pieces of hardware. Not thinking, Santa left his drills at the North Pole (Blanco)and we assembled this all with a Phillips screwdriver. We thank Auntie Brett for taking the elf roll and helping us with the massive instruction manual.



We finally finished assembly at 12:30 AM and crawled into bed.




Blake and I exchanged gifts after midnight, our new tradition, so we would have a Christmas moment to ourselves. I got Blake an iphone which he was very excited about. He did fantastic this year and got me a ring from Tiffanys.

Morning came oh too quickly and Molly was up at 6:45 AM. She still doesn't get the whole Christmas thing so she was in a terrible mood. We had to watch Elmo in the bed to calm down a little bit before going out into the living room. But as soon as she did, all grumpiness was forgotten. She saw her kitchen and fell in love. Blake got her a monogrammed chair and I got a pink tricycle. She hopped from present to present smiling.

Christmas has been crazy, so I'm a little behind on my blog. My mother, grandmother and their two dogs are staying with us while the house is close to finishing. We have a week left before they move in. I don't even have our tree up yet and my Christmas shopping is VERY behind. But Blake and I managed to take some cute pics of the fam and Molly for cards. I don't have everyone's address, so if you'd like one please email me your address. Or you can leave it as a comment.

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays!

First Haircut!

It was an exciting day for Molly. She had her first haircut! Although it was totally over-the-top in price, it was worth the smiles. We got great pictures and Molly had a blast. We did have to brib good behavior with a sucker.

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