Pearly Whites

On Wednesday Molly had her teeth cleaned for the first time!
She did great! The hygienist was wonderful at explaining everything and showing Molly all the tools she was going to use before they got started.

Remember how they used to have one gross flavor of toothpaste and that horrid liquid fluoride that you had to swish and hold in your mouth for what seemed like 5 minutes? These days kids get about 10 flavors of toothpaste from which to choose and almost as many flavors of fluoride - which is applied directly to their teeth with a toothbrush - no more liquid nastiness. Molly chose watermelon toothpaste and marshmallow fluoride. She said they were both really good. Molly has had a ring of plaque on one tooth since she was about 18 months old. The hygienist called it a "sugar-bug house" and we were both impressed at how still Molly was while it was scraped off her tooth.I know, fuzzy picture - bad lighting and a really active and excited 3 year old!

Molly was so proud of her clean teeth that she even wanted to pose and smile once we got in the car. She said, "Take a picture of my clean teeth in my car seat!"

Trick or Treat!

We had a fun night trick-or-treating with the 3 Cadens, Kiera, Marin and Davis!!

When you're on bed-rest, the trick-or-treaters come right to your couch!
Crazy Quins: an Aggie Cheerleader, a Knight and a Gypsy

Happy Halloween!

Just got the proofs back from Molly's Halloween Photos. I think they came out pretty cute! Will post pictures of her in her trick-or-treat outfit later tonight.

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Halloween!

Molly and stopped by the Galleria store today and I couldn't help but laugh out loud at how ridiculous it is to decorate for Christmas when the Halloween store is still open for business!! Doesn't the drippy neon orange font go well with the classic red and green decorations?

Maybe we should consider updating the billboards and coupons:

Three Little Monkeys Visit the Zoo

We met Molly's best Star Wars friend, Hayden, his mommy, Kristin and baby Abby at the Houston Zoo today.

Of course the kids loved seeing all the animals, running through exhibits, riding the carousel and pretending to be prairie dogs, but who would have thought the highlight of the trip would be running into some clone troopers at the cheetah habitat?

Happy Fall, Y'all!

Satuday we met a bunch of friends at a local Fall Festival then headed to a Pumpkin Patch for some fun pictures.

Da-tu-wuh, take my picture!! Sweet little Knox

Molly & Camden loved fishing for duckies

This is the only picture I could get of Kaya... she just wasn't in the mood!

PUMPKIN PATCH

Beautiful AlyssaHave you ever seen such a sassy little bee?

Happy 6 Month Birthday, Sweet Angel

Today our sweet Julsie Mae would be 6 months old. We've now reached the point where she's been gone longer than she was with us and I hate that. I know how blessed we were to have such a precious little girl in our lives for 80 days, but I wish we could have had more time. I wish I could go back in time and take advantage of moments that I let slip away... I wish I had held her more. I wish I hadn't slept as much... I wish I hadn't run to the grocery store, played outside with Molly and been on the computer at times when she was in someone else's arms or sleeping. I wish I could go back and hold her for the entire time she was here. I know it's silly and that Paul and I gave Julia so much love that we can't ever have any regrets, but I still wish I could just go back and hold her for 5 more minutes. I wish I could feel her fuzzy little head against my cheek again, smell her sweet smell and hear her cute sounds. Paul and I really thought that it would get easier as time went on, but we both agree that it's just gotten harder. I wonder when it's supposed to stop hurting so much.

*As I sat at the computer writing this post, I was feeling so alone and overwhelmed with sadness when my doorbell rang... I was so relieved to see Ms. Molly, Julia's hospice volunteer and now a very close friend, at my door. God does give you exactly what you need at the exact moment that you need it. I am in awe of his goodness and love. After crying on Molly's shoulder I am now feeling much better and can go back to thinking about my sweet Julia with a smile on my face.

Molly still talks about her sister often, recently she picked a flower and said that when she went to heaven she wanted to take flowers with her to make all the angels, especially her sister angel, smile. Another time we were driving in the car and out of the blue she told me that when she goes to heaven she wants to be sure to take all our baby spoons with her, because she said she's not sure who is taking care of her baby sister right now, but when she gets to heaven she wants to be the one to feed her.

We love and miss you more and more every day sweet girl. I hope when we see you again we can pick up where we left off, I can't wait to see your precious face and hold you in my arms again.