Molly Emberlyn

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!!!
We hope everyone's Halloween was super fun this year!! We had a great time!! We went to Occoquan to participate in their annual costume parade...and unfortunately, it was the exact time that Gray normally goes down for his first nap. I thought to myself, "Ah, it'll be alright"... Well, he's a trooper, that's all I have to say! We weren't even 1/4th the way through and Gray fell fast asleep on top of Chris's shoulders! The Washington Post reporter couldn't seem to get enough shots of this, and a reporter from the News Weekly also took several pics...we're going to be in the paper!! I have pictures, but they're on the video camera, and I'll upload those later. Believe me, they're adorable!!
We went home and watched the Gators kick butt, then Grammy and Colonel came over to see Gray get all dressed up in his Mickey Mouse costume!! We had a great time, even though it rained the whole time. We went to about 7 or 8 houses, then came back and hung out for a while. What a great day!! Check out the pics!
Grayson's naptime fell at the SAME time as the parade....this was rough, believe me!
Dadda's ready to go!
I love this shot of my two guys!


Dadda tries to keep anxious Mickey from pooping out before the parade starts :)

We're ready for the parade!

Mommy gets Gray kisses!! Best kisses in the WORLD! (aside from my hubby's!)

Mommy and her tired Mickey!

We haven't even BEGUN the parade, but we can tell he won't last! It's his naptime!

Grayson's ready to "carve" his pumpkin!

Crazy Dadda!

Scoop it out, Gray!

Gray helps Dadda clean out the pumpkin :)

Gray takes a break from "carving" and feeds the doggies!

Grayson poses next to his pumpkin!!

Here's the front of our house...the lights are a bit hard to see, but they're there :)

Our house decorations ... you can see the lights better here :)

Grammy and Colonel came over to see their grandson dressed as Mickey!

Dressed again! This time, we're going Trick-or-Treating!

I think Grayson's telling us he's done waiting and is ready to GO!!

We're ready to go Trick-or-Treating!

Chris did another amazing job carving this year's pumpkin!

The night before Halloween, Chris and I went to a party dressed as "Dr. Ben Dover" proctologist, and "Dr. Jen D. Liver" OBGYN :)

Friday, October 30, 2009

Molly's first 4D Pictures!

What an amazing appointment!! Chris, Mimi, Papa, Grammy, and Colonel (complete with his golf club and personalized golf ball for Molly) were all there to cheer on Gray as he met his sister in 4D fashion! Gray fell asleep 1/2 way through the scan due to NO afternoon nap, but he was there anyway, so that counts!
Molly showed how much she LOVES to chew on her chord and nuzzle up to the placenta wall... we can tell she's going to be a little lover, like her brother! I like this shot, you can see her little thigh and chicken leg all squished inside :)

You can see in this scan how she's yawning...it was SO CUTE!!! She resembles Grayson a lot already, so mommy may get the short end of the "look alike" stick...again!!!


Her hands were by her face almost the entire scan, but we managed to still get good shots! Can you see her little ear??? SO FUN!
Now, the fluid inside gives the images a little distortion, so for some of these, you have to look beyond the "water look"...she's being so girly in this shot posing with her hands by her head!
I'm thinking she's got Gray's button nose, but it's still hard to tell!
This shot's a bit creepy, but I love her side profile! JUST like big brother!
Look how precious her hand is by her face! You can REALLY see her button nose here!
She's sort of smiling here!
This is a shot before they put the image into 4D...with this 3D shot, you can see how her legs are straight up by her head! This is a typical position for breach babies, which she was up until a week or so ago. Just goes to show ya, old habits die hard! :)Here's the 4D shot of the legs...and this showed us that she was done taking pictures! We had SUCH a great time, and can't wait to go back around 32 weeks to see her details!

Halloween with our friends!

We had SO much fun playing with our friends this week, and we dressed them all up in their costumes so we could get our annual Halloween pictures! Check them out! Brayden was Cookie Monster, Charlotte's and ADORABLE ballerina, Jack is a Veteranerian, and Gray is...of course....Mickey Mouse!! (I made his shoe covers!!) Enjoy!

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Oh, how we LOVE the Fall!!

We just love this season!! Gray and I have gone to Burke Nursery to their Fall Festival (Grammy was able to join us for some of this), then to Cox Farm with our friends!!

At our front door, Gray poses with his pumpkins!

Brayden and Gray are like brothers...they're so cute! Here we are at Cox Farm!

Here we go on an AWESOME hayride!!

He got a kick out of tossing the hay around and burying himself and Brayden! The 3 Amigos :) Gray, Charlotte, and Brayden

Watch as Gray goes in for the "kill" and TRIES to plant one on Charlotte!
The bill of his hat was in the way! DENIED!! :)
Here we are at Burke Nursery!