Good-bye to Summer

So, we are back from our trip to Myrtle Beach, which means only one thing - summer is coming to a close! I wait all winter long for hot summer days, but by the end of my vacation I am finally looking forward to brisk fall weather and I am ready to pull out my sweaters again!

The trip was fun, not as relaxing as it used to be when I was a kid, but it was great to see Molly enjoy herself. Here are a couple of pictures of the week.

In the Woodsy Pool. It starts off at 0 feet and then slopes deeper. Molly, of course has no fear of water and would keep on walking until the water would get to her eyes. I would try to pick her up, and she would tell me "Back up Mommy. I can swim" - She loved this pool though. She would crawl and dunk her head under the water. She finally started to realize to close her mouth and hold her breath.

Running like a wild woman!

On some rides. It was funny. 2 nites that we were at Broadway at the beach around the kiddy rides, I saw 2 different people from Lynchburg. It was so good to see their familiar faces, although it made me wish I was back in Lynchburg right now. But the Lord gave me a nice gift by allowing us to run in to warm faces from VA.

This was the kiddie version of the pirate ship. Molly LOVED this ride. She was sitting next to a little girl her age and the 2 of them kept looking at each other and giggled the whole time. It was really very cute.

And of course, Mommy got to ride the teacups with Molly. I was so dizzy at the end of this ride. Molly kept spinning and spinning the wheel. She thought it was great - I was car sick for the rest of the night!

At the alligator farm. We watched the people feed them. When you see one alligator, you've seen them all. It was a hot sticky muggy smelly place.

At the beach. Daddy and Pop took her into the ocean and she of course had so much fun in the waves. She got knocked down one time with NaNa, which gave her a healthy fear of the ocean.

She had fun digging in the dirt, and she met a little girl her age on the beach that she played in the sand with throughout the week.

2 year birthday pictures

Here are some pictures of Molly for her birthday. We go to Sears and I really can't believe how reasonable the price is and more importantly how good they are with Molly. This time, she was really well behaved (until I had to choose what pictures I wanted; then she had enough!) and warmed up the photographer quickly.

I am having such a hard time with the fact that she is actually 2 years old now. She seems like such a big girl wanting to do everything on her own. She is talking in 3 or 4 word sentences and remembers things/stories really well now. She is even prompting us to go on the potty! It's funny, because I keep saying how exciting it was for me when she turned 1, because it was like - wow, Molly is 1 and we survived the first year, and how fun it is to see her grow! Now it's like, wow, Molly is 2 and where did that year go, and she is growing like a weed and I wish I could slow it down a little!

She is just a sweet precious little girl who just enjoys life and honestly is one of the funniest little girls I have ever met (I know that I am her mom and I am supposed to think that, but I really do mean that she is stinking hilarious)

Molly, Mommy and Daddy love you with all of our heart, and cannot wait to see where the Lord will lead you in life, and we pray that you will follow and serve him without reservations!

July Update

It's been a bit a while awhile, yet again.... I wont post many pictures because there was a lot that I took, but here are a few. Molly with NaNa and PopPop Winkels when they were out to visit. We went to Allaire and Molly got to ride the train out there. Of course all trains are Thomas the Train, but she had fun. It was such a great visit with NaNa and PopPop - we wish they were close to us so we could see them all of the time!
Molly in her Flintstone car she got for her birthday - I can't believe my baby girl is 2 years old!!!

Eating icecream at the boardwalk with NaNa and PopPop Winkels.

Having her birthday cupcakes for the Sperling family party....