Kiss Me, I'm IRISH!!

Lorelei at the parade, holding the Ireland flag!
Lorelei and Tia
These are the kinds of things my dad would make us wear!
Silly daddy and his Irish hats! My sister Heidi and her daughter Tia
Lorelei and Tia pretending to be apart of the parade!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! While we were in Utah, we went down to watch the big parade. It was so much fun. Every year my dad would get all eight of his children, dress us up in as much green as we could bear and MADE us march in the St. Patrick's day parade. He couldn't be more proud of our Irish last name "MOLLOY!" I couldn't be more embarrased of this experience. Of course,

when I was younger it was kind of fun marching down the middle of the street wearing green and waving to everyone, we even got to wear our rollerskates and dress our dog up in green. However, the older I got, the more embarrasing this tradition became. I just prayed that no one would recognize me. But being the only Molloy's in Salt Lake City at the time it was hard to not recognize our name. Luckily, my dad gave up on all of us and now we get to finally enjoy watching the parade, instead of being laughed at by being in the parade. This is the first year that Lorelei was able to go. We went with Opa, Heidi and cousin Tia. It was lots of fun!

Playing Catch Up!

Just got back from a trip to Utah and now I'm sick again with a dang cold, so what better way to spend it but by trying to catch up for the past month and half of blogging. You will have to scroll down to check out the latest. I still have many more pics to post, but thought this would start it off nicely. I still have Utah pictures and then many Easter pics still to come.

Pimpin' My Ride!!

Chad's Camaro now looks like a nice new Dodge Charger! Okay, maybe we can't transform the bitchin' Camaro into anything but what it truly is. However, Chad sold his highschool car for a new ride. I never thought I would see the day when Chad would sell this Camaro. He was definitely attached and I never thought he would be willing to give it up, but after putting a fortune into trying to fix it up and still it didn't want to cooperate, he finally gave in and said it was time to say good-bye forever. Hooray! We even looked into trying to get MTV to try and Pimp his ride, but we had to live in the LA area. So while I was out of town he sold it! He did ask the new owner if he could have visitation rights though! Well his sad, sad story soon became a happy one when he fell in love with this 2006 Dodge Charger, loaded with lots of upgrades. I think he will soon forget all about the Bitchin' Camaro once and for all. After 14 years it's about time he upgraded his car!

Happy 4 1/2 Birthday!!

Lorelei one and half years old. March 12, 2005
Lorelei two and half years old March 12, 2006
Lorelei three and half years old. March 12, 2007Lorelei four and half years old. March 12, 2008.
Yea! I'm four and half today!
Celebrating with her friends Zac, Sophie, Lorelei and Ashley.

Forget taking it out of the wrapper, I'm going for it!!!
MMMmmmmm Good!!Making Easter Crafts with her friends!

Ever since Lorelei was 18 months old I celebrated her 1/2 birthdays. I am obsessesed with Birthdays and try to find a reason to celebrate whenever I can. I still try to make the whole month of January my birthday month, hoping Chad will treat me extra special or that I can get out of doing dishes because it's my birthday month. Trust me I need a reason to get special treatment. So because I've adopted this new tradition, every year on March 12th, I make a birthday cake and we sing Happy Birthday to Lorelei. This year I invited a couple friends over to the park to have a picnic, share cupcakes and do Easter crafts. It was so much fun and Lorelei loves this new tradition. Of course she doesn't get any presents, just another fun reason to celebrate!!

A Hole in The Rock!!!

Here it is a "Hole in the Rock," pretty impressive huh?

We have a place here called "A Hole in The Rock," literally it is a hole in the rock and it is quick hike up and down in what we would call Arizona mountains, little bumps here and there compared to the Rockies. We decided to take our Saturday and go to the zoo and then take a little hike up to the "Hole in the Rock." It was fun and has a beautiful view over the zoo and some of the Phoenix area. Lorelei loves to hike and says she wants to hike the Biggest Mountains EVER!!

Ballet and Tap Recital!

Lorelei's Dance Recital! She has been in Ballet and Tap since she was two years old and really enjoys it. It is so much fun to see her learning new things. Her favorite part is tap dancing, she loves to shuffle her shoes and stomp her feet to make loud obnoxious sounds with her tap shoes. It doesn't cuter than that!!!

Good Night Moon!

We went to a play at the Tempe Arts Center. We enjoyed a fun play from the book of "Good Night Moon." It was so adorable and entertaining. We went with our good friends Tammy, Gina and Ashley. It was hilarious and I don't know how they were able to entertain us for an hour and half, just on this short story. They also did a fun take on "Runaway Bunny," too. I just love the books by Margaret Wise. Lorelei's favorite part is that she got to dress up in her pajamas to go see the play. After the play was over we went outside to enjoy the fun waterfall and we even spotted a beaver in the Salt River swimming around. We had a great time.

Don't cut your hair please!!!

Waiting for my haircut in my cool car at Lollilocks!! I'm so excited for my new haircut!

Here it goes!!
Maybe that was a little too short!!

Getting my hairstyled!!
The Final LOOK!

It's always sad when you let your daughter have an opinion, because usually it's the one thing you don't want them to choose. It just happened to be about getting a hair cut this time! I knew it was time to get a good trim, so I took her to a darling kids hair cut place to complete the fun experience. Of course, a month ago she talked about growing her hair out long like her mommy's, now it's cutting it short like her cousin Tia's, who she adores. So we went and butched her hair (I think anything more than 3 inches is butching your hair.) I know it will grow back eventually, but it's sad to say good-bye to something that has been with her through these 4 years. She is now sad that we can't braid it or try the Jasmine hair-do anymore, maybe that will teach her! I was in big trouble when daddy saw her hair! OOops!!

WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? TELL ME ALREADY!

LORELEI IS HERE TO TELL ALL!!!

FINALLY!! We have waited for this day for a long time! We are so excited about our new baby coming to join our family. Now that we finally have the good news we can now start preparing for the arrival. WE will be calling him McCrea Graham, (middle name still unknown.) We are so thrilled and happy about our Baby McCrea!! YES, WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!!

Fire, Fire, Fire Station!!!

Lorelei's preschool class at the firestation.

Inside the Firetruck, pretending to take a ride.

Lorelei got to go on a field trip to the Fire Station with her preschool class! I volunteered to go a long and help out. It was a lot of fun as we learned about fire safety. They have now added another step to their fire motto "Stop, Drop and Roll," although I don't think it flows nicely when you say it anymore, I know it has equally the same importance. It is now "Stop, Drop, Cover your Face and Roll. It was cute watching all the kids participate as they followed the fire fighter in this drill. We watched as the firefighter put on about 75lbs of gear on, including his gas mask, which luckily didn't scare any of the kids. We got to climb into the firetruck and look around at all the fun gear and gadgets. They all went home with a free fire hat and sticker. We love our firefighters and are grateful for their service in our community.

Getting too BIG too Fast!!!

So I've decided that there is only one good thing about getting a bigger belly and that is that my boobs aren't the only things sticking out there anymore. I guess I feel that people are finally now focusing on the belly and not that my boobs just grew a couple cup sizes bigger! This is me at 15 weeks a long. Unfortunately, I'm already bigger than my sister Beth who is over 7 1/2 months in her pregnancy. Either I'm going to have a very large baby or my sister just has better stomach muscles than me. Of course, this is her first baby!!
We will have our ultrasound on February 29th, so I'm anticipating the long-awaited day to find out what this baby is, boy or girl. Pencil test says I will be having a boy! We have confirmed their are no twins inside with our other ultrasounds, so Lorelei's dream of having a brother and sister at the same time are gone for now! However she is so excited about the baby and asks about it all the time. She has been very helpful and instructs me not to lift this, bend down or reach that. She keeps asking if it's summer yet! She will be my big helper.
After trying for over 18 months we are now excited to finally be having a baby. I found out that I was pregnant on November 11th and waited until Thanksgiving to tell Chad and family about it. As we were going around the table at Thanksgiving dinner we were telling what we were thankful for. I whispered into Lorelei's ear to have her say a couple things she was thankful for and had her announce the news that she is thankful that she is going to be a big sister. Of course, Chad didn't catch it and then with a surprised look he turned to me and said, "Are you serious?" It was priceless!! So after cooking a full homemade Thanksgiving meal and trying to hold back puking with out giving the surprise away, I was off the hook for clean up and finally got to relax the rest the evening. Can't Wait, just a couple more weeks and I can really start preparing!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!!

My favorite present of all is hugs and kisses from Lorelei!!
Happy 29th and 24 months!
Note to self: This is what happens when you send your husband to pick up a cake for you and it just happens to be Superbowl weekend at the same time.

Next year I will purchase my own cake!!!!

Here we are about to open presents. I got a new hairdryer, Jane Austen Collection on DVD and a new camera which I'm so excited about, once I figure out how to work it. Hopefully my pictures will come out better.Here I am on my third attempt to blow out eight candles on my cake, because I couldn't blow them out on my first try, they would relight them for me to try again. I swear, the baby is taking all my oxygen.

I celebrated my 29th Birthday on January 30th. Although this is my 3rd year claiming I'm 29, at least I feel I can still get away with it and have people believe I'm still in my 20's. I guess I learned this from my granny who died at 92 and still claimed till the day she died that she was 29 years old and in her heart she truly was! I hope I can embrace my 30's and enjoy it, but quite honestly it is a little depressing. I remember when I was young, I thought anyone in their 30's was really old! Maybe it was all those 80's hair do's and their spandex and long shirt outfits that really pushed them over the age limit for me. Thank goodness we have plastic surgery, botox, anti-wrinkle creams and great technology to continue to make us look younger than we really are. Here is to 31 years and counting!!!

Disney on Ice!!!

Mommy and LeiLei's GNO!
Lorelei and Ashely waiting for the show to begin!
Watching the princesses come on stage!
Mickey and Minnie Mouse!!

Lorelei and I had a girls night out with our good friends Tammy and Ashley! We went to see the Princesses on Ice. It was so much fun and the girls just loved it. In fact, I really enjoyed the show too. I was amazed at how well all the skaters performed. We got to see Tinkerbell, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Jasmine and Aladdin, Cinderella, Belle, Mulan, Ariel, Aurora, Snow White and all the princes'. I think they need to add Giselle from Enchanted and we didn't get to see Pocahontas either, but we had plenty of princesses to go around. We saw lots of great skating, acrobats, fire breathing dragons (with real fire) and even had fireworks at the end. It was incredible and we had a blast. The best part is to see your little girls face light up as each princess comes out. It was a great surprise for her. She was so excited and we can't wait to go again next year!! We loved the Princesses on Ice so much that we decided to buy tickets for Nemo on Ice in April. I wish I had more pictures of the princesses, but my battery died in the middle of the show. Dang IT!!!