Catching up...Happy big golden bday Molly

Hello! 

So I'm still catching up on the fun we had in April :) It was a good month!

Happy 19 golden birthday to Molly! We celebrated with the family that Sunday, and enjoyed some good time with our Auntie in Virginia. 

Here is our Little Lina :) They look like twin-sies. It's funny writing about this weekend a month later because Lina has now moved out of her swaddle. She still likes her bassinet, but we are past the cacoon stage :) It's a bit sad, since she looked so precious! 

Our J monster coming to snap a photo. She is wonderful with Lina. I love these 3 ladies together. Molly I can't believe you are 19. I remember when I first met you. You came running out of the house to greet Ryan, jumped/hugged him, and smiled really big at me. It was really amazing seeing the connection you two have, then and now. You have loved our girls since the first instance, and we are very happy that they have such a great Auntie to grow up with. 

In Benny's words, here are "two guys hangin" in the back yard. Gramps was wonderful and helped put in a new screen door that puppy Ariel destroyed months ago. However, Sherman "tank" Shepard Ariel promptly destroyed it in about the first 5 seconds. It was a valiant effort Gramps. Till the next time...but we are grateful for the help!

Molly being a kanga-mom with Lina in the carrier. She wore her very well. 

After a lovely morning of sitting on our back porch area, we set off to the American Girl store to find Jocelyn's first doll and relive some good times with Molly when she visited that store as a little girl as well. Way to go Molly for withstanding the "ham sandwhich" seat in the back. 

And we made it!! There are 3 generations of McKeown and Fernandez women here. Oh yea :)

And if you asked Jocelyn that day what doll she was going to pick, she would have told you "I want the bitty baby, car seat and dress". And boy did she find it. Thank you Grammy and Gramps for making this little girl's dreams come true. She picked one that looks like the doll on the right, aka a blond, blue-eyed baby like her Little Lina. Pretty adorable. 

 Here we are in the VIP lounge making our big kid purchases. This store is insane. It had a restaurant, a hair salon for the dolls (yes I typed that), and 2 floors of doll madness. Prepare yourself!

We then came home and sang Happy Birthday to our Molly! Grammy made some amazing brownies, and we chowed down. 

Thanks again everyone for making Jocelyn's two-day birthday affair wonderful, and Happy Birthday again to Molly!!! We love ya!