Last Days & Sad Week

This has been a very sad week. On Wednesday night, Steven Curtis Chapman's youngest daughter was killed. Her older brother ran over her in the driveway. This precious little girl just turned 5 years old and is from China. She was the youngest of their three daughters adopted from China and was so adorable. She reminded me so much of Molly. How does a family recover from such a tragedy. Not only is everyone in mourning from Maria passing away but the older brother who ran over her must be suffering so much. My heart breaks for this family and I don't even know them. I wish them the best and hope they are able to heal over time.

On another note, I have witnessed such love and admiration for Evelyn Abrams. She is in the final stages of her life and her family loves her so much. Eve, Holly, April and Dan are keeping vigil at her bedside and it is so touching. No one has left her bed in days and the commitment and love they have shown for her is inspiring and so touching. Evelyn, you will be missed by so many but the memories of your life and the people you have touched and love will go on forever.

"Big Day"

Well the time has finally come and Molly is sleeping in her own bed. It started about two weeks ago when she wanted an over abundance of stuffed animals sleeping with her in the big bed. Mommy put her foot down and said "No, she could only have 3 buddies but if she wanted more, she could sleep in her bed and have all she wanted". She took the challenge and outside of just a few nights, she has been in her own bed.

Last weekend we bought every little girl's dream bed - a Cinderella carriage. It was delivered on Monday and is in the corner of our room. Paul was the normal dream daddy and hung up a princess veil above the bed so it flowed around each side of the bed. When Molly and I got home, she walked in and said "this is a dream come true". She absolutely loves her fairytale bed while Daddy and I are ever so longing for the few nights when she says "can I sleep in the big bed". Of course both of us say, sure!!!!!! We miss having her close to us and look over at her in the carriage bed and realize she is growing up - yugh!!!! The times are going to pass so quickly and just like Dr. B said, she would move out of the bed when she was ready. We are so proud of you BoBo.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!

Today is Mother's Day and I am the luckiest mother in the world. Some days it is so hard to believe that I get to be the mother of this precious precious little girl. I feel so lucky to wake up every single day and be her mother. It is hard to believe that Molly would be so in love with her mommy today after all of the attachment issues we had the first few years. She has come full circle and is crazy about her mommy. The last few days, she has been so loving and sweet to me. In fact, she told her daddy that she liked me better today but on father's day she would like him better. We just smiled at each other and thought "boy we have come a long way since 2003". Molly is delightful and such a sweet girl.

What a wonderful day today to get to spend it with Molly and Paul the two loves of my life. You guys make me so happy.

LadyBug Siteing

On Friday, April 25th I got into my car from a long hard day at work and what do my wondering eyes see - a beautiful ladybug on the inside of my passenger window. It stayed there walked around on the window the entire time while I drove to pick up Molly. When I opened the door, I tried to catch it but she got away.

Since we believe LadyBugs bring good luck and have significant meaning, I wanted to remember this date. Who knows maybe Maggie Moo was born on this day. We will find out sometime next year. I just wanted to write it down so we can remember it.

NASCAR

Well, the Gilmartin family went on a very boyish adventure this weekend to Dallas so Daddy could go to a NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway. Needless to say, Molly and I won't be looking forward to another NASCAR adventure anytime soon.

Our seats were on the 3rd row from the track and I have never and I mean never heard something so loud in my entire life. Molly and I both had ear plugs and head phones and it was still bloody loud. The other problem with NASCAR is you cannot talk to the person or people you are with. You can not hear a damn thing so you sit in your seat while cars travel mindlessly at 180 miles per hour around the track. For the life of me, I do not see how anyone can get into this sport. What did make Molly and I happy was that Daddy enjoyed himself. Molly was such a trooper. She tried very hard not to complain but finally after 3 hours, she could not hold it in any longer. Therefore, we left about an hour before the race was over and drove back to Tulsa. We had a great time together as a family and spent some time with Toni and Philly and really enjoyed that evening as well.

Here's to another NASCAR race being very far in our future.

Proud Mama

Last Tuesday, Molly had a development test done at Miss Helen's called "The Geselle Test" and yesterday we met with Barbara (test giver) and Linda the Director of Miss Helen's to get the results. Well, to quote Barbara exactly she said Molly was very close to perfect. Her auditory and visual memory was outstanding. Her vocabulary was testing at age 7 and she was so able to articulate exactly what she can and cannot do. She is on target at a 5.5-6 year old in her ability to write letters, words, etc. When asked what her Daddy did, she said, "plays soccer" and then when Barbara asked her if he worked, she said "no, he goes to school", "he is going to be a nurse when he grows up". You could tell that Barbara thought she was an absolute doll and she told us we were so blessed. I was beaming and am still not off my high of being such a proud Mama to this incredibly wonderful little girl. We are so so so excited about her joining her new school, it just feels right. She is so ready to learn everything they are going to teach her and have lots of fun. We are hoping the transition will be easy but we are not sure. Ms. Linda seemed so caring and really wanted the very best for Molly - quite a difference then what we are used to at LakeHills. Anyway, it is finally confirmed. We always thought Molly was so so so bright and finally through official testing, SHE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are so proud of you little sweet Molly.

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN???????????

This weekend was all about "LOVE" for Molly. She wanted to make sure I knew how much she loved me. She told me she loved me more than America's Birthday, fireworks, ladybugs, rolie polies her birthday, butterflies, penguins, pandas, princesses, fish and eating. She said she loves me more than the world. She also said she loved my name and that it was so pretty. Molly is so expressive and articulate and knows exactly how to explain how she is feeling. She is also very conscious about not hurting my feelings and not saying she loves Daddy more than me. Finally, she said she loves me more than everything and loves me more than everything she loves a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Molly, unlike you I find it quite difficult to put into words how much I love you and every single thing about you. You are my precious baby................