Molly's Pick...A Good Laugh

I just had to put this video of Molly up. She loves to makes us laugh. I know it's kind of gross, but she thinks its hilarious. Enjoy!

13 Months Old

Molly is thirteen months old today, and I just wanted to jot some things down about what she is doing these days.  Sorry to bore you, this is more for me than you.  Months seem to be flying by now.  School will be starting tomorrow for Grant, so it will just be Molly and I in the mornings Monday through Friday.  At this point, she is still taking a morning nap and an afternoon nap, but I think that will be hit and miss.  When she sleeps in the morning, it's pretty difficult to get her to go down for afternoon nap before 3 o'clock.  So we'll see how that goes.  She has been taking steps pretty frequently for the past week.  Hopefully she will get it down pretty well in the next few weeks.  As she is now in her second year of life, she is definitely showing her "other" side.  She will throw herself down and arch her back from time to time, but her "fits" are usually pretty short lived.  She doesn't care to much for drinking milk anymore and usually screams when I give it to her.  She does not like to be changed, and she can be sneaky from time to time...with the stairs, with throwing lovey out of the crib to get mommy to come in, and "hiding" her food so she can get more.  She reminds me a lot of me actually.  She doesn't cuddle very much, even when she is sick, which is probably my fault.  I was so concerned about getting her on a good sleep routine, since Grant wasn't, that I was very strict about never rocking her to sleep.  I will say I miss that, but I think I'll take the good sleeper instead.  She has had two bouts of sickness in the last month, which I believe is all she has ever been sick.  She and Grant don't get along all that well.  And she has figured out that if she screams when he gets near her, I'll say "GRANT", and assume he is bugging her.  I need to be more careful with that, but he usually is antagonizing her.  She will bite him from time to time when he really is driving her crazy, and I know this is not a good thing...but I don't blame her.  We're working on it.  She is doing better with babysitters and strangers, and loves her daddy.  She'll sometimes stand at the back door and say, dada over and over waiting for him to come home.  And every time the phone rings...Dada!!  I believe she is going to be a daddy's girl.  She loves balls and cars and most of Grant's toys.  I think she may be a bit of tomboy, as she doesn't much care for dolls or girly things...at least not yet.  At her one year appointment, which I had just a couple of weeks ago actually, she was 30 inches long, and 20 pounds, 6 ounces.  I can't believe she is growing up so fast!

Taking Steps!

In the last few days Molly has really started to take more steps. She must have gotten some good advice from her friend Zach Leonard who is walking quite well now. Because after spending some time with him this past weekend, she really started to take off. She lets go of things quite often now, and still falls quite a bit, but sometimes she'll make it all the way across the room. It's crazy how proud we get when she does it. And her smiles of accomplishment light up my day!

Molly Update

Well, Molly is definitely taking things at a different pace than her brother. It's hard for me to believe that when Grant was Molly's age...about 10 months, he was taking his first steps. Molly is no where near that milestone yet, which is totally fine with me, but different. She is still just army crawling and rolling everywhere. She has figured out how to get from crawling to a seated position, which is hard when you are just on your belly and not on your knees. She will not get up on her hands and knees no matter what. She finally also has enough strength to stand on her own. Yet, she does not care for it much. I will stand her up here and there, since she isn't pulling up yet, but she only lasts about five minutes before she wants to get back down. She is babbling quite a bit and almost seems to be having a conversation with you at times. She also may blow you a kiss or give you a hug, but mostly she'll just make the kissing noise at you...muuuuwah! She will wave and dance to music. She is still sleeping well and eating well, but doesn't really care much for her bottle or a sippy. She loves to laugh at her favorite book, "Mr Brown Can Moo, Can You?" and sing in the car. She is such a blessing to this family and we just love to watch her grow and learn new things...at her own pace.

Miss Molly

Molly turned five months old this month. It's amazing to me how fast time has gone by. She has changed so much over the last five months and I wish I could hold onto every moment. She is a very calm child and loves to give me smiles. She has really started to show her personality. She is still working on rolling over...as she doesn't seem to care if she just lays on her back. She is getting close to sitting alone as well. As far as I can tell, she is a lot like her mother. She may slip into the background of things from time to time, but she'll love to make you laugh if she has the opportunity...and if she feels like it.