Happy New Year!!!

The Tongue

Molly has discovered her tongue. What she's really delighted to discover is that if she sticks her tongue out and blows, it makes a cool raspberry sound!

So now Molly has a myriad of sounds in her inventory:

1. Crying
2. Whining
3. Laughing
4. Babbling
5. Blowing Raspberries

It's so great to be 7 months old!

Molly and I having coffee

Teething Woes

Molly is teething. The last two nights and days have been rough. She's got two teeth on the bottom front of her mouth now that have, apparently, given her a lot of pain. Much of the time, Molly has her hand in her mouth and is drooling and whining. In the night, she's had a couple of hours of crying inconsolably.

On the up-side, she's been eating well. We've discovered that she loves carrots, peaches, and bananas. She likes peas, oatmeal, squash, pears and applesauce. She really isn't at all certain about green beans, prunes, or sweet potatoes. Originally she liked rice cereal, but now seems to actively dislike it.

Family

Molly, Mommy and Allison

Mommy's friend is visiting...

Molly is 7 months old!

Sleeping at last. Again.

Molly cries

Molly is teething and breaking out in bursts of tears.

Christmas morning with Molly

a glimpse of our morning

Molly tells me what she wants from Santa

"Hey mom... I'd really like a spoon to hit this plastic bowl with..."

Merry christmas

Molly wishes you a happy holiday.

Molly in the swing.

Molly eats pears

Molly is FINALLY eating again. She hasn't wanted to eat anything for the past few days... but she must be feeling better because she downed a 1/2 a jar of pears. Yay!!!

Bathtime

Molly and the dragon

Molly isn't feeling 100% today, so she's just not her jolly self. However, she has been having a little bit of fun with the dragon...

A few pictures with Mommy's new camera

Asleep on an adventure

Sick baby sent home early

We got the call around 2:20... come get Molly... she's sick! I got to the daycare and Molly looked rather happy. But, she was not doing so well a bit earlier. Thinking that it might just be something she ate. Doesn't do well with Sweet Potatoes???

Molly standing on bed

We have been getting practice standing with the help of furniture. Here Molly is standing on the bed with help from her toy. You can see that it takes quite a bit of concentration.

A tooth has broken through!

We would show a picture of Molly's new tooth... But she won't open her mouth enough!

Molly on Monday

Molly's issues...

Last night, Molly slept pretty poorly. She was great all day today, but rather fussy this evening. We just discovered that she's got a tooth! It looks like just the littlest bit through the gum line on the bottom left. After putting some numbing medication on her gums, she perked right up... for a bit. Then she started tugging at one of her ears. An ear ache? We had shots on Thursday, including a flu shot, so we were speculating about that. She's also just getting over a cold. Gosh, so many issues for one little girl.

Living dangerously

Hmm, looks like we need to retire the bouncer.

Update from the Doctor

(this is really Molly's mom)... we were at the doctor's office on Thursday for our VERY overdue 6-month appointment. In addition to 3 shots and oral vaccine, we got an update on Molly's progress.

We still have a TALL and SKINNY girl. She is now 27-inches tall (80th percentile) and weighs 16 and 1/2 pounds (50th percentile). Her head circumference is also average (50th percentile).

Molly handled the shots well, but yesterday and this morning have been kinda rough and whining. We're hoping she gets over it by our evening outings.

Right now, Molly has attached one part of her bib (via velcro) to her dragon puppet and is tugging at the puppet. This was all due to chance and she's a little confused trying to figure it out.

Molly just had her six

Molly just had her six month doctor's appointment (two weeks late). her latest stats: she is 27 inches tall (80%), weighs 16 1/2 Pounds (50%)

Happy after another ten hour night

Super baby

Molly slept 10 Hours last night!

Bigger, clearer picture of Molly and Santa

Click on the picture to get to a bigger one...

Fireside baby

smiling at daddy's singing

Saturday afternoon pic

Love a sitting girl in stripes and tights!

Molly and Santa

Mom's work had a christmas party

Smiling on the bed...

Another on the bed picture. Molly is sitting, smiling at me. How could I resist?

Molly's personality is evolving

Took this picture tonight while playing on the bed. What I love about this picture is that it reflects Molly's emerging personality and sense of humor. She laughs easily, especially when things are unexpected. I suspect that she is going to be a real charmer...

Wearing sweaters

Still for a second

Our six month old in the morning

6 Months Old!!!

Molly is six months old today.... and she's changing RADICALLY. New skills include:

1. Eating - rice cereal!
2. Sitting up - she just started sitting on her own this past weekend, but now she's a total pro, and apparently wants to spend all of her time sitting!
3. Laughing - okay, so she's laughed for a while, but her recent laughing is totally infectious and joyful
4. Grabbing onto things very intentionally and manipulating them. She's been doing some of this for a long time, but the behavior has taken a radical shift. For example, in her exersaucer she's playing with all of the toys and pulling hard on things to see if she can get new things to move. More things are making their way into her mouth, too.
5. Talking -- well, vocalizing. She's done this for a long time too, but now it appears to be more directed at the person she's looking at (instead of simply for her own amusement).

Gosh, we're so lucky to have such a happy, fun baby!

Morning glory

What's up?

nap time

immenent tickling

Happy thanksgiving

Look who is sitting!

Smile for the phone camera!

Doing the Tig

Morning routine

In the mornings, molly hangs out while daddy showers

Grab those feet!

Evening play time

Bright eyed and bushy tailed

Happy Friday

The Bouncy Tiger seat

Molly likes to jump around, whether in chairs or while being held. So we decided that she should would really like a "door jumper".

Molly and the doggie

Testing new cell phones at mall

Wendy is testing the camera of a cell phone at the mall. Since we use cell phone cameras so much these days, it is important to have a good one.

Books!

Daddy and Molly are hanging out reading this morning.