Molly Update

My little Molly is barely a baby anymore, but everyday she seems to be having more and more fun (Note: kids are no longer babies when they can look at a littler baby and say “baby”). Molly can now walk around, usually going 5 or 6 feet before she falls on her butt, but she just gets right up and continues along. Sometimes she walks like Frankenstein, with her arms straight out and wavering from side to side. Sometime she will try to carry things from one room to the other and usually does pretty well, especially with baskets. And she loves baskets, putting things in, carrying them around, taking them out and over again. And my little Molly can even talk. The other morning I brought her into bed after she woke up a 5:00am and she looked at me and said “Dad!” and flopped into my face. Then she looked over at Lindy and said “Mom mom!” and flopped completely over onto Lindy’s face. Molly is the most happy (and goofy) right around 6:00am and 7:30pm. She just smiles all the time and laughs and plays and talks. She loves life and everything about it. She loves saying good morning to everything in the beginning of the day and good night to everything before she goes to bed. When I walk into the room, she breaks into a smiling fit and if Lindy is holding her, Molly will collapse into her arms in some kind of shy super giggle. We feed Molly anything we can think of at this point, besides nuts and sushi. She is still nursing, but drinks formula throughout the day (in a bottle in the morning and bedtime and a sippy cup during the day). Overall, she is the perfect almost toddler. She plays with toys and is exploring the world. The loves being outside, playing with flowers, looking at dogs, and interacting with other kids. She sleeps through the night (from 8:00pm to 6:00am, which is still rough on us, but a steady improvement). From the parenting side, I think she is much less stressful then in months past (however, I have plenty of other stresses to keep me on edge). My daughter Molly turns 1 year old in three days. She’s traveled all the way around the sun. It’s been a very long year, and very hard at times, but she is everything I could have hoped for (within the reality in which parents and children might exist). I love her so very much and there is nothing like hearing “dad!” and having your daughter collapse into your arms.

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Anonymous said…
Can we work on Molly saing "Shana" next??

Aunt Arlene
4:25 PM
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