Angry baby

I feel like Molly has learned so much over the last week or so. She can sit up, eat solid food, stick her toes in her mouth, reach for toys, engage with a touch and feel book, and blow a pretty sweet zerbert. She has also learned how to whine.

Maybe she's just sick of the car and will be back to her adorable laid back self when we get home. Or maybe this new demanding Molly is here to stay. If so, my life is about to get a lot more difficult.

The new Molly needs a lot more attention. Song after song, game after game, and book after book. It's so much fun to play with her and make her laugh, but I also want her to be able to entertain herself too.

Hopefully the new toys she got for Christmas will help! And some quality time with her friends at daycare :)

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On the road again/Angry Birds

We're on our way back to Chicago now and Molly finally went to sleep, so now it's time to blog and play Angry Birds.

For those who have never played Angry Birds, it's a highly addictive phone game where you have to destroy a bunch of evil pigs by slinging angry birds into the walls of their various fortresses and hiding places. I promise, it is fun. I got my brother in law hooked over Christmas and think he played for a solid 3 hours, or at least until he defeated all the pigs in the first level.

You can keep playing each round as many times as you want until you score the max number of points. Being the perfectionist that I am, I keep striving for 3 stars before moving on. I've played some rounds more times than I can count and have even searched around the internet for tips when I can't figure out the physics myself.

Yes, the game does require some logic, as you have to choose the best trajectory for your birds and break through materials of different strengths. Certain birds are better at destroying certain materials than others. Jason's Uncle Keith has made it through 13 levels and tells me some of the birds on higher levels drop bombs or turn supersonic. I can't wait!

We have a long day ahead of us - I think it's 8 or 9 hours to Louisville - and Jason doesn't like to be a passenger, so it's a good thing I have something to keep me entertained while Molly sleeps. And she definitely needs her sleep! My poor baby kept trying to hang with the big kids and totally wore herself out. Luckily everyone went to see True Grit last night and I was able to get Molly down at 7:45. Two more days and life will be back to normal...

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A very merry Christmas

Molly's first Christmas was a special one indeed, as she was also baptized this morning at Steve and Marsha's church, Sacred Heart, in Danville, VA.

My mom made the christening gown. Isn't it beautiful?

Not a good photo of me or Molly, but you can see the dress a little better here. More pics to come when I have my camera cord!

I can't believe how well Molly did. We robbed her of her morning nap, but she still made it through church and the baptism without crying. We even got a few smiles. Especially when she made a move for the Bible after the baptism and everyone laughed :)

I think my daughter is turning into a little ham. We opened gifts last night and Molly stayed up waaaay past her bed time smiling and squawking with her grandparents and uncles. I think she came back downstairs for 2 or 3 encores and was totally feeding off the energy of the crowd. They would laugh and she would respond by amping up her performance. It was pretty cute. 

I feel bad that we have to stick her in the car tomorrow morning and take her away from these fun and loving relatives. But we're stopping in Louisville tomorrow night and will get to hang with Jason's uncle and cousins before heading back to Chicago. And then I have an extra day off before going back to work. Woo hoo! Can't wait to play with all of Molly's new toys. Tummy time just got a whole heck of a lot more interesting!

Love at first bite

We gave Molly her first taste of real food today. The pics are so cute, but a video will have to suffice until we get back to Chicago because I forgot my camera cord. Blast!

Anyway, Molly did so well with her first bowl of food. She even grabbed the spoon away from me at one point and then tried to take a bite out of the side of the bowl. Here's a little snippet of the experience:

Squawking with Grandma and Grandpa

Molly loved her stay in Tennessee and got some good bonding time in with her great grandparents. She seemed to especially like Great Grandpa Overbey and had the time of her life squawking and squealing back and forth with him.

Now we're on the road again (7 am on Thursday) and on our way to Virginia. I'm in the back seat with a very tired Molly, hoping she passes out soon. We cover a lot more ground when her eyes are closed!

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Ice road blogger

We're on our way to Tennessee! Hopefully day 2 of this road trip will be better than day 1. We hit the road last night at 8 pm and drove until about 2 am, but only made it as far as Columbus, Indiana (20 miles south of Indianapolis). It was snowing for most of the drive and we were maxed out at about 40 mph.

Molly was an angel and slept the full 6 hours in the car yesterday. And she passed out 30 min after taking off today. We're lucky she likes her car seat. Only 5 more hours to go!

We're planning to stay with my grandparents until Thurs morning and then will take off first thing for Virginia to celebrate Christmas with the O'Gradys.

I've installed a blogger app on my phone and hope to document the trip as best I can. Cute pics of Molly in holiday gear to come :)

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School daze

I just uploaded these pics to Facebook and figured I should probably add them to my blog as well so non-Facebook people (Mom!) can see them too.

Molly had her first picture day at "school" a few weeks ago and here are the results:

She looks like a tummy time pro, doesn't she?

Hanging out by the Mighty Mississip!

I should have scanned in her class photo as well. It's hilarious! None of the kids are looking at the camera. Granted, they're all less than a year old, but you'd think at least one would have zeroed in on the lens.

Molly is still doing well at daycare. We had our first parent-teacher conference last week and Molly is where she should be in all categories (if that really means anything at 5 months). They love her there and I can tell she loves her teachers too. Molly also seems to like the other kids--her besties are Alexis and Malina--and even some of the parents. She was flirting away with one of the dads when I picked her up the other day!

We have our final physical therapy appointment tomorrow morning (at least I'm hoping it's the last one). Molly's head seems to be rounding out and she's doing well with tummy time and sitting up, so I'm not really worried about that anymore. It's going to be a long day though...our appointment is at 7am. The perfect end to a crappy week. Both Jason and I have been swamped at work and it's been a toss-up every day as to who can pick her up. It breaks my heart when I show up at daycare and Molly is the last kid there :( Only 2 more days to go though and then we have a FULL WEEK to hang out with Molly!!

The first toof

Molly has been drooling up a storm lately, and also crying in her sleep at night, so I had a feeling a tooth was on the way. But when I actually caught a glimpse of one poking through her bottom gum this morning, I couldn't have felt more shocked. A tooth! My girl is really growing up!

It's hard to see right now because it's just starting to break through and because Molly always seems to have something in her mouth. But hopefully I'll get photographic evidence soon!

Can't get a picture of the toof because Molly is always chewing on something :)

Happy Molly-days!

The proofs are in! I'm not including the one we picked for the holiday card, but here are a few of my favorites:

 Nice work Mr. Ford!

Who's scared of Santa?

Not our Molly! She sat on Santa's lap like a pro -- I was expecting a meltdown, but she was totally calm. It probably helped that she met Santa at the daycare holiday party and had her parents and teachers there to help make her feel comfortable. I do not imagine a trip to Macy's would have gone as well!

Mother and daughter. Do you notice the text on Molly's bib? Yeah, that's right!

Molly and Santa. I wonder what she wished for!

The holiday party was pretty fun. Jason and I showed up late and left early -- the perfect amount of time. And we're starting to feel more comfortable with the other parents. Of course we can never remember everyone's name, but at least we know all the kids :)

I'm heading out to dinner soon with a bunch of the girls and Jason is going to stay home with Molls and Brandi to watch Nebraska take the Big 12 Championship. It's been such a good weekend so far, and the best part is, we've got all day tomorrow too!