halfway there

Yesterday afternoon I noticed Molly's bottom right molar has come in. We're now up to 10 teeth. I'm actually quite impressed with how well she's been handling them. They sure have been coming fast and furious lately with the last 4 teeth erupting in a little less than a week. Molly was a little clingy yesterday as she just wanted to be held. This made cleaning the house a little tricky, but if that's all I have to deal with when molars are coming in I'll take it. We gave her a half a dose of tylenol last night before bed as it looked like the molar still had a little ways to go before it was fully in and it worked like a charm. Little bug slept almost 12 hours. I'll take it!

First molar...

It looks like Molly's first molar has come in, her bottom left. This explains her waking up the past few nights. It started Friday night when she woke up around 4 and just wanted to be held. It's pretty unusual for her to get up in the middle of the night so I suspected it was teething related, but I thought it was in regards to the two teeth that popped through last week. She was up for about an hour and half and then proceeded to sleep in until almost 9. She actually fell asleep on N while he watched Battlestar and then cried herself to sleep when he put her back down. It didn't last long, maybe 5 minutes. Then Saturday night we drove back from Tahoe and Molly fell asleep right away (about 6:30 pm). She only woke up during our stop and slept pretty much the rest of the drive. She also slept through the transition to bed, but then woke up around 6:00 am. However, she then proceeded to have a 4 hour nap yesterday so something was going on. Then this morning she woke up a little after 5:00 am screaming. N took the first shift until 6:00 and then I took over until about 7:00 when she finally fell back asleep. Molly would only scream when we tried to put her back down. She just wanted to sleep on us in her rocker. She slept in until 9:30 or so and then went down for a two hour nap around 12:30. When I was changing her after her nap I noticed the molar had come in. Other than being a bit fussy during the night with some interrupted sleep she has given no other indication that she was teething. Hopefully the rest of the teeth come in with as little fan fare.

A pattern emerges....

She loves to climb inside boxes.

February highlights....

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Clear the roads...

Molly's driving us back from Tahoe. That's legal, right?

Made it to the pond...

N was kind enough to be on Molly duty this morning so I could take advantage of the gorgeous weather and go on a hike. I took off just as Molly was going down for her morning nap and got back home just as she was waking up. I made it up to the pond that we usually take the dogs to. I got lucky and could follow snowmobile tracks most of the way, but the last bit up to the pond (0.3 miles according to N and google maps) was just me and my snowshoes. Once I got there I was greeted by a bounding yellow lab and some cross country skiers. I don't think I followed our normal path the entire time as it's pretty disorienting with the snow coverage and openness from the fires. Every now and then I'd recognize some landmarks and realize I was off the trail just a bit. The trip back was a lot faster as it's mostly downhill. Lovely day.

The pond today:


How it normally looks when we go up:


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more teeth

Looks like #7 and #8 have decided to pop through. It's both of Molly's bottom lateral incisors. They have been threatening to poke through for about a week, but now I can definitely see them. This might explain the little cold Molly's been dealing with since Monday. She was in much better spirits yesterday so I think everything has been teething related. She did wake up in the middle of the night (Tuesday night, well technically really early on Wednesday) and was up for about an hour which is very unlike her. So I think that's probably when they finally broke through. That makes all 4 incisors on the top and bottom. Now we get to deal with the canines (bit more painful) and the molars (most painful). Fun times.

Molly's cardio

Molly loves to chase the dogs around and laugh hysterically while doing it. We've found this is an excellent part of her bed time routine. Great way to get those last bits of energy out.

Snow, Round 2

It was an absolutely gorgeous day out so I decided to bundle Molly up for round two in the snow. Still not much of a fan, but she had less of a breakdown this time. She didn't mind the sled as much when we were behind the cabin and the snow wasn't as deep. I don't think she liked the deep powder because she felt like she was going to tip over at any minute (and a few times she did). The powder goes pretty deep as I was sinking in up to my waist in spots. We did a quick loop and then we headed out front. Molly was much happier walking around on the street that was nice and clear thanks the to sun that came out today in full force (oh and I'm sure the snowplow helped too). As we were heading back in I put Molly down in our driveway, but even those few inches proved to be too much. We'll keep trying...



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Dinner with the Jodoins

Jenn posted some pics from 2/7 when they came over for dinner.



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