Toddler bed update

It's Day Five and Molly is currently down for her nap. We haven't had (*knock on wood*) any issues. Other than coming out of her room that first night, she's been staying put. We have heard her get out of her bed a few times, but so far she's been staying in her room when we've put her down. One day she wasn't quite tired enough for nap time and I could hear her playing with her toys. I went back in and told her to get into bed because it was nap time and as far as I can tell she stayed put and was sound asleep 10 minutes later.

In the mornings we tend to wake up to the sounds of Molly talking to herself on the monitor. For the most part she's still in bed when we get to her room. However one morning the very first sound we heard was Molly shutting her bedroom door behind her. I met up with her just as she was passing N's office and coming into the dining room.

Toddler bed, night one

Yesterday we converted Molly's bed from crib to toddler bed. Last night was her first time sleeping in it. I was actually out grocery shopping when N put her down. He said she came out once and he heard her get out of her bed about 3 times, but 20 minutes later all was quiet. When he finally peeked in she was sound asleep in her bed. I kept thinking I was going to wake up to a little person standing next to my bed, but this morning I heard Molly start to babble to herself on the monitor. When I walked into her room she was still laying in her bed. Was perfectly content to wake up slowly as she normally does so I fed the cats.

So far a success.

Eye color

I just read the most recent email from BabyCenter and the first line is, "By now your child's eye color and hair color are probably fixed". This cracks me up. So not true. Molly gets a LOT of commentary about her baby blues. Do you blame them?



Then they look at me:



Then they say, "Oh, she must get them from her father." Mmm, nope.



Yeah, eye color can change a lot later than 2 years old folks. I had pretty blue eyes all the way into Jr. High. It was then that they started to change. I scanned in all my school pics. In 5th grade they were still pretty blue. By the time 10th grade rolled around you can really see the change towards green taking place.

Nothing is ever set in stone.

Although if your kid has brown eyes, they are probably going to stay brown. ;-)

My great nephew, Molly's first cousin once removed

I think I have that right. Anyway, I watched Jonah (my niece's son) on Tuesday. Unfortunately I had woken up that morning with a little bit of pressure in my sinuses and as the day progressed I felt like absolute crap. Plus Molly woke up from nap time with a fever. Not fun. Molly was better by Christmas Eve, but I just started making the turn towards better yesterday. I feel slightly better today, but not back to 100% by any means. At least I was able to sleep last night. The first few nights were rough... very rough.

Luckily all Jonah really needed to be kept entertained was watching Molly. He was in love. Just look how excited he got when she walked by:



I attempted to get a pic of them together, but you can imagine how well that worked. Still, this one puts a smile on my face:



All the Molly excitement led to Jonah taking a 3 hour nap in the morning and almost two hours in the afternoon. Alesha was a little shocked. Jonah is more prone to cat naps. However, the best entertainment for a kid is a slightly older kid to watch.

For more from the day, click here.

New favorite picture.

It makes me laugh. The expression... *sigh* That's my goofy girl.

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

Frosty the Snowman

(Stole the pic from Bree)

Molly has a little board book that is basically the Frosty the Snowman song. She loves it. Well, a few days ago I put in the animated Frosty the Snowman tv special. Now she is OBSESSED with it. N let her watch it FOUR times yesterday. We put it on again last night when Logan and his parents came over for the Survivor finale. Hey, it let us eat in peace so....

Molly and I are actually watching it again right now. Usually we watch an episode of Sesame Street first thing in the morning as Molly wakes up slowly, but today Molly was practically yelling, "Frosty the Snowman" until I put it on. I wonder how's she's going to react to the fact that unlike daddy, mommy is only going to let her watch it ONCE. This should be an interesting day.

Sadie, Asher, and robot

Molly decided to hang out with Sadie. Sadie was NOT thrilled:



Sadie would like to let Molly know that she is in no way shape or form a freakin' PILLOW!!!



At this point Sadie is probably wondering if she can get away with casually stretching and booting Molly off her bed... the answer to that is NO Sadie...



This last week Auntie Amy and Asher were in town and we were able to get together a few times. Asher is mesmerized by the flurry of action that is Molly. He didn't care when mommy went out of site, but when Molly disappeared he started bawling. It was super cute. However, Molly refused to sit for any pictures so I don't have one of the two of them together, but here's Asher:



Lastly, my mom got Molly this stroller for her birthday. She also got Molly a baby doll to put in it, but Molly rarely uses the doll. She's more likely to put her oogly eye monster in there. Lately it's been all about her robot. She pats the robot over her shoulder like a baby and is very careful to secure robot in the stroller properly.





The rest of the pics can be found in the K - Oct, Nov, Dec 2009 gallery.

Too heavy...

Molly does this hilarious act when something is "too heavy". She uses this old smokers lady voice and says, "Too heavy" while carrying an object she has previously carried many times before without any issues. It's usually when she's bringing something to you and wants to get your attention. I am prompting her to say it in this video, but she does say it several times in the beginning.

A few pics.

Uploaded a handful more pics... here are some of my favs... click on any pic to be taken back to the gallery...