Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Molly continues to grow too fast!


I keep meaning to write the little things down that Molly does, but I keep thinking I'll have time later and then later comes and nothing is written and Molly is doing something else. As you can see from this picture, Molly loves to drink through a straw. This is the only way We've been able to get her to drink. Thanks Mom for teaching her that handy little trick. She has only recently started to take a sippy cup. Molly waves hi and bye. Her Grandpa Larson taught her that a few months ago when he was here. She can ask for more with her little hand. It has also come to mean 'want' 'food' and 'hungry'. She can also clap. Sometimes we watch Good Morning America and Molly will wave at all the people and clap when she hears cheering. My Great Grandma Smith's dog Clifford taught Molly how to bark like a dog. I think the experience scared her to death and imprinted that noise in her little head forever. Molly still army crawls like a champ and must think that is good enough because she won't crawl. She pulls herself up on things and cruises a little. It is so fun to be greeted in the morning with a happy Molly standing in her crib. We love her so much and can't believe how she has changed our lives. She brings us so much joy.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

A day with the Witches!



We have been so lucky to have such nice weather so late in October. Molly loves to be outside. We love our little cutie.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Happy Birthday Brady! (yesterday)


Brady's birthday was yesterday and I just wanted to let him know how much I love him. I always wonder how I got so lucky to get him. He takes such good care of me and Molly. I hope you had a good birthday Brady! I love you!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Canning!


On my way to becoming domestic! You would think I would start with cooking or cleaning, but no I start with canning. I grew up with my mom canning, but she stopped many years ago and I never made her show me how. My dear neighbor was nice enough to show me the ropes and help me can the pears from our pear tree. The pears from our tree are hard and don't usually taste great, so I thought they might taste better canned. I guess we'll see. We also found apples for 39 cents a lb. (I should have told everyone about the deal... Sorry!) so we made applesauce. Molly loves it. It was so much fun to do and much easier than I expected!

Monday, October 20, 2008

Random pics of cute Molly!

Molly and her boyfriend Mac! You would not believe how hard it was to get them both sitting. They are so busy.

Molly enjoying the nice fall weather.

Out walking with Great Grandma Smith. Molly loves to visit Grandma.

What a cute naked girl. It is such a fight to change her. She hates to hold still. She has places to go.

Molly loves her toothbrush. Hopefully she doesn't get her mommy's teeth.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Yea for the California sun!

Brady and I spent our honeymoon in San Diego which was wonderful. San Diego is probably one of my favorite places I've ever been. We also went to Newport last year while I was pregnant with my family. It wasn't the best of experiences being pregnant and all, so we decided to go again this year while Molly could still fly for free. It was hot! Grandma and Grandpa came with us and they were a huge help. Vacationing with a baby is quite a different experience. I wouldn't change it for the world, but it does make things a lot harder.

Molly's first plane ride. She actually did pretty well. I was the one that was really uptight (surprise, surprise.) There were lots of other kids and babies so that made it a lot easier. I don't know how people do it on long flights!

Gotta keep the bright sun out of the eyes. Molly wouldn't keep these on for very long so we were lucky to get this picture.

Molly and her Tinkerbell umbrella. She wouldn't let go of it. Every time I would take it away she would scream. A little inconvenient considering the size of the thing.

Disneyland!


Disneyland really does have a magical feeling about it. I seriously got goosebumps as we were walking in. I've been there many times and it was fun to share with Molly, although she won't remember it. At least she was free!
Molly was not very happy to meet Minnie

Grandma with Molly. Disneyland was all decorated for Halloween. It was neat to see all the different things. The haunted mansion was converted into 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. They changed everything including the music. It was really cool.

Grandpa with Molly. Grandma and Grandpa were a huge help. We got to take turns going on rides and it worked out perfectly with the parent pass thingy. Plus the lines were wonderful. Short lines make such a difference. Especially when it's hot.


Us on Dumbo. Probably the only ride Molly liked. She doesn't like loud noises or darkness so she got a little afraid on the other rides, including Winnie the Pooh. I really like the expression on her face. Some kid was taking the picture and she was probably wondering who the heck he was. She was such a little trooper and we really had a great time.

The Beach!

Us at the beach. Seriously, my favorite place on earth.

Molly liked the sand...

hated the cold water

holding on tightly. "Daddy, save me!"

safe in her Daddy's arms

The Angels



We got to go see a baseball game. Unfortunately it was right at Molly's bedtime. Fortunately it wasn't the Mariners or a good game. Molly has extra sensitive ears and so if she would have fallen asleep in the stadium she would have woken up at the slightest noise. We took turns walking around with her outside while the Angels let the Rangers beat up on them. We love baseball and it was fun to see the Angel's stadium despite Molly being a little grumpy.