4 months

Sweet Molly,

You are 4 months old and we can't believe it! You have brought so much joy to our lives and I love you more and more each day. You are really starting to get a personality. You are pretty laid back, but when you are mad, you are very mad. You do this cry where your face turns bright red, you shake you head from side to side, and you don't breath for a few seconds. It really scared us the first time that you did it, but now we have come to expect it sometimes.

You are a great sleeper! You are sleeping almost 11 hours straight now and it is amazing. You also take two good naps in the morning and cat nap in the afternoon/evening. You like your sleep! You just started sleeping in your crib a few nights ago. You did perfect and slept much better than I did, for sure.

You love bath time. You have started to splash and water goes everywhere! Daddy and I sing goofy songs to you and dance just to make you laugh and kick during your bath. We do a lot of goofy things to try to get a smile out of you. It isn't too hard, you are a very happy baby girl.

You also like to look at yourself in the mirror. You look for a minute, concentrate for a bit, and then let out a huge gummy grin. You really like that "baby in the mirror" and you babble to her often. It is so sweet.

You really are not a fan of being put in your car seat. You don't usually mind it too much once you are in, but we do get the "I am not going to breath" cry from you often while you are being put in your car seat. I always tell you, "Sorry, it's the law". You just look at me like you don't really care about law.

I love you sweet girl!

Mommy

Beach Club

For those of you that we haven't seen in awhile, this is what Molly looked like about a month ago. I am waaaaaaaaaay behind here and trying to catch up with this blogging business. We were at a church party. A (string) bikini at a church party!?! We won't let her get away with this next summer...

Whitney and Kirby

Sweet Ebby Lee. A bird pooped on her arm and she kept sleeping!

Ebby Lee, Kirby, and Molly catchin' some rays!

Ready to swim!

Nacogdoches or Bust

Molly had her first (semi) long road trip. We went to Nacogdoches to see Nanny and Angelo. While we were there, we also got to see Uncle Bubba, Aunt Ruthie, Uncle Mark, Aunt Jan, and Abigail! We forgot to get the camera out the first night while Aunt Ruthie was there. Molly had a little (okay not so little) accident on Aunt Ruthie's pants....so sorry, Aunt Ruthie-we hope you don't have a stain on your pants! We weren't able to capture the moment on camera, but we all laughed and will remember it forever.

Sweet Angelo. We will be celebrating is 100th birthday in October! Val loves to sit with him.

Abigail, Aunt Jan, and Molly

One day she will learn to look at the camera.

Molly likes to look down...

Nanny and Molly

Family Reunion

Molly had a fun time at her first family reunion. She was about 8 weeks old and it was a lot for her to take in, but she didn't mind being the center of attention!

Spending some time with her Great Grandma, who plans the reunion every year. Thanks Grandma!

Molly and Nino

Lots of faces, but I think that Molly has found one that she recognizes (mom is in the blue)!

Kim and Dicky came out to see Molly (and us, I guess) and we had a great time!











Sleeping "like a baby." For some reason, when I clicked "auto corret" with our camera software, it made Molly's hair look red. :) It is still brown.

Our All American Girl!!!

For Molly's first 4th of July, we started the day out with a 5K run. Dicky and I did the 5K and Molly did the 1 mile with my mom, her Mimi. Those pictures are on mom's camera, so I don't have them to post yet. After that, we headed down to downtown Denton for the annual parade. Molly actually did a pretty god job staying awake during the parade. She crashed pretty hard at the end of it though. After that, we went back to mom and dad's house to eat some burgers and play some games. Molly ended her day falling asleep in her Great Grandma's arms. What a day!

After the run

Waiting for the parade to start. Molly has the best seat in the house!

Lovin' that hairdo!

Getting tired...

And she is out!

She makes my heart melt. :)

I don't have a cute comment for this one...he still as my heart, too!

Great Grandma has the touch!

Granny and PawPaw

We went to see Granny and PawPaw a few weeks ago and Molly was all smiles. You wouldn't have even know that she had a fever and was about to go to the emergency room! Sorry it was such a short visit Granny and PawPaw. It was short, but fun! Next time we will stay longer. :)

Temporary Fix for a Fussy Baby and Stressed Out Mom!

So, those of you who don't know me well yet, you should know that I love to run. It all started back in 2nd grade. KLTY used to always do a Las Colinas Christmas run. There was a 2 mile run that Dad told me he would give me $5 for if I could finish it without running. Wow-that was motivation enought for me! Back then, I could really stretch $5 at The Dollar Store. Well, I ran those two miles that day and I haven't looked back. I have run 3 full marathons (freshman, sophomore, and junior years in college), a 30K, and a half marathon (senior year of nursing school). I was crazy! I even ran up until I was 37 weeks pregnant, and I had Molly at 37 weeks and 4 days. So I was running three days before I had her. Now I am wondering what in the world was wrong with me...I almost pass out after two miles lately. Well, since she has been born, I have tried to pick it back up, and wow....it has been tough! I felt more in shape at 37 weeks pregnant than I do now...not pregnant! My goal is to doa half marathon this winter. Anyone want to join me?

Here is a picture from the other day. Molly was very fussy because she has just had her 2 month shots the day before. I don't know if she was fussy from the shots of the virus that we didn't know she was going to get. That virus ended in a trip to the ER because it was a weekend and she had a fever. With Dicky working in the ER and me being a baby nurse, neither of us really liked the fact that she had a fever and she was two months old. This fever was long after her shots...so it wasn't related. She is all better now. She actually got a virus that I passed onto her. I fely a little bit guilty about that one.

So, back to the post. She wouldn't stop fussing, hadn't slept, and I was about to go crazy. Dicky was at work. I finally thought to myself that she may like the sound of the treatmill and I HAD to do something or I was going to go crazy with all of this crying. This is what happened...
This picture is a little bit blurry, but...she went to sleep!!!

Springtown Visit

We enjoyed another trip to Springtown to visit Dicky's parents. We also got to see Pa and Carolyn. Thanks for the fun visit and delicious meal!

We sat and watched her on the Boppy for about half an hour. I hope we weren't boring guests!

Ranger's Game

Every kid that grows up in this area must have memories of going to Texas Rangers games. Well, Molly is no exception.
A Rangers game is fun no matter where you sit,right? Well, let me take that statement back. We had a chance to sit right behind home plate for Molly's first game at 7 weeks old. Had is the key word there! Let me set this up for you...

We went to the game with Dicky's parents and ate at Chili's before the game. We wanted to beat traffic so we left early and got a snack. All is going well, we arrive at the park with plenty of time to get situated and find out seats. Molly is in her Baby Bjorn and I am carrying the carseat. We happened to have an extra ticket, so we figured we would bring the seat to put her in incase we felt the need. So along with the seat, I am carrying the HUGE diaper bag that probably had more in it than I needed. Hey..I am new at this, give me a break. :) Finally, we walk into the park and we are standing to the side waiting for Dicky's parents to get some money from the ATM. A nice lady says to us, "How old is she?" to which I reply that she was 7 weeks old that day. She went on to tell us how impressed she was that we were there with her, she made Molly a certificate for her first game, and then asked us where were sitting. We told her where (the nosebleeds) and she told us to go ahead and sit down and she would try to get us some upgraded seats. There would be a man in a red Ozarka shirt that would come find us. We hurried to our seats and sat to wait, and wait, and wait. We never saw a man. Oh, well. Wait!!! We were sitting in the wrong seats! NOOOOO!!!! Later on in the game, they showed another couple that got the upgraded seats from Ozarka and they were right behind HOME PLATE! Oh well, we had fun and the Rangers won 6-0!

We finally got in the car to head home around 10:00 PM, pulled over at 10:30 to feed her because she was screaming hysterically, and then she had a major explosion in her diaper around 11:30. We got home at midnight and gave her a much needed bath. We all three slept well that night!

So, those of you with young babies, if you are considering taking them to a game, be prepared for an adventure!