well check

We had Molly's 18 month well check today.
Molly is in the 95% for height and the 75% for weight!
I knew that Dr. Akey (yes, his name is Dr. Akey) would ask about Molly's language.
"Does she say about 5 words now?", he asked.
Let's see:
Mama, Daddy, bird, ball, apple, up, down, cheese, more, no, uh-oh (even though this follows something clearly done on purpose!), thank you (sort of), hi, bye, Spongebob (seriously), Blue (as in Blue's Clues), shoe, kitty, puppy (uppy), baby (aby), Mickey (sort of), tree, duck, quack, shhhh (as in the baby is sleeping), yum, star...
Those are off the top of my head...she is also starting to sing a little. Her favorites:
Itsy Bitsy Spider, Row Your Boat, 5 Little Monkeys, ABC song, Old MacDonald, Twinkle Twinkle...Oh, and the theme song to Spongebob AND Bakugan (thanks, big brother).
She can tell you the sounds the following animals make: duck, bird, bunny (she says hop), elephant, gorilla, dog (panting dog, not barking dog), cow, rooster (sometimes), mouse...
Dr. Akey was impressed :)
Of course, she wouldn't be Molly if she didn't barf from being so upset with him checking her out...Little Miss Drama!

VOTE for me!

O.K...so, I would love a new camera. I don't need it, but I do want one.
Can you help me?
Take a minute EVERYDAY and vote for Molly's yogurt face picture!
You will have to register with the site, but it's a good one, really!
And, once you do, bookmark the site because you can vote EVERYDAY!
They are awarding the one with the most votes, so I need lots of help!
(did I mention you can vote everyday?)

Wordless Wednesday (one day early)

This week's Wordless Wednesday...a series of pictures...

O.C. Fair

Well, it's that time of year again...
We went to the Fair on Friday!
Jack was a wild man, running around and going on some rides.

I didn't get many pictures of him...
but I did get this one, and it made me sad.

He looks so grown up all of a sudden!

No rides for Molly this year...and really, why bother,

when putting spaghetti on your head is just as fun.

Molly also loved all the animals...

and did whatever it took to get a closer look!

We will be back...because Mommy didn't get her cinammon roll!

skating babies

This is the best commercial I've seen in a long time.
Jack laughed and laughed...Molly danced and clapped...

18

My sweet baby girl, tomorrow you are 18 months old, a year and a half.
It feels like you were just here:
You have changed so much, it's hard to decide which "face" I like the most...

It seems like you've been in our family forever...not just 18 months.

Merry Christmas, and Happy Birthday, Molly!

Yes, I know it's July...but, for Christmas and her birthday, Molly received some gift certificates for classes at Gymboree (THANK YOU, friends and family!)

I had been waiting for summer to start so that I could

take advantage of my schedule.

We went yesterday and had lots of fun.

She was a bit overwhelmed...but tried almost everything:

jumping on the trampoline
climbing through the tunnels

playing basketball

but, just like Jack, her favorite was the bubbles!

(we had to buy some for bubbles at home...something about those Gymboree bubbles...

they are awesome!)

Of course, as I was completing the paperwork after the class,

she hit her mouth on the swinging door (naughty!)...

hopefully, next week, she remembers the fun and NOT the

bloody mouth!