Molly is now a one year old. I can't believe how fast the past year has flown by. I love being her mommy and love watching her learn and grow. Her are some of her adorable birthday pictures:
For Molly's birthday we decided to try out the Denver Zoo. We weren't sure how much she would get out of it, but it ended up being really fun. She would only look at big animals that were moving, and she called all of those animals "dog" which sounds like "deeg deeg". The weather was AMAZING and she was pretty happy most of the time. Afterwards we went to KFC for lunch and she had some yummy mac & cheese, and then we came home to open presents and eat another piece of that cute little cake. She ate an adult size piece in about 10 seconds, and then cried for more! Looks like we got a dessert lover just like her momma.
Spoiled baby!
Playing with her new toys
Well here's what else Molly has been up to this month:
Wears 12 and 18 months clothes and size 4 diapers
Weighs about 22 pounds
Walks like a expert, and is getting faster by the minute
Is now completely done with bottles and just has her formula/water/juice out of a sippy cup
Understands A LOT more words (and probably a lot more than I think she does) including shoes, kick, clothes, banana, head, hair, and book
Loves shoes. She carries around her shoes all day long and will search for shoes if you say the word. She also likes to admire herself in the shoes she's wearing
Is starting to "read" books to herself. She will sit and play and babble with a book for about 5 minutes
Likes to hold one thing in each hand constantly. And most of the time is has to be the same thing in each hand
Went to her first wedding of her Aunt Carissa and new uncle Justin
Loves to play peek-a-boo. She plays with the people begin her at church, and plays with me when there is any clothes or blankets on the ground
Loves to eat and her favorites are string cheese, cauliflower, and crackers
Likes going to story time at the library and is very social... she mostly likes to go say hi to all the other parents in the room and especially the story teller
Destroys everything! Haha.. OK maybe not destroys, but these days it's impossible to do laundry, or tidy up any room because Molly loves to follow me around and undo everything.
Loves pushing buttons and thinks every small round dot is a button. She also like to turn of the lights using the light-switch
Takes one 2 hour nap during the day, and still sleeps so great at night
Has 4 meals a day of finger food, baby food and milk, juice or water
Loves to open drawers and door and take out all the contents. Her pajama drawer is her favorite
Is growing up way too fast and is such a joy in our lives!
I can't believe Molly is 11 months old already! We have been busy busy busy this month, and she has be growing like a flower.
This month Molly:
Weighs about 21 1/2 pounds
Wears mostly 12 month clothes and size 4 diapers
Has about 20 oz of formula a day with three solid meals
Is down to one nap. She sleeps for about 2 hours during the day, and takes a second nap about once a week.
Still sleeps a solid 11-12 hours at night
Had her first fever. It was at about 101.8 and all night long and she slept in about 30 minute increments that whole night.. whew! Went down the next day and she was fine after that
Is becoming an expert "cruiser", meaning she will go from walls to furniture to people to anything else she can so she can walk around
Has started to walk a little by herself! Her longest distance so far has been about 10 feet, and she'll be running before I know it..
Is starting to throw adorable little temper tantrums. These happen when she's tired of being at the store, get something taken away from her, or is sitting in her stroller or car-seat for to long. She literally says "boo hoo hoo" with a pouty face over and over and then flails her legs.
Understands lots of words! She knows clap, reach, stairs, milk, dog, hi, and more
Had her first visit to the urgent care after falling off her changing table. I cried more than she did, and she was just fine
Still has just the 2 teeth, but it starting to eat larger pieces of fruits, veggies and bread
Has started to throw her food off her tray a lot. Not sure if this means she's full, doesn't like it, or just thinks it's a game
Has tasted ice cream a couple of times and LOVES it
Talks A LOT, and now make lots of different noises and has started to try to copy what we say
Had both grandmas (and one grandpa) visit this month which was so nice! She got lots of attention, and I was able to get things done and go on dates with Matt
Still loves to go on walks with mommy. She points at the flowers, and tries to talk to other kids and dogs
Loves to play peek-a-boo. She will initiate it now which is adorable
Has CRAZY hair. It sticks straight up all the time, but it's still not long enough to do anything with
Was left alone with daddy for 3 days while I went to visit my family. They both survived! :)
Will play by herself for hours if I'm in the room with her.. as soon as I leave she has a fit or follows me. Though she's getting better about playing in her play pen if I'm cooking dinner in the other room or something
Likes to be held a lot more than before. She'll crawl up to me and pull on my clothes to be picked up a few times a day
Is so cute!! I can't believe how big and beautiful she is getting... we are so in love with miss Molly
