Rocky Mountain Molly

Well I've been slacking in the blog department, but I have an excuse; we've been out of town since Thursday. Molly had her first road trip and boy was it a doozy! We drove to Salida, CO for my brother's wedding. It's about a 14 hour drive one way, not counting the frequent stops one has to make when traveling with a 3 month old. Molly wasn't too keen on spending that amount of time in her car seat, she really only has two states of being while she's in it, pissed or asleep. The good news of course was that the time spent out of the car seat was golden. We ate at fast food joints, even went to a grocery store and a sweltering outdoor mall without incident...she was just grateful to not be in her torture chamber.

The weekend was great, the weather was awesome and the wedding was beautiful. Molly seemed glad to be getting a new auntie (aunt Stephanie) and kept quiet during the wedding. I know I mentioned the wedding was beautiful but seriously, Colorado is so amazing and the location in a pasture with great views of the surrounding mountains was just perfect. I also enjoyed their vows here's just a selection: Chris: "I promise to love when you're right, and when you think you're right" Stephanie: "I love you for your philosophical mind, and in spite of your philosophical mind" also perfect. We we are glad to have Stephanie officially in the family and we are all eagerly awaiting the Moore-Young quadruplets! hahaha!

On Sunday I had a great birthday which involved awesome walks with Molly and Jonny that didn't end with us all in a exhausted sweating ball on the floor. That evening my family surprised me with a birthday cake and a hearty singing of "Happy Birthday". I even blew out all 29 candles. I owe a great big thanks to everyone for making my birthday so special.

To finish out the blog, I thought I would share two of my favorite stories from the weekend:

Chris and Stephanie's friends who hosted the wedding have a little boy named Sage. At one point during the reception, I was in their bedroom nursing Molly. Suddenly the door bursts open (I'm covered so I'm not overly concerned) and in walks Sage. He sees me but isn't really phased, so he walks right on over to their bathroom where his potty is waiting for him, strips and then does his business. Then, without putting his pants back on, he picks up his potty and takes it out of the room with a big smile on his face. I guess he then went to show everyone what a good job he had done, too funny.

Here are Molly and the champion of the potty, Sage.

The next story was from today on our way home. We had stopped in Gila Bend at McDonald's to give Molly a break and right after we ordered, a bus load of teenage boys showed up. A group of them sat down by us and immediately started in with the annoying teenage chatter such as the douche on the bus who was reading a book (he had never even finished a book before) a girl with fat tits (or possibly phat tits, I missed the context) and my favorite, a girl who was sexy except that she was missing a tooth. I'm not making this up. So amidst all their chatter I hear one of them talking about about beautiful baby eyes and I realize that he's talking about Molly. I turned around and he repeated to me that my baby has beautiful eyes. He's right of course, but I know it must be true if a teenage boy notices...this probably means future trouble for us, better oil up Jonny's shot gun!

Here are Molly and Jonny enjoying the scenery and great weather before the wedding. I'll probably do a quick post with more wedding pictures soon since I haven't seen my Mom's pictures yet. Mom probably has some good Molly shots since she finds everything that Molly does absolutely adorable, so stay tuned for more exciting Molly Mac!

A rolling Molly gathers no Moss

That's right, Molly has gone Mobile. Yesterday I decided to play a game with her that I call Magic Carpet Ride, where I put her on a blanket on the floor and pull her around. I guess all of that action inspired her roll over, left to right, belly to back. I'm kind of relieved because I hate tummy time almost as much as she does so I was always avoiding it. I was pretty sure that my lack of interest was going to result in her never moving independently...but again I was wrong...thankfully I usually am. As I promised Grandma, here's a rolling stone video...no not that kind, but I will say that as soon as I can, I'm going to teach her how to do the Mick Jagger chicken dance, and there will definitely be a video of that.

On the 11th for her 3 month birthday I took Molly in for another weigh in at Jonny's office. You can really tell that she's chunking up when you compare this picture to the previous weigh in, she takes up the whole scale now, and since then she's gained about 2 lbs, so she's really cruising.

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also thought I would include an updated video of Molly's motor boating progress. It's funny because when she learns a new sound, that immediately becomes her new communication for everything. Happy...motorboat, Sad...motorboat, Hungry...motorboat. As you can see in this video she's upset about something, and because I'm such a good mother I just take a video of her in hope of a motorboat...I'm awesome!

I thought it would also be worth mentioning that Molly has decided that her thumb is where its at. I like this shot because it look like a classic little kid move, Sucking her thumb while clinging for dear life to the little blanket thing...what the hell are those things supposed to be called anyhow?

Sorry to throw all these videos out there on one post but here is the blooper reel from Molly's roll over video. It took me all day to get her to do it on film and there was lots of footage that just didn't make the cut. If you listen closely to this, you hear some interesting action from Molly...and then me laughing at her. After this shot, we had to take 5 for a diaper change.

A-Hole&B-Hole

A-hole and B-hole are just the beginning of the blog really, Molly's been up to a lot in the past day! A-hole and B-hole are what we now affectionately call our dogs Riley and Dink. It started because I've always called them "A" and "B" just because when you have to Black Labs who most people view as identical (they're not) you should have a generic nickname for them. Then after Molly was born they were always doing things that made me mad, like barking at inopportune times and shaking with they're loud collars (they don't wear them anymore) so I was always say something to the extent of "You stupid Ass-Hole dogs" Eventually Jonny said we should call them A-hole and B-hole and it has stuck. Well the other day it dawned on me that I haven't really taken any pictures of Molly with her beloved A-hole and B-hole so I decided to attempt it. It was difficult since B-hole (Dink) is not really interested in being anywhere near Molly and A-hole (Riley) is always trying to be near me. This is the best we could do.

Since Kate Monster had a sweet picture of her hanging out in her Baby Bjorn with Mom, I thought I would include some of Molly in her carrier, a baby K'Tan. It's basically just two big loops of fabric kept together with one little loop of fabric. If you're reading this blog and my description isn't sufficient...look it up, you obviously have the Internet. Anyhow, with these loops you can hold your baby in 8 different positions. We've tried 5 of them and of the 3 we haven't tried one of them is on the back (which I'm not ready for) one of them is for twins (No thank-you) and one of them is redundant. Here's Molly with me in her carrier. Jonny won't use it because "It's gay" and he can "carry her just fine without one" . I've tried to show him all of the obviously masculine men using it on the web site's pictures but he stands by his statements~he thinks the pictures reinforce his argument.

Above left we have the "adventure" position, if you face her towards you, its called the "hug" position. on the right the "explore" position. Finally on the bottom left we have the "hip" position. The only one left out is the cradle position which she has out grown.

Lastly, Molly has been tirelessly working on a new skill of blowing a "motorboat" while she hasn't perfected it yet, as this video shows, she's working really hard!

Here's just one more bonus picture of Molly in her swing today. I just thought she had a funny pose going. Jonny says she looks regal.

Bumbo

Since my parents are headed back to MO for a couple weeks, I'm going to have to get back into this and keep them updated on all of Molly's happenings. A couple exciting things have happened in Molly's life lately, believe me I totally understand if you could give a shit because I was there once too. "Oh wow! Little Jenny learned how to pick her nose...amazing!" Now I have a little different perspective. First off, now the babies are my friends babies, not my acquaintance's' babies, babies that I'm not afraid to hold...except maybe Landon, he might break my back...BEEFCAKE! Also think about the hand eye coordination that it takes to pick one's nose...I never considered this before. Yesterday, before she left, my Mom thought Molly was ready for some reaching and grabbing and sure enough she was into it. This morning I took some pictures of her holding a rattle that she had deliberately wanted in her hand...not just accidentally mind you. She immediately shoved it in her mouth...this might have been an accident but who knows? She's also taking something in one hand and then grabbing it with the other as if to give herself some extra control. I know, I know, freaking amazing! But I'm impressed and Gran is impressed and that's what's important. Here's actually some breaking news on this front. I had Molly on her changing table just now and I was talking to her and putting my face down by hers and she reached up and grabbed my glasses off of my face. I was thoroughly impressed. I'm sure this adorable act will become obnoxious shortly. I wonder if you can get a Lenscrafter's account? Watch out Grayson, Molly's getting grabby too. Here are the grabby pictures.

Also as the blog is tittled, I bought Molly a Bumbo. I know that Michaela had graciously offered to give me Landon's old one, and I'm sure it would have been great, but when you're walking through the store and you come across an adorable pink Bumbo how can you resist if you have a little girl. Jonny probably could have...but I couldn't. We didn't know that Molly was a girl until she made her appearance, so now I try to get my hands onto every feminine thing I can afford...damn you Pottery Barn Kids! Anyhow if you don't know what a Bumbo is...just look at the pictures and you'll figure it out pretty quick. Anyhow, she loves it and is happy to sit and hang out with us. These pictures are in Jonny's Garden. Good times!

well, this one's in her Crib, which she enjoys since her dog's can make the floor a dangerous prospect. Our goal is to keep Riley's tail out of Molly's face for as long as possible since I'm pretty sure it could cause irreversible damage.

Incidentally, Molly has taken her first "bad" picture in her Bumbo. Sorry Molly, it was bound to happen with all of the picture's we're snapping.

not to worry, these are better!

Memorial Day

Well we made it through Molly Mac's biggest weekend to date. We started out on Saturday with a quick visit at Michaela's aunt Laura's house and then dinner at Ramsey and Blaine's with Michaela, Dustin and Landon. Then on Sunday we went back to Laura's for a BBQ. I'm a bad mother and didn't take any pictures of these events...so I will refer you to the Burgess baby blog and the Morris family blog for pictures. What I learned from these outings is that Molly is a homebody like her parents. I think the fussiness stemmed from her missing naps here and there. The high of the weekend was definitely introducing Molly to her extended family, the Burgess', it has me pumped for our upcoming McBurgorris family vacation. The low of the weekend was having my car broken in to and purse stolen. If any one see some punk kid wannabe gang banger walking around with a green patent leather Michael Kors purse, kick him in the nuts for me. This is what Molly has to say to the jackass. I swear she did this that night after it was stolen...she's pissed too.

On Monday we had a nice afternoon at Jonny's sister's house. She seemed to be in higher spirits so that was nice. Here are some pictures of her hanging out with her cousins Jonathan and Madeline and her aunt Cassie.

Here's one we call "Molly's in Space. Think "Bowie's in Space" like "Flight of the Conchords". When we got home on Monday I had Meredith take some pictures of us with her new fancy camera. Mere is going to Nepal in November so she bought a very nice camera so she could get some good shots of here trip. So far it has come in handy for getting some good shots of Molly...not that it's too hard, she's a pretty photogenic baby. For those of you reading my blog for the excitement, I apologize for it not being as "edgy" this time. I'll try harder next time!

A Few of Her Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens? I know the whole song and could go on, but I will spare you. Since Molly recently experienced her least favorite thing (vaccinations) I thought I would focus on the positive and share Molly's favorite things. But first real quick...Molly weighed in at 13lbs 2 oz and 2ft, and apparently her head has been growing extremely well which shows she is one smart cookie! On to the favorite things.


Molly's first love has been her fist. My mom said that when she was being evaluated right after birth, she was already plotting how to get it into her mouth. In the last few weeks she's gotten very good at achieving this and has even discovered that her fingers are pretty sweet too. It goes back to the whole flesh eating baby thing...she is not interested in sucking on pacifiers, she wants her fist.















Well as everyone saw in the first post saying "oh" is definitely fun. She pretty much loves talking in general and has even extended her vocabulary to include "ahh" "boo" and "Ahh-Boo". This leads me to Molly's favorite place to talk...laying on her back. Tummy time is not her thing. We do it for brief moments to try to build up her strength, but she would rather be on her back checking out the world around her.




Another great thing to check out while laying down is her tiny love symphony in motion mobile. This thing should be illegal because it is totally a baby hallucinogenic drug. When she is watching this thing she is totally tripping balls...Blowing chunks to the milky way. That's an obscure reference, anyone get it? Here's a Molly's eye view.














Another way to blow her mind is to turn on the T.V. Yes, yes I've already started rotting her brain, but what I believe she love are the colors and light. She'll watch anything, but favorites are Baseball, Golf and Sesame Street...particularly Elmo. I hate Elmo so I'm going to say that she likes him because he's red. here she is distracted by our giant TV.










The Latest thing that Molly loves is for you to kick her in the face with her own foot. I'm not sure why she's masochistic like that, but to her it is freaking hilarious. As with most of the things that make her smile, Jonny discovered this. Jonny is an expert of the good times and I seem to be the expert of the bad. It's hard to take a picture of this...I did my best, as you can see she's enjoying it so don't call CPS just yet.












Which brings me to the obvious thing that Molly loves...ME! She's already starting to display the beginnings of preferring me. She's started to look for me when she hears me and when she's upset she would usually rather be with me...it's probably just the boobs...but I think its kind of cute. I realize though that this will probably become a burden if I'm the only one that can take care of her, as I mentioned before this is more difficult than I had previously thought. Here we our spending some quality time after a meal.




Well that's it for now, we have a big weekend planned with Michaela, Dustin and Landon (of Burgess Baby Blog fame) I can't wait for Molly to meet them for the 1st time!
-Becca

Flesh eating baby

well since I have a parental advisory now, I can say what I want :-) Yesterday we went to a band concert for our nephew and since I'm a card carrying, bonafide "band fag" (you can say it if you are one and if you have a parental advisory) I actually wanted to listen to the bands. I decided this would be hard to do out in the hallway trying to calm an angry baby. Meredith generously offered (as she always does) to watch Molly while we enjoyed the cool musical stylings of the Desert Band Festival (I'm an alumnus by the way). Molly has rejected pacifiers from the beginning, but she has taken a bottle or two before, but since her mother is crazy and feels threatened by bottles (some how the word "medela" turns into "poison" when I look at it) I haven't really pushed the bottles too hard. Well apparently my opinion of bottles has rubbed off on Molly and she refused to take it while we were gone. I guess she threw a fit and although she was calm when I got home, her puffy wet eyes told me how disappointed in me she was. Anyhow she ate and then slept like shit all night as if to punish me. What I have learned from this is that only the taste of flesh can satiate my baby...sorry if that's too graphic, but hey, I have an advisory, you were warned. Well these photos have nothing to do with my story here, but as Michaela told me, it's part of my "raw truthful appeal"





On the left we have her happy after a nice bath. On the right we have her showing off her two newish skills, smiling and picking her butt up and kicking her legs

On the left here we have one I like to call "Honky Cat"


And on the right...I just thought it was cute with the little Buddha Belly hanging out.
Well, that's it for now!
-Becca