Molly Has Discovered...

Her toes.
She was happily sucking away on them today at the end of her nap.
I started to video and of course-- nothing.

So I waited a few minutes, and then took some covert video.

For Fun Molly And Dani Pics check out...

This post on the Oppler's blog.
The girls were practicing their ninja skills yesterday, and Sara got pics.

Here's the link.

Tub Time

Every other night, about seven o'clock it's tubby time.  Sometimes it's every night.  Molly loves her tubs.  It's been one of her favorite things ever since I've known her.

She used to have a little baby tub, but she kicked and thrashed about so much in it that I just started going in with her when she was about four weeks.  We've kept that up ever since.  It's a pretty fun time.

Lately trying to catch the water coming out of the faucet is her favorite thing.  

She doesn't seem to mind the fact that she sprays water all over her face.  Often she puts her hands in the spray then sticks her tongue out and tries to catch some of it in the air.

Baby Legs Galore

Molly has some free Baby Legs coming her way.

That's right-- this is what was posted on the Baby Legs website this morning.
Woot.

Here's a link to our winning "story"-- also posted below.

Our prize is valued at $100.  If I can win another 260 (give or take) contests like this, than this MFA will have paid for itself.

Molly in the Puget Sound

I had a girl's weekend out at the cabin, so Molly got to spend some quality time with Auntie M, K & Q.
They were fabulous to her, I couldn't ask for better friends.

She even dipped her toes in the sound for the first time, while Q shot video.
I thought she might holler, but she was just as happy as she is in her tub at home, kicking her legs away and happy as could be.  This girl loves the water.

Also, it turns out this swim cap is more practical than I thought.  It keeps her nog from getting sunburned, and she likes putting her head in the water so it works better than a sun hat.  Who knew something so ridiculous looking could actually come in handy?  And yes, her swimsuit is officially too small, so we wore it as a tutu instead. Time to fish out the adorable one that Nana Martin sent from her stash of big girl clothes.  Girl is growing fast! (97th percentile for height and weight at her 4 month check up!)

Baby Legs

I wrote this little essay for a Baby Legs contest recently.
I use the term essay loosely.

The winner get's a gift certificate and I'll do anything for a freebie, so this was the crack I took at it.  I'll let you know if we get any prizes :)  (we did our best, and even mentioned Baby Legs by name!)

Molly in her Baby Legs

The theme was to tell them about your summer plans.

This summer I will be a mother.  For the past thirty summers I have been a daughter, a sister, an ice-cream scooper, a paralegal, sometimes even a babysitter, but never a mother.

My very first child, Molly, was born this past spring.  We spent a few months getting acquainted, but now that summer has arrived, we’ve really hit our stride.  We’ve got a routine, Molly and I.  She’s sleeping through the night (which is to say we are both able too), and I’ve learned to stock her diaper bag with things like sun hats, plenty of wipes, more diapers than I ever think I could possibly need, and extra socks-- in fact a whole extra outfit-- before we head out on trips to visit friends or hit up the farmers market.  

This summer I will be a mother, and that will mean Molly and I will head to the park together to see our favorite musician Caspar Babypants perform Stompy the Bear, it will mean laughing uncontrollably at one another (now that Molly has learned to laugh), it will mean taking a trip to Maine (which will also be our first journey together on an airplane) to visit her grandparents, and it will mean snuggling.  Lots and lots of snuggling.  

Being Molly’s mother this summer also means I am on the hunt for a shorter hairstyle-- now that she is in the stage (please let it be only a stage) of pulling and tugging on my hair, it will mean that I no longer flip through my pregnancy books at the first sign of any tiny ailment within my own body, and instead flip through my baby’s-first-year books whenever anything is the slightest bit out-of-the-ordinary with hers, and means my eyes tear up a little as I begin to pack up the newborn clothes that Molly has outgrown, and again when she starts wearing her newborn sized Baby Legs as arm warmers instead of leg warmers.  

This summer will be the summer that my daughter is an infant. By winter she will be crawling, and by next summer she will be walking, but this summer I will hold her in my arms.

That is what I will be doing this summer.

More Hodge Podge

Rolling around with my cuz

Nikita comes to visit

About to run my first 5k. Leggings are from Baby Legs (a Seattle company)