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Molly is five months old
Time is continuing to fly by and Molly is now five months old. We’ve had a busy month and every day continues to be filled with new adventures.
At the five-month mark, Molly tipped the scales at 14.3 pounds. That means she gained 1.3 pounds in a month after standing still at 13 pounds since she was three months old. Her length is around 26 inches. Molly also got her four-month vaccinations (a month late) and screamed pretty much as loudly as the last time she got needles. It passed quickly and she seemed to be OK after her wandering mind got interested in something else. When we were leaving the doctor’s office there was a new baby in the waiting room that was only a week old. Holy itty-bitty tiny baby. I can’t imagine Molly being that small and it was only five months ago.
Molly is making lots of noise these days. When she is not trying out her voice by squealing, she is babbling and telling lots of stories. It’s fun to imagine what she might be trying to say. My favorite noise has to be her laugh. We have started playing this new game where I sit in front of her and then I turn away and when I look back I make this loud silly noise. She totally cracks up and her laugh is coming from way down deep in her tummy. When I look away again she will hold her breath and wait for me to make the funny noise again. It is absolutely hilarious and in the end we are both laughing hysterically.
As you may have read in my mid-month news flash, the toothless wonder now has a pearly white. In fact, she now has two pearly whites. I just noticed another one this morning. Again, it arrived without much fanfare. It’s cute to watch her play with her new built in toys.
Molly has continued to become very interested in her surroundings. The simplest things totally amaze her. For example, the other day I handed her my glasses case and she inspected if for almost ten minutes with the most intense and absorbed effort. She does the same thing with the tags on toys. Her little fingers get so busy touching every square inch of whatever she is looking at.
Her Jumperoo is her favorite toy right now. Before she just sat in it and played with the toys, but now she is jumping up a storm. I swear some days she is going to take flight.
Some people comment on how alert and aware Molly is. The fact of the matter is that they are using the words alert and aware in an attempt to be polite and avoid using the word nosey. She is SO nosey. She will stare at people and her mouth will be hanging open and she uses the same intense gaze as she does when she is inspecting her toys. It totally cracks me up. My closest friends just laugh and say, “I wonder where she gets her nosiness from?” Poor kid doesn’t stand a chance.
Looking back on the last five months, I am really amazed at how that feeling of pure unconditional love when I saw Molly for the first time continues to grow. I knew I would love her, I just didn’t know my heart could love her so much. What’s even more amazing is that I can tell that Molly really likes me too. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but she actually lights up and gets excited when she sees me. It is the cutest thing and totally melts my heart. I guess the fact that I dance around and sing silly songs just to make her laugh puts me up there on her favorite people list. Of course the flipside to this is that she sometimes gets fussy if her Mommy is out of sight. This of course is not so cute, but definitely an ego booster.
I have posted quite a few pictures below that give a glimpse into Molly’s world in the last week or so. I hope you enjoy them.
Thanks for stopping by,
Alayne and Molly
At the five-month mark, Molly tipped the scales at 14.3 pounds. That means she gained 1.3 pounds in a month after standing still at 13 pounds since she was three months old. Her length is around 26 inches. Molly also got her four-month vaccinations (a month late) and screamed pretty much as loudly as the last time she got needles. It passed quickly and she seemed to be OK after her wandering mind got interested in something else. When we were leaving the doctor’s office there was a new baby in the waiting room that was only a week old. Holy itty-bitty tiny baby. I can’t imagine Molly being that small and it was only five months ago.
Molly is making lots of noise these days. When she is not trying out her voice by squealing, she is babbling and telling lots of stories. It’s fun to imagine what she might be trying to say. My favorite noise has to be her laugh. We have started playing this new game where I sit in front of her and then I turn away and when I look back I make this loud silly noise. She totally cracks up and her laugh is coming from way down deep in her tummy. When I look away again she will hold her breath and wait for me to make the funny noise again. It is absolutely hilarious and in the end we are both laughing hysterically.
As you may have read in my mid-month news flash, the toothless wonder now has a pearly white. In fact, she now has two pearly whites. I just noticed another one this morning. Again, it arrived without much fanfare. It’s cute to watch her play with her new built in toys.
Molly has continued to become very interested in her surroundings. The simplest things totally amaze her. For example, the other day I handed her my glasses case and she inspected if for almost ten minutes with the most intense and absorbed effort. She does the same thing with the tags on toys. Her little fingers get so busy touching every square inch of whatever she is looking at.
Her Jumperoo is her favorite toy right now. Before she just sat in it and played with the toys, but now she is jumping up a storm. I swear some days she is going to take flight.
Some people comment on how alert and aware Molly is. The fact of the matter is that they are using the words alert and aware in an attempt to be polite and avoid using the word nosey. She is SO nosey. She will stare at people and her mouth will be hanging open and she uses the same intense gaze as she does when she is inspecting her toys. It totally cracks me up. My closest friends just laugh and say, “I wonder where she gets her nosiness from?” Poor kid doesn’t stand a chance.
Looking back on the last five months, I am really amazed at how that feeling of pure unconditional love when I saw Molly for the first time continues to grow. I knew I would love her, I just didn’t know my heart could love her so much. What’s even more amazing is that I can tell that Molly really likes me too. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but she actually lights up and gets excited when she sees me. It is the cutest thing and totally melts my heart. I guess the fact that I dance around and sing silly songs just to make her laugh puts me up there on her favorite people list. Of course the flipside to this is that she sometimes gets fussy if her Mommy is out of sight. This of course is not so cute, but definitely an ego booster.
I have posted quite a few pictures below that give a glimpse into Molly’s world in the last week or so. I hope you enjoy them.
Thanks for stopping by,
Alayne and Molly
