Phew, all this Christmas stuff plays me out. Goodnight.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Molly’s six months old and Mommy is slow with her update
Well here it is December 24…only fifteen days late with Molly’s six-month update. I must however point out that I am sitting at my computer with my hair combed, teeth brushed and I am dressed…this means some things are getting accomplished.
As you will have seen from the pictures that have been posted lately, Molly has made her debut on Santa’s knee. It was all very exciting. Molly was fairly oblivious to the whole scene and sat staring at Santa with her mouth hanging open. The look on her face was one of “can someone tell me what all the fuss is about?” I on the other hand was overcome with emotion. Here was my little girl sitting on Santa’s knee for the very first time. A Kodak moment for sure.
Molly is now sitting on her own. I can’t pinpoint the exact date this took place because it just seemed to happen. She would sit for a bit on her own or I would sit with her and then one day I thought to myself, “hey, she’s been sitting all by herself for about three minutes.” She tends to flop over a bit when she’s sleepy, but for the most part she sits up straight and is pretty sturdy.
She is also trying really hard to crawl. When she is on the floor on her belly, she flaps around like a seal. It is quite funny to watch. Daddy says she hasn’t started crawling yet because all her strength has gone to the muscles in her neck, from swivelling it around being so nosey. Let’s just say that Molly continues to be a very curious baby!!
Molly had her monthly weigh in on the 9th and she is now a whopping 15.2 lbs. According to the charts, that puts her in the 23rd percentile, which means that 77% of babies her age are bigger than her. Percentile merchentile we say. What about the 23% of weenies who are smaller than her? How are they making out? Exactly.
Molly’s first professional photos turned out absolutely beautiful (we posted a few below, despite scary copyright laws). Of course, when Mommy went to view the proofs it probably would have been advisable to have her accompanied by someone with some financial common sense. A good chunk of change later, we are sharing lots of photos with friends and family. They’re only young once, right?
So here it is Christmas Eve and life couldn’t be better. The stockings are hung by the chimney with care, Grandma and Grandpa have come to visit all the way from Cape Breton (we were a little nervous that Grandmas was going to get run over by a reindeer so we have a watchful eye on her) and Molly is about to celebrate her very first Christmas. I feel incredibly blessed and so very lucky to have Molly in my life, as well as so many friends and family.
OK, the Hallmark moment is now complete. I must now go and wait for Santa. I will check back in with lots of pictures of the big day.
Merry Christmas and peace to everyone…
Alayne & Molly
As you will have seen from the pictures that have been posted lately, Molly has made her debut on Santa’s knee. It was all very exciting. Molly was fairly oblivious to the whole scene and sat staring at Santa with her mouth hanging open. The look on her face was one of “can someone tell me what all the fuss is about?” I on the other hand was overcome with emotion. Here was my little girl sitting on Santa’s knee for the very first time. A Kodak moment for sure.
Molly is now sitting on her own. I can’t pinpoint the exact date this took place because it just seemed to happen. She would sit for a bit on her own or I would sit with her and then one day I thought to myself, “hey, she’s been sitting all by herself for about three minutes.” She tends to flop over a bit when she’s sleepy, but for the most part she sits up straight and is pretty sturdy.
She is also trying really hard to crawl. When she is on the floor on her belly, she flaps around like a seal. It is quite funny to watch. Daddy says she hasn’t started crawling yet because all her strength has gone to the muscles in her neck, from swivelling it around being so nosey. Let’s just say that Molly continues to be a very curious baby!!
Molly had her monthly weigh in on the 9th and she is now a whopping 15.2 lbs. According to the charts, that puts her in the 23rd percentile, which means that 77% of babies her age are bigger than her. Percentile merchentile we say. What about the 23% of weenies who are smaller than her? How are they making out? Exactly.
Molly’s first professional photos turned out absolutely beautiful (we posted a few below, despite scary copyright laws). Of course, when Mommy went to view the proofs it probably would have been advisable to have her accompanied by someone with some financial common sense. A good chunk of change later, we are sharing lots of photos with friends and family. They’re only young once, right?
So here it is Christmas Eve and life couldn’t be better. The stockings are hung by the chimney with care, Grandma and Grandpa have come to visit all the way from Cape Breton (we were a little nervous that Grandmas was going to get run over by a reindeer so we have a watchful eye on her) and Molly is about to celebrate her very first Christmas. I feel incredibly blessed and so very lucky to have Molly in my life, as well as so many friends and family.
OK, the Hallmark moment is now complete. I must now go and wait for Santa. I will check back in with lots of pictures of the big day.
Merry Christmas and peace to everyone…
Alayne & Molly
