3 months of Molly!

Wow, time flies even faster now that we have 2 little ones. Molly is just shy of 3 months old already! At her last check up, which was at 2 months she weighed in at 11 lbs, 7 oz and is in the 50% for height and weight.

3 weeks old

Molly is an incredibly sweet, sweet baby. She is smiling now, and starting to coo a little too. Generally, Molly is a very happy, easy going baby but she does have her moments. She went through a phase from about weeks 7-9 where we thought she was starting to develop Colic and I thought I might lose my mind, but thankfully that seems to have subsided. Somewhere around 8-9 weeks she started sleeping longer stretches and will sleep a solid 10 hours at night now which is wonderful! Once she started sleeping through the night, we moved her from sleeping in the bassinet in our room into her crib in Edie's room. The room sharing seems to be going really well so far, and Edie is excited to have her in there. Sadie has also moved back in there, and has reclaimed her space underneath the crib.

Our Brown Eyed Girl, About 6 weeks old

Our big challenge right now is the bottle. She took it really well at first and seemed like it was no big deal. But in the past 2 weeks, she just absolutely refuses it. I'm determined to get her back on it though, hopefully without too much of a fuss. She spits up a lot, but that seems to have gotten a little better in the couple weeks.

She loves the bath! She would stay in there for hours if we'd let her!

Especially in the first few weeks, this is how I would frequently find Molly:

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Edie's way to help Molly out was to bring in all her dolls and her blanket and stuff them in the bassinet or the swing to keep Molly company! It was awfully sweet of Edie, but I don't think Molly enjoyed it all that much.

Molly & Poppy on Mother's Day - about 8 weeks old

Mother's Day

The MTM's on Mother's Day

The general consensus is that she looks like John - and I'd have to agree with that! What do you think?

About 8 weeks old

About 10 weeks old

Spring 2011

It's been a busy spring with the arrival of little Molly. We kicked off spring with a visit from Oma & Opa. Oma stayed for 2 weeks to help out after Molly's birth! We were sure glad to have her!

Playing Princesses

Oma and Opa working on some puzzles with Edie

sweeping the porch - Edie loves to help out!

Thunder over Louisville with the Sutherlands - rainy and cold this year

Princess Edie - pretty much any time we are home, Edie dons either her princess dress, tutu, or sometimes both, and she trots around in her princess shoes.

Edie loves being a big sister! She frequently asks to hold her, and likes to help burp her. And she likes to let me know when Molly is crying, as if I don't already hear it myself :)

Edie got all princessed out to watch the royal wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. Her favorite part was the "little princesses" aka bridesmaids. Afterwards, she asked if she could have a wedding dress. I told her she can't have a wedding dress until she grows up and gets married. She paused for a while and then looked at me and said "Mommy, I want to get married then so I can have my dress".

Even Sadie got into the princess spirit for the royal wedding!

Rain, rain, and more rain in Louisville this spring. Lots of crazy weather and tornadoes too. Edie spent a night or 2 sleeping in the basement due to severe weather. She didn't seem to mind though since she got to sleep in her sleeping bag in her princess castle tent!

Edie & Sadie - Still best buddies

School is out for the summer and her music class is over too. I decided not to sign her up for any activities other than a 6 week "camp" at her school which is pretty much the same thing as parent's day out, just 2 mornings a week. That doesn't start until late June. We are actually enjoying having no activities and places to be. Just enjoying our backyard and neighborhood parks a lot and scheduling some playdates with friends!

In other Edie news, she apparently has developed an imaginary friend. We are not sure where this came from at all. This is what we know about him so far - "He's a girl", his name is Poke Abby, he is a friend of Abby Cadabby's (Sesame Street), he looks like Batman, and he lives across the street. She will randomly start talking to Poke - while she's playing, riding in the car, eating, etc. I have to admit I think it's a little odd, but I guess it's pretty normal for kids this age. I've sort of taken the approach to not encourage it, but not discourage it either.

To kick off Summer, John took Edie camping at "Camp Connor" in Oldham County with Chip, Abigail, and Lucy. I don't think they got any pictures but if some turn up I'll post them. Edie got to sleep with the big girls in their tent and was super excited to take her sleeping bag that Big Edie gave her for Christmas last year! Sadie got to tag along and being the dog that she is, opted to sleep in the tent with John instead of outside! They fished, roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, and made S'mores. They had a blast and came home exhausted, especially Sadie! And while they camped, Nora and I took the babies for a girls night out and enjoyed dinner at the Bristol!

In other family news, my nephew Steele has undergone several very serious brain/skull/facial surgeries related to his Crouzon's syndrome. It is hard to be away from family during these times, and we wish so much that we could be there to visit Steele and help out Lindsay and Mike. Oma is filling in for all of us though and has been out in Seattle with them for several weeks. On the off chance I forget, Edie now reminds me during our bedtime prayers that we need to say a "Special prayer for Steele".

We also received the sad news this past weekend, that John's Aunt Arline passed away. We were looking forward to their visit here in a few weeks where Aunt Arline was going to be Molly's proxy Godmother for Doriot at Molly's baptism . We were deeply saddened by her passing and our thoughts and prayers are with Uncle George, Doriot, Serena, and Tanya this week.