A Really Long Post About Molls with LOTS of Pictures

Dear blog,
Sorry you've been uber neglected and probably do not have any readers besides us.  I'll try to be better.  No guarantees, but I'll try.

Life is good.  Molly is growing up and Jeff always says, "It's like she's a real person!"  Yes, Jeffrey.  She is a real person.  Seriously though, she doesn't have the baby look anymore.  She's a full on toddler and a busy one at that.  The last few months have been busy busy busy, but fantastic all the same.

Who doesn't wear swim diapers on their head?  It's the cool thing to do.

Apparently we like putting things on our heads...

 

Molly is so much fun.  Here is a little look into what she's up to these days:

She gives kisses which generally consist of her wide open mouth trying to eat your face off.  She has recently started giving closed-mouth kisses, but then sticks her little tongue out when she gets to your face.  Occasionally we'll get a dry kiss with no tongue, no open mouth, and just sweet little baby lips.

She loves stacking and unstacking and organizing.

Hugs.  She recently started giving really good hugs.  There is nothing sweeter than having her run up to us and wrap those long skinny arms around our necks and just hug.  It melts my heart.

She loves blankets.  If there is a blanket around, she has to have it on top of her.  It doesn't matter that it's 90 degrees outside.  She needs 7 blankets on top of her.  It's the funniest thing.  Sometimes she wants pillows on her too.  She loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and watches it a little too much unfortunately.  She'll bring us the remote and sit under her pile of blankets and giggle just knowing she gets to watch it.  When we turn it off, she brings the remote and says, "Uh-oh!"  We have a lot of uh-oh moments in our house.

This particular day was about 7ish blankets...

She brings blankets to us when she's ready to cuddle or take a nap.  So cute.

She's just funny and loves to help with things.  

Helping clean the bathtub

When she is hungry, she opens the bottom drawer in the fridge and takes out either a yogurt or string cheese.  She'll start biting into it before we even open it.  She also does this with things at the store.  For example, I was buying some baby carrots and she reached back, grabbed the bag of them, and just started chewing.  It's really fun.  Really.

Here are just some cute pictures.  I can't get enough of this kid.  She is my favorite little buddy.  I love hanging out with her!

Eating ice cream at Snowbird

New favorite spot.  She just sits on the pedal of the elliptical and hangs out.

Reminding us to pray

Thinking about stuff

Ummm...just being Molly

She is obssessed with toes and has gotten into sitting on our legs/feet

Our cute neighbors, Gayle and Dale, gave Molly these glasses with a candy necklace and bracelet.  Thrilled.  And so stylish.

Going swimming at Snowbird

Exploring at Snowbird.  She was fascinated with every single flower, rock, chipmunk, weed, tree, etc.  It was so fun experiencing the world through her eyes! 

This is what happens when she's left with Daddy.  Eva's pajamas hanging off the back of her.  Sweater and bandana to finish it off.  She was beyone thrilled about it.

Such a girly girl.  She loves bracelets, necklaces, etc.

I love this picture!  She won't leave anything in her hair anymore so she looks ragamuffiny more often than not, but I love her cute smile and chubby cheeks!  This was just before we went to Jeff's grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary party.

Really great outfits.  One church shoe, one sneaker, and a onesie.  Outfit complete.

Love this.  She cuddled right up by Jeff's head.  He is right against the edge of the bed and Molly couldn't get close enough to him.

She loves looking at herself in the mirror and talks to herself all the time.  She's such a little ham.

Here's our little family at Snowbird during the hike.  It was hot.  And fun.

At her 18 month appointment she was 20 lbs. 15 oz. and 33 inches.  She grew 2 inches in 3 months!  She's in the 7% for weight and 84% for height Tall and skinny.  She is all limbs.

SO CLOSE to 21 lbs!  20 lbs. 15.8 oz.

Look at those loooong legs and arms!

Everything is a chair for her.  Small boxes, diaper bag, calf-stretcher thingy...you name it, she'll sit on it.  She climbs on EVERYTHING and has gotten into climbing up onto the table.  The thing is, we have a really tall table.  It's not the regular height dining table.  She pulls out the chairs, and just climbs right up.  If there are bags or something on the table, she'll squat behind them as if we can't see her.  She's kind of a naughty pants.  But a cute one.

She LOVES brushing her teeth and has to hold her toothpaste and pretends to keep putting it on the toothbrush.  She still absolutely LOVES books.

Her words are: no, uh-oh, baw (ball or balloon), bear, baby, mama, dada, toes, moo (moon), car, dog, dot (hot), baba (bye) and eye.  She has 13 teeth with one more canine coming in.  She just needs her right side canines and her mouth will be full!  Well, at least until the rest of the molars come in...

She loves being outside and hanging out with her cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents.

Molls and cousin Eva in the bath at Snowbird.  They giggled with each other the whole time.  Best.  Bath.  Ever.

Jeff will probably die that I posted this little baby bum shot but I love the tall skinny Molly and chunky Eva next to her. 

Snowbird consisted of a lot of Sam and Molly time.  These two love each other so much.  They rode in strollers together a lot!

Can you tell Uncle Jeff helped Sam with the bandana?

This is one of my favorite pictures.  It's so sweet.

Just had to throw in this one of Eva.  Look at those blue eyes! 

Little buddies.

I love this picture with my mom.  They both look thrilled out of their pants.  So funny!

The cousins at Snowbird.  We went on a hike and this is at the lookout.  It's not easy getting a picture of 5 kiddos with 3 under the age of 2!

I love this one because Sam always has to try to gather the little ones.  He tries so hard to manage them.  It's a tough job though.

It got really quiet in the other room at Snowbird.  I went in to check on Molls and Sam and found them laughing and riding in my mom's chair together. 

Molly and Brooklynn.  Little buddies. 

Sharing their lunch

Williams side cousins.  In June, Joey and Amy came down for vacation and it was so fun getting all the kiddos together!  Again, not easy to get a picture of 5 kiddos with 3 under the age of 2. 

The summer went by so fast. It was so fun hanging out with family so much! Molly loved it. There were a lot of other happenings, but these are the highlights. I can't wait to be home with Molls one day! Being a working mom is tough. I love my job, but hate being away from Molly. One day...