All Quiet on the Deck Front

(Photo courtesy of Meg's swanky phone)

We started dismantling our deck this weekend and the newlyweds came down to help us. Molly even got in on the action and implored John and Greg not to cut their legs off with the saw (which they didn't -- not one drop of blood spilled). We've got some plans for the back yard that hopefully will include new usable space for Molly to run around in. We'll keep you posted.

Tunnel Vision

We've had to find fun things to do over the past few rainy days.
It seems that she likes her little tunnel.

What Time is It? Tooth Hurty

I may not have previously mentioned that Molly has her two bottom teeth and she is currently working on her top ones. They've both broken through and despite more pain this time around, she's soldiering on pretty well. When her top two chompers fully emerge I'll try and get a picture of the matched set.

Going to the Chapel

We had Meg and Greg's wedding this weekend and it proved to be very fun. It was great to see so many friends and family, especially those we don't get to see very often.

Molly had lots of fun with her cousins, as usual. She watched in awe as those little girls danced their pants off. She held her own and stayed awake long past her bedtime and is looking forward to when she'll be running around fields and dance floors.

Congrats to Greg and Meg!

Trying out the Cozy Coup -- princess style

Little kitchen helper

The ladies (in a rare quiet moment)

The newly (and not so newly) marrieds

Waving to people was fun -- She liked to say hi to lots of people and her dad took good care of making the rounds with her.

Getting her groove on -- bouncing was fun.

Harry's Hungry

Molly ate cat food (the dry kind, thank goodness) today. I guess putting her down in the kitchen while I run out and get groceries isn't really an option any more.

Buddies

We took a trip up to visit Sam and Jonah (and Beth and Jake) today. Samuel was a perfect host and was as excited to see Molly as she was to see him. Jake was also excited because we got to talk about his new tree house. I wanted to get more pictures of the little ones but three babies ends up taking up a lot of energy and I didn't get the camera out for other photo ops. I'll try for a picture of Jonah next time.

In the meantime, here are some of my favorite things about Sam:
1. He wears his red slippers all year. Middle of July? No problem, red slippers it is.
2. He has a baby doll named Molly.
3. He was pretending that he was "Steve" and Beth was "Joanna". I guess these are their local farmers and Samuel became Steve when he was riding on his tractor or hiding in the living room after lunch. Beth does make a pretty good looking Joanna as well.

I'm attempting not to get too far ahead of myself and am trying to enjoy each stage that Molly goes through but I absolutely love toddlers and all their funny and cute habits. Right now, I'll settle for renting other people's toddlers and being fully entertained when I'm visiting. Molly's uncle Greg is getting married this weekend so Molly will see her Gerbi cousins. I'm expecting some entertainment out of those two!

Food for Thought

Spoiler Alert: Nasty food pictures below.

Just to keep those who wish to see food on the faces of babes happy, here are some more pictures of Molly enjoying her meals. She's still a happy eater who has come to enjoy every morsel in front of her (she had adamantly rejected cottage cheese until the other day when she gobbled it up, effectively eliminating her do not serve list). It's often a messy experience but usually entertaining. The word enthusiastic likely isn't strong enough to describe her zeal to ingest and I'm waiting for some Ghostbuster or Poltergeist (or John's favorite -- Teen Wolf) moment when she transforms into something scary and demands more food because I'm not providing it fast enough.

This was a hummus day and I'm pretty sure she was hoping I wouldn't notice some stray spots left behind so she could eat them later.

Rice cakes are a staple and someday maybe she can dip the rice cake into the hummus rather than wearing the hummus and then gnawing on the rice cake.

Much to her Dad's chagrin, beets also rank high on Molly's favorite food index. Now, we've made them into a finger food so she accessorizes with them now too.

A girl after her mom's heart (see, there IS some of me in her), Molly happily munches on cheese while only wearing her underwear. The cheese part is me, not the the eating in the underwear part. Although...