Miss Molly at 19 months (and her 18 mo. check up)

Our little Miss Molly is 19 months old! She is hilarious, stubborn, shy with new people, loud (at home), and very opinionated. She is still quite a little mama's girl most of the time, but occasionally makes a friend and turns into a giant flirt - when she happens to feel like it, and usually only with guys. (Scary!) She has really started talking a lot, and is learning new words faster than I can keep track any more. Some words are more understandable than others, of course. (She is saying "lobster" all the time, but I don't think anyone other than her mama would've ever figured that one out). She loves crayons and is working on her colors. She doesn't know them consistently yet, but often surprises me by being right, especially with white, pink and orange. The color that she says most often is "blue," but she says that about everything. She loves to eat, but is a pickier eater than Elijah was. (I think every kid is pickier than Elijah was at 18 months though!) Her favorite foods are cheese, yogurt, pasta, sausage, red and black beans, pizza, pears, blueberries, clementines and oranges. She doesn't drink a lot of milk, but she makes up for it with cheese and yogurt. Her favorite vegetables are lima beans, but she's not a big fan of vegetables in general. She loves to run races with Elijah, read books, build with blocks, and play with trains. She loves her baby dolls and is very busy dressing and undressing them. She loves jackets and hats and will wear them around the house regardless of the temperature.
(The pictures are some of Molly's many funny faces.)

"Teeth"

Some of her current favorite things: bath time (especially with bubbles), snacks, crayons (especially the new ones she got for Christmas), buckles and her Buckleyboo, building train tracks, reading, singing (she still says, "read" to mean either read or sing), tickling, Elmo, and animals. Her favorite show is Baby MacDonald, and her favorite song is Old MacDonald had a Farm, which she sometimes sings to herself. It's funny to listen to because she just leaves pauses where she can't say the words: "Ee-yi-Ee-yi ... baa baa ... baa baa ... Ee-yi-Ee-yi." Her favorite book is still Goodnight Moon. That poor book is only held together by miles of packing tape at this point.


We took her to the doctor (almost 2 weeks ago) for her 18 month check up, and all is well. She is growing and reaching all of her milestones. The doctor was surprised at how many words she knows - I guess she is pretty verbal. Molly weighs 27 lbs (84%) and is 34.5 inches tall (99%). She has eczema like Elijah, but so far it has been pretty mild.

(Yes, she's wearing Elijah's hand-me-down PJs.)

Crazy morning hair! She had a complete mohawk during the night.

I started trying to write down the words that she is saying now for her baby book and was surprised at how many there are. Here's my list (incomplete, I'm sure) - for the grandmas. Patrick, Nana and Bobbi, you can tell me if I forgot anything.

More	Chicken	Book	Cookie Monster	Dress
Done	Yeah	Read	Animal	Tights
Tray	No	Moon	Bird	Socks
Seat	Pacifier	Cow	Diaper	Shoes
Bib	Blanket	Sheep	Wipes	Boots
Bowl	Baby	Pig	Pee	Go
Spoon	Nap	Dog	Poop	Outside
Fork	Emma	Goat	Potty	Jacket
Apple	Buckley	Duck	Sink	Mittens
Banana	Ducky	Horse	Head	Hood
Pear	Elijah	Meow	Hair	Buckle
Orange	Mama	Roar	Nice	Home
Toast	Daddy	Frog	Gentle	Dinner
Eggs	Grandpa	Ouch	Eye	Lunch
Cheerios	Nana	Tractor	Eyebrow	Bath
Pizza	Bobbi	E-I-E-I-O	Nose	Bubbles
Yogurt	Papa	Snuggle	Mouth	Bellybutton
Grapes	Thomas	Hug	Teeth	Arms
Crackers	James	Kiss	Cheek	Legs
Cheese	Percy	Walk	Chin	Feet
Raisins	Blocks	Lobster	Hat	Elbow
Snack	Ball	Crab	Shirt	Toes
Juice	car	Elmo	jeans	Neck
Water	PJs	George	Backpack	Doodle
Milk	noodles	Grover	bike	watch
Blue	White	Orange	Green	Pink
Mine	Upstairs	Zipper	barn	couch
Thank you	Sorry	Bottom	Back	button

That's 140 words - wow!