Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Molly-isms and No, No, No's...

I knew I was slacking on my blog, but certainly not this badly. 4 months since my last post. I can't believe how much has change. My little Molly is 31 inches tall, 27 lbs and is WALKING! She continues to be the light of my life and, as much as I hate to say it, is developing into her own little person. She's quite opinionated (her favorite statements are "No, no, no" and "mine" thanks to a certain neighbor teaching it to her). She replies to every question you ask her; and while we are trying hard for her to say "yes", she picked up the word "yah" instead. Ahhhh, my little yooper baby. Molly's talking/babbling is pretty much a nonstop thing at our house and at daycare. She says about 20 words (including "Megan") and is learing new words every day. She prides herself on her animal sounds, which now stand at 6 (dog: woo woo woo, monkey: OOO OOO OOO (complete with hands scratching her underarms), elephant: sticking her bottom lip out and making a blowing sound upward, owl: Whooo!!! Whooo!!!, Lion: roooooar, cow: moooo Seriously, I refer to it as "the cutest cow in the world". Molly makes this teeny,tiny little noise for it.

Currently, her favorite activities are "reading" books (paging through them and pointing out things) and playing "tackle" football and catch with Matt. *sigh*. She is getting quite an arm on her, too, and daddy is hopeful he can have her playing softball by age 3 :) She loves being in the kitchen while I'm cooking and I give her tastes of everything as it's being made.

Christmas time was wonderful this year, albeit a little more hectic travelling with a toddler (I've never calculated departure times so much in my entire life- this is not a child you can skip naps with).Molly was spoiled terribly. Dollhouses, a retro kitchen set, building blocks, pillow pet, clothes, books... the list goes on and on.  We spent Christmas Eve in Winneconne with my parents; it was a really nice evening, even if Molly cried every time my dad walked in the room. She was loving up on Nana, though (she knows what side her bread is buttered). Christmas Day evening was spent with the Jacquet family and, as usual, my stomach hurt from laughing so hard. That is one comical family. Molly and Makayla (my sister-in-law Meghan's daughter) stole the show. Those two are destined to be great friends as the grow up together. I got some great kitchen items (new frying pans, FINALLY), too! The Freund Christmas was on January 8th and it was a fun, fun, fun time. All the little girls (5 who are 5 and under) got along great with minimal incidents and meltdowns :) In my book, thats a successful day!

I'm headed to Spain in May during my birthday with one of my dearest friends - am looking forward to some girl time in Barcelona and Valencia!  In the meantime, I'm gearing up for another Special Olympics Polar Plunge in Oshkosh. This year, I'm plunging twice . Once in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, February 5th and once on Friday evening, February 18th in Oshkosh (the big plunge is on Saturday, but I will be volunteering all day there). Our plunge team raised $9300 last year and we'd like to hit $10,000 this year. So far, we are THIRD in the entire state for fundraising. If you'd like to donate to my team, click here .





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