Robert Burns Day

Today was Robert Burns day. In the 18th century, he was the national poet of Scotland. Tim, being part Scottish, likes to celebrate Burns' birthday.

Kathy made these Scottish outfits for the kids.















We can't drag him to a Halloween party, but Marc even came dressed as Robert Burns.

With bagpipe music and traditional food, I think Molly had a great first Burns day.

Fun with the Molloys

Kathy, Calvin, Molly and I spent an afternoon with Sara and Kaitlyn Molloy.  As always the kids and the adults had a great time!  Thanks for all the jelly beans Sara!

Kaitlyn showed Calvin all of her barnyard animals, I think he liked the pig the best.

We tried to get them both on a chair at the same time, it lasted about 30 seconds, just enough time to snap one photo!

 

Kaitlyn has this great green chair that both kids took turns sitting in.  I love this picture of her!

The kids did play together a little bit, Calvin likes to pinch cheeks and Kaitlyn has some of the cutest I have seen!

Molly slept through most of the fun, but, we are definitely looking forward to our next play date!

LOST

Joe and I were watching "Lost" on Wednesday when Sun showed Kate a picture of her baby.  We gasped when we saw it.  Above is a picture taken of the TV, Molly is below just 1 day old.  We think JJ Abrams saw our baby and tried to duplicate the photo!

2 months

Molly had her 2 month check up at the pediatrician.  She weighs in at 14 1/2 pounds and is 24 3/4 inches long, both in the 95th percentile.

She was great with the doctor until the shots began.  It was heartbreaking to hear her screams!  She did calm down fairly quick and slept through most of the day.  The next morning she was back to her smiley self... phew!  Mom is not looking forward to the next round!

I heart NY

Check out Molly in the onesie Aunt Karen brought back from a recent trip to New York. She looks so grown up in her little Levi's at just 2 months old!

Alison

Alison came for a visit and held Molly the whole time! Here is the baby looking very comfy fast asleep on her shoulder. As a mother of 3 she has that special touch. Barney also had fun with Alison and he did not leave her alone for a minute! Thanks for being so patient with the pup!



Here is Molly once again looking very comfy and warm snuggled up in the blanket Alison knitted for her... it is so pretty and cozy! We love it!

LA Galaxy

Aunt Kathy sent Molly a super cute LA Galaxy soccer outfit. She works at the Home Depot stadium and runs graphics for the games. Thanks Aunt Kathy!

Here is Molly bending it like Beckham!

Aunt Karen's Birthday

We had a little celebration of Karen's birthday today. Kathy made Karen a fun birthday sombrero. It was a good time and everyone had fun playing with the babies.

...even the birthday girl.









The babies had a little fun with each other, too.

Dave and Sally

Colleen's Uncle Dave and Sally were in town from Traverse City for a visit. Sally's son bought a car from Colleen's Grandma and they drove down to pick it up. They were glad that we braved the snow storm to make the trip to GG's house so that they can meet Molly. We were happy to do it.

Sally's Son Greg and his wife Lisa are pregnant, so congrats Sally, for becoming a new Grandmother!

Nuance

We're still trying to figure this little bugger out. We've run in to a few situations where she's "over-tired". She's been awake for over four hours, we know she's sleepy, but she will rather cry than sleep (???). Not a huge deal. More rocking and singing. Sleep will always happen eventually. It has only happened a couple of times.

It's still loads of fun. Molly is as adorable as ever. Here are a few obligatory cute photos of her from the last couple of days:

We do not have a shortage of pretty outfits for her. Here's a bear jumpsuit.












She does like the mobile above her crib.













Still enjoying baths...

I Say Manicotti, You Say Manigot

Carrie, Joe, and Joseph Cognitore brought us dinner last night. Carrie's homemade manigot, as New York Italians like to pronounce it, was delicious. She prepared, served, and cleaned up. She also got a kick out of changing a diaper. It was more work than I usually like for a guest to do, but anyone who knows Carrie knows that you can't really talk her out of what she wants to do.


Little Joseph liked operating the controls to Molly's swing. He had fun figuring out how to get it to play music and make sounds.

Thanks Cognitores for good times and good eats!

Happy New Year!

We didn't take any party hat pictures of her, but here's one of Molly in her dog head hat on New Year's Day.

Here's wishing everyone a safe, prosperous, and healthy new year.

CORRECTION: This was a picture from a few days after New Year's. Here is a picture from 1/1/09.