Ho, Ho, Ho!

"Mom, are you sure this is the real Santa? I'll just give his beard a little tug to make sure."

Jamaica

Last week we traveled to Negril, Jamaica for Mike's cousin Christopher's wedding. It was a VERY long trip and we learned that Molly isn't a big fan of airplanes, but is was a beautiful wedding and lots of fun to spend so much time with family. Molly didn't so much like the 90 degree weather, but she loved the pool and the ocean. She also loved getting to meet lots of her McGill relatives for the first time. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Hanging out in the hotel bar with Aunt Jessica and Aunt Melissa.

Cousin Lauren was the cutest flower girl!

Lauren, Aunt Jessica, Grandma, Molly, Grandpa and Aunt Melissa

You can't tell from the picture but this is Molly with Aunt Laurie and Aunt Shelby at the swim-up bar in the pool.

"Ooooh, I like the air conditioned hotel room. Let's just stay in here!"

Toes in the pool.

Notice a resemblance in the pasty skin tones?

Family picture

Christopher, the Infamous Uncle Kenny and Mike

"I love my Grandpa Mac!"

Molly finds her voice

Molly has really discovered her voice over the past few weeks and likes to yell. She also really loves her excer-saucer. This morning she sat in there for over an hour talking and playing and I was able to clean the kitchen. It makes a great babysitter!

Mmm...Paste!

It is hard to believe that Miss Molly is old enough to start eating solid foods (can you call rice cereal solid?), but she at 4 months, she's ready. So we started and so far she seems to be doing okay. She doesn't love it, but doesn't hate it. She seems more confused than anything. Mike tells her it's time to eat her paste each evening when we feed her. Here is a little video of her the first time she tried it.

finally...an update

So I haven't been a very good blogger lately, things have been pretty busy and I have felt overwhelmed as to where to start. But I guess I have to start somewhere so here are some recent pictures and a Molly update.
She is 3 1/2 months old now and so much fun. She smiles a lot, but not really randomly. She makes you work for a smile, but it is so worth it! She loves to stand up and will for several minutes at a time. She hates to sit up and will arch her back as soon as you put her in a sitting position. She is eating between 5-6 ounces every 3-4 hours and will soon start cereal. She sleeps usually from about 9:00pm-6:00am (I say usually because she has decided to request a leam the last 3 mights at 3:00am, little stinker). We had lots of feeding problems early on because of reflux, but have found a medicine that seems to work well. She's not really interested in toys yet unless they light up or play music. We feel so blessed to have this little girl in our family!

Hanging out with Cousin Jack

A picture with my Godparents at my baptism

I'm a lucky girl to have such great Grandparents!

What an important day for me!

First family shot since the hospital!

Halloween costume #1, I wasn't too thrilled about this one.

Much better, this pumkpin costume isn't too bad.

Alright, enough with the pictures!

Thanks for checking in on us!

bump in the road

Sorry for the lack of cute Molly pictures. We experienced a little bump in the road and have been out of commission for the last week. Last Sunday night Molly had a fever and was acting quite sick so we took her to the ER. I was convinced they would tell us we were being nervous first time parents, but 3 hours, a spinal tap, a catheter and an IV later we were admitted to Blank Children's Hospital for 6 days. It turns out she had a urinary tract infection, which is normal in females, but in babies that little requires massive IV antibiotics. We are home now and she is doing fine, in fact you'd never know she was sick. I think the whole experience was more traumatic for Mommy and Daddy than it was for Molly. So, this week we will work on trying to create some normalcy around here and hopefully no more trips to the hospital! I'll get some new pictures up as soon as I replace my camera battery!

A few more pictures

I can't figure out how to post more than about 5 pictures per post so here are a few more from her first week.

I love this picture because of the double chin, chubby cheeks and bed head. The picture of relaxation on Daddy's chest watching the Cardinal's game.

We have had to work on keeping Miss Molly awake for feedings and often this is the result!

Lounging on the couch.

Cuddling with Mommy. We've made a deal that she is going to take her time growing up. I like her this little and snuggly!

Thanks for checking in!