Molly is 8 months!

Sweet Molly - you are 8 months old today. We love you so much! You are full of smiles and love to be around your mommy, daddy, and sister (and brother Holmes too!) You took your first trip to the zoo yesterday and stayed awake over 3 1/2 hours - a record! You loved watching all of the animals. You like to sit and play with your toys . . . as long as someone else is in the room, you will play for almost an hour! You love walks in the stroller and swinging at the park. You like to be on your belly much more than your sister did and you've started getting up on all fours. But . . . I think we still have a month or so before you start crawling. Mommy's OK with that - she's not ready yet!

In the past few days, you've started to perfect your pincer grasp - you can get the puffs to your mouth all by yourself now! And you have one tooth and are working hard on the second. Your favorite baby foods are oatmeal, peas with brown rice, and pears and mangoes.

You sleep about 11 hours at night and 4 or 5 hours during the day...you like your sleep just like your daddy and big sister.

You are growing up so fast. Mommy and Daddy can't wait to see what God has in store for you. We love you so much!

Mommy

(P.S. Mommy made good on her promise to get your pictures taken this week, but don't tell daddy - it's a surprise! Good thing he never reads facebook or this blog). Here's a preview for your friends.)