Molly was playing with the phone today.
A few minutes later, the police knocked on our front door.
It seems she called 911 and left the phone off the hook.
Sorry for the missed month everyone- Miss Molly has been keeping us on our toes these days. We will be in sunny Mexico for Molly’s 11 month birthday, so at least this post will be just a bit early.
The photo above reminds me to let everyone know that in addition to the photos included in this post there are a number of old and new photos on our Flickr site. I sometimes upload additional photos that I don’t use in the posts. And, if you are very clever, you can subscribe to the site feed so that you will know as soon as I post a photo, often long before I write the corresponding blog entry.
Now back to our show…
One of the biggest developments in the life of Molly these past months can be summed up with one word:
TEETH!
Molly finally had her first tooth come in, soon after she turned 9 months old. Her second tooth arrived soon after she turned 10 months old. Given her present state of extreme crankiness, and the fact that she is gnawing on everything in sight, including her poor, long-suffering mother, I believe she will get at least one other soon after turning 11 months old.
It should be an interesting trip.
Fortunately, there have a been a number of distractions, many of them provided by Molly herself as she grows stronger and more able, and begins to explore the world around her. More about her growing skills set in the next post.
We were blessed the past months with really gorgeous weather. Molly and I in particular spent as much time as possible soaking up the warm sun, saving up for the cold we knew would eventually come.
We also had the opportunity to finally explore Boston. While Jeff attended a conference, Molly and I ran amok.
Our first day, we hopped the T and ended up walking through Harvard. Molly was apparently not impressed by the ivy league school, and promptly fell asleep. While she slept, I walked some more and sipped awesome hot chocolate.
Molly woke up in time for lunch, which was incredible Polish food. Are you beginning to sense a theme?
Afterward, we hopped a bus to Franklin Park Zoo
I think, in all honesty, that I enjoyed it more than she did.
The next day was more fun and frolic. Our friends Alana and baby Tessa joined us at the New England Aquarium. We had fun for a little while until Molly decided enough was enough, and yelled until I gave her something to eat! Let me tell you, nothing is more fun than carrying a screaming and writhing child through a giant concrete building. I’m surprised they didn’t ban us from future visits.
We all had a brief snack before strolling over to (and through) both Quincy Market and the North End, where we had lunch.
Looking back, I wish we had taken more pictures, but there is only so much this poor mom can do.
And speaking of doing things, be sure to check out the next post!
Here are Molly’s stats as of her 9 month checkup:
Weight: 18.9 lbs
Length: 27.75 inches
Head: 75th percentile (she gets that from her father)
Between 8 and 9 months, Molly became a completely different baby. Every day she became more alert, aware, interactive, and awe-inspiring.
I suppose that was what every other baby her age was doing as well, but we were too busy for me to take a poll of other mothers.
Her new talents have included:
Molly has also amazed us with her interest in food, especially spicy or flavorful foods. It all started when she and I traveled to New York to visit our cousins and her grandparents. It was far easier and faster to have her sample whatever it was that I was eating (in addition to her usual liquid diet). When we attended the Dutchess County Fair, she had some of my pierogies, kielbasa, and sauerkraut, and kept trying to steal more!
Molly was also treated to pizza, (which in New York is an entirely different food than what is called pizza here in Massachusetts), and was never quite the same. In a positive way. She has since had Italian, Chinese, Thai, and Indian food, and much to everyone’s surprise (including our own), really seems to love it all. What she doesn’t love, she spits out. Fair enough. There’s always the standard baby fare waiting for her, and she gets plenty of that too.
We were unsuccessful in our attempts to sell her to pirates:
We thought it might be good for expanding her horizons, but apparently they thought she was a little too young, even for swabbin’ the decks. Sigh. Maybe next year.
She drives us crazy, but every day we fall more and more in love with our little girl.
Further updates in a couple of weeks. Hopefully, we will find the time and space for video next time around!
These days all our photos are stored on Flickr. Pretty much just like everyone else. Our old photos are also still available.
