Sleep

Molly did it!  She slept through the night!  We all got 8.5 hours of sleep last night without interruption.  It was wonderful!  (don't worry, I'm not counting on this happening every-night, but thank you Molly for sleeping so well.)

Joy

Today I feel so happy.  I just found out one of my best friends Lindy had a baby boy after waiting for 7ish years.  My friend Shelise had a baby this last week too.  Babies bring such joy.  They are a lot of work, but I don't think I have ever been so happy.  Today the sun is shinning- another reason to be joyful.  Also, Nick and I had the chance to attend the Logan temple on Saturday and the Draper Temple dedication via satellite on Sunday.  It has really made me joyful and thankful for the blessings of the temple and eternal families.  

This is a cute outfit from the Askeroths.  It is still a little big for Molly, but it is warm and since it has been snowing I thought she should wear it while it is cold outside.  The bow is from Jenny Cox.  She makes them and I think they are so cute!

Happenings

Such fun things going on this week and last.  The everyday things are so joyful with a baby.  First-Molly had her 2 month well  baby check-up.  She is now 9 lbs. 3 oz. and 22 inches long.  (10th percentile for weight and 50 percentile for height)  She had a bad case of eczema (a dry skin disorder that Nick has and even our doctor has) and now that she has a steroid cream, she seems to be a lot less itchy and much more happy.  She also got her shots, which she HATED!  I think I was as traumatized by the whole event as Molly.  I have never heard her scream like that.  Sad!

 

Today I put her hair in 4 pig tails.  She didn't really like that either, but I just had to see if it was long enough.  

Ever seen Baby Einstien?  She looks like the cover of the DVD...love that hair!  We got a video of her watching one of those movies and cooing and laughing at it.  More to come.  

This is a cake I made for my friend Suzanne who had a baby last week.

Our first walk as a family.  It has been much too cold to go on a walk with Molly, but we finally got to go.  We just walked to the pond and fed the ducks.  

Molly was helping Nick with his Sunday School lesson.  Actually, Nick was giving me a little baby break and preparing his lesson at the same time.  He is the best dad and husband!

P90X

Before I had a baby, I thought it was weird that everyones blogs were all about their kids and nothing else, but now that I have a baby, it is all I want to post about.  Probibly because the baby brings so much joy.  So this post will have baby, but it will also have what Nick and I have been up to.  

There is an added benefit to breast feeding that I didn't really know until now. ..it helps you to get your body back in shape.  I thought it would take longer, but I weigh less now then I did before I was married.  Even less then in High School.  I have to say it feels great.  I am so excited to start exercising again too.  So Nick and I decided to start doing P90X- an exercise program that is supposed to get you toned.  It is really intense, so we decided to only do it 4 times a week, but I think it will help and right now we are pretty motivated.  (hopefully that lasts longer than a week)  Another thing I need to think about is the way I eat.  Honestly I haven't been too worried about it, because when you are pregnant and then when you breast feed you can eat just about anything...that has got me into bad habits of needing sweets everyday.  Hopefully I can break that, or at least limit it.  

Here are a few pictures from this week.  Molly has her 2 month check up on Monday.  I can't wait to see how much she has grown, but I am not looking forward to her shots.  Hopefully Nick can make the appointment so he can hold her.  

This what I painted...

what do you think? 

Blessing Day

This morning Molly was making the cutest faces.  I caught one of them.  

Yesterday was a wonderful day as we blessed our sweet baby.  We have both been able to feel what a tender spirit Molly is and the blessing was just another time we were reminded of that.  Thank you to all our family and friends who made it up to Logan for the blessing.  We know that some of you traveled up to 7 hours one way to be here and it meant so much to us.  Thanks also to those who made food.  I think the dinner was a success.  

A few days before Molly's blessing Jessica and I took some cute picture of Molly in her blessing dress.  It is actually the dress that I was blessed in when I was a baby.  

Cooing

Molly loves to just lay and coo after she is fed.  I have been trying to capture it on video, so here it is.  There are a few seconds where she is quiet, but keep listening...it is so cute! 

Fingernails

Molly has the sharpest fingernails!!  I think I cut & file them every few days, but she always seems to scratch herself.   She will be totally content, looking around and then all the sudden I will hear a loud, sad cry.  I usually know the reason, she has scratched herself again.  We have resorted to socks on her hands.  (any other suggestions?)  This is a picture of her before church today.  Nick said I couldn't post it because I always post church pictures, but they are so cute and grandmas need to see them.