We blessed Molly on November 4th. And I'm completely aware that was more than two months ago :) Let's just say I'm a little behind.
But, it is a new year, so I'm resolving to be better at recording our family history! (Baby steps, right??)
Now that we live in North Carolina we are much closer to Andrew's parents so we get to see them more often. Andrew's dad often has business in Charlotte so every other week or so we get to go meet up for lunch at Chick-Fil-A with him and the girls love it!
Anyway, they were able to be with us for Molly's special day. It is always so neat to get a glimpse into what the Lord has in store for his little spirit children, and so humbling to think that the responsibility of helping her reach her potential is mine!
Unfortunately, I didn't get around to taking pictures of just Molly before church. Even with the extra hour we got from daylight savings that morning we were still rushed :) By the time we got home from church she was already changed into something more comfy, so I made sure to snap some of her during the following week.
She is such a doll! And have I mentioned an AWESOME sleeper?!! Definitely earning some favorite child points :) At 7 weeks (about the time of her blessing) she was still sleeping in her swing. (We've since moved her to her crib, she was just getting too big for it and a flat spot on her head!) At night she was sleeping from about 11 pm until 6 or 7 am. And boy do I love her for that! And for many other reasons of course.
She has the cutest little face. I think every time I go to pick her up I
think to myself or even say out loud, "you are so cute!" She has such a
content little personality and just loves to watch her sisters. She is
always scanning the room to make eye contact with anyone. Now she'll
smile as soon as she locks eyes with someone, but back then smiles were a
little harder to come by. She likes to be held, but she's not a
cuddler. So once she falls asleep I always hold her precious little
cheeks right next to mine and take a mental picture while savoring that
moment. Oh, just such a sweet little girl. She also really enjoyed just
being with me and Andrew late at night once the big girls were in bed.
She would just talk and coo and give us all her smiles. It was like
she had been holding them in and saving them all day just for us! She
goes to bed much earlier now and I kind of miss those days of just
sitting on our bed and getting acquainted with her sweet little spirit.
Some of her nicknames are Molly girl, Miss Molly, Miss Molly girl, Molly pop, Molly Molly.
Molly has actually always been my favorite girl's name but I could never convince Andrew to use it until now -- since she was the third girl, our favorite names list was dwindling. Elizabeth is my middle name, and I am also the third girl in my family, so that is pretty neat. And it is my mom's middle name, too. We sure do love our little Molly Elizabeth and feel so lucky to have her in our family.
We attempted to get a good family picture before church (you know how that goes)...
And then we tried again after church...
Needless to say, we had a lot of outtakes.
I guess I'll just have to get used to my new reality of "good family picture" :)
