Molly Month 3

Oh our little cutie patootie, this month has been a BIG change for us and a huge step forward!! You are becoming so much easier and seem to be a happier bug! I think you are finally becoming acclimated to the "outside world" and now that you can interact more in your surroundings you are having a better time. You are so alert and mommy gets comments about that all the time. Brother seems to be getting more used to you and I can sometimes catch him trying to give you toys to play with you, it is so sweet but you are totally unaware of course :)

~ You are moving on up to 3 months clothes but you can still wear 0-3 months as well. Size 1 diapers still fit but I'm honestly not sure for how much longer. Also, we have started using our cloth diapers this month and we sure are having some kinks with it. I simply think you are just too little which is why they keep leaking out the legs but we will continue on!

~ You are consistently drinking 6oz bottles every 3 hours, never more then 3 unless it is night and sometimes less then 3.

~Your eyes are still a blue/gray color and some days they look darker then others.

~ You have been sleeping through the night since roughly 9-10weeks old!!! We started laying you down around 10 and you would wake up around 6:30-7. Towards the end of the month we try to have you in bed around 8:30 and you sleep until 6. We were also encouraged to let you self-sooth at the 2 month Dr. Appt and although it was hard it was nice knowing we could do it if you wouldn't go to sleep in our arms. This self-soothing thing though meant that it was time to move you to your own room. This way at least daddy could catch some sleep while you were trying to fall asleep and we didn't have to be uber quiet. Also, you are super noisy in your sleep! Actually, I think we may have been waking you up too because when we moved you out was when you started sleeping through the night!

~Halfway through the month you went from me trying to get you to smile as much as possible with no response, to the next day grinning at me like crazy and it was as if a flip switched. Now you smile!!

~ You have only laughed a couple times. Once for me when I was blowing on your tummy and it was the sweetest thing ever! You also did for daddy while he was making faces at you : )

~ You are such a cat napper!!! This month you started sleeping for only 20-30 minutes in our arms and by the time night came around you would be incredibly over tired! Around week 11 I discovered that if I swaddle you twice a day for a "big nap" you will sleep from 1 1/2-3 hours. One of them is in the morning, and the other is when brother sleeps which is fantastic because mommy gets a wee bit of alone time!

~ A birth mark appeared this month! It is a light brown color right above your little booty : )

Molly Month 2 (1 month late)

Our little Molly girl,

By the end of this month things became slightly easier for all of us in the Davis household. I don't know if you are getting easier or we are just learning better! We are so blessed to have you as part of our family even though you are the grumpiest little thing. You sure love to snuggle with us so I think I finally have my snuggle bug in you sweet girl! We can't wait to see you smile and interact with us more as we get to know you better. Your little brother loves you so much and loves to ask me "Can Molly be big and play with me!" He also loves to give you hugs and kisses as do your daddy and I.

~ At your 2 month appointment you weighed in at 11lbs 13oz (75%) and were 23.5 inches long (87%) You did great getting your shots and although you cried it was no worse then your normal tears. The nurse also said that you did great with the oral rotovirus and finished it faster then she's ever seen. Probably because we give you your milk cold.

~You are drinking 4oz bottles and by the end of the month sometimes even 6oz roughly every 3 hours but sometimes even sooner depending on how hungry you are! At this rate you sure are going to be one super cute chunky monkey!

~You are now in size 1 diapers and I can still get you into some newborn although you are now more in the 0-3 month clothing range.

~ You have been sleeping great in your pack-n-play in our room since the transition. You normally go to bed around 10:00pm and wake to eat between 3-4am and then go back to sleep for another 3 hours.

~Towards the end of the month you started intentionally smiling although they are few and far between as why you are still my little miss grump.

~ You hardly ever let us put you down during the day but you have started taking more interest in the "friends" on your play gym and you like the bouncy vibrating chair. So I get my hands free for around 30 minutes a day ; ) You also do like to be worn in the Ergo which is my saving grace to actually get a few things done around the house.

~The hiccups still bother you but at least you don't cry because of them anymore.

~ Your eyes are still a blue/gray color, who knows what color they will end up being!

Molly Month 1

Oh Molly Rose, you have turned our world upside down! We are so glad that you have joined our family and can't wait to see what you add to us! This first month has been a little tough but it gets easier every day as we all get to know each other better. Your daddy and I have such big dreams for you and your future but first and foremost is that we want you to love God with all your heart and that you will always put him first and then us second. We love you sweet girl <3 br="">

Things to note from this first month:

~At the hospital you were already trying to hold your head up, and you also loved to cry at the hospital...okay honestly you like to cry a lot at home too. We are struggling this month with your evening colickyness, however I am grateful it only lasts for an hour of so off and on.

~Just like your brother, we primary formula feed and supplement with breast milk. You are drinking 3oz every 3 hours. We nurse first until you are done and then bottle feed.

~ For the first 2 weeks we struggled with your weight gain as we were trying to figure out the feeding thing so at night I was waking you to eat every 3 hours. However towards the end of the month you would sometimes give me a 4 or 5 hour stretch which was greatly appreciated!

~ It is so cute to watch Mason interact with you! He calls you Molly Rose and likes to give you hugs and kisses.

~We can never put you down. I have had to co-sleep with you all month or else you won't stay asleep. Apparently we are really going to experience the "fourth trimester".

~ You are in newborn clothes, and newborn diapers.

~ You hate the hiccups!  you cry and cry because of them. They even wake you up and then you cry. So frustrating!!

Final Pregnancy Thoughts

Here I sit at exactly 40 weeks pregnant. Today is Molly's due date and no baby so far. I thought I would take this time to look back over my pregnancy and share some final thoughts now that we are so close to meeting our sweet girl.

~ We don't know if we are going to have another child so I'm trying to savor every last hiccup, kick, wiggle, toss and turn that the blessing of pregnancy provides. I am so grateful to have been able to carry two of my own sweet children and thank God every day for my babies.

~ This pregnancy was fairly easy for me. I had a bit more nausea in the beginning then with Mason but overall I was able to do everything that I wanted and am accustomed too, maybe just doing it a little more tired/slower.

~ I am so happy that I have several friends who are pregnant at the same time as me. It has been fun sharing stories and I look forward to our babies growing up together!

~ Watching Mason interact with my belly has been so sweet. Overall he has really been sweet and nice. I love when he gives my tummy kisses or just randomly asks to see mommy's tummy or push on it. The funniest thing was when he first felt her move and he looked at me and said "Mommy tooted".

~ I am excited and scared for Molly to be here. I often wonder how I'm going to manage with 2 kids when just one often leaves me exhausted. I then look around at the many families who have "survived" so far and know I can do it. I also know that the laughter and happiness will come with times of frustration and tears and it is during those moments that God will carry me through. I am also grateful for a wonderful supportive husband who helps more then I expect and I am so happy that he will be with me for "man to man" defense.

I am counting down the hours and minutes until she is here. Until then, I feel like a "ticking time-bomb" just waiting to explode. However, it would be so weird knowing the exact time and day she would be here so I look forward to the suspense ; )