March and April - 14 months

I finally have a few minutes to add to the blog. Molly is sleeping downstairs. I took the day off to take her to see the doctor to determine how allergic to peanuts she is. We had a scare last Wednesday after I gave her the tiniest amount of peanut butter on a cracker and her lip started swelling immediately. I called 911 and the paramedics came to our house and whisked us away in an ambulance to Fairfax. Everything was fine. Molly didn't have any trouble breathing at all but with peanuts you never know. One little cracker turned into four hours in the ER waiting to see if the epi-pen, steroids and benadryl worked their magic. I am hoping this is something she grows out of!

Molly will be 15 months old next week. She has 12 teeth (four molars in addition to the 8 in front) and I think she might be getting more because she has been putting her hands in her mouth a ton this week. She is done with bottles as of last month and is just using sippy cups. No more milk right before bedtime. She is really good about going to sleep at night. For the most part she sleeps through the night (8-8:30pm or so until around 6am, sometimes 5:30, sometimes 6:30). She is such a character. She is very outgoing and will wave to people when we are out. She loves to babble with other babies and is pretty good at getting mad when she wants something. She LOVES to take lids off things and figure out how to put them back on (sippy cups, milk jugs, tupperware, toys). As always, she loves her dog. She would hug Rosie all day if she could. Rosie lets Molly crawl into her bed with her and lie on her.

Her hair is really growing in and I try to put it in a barrette or small pony tail. This doesn't work for very long. I am hoping she will forget to pull them out because I love when her hair is pulled out of her eyes.

We went to the circus a few weeks ago with Melanie and Brendan at Verizon Center. Molly LOVED it. I wasn't sure whether she would love or hate it but she was a huge fan. She would point to everything and look at us and smile, especially the tight rope walkers and animals. It was so fun to see her enjoy it so much.