Well, Molly has been ONE YEAR OLD for a month now, and she didn’t even get a one year post. So she will have a 13 month post!
On her first birthday:
We had a family birthday party for Molly in Arkansas. Of course I have lots of pictures and will have to post about that….one day!
Molly began walking around 10 months, so she is a pro now. This girl has changed so much in the past 2 months, right around turning 1. She says a lot of words, and has begun climbing up and down from chairs, couches, and anything else she can. She is very close to being able to climb out of her crib, as she has her leg hiked up on the rail when we go in to get her these days. She climbs into this baby swing at Nonnie and Poppy’s house:
She LOVES to read books. When we walk into the house, she starts saying “Book. Book. Book.” and pointing at our glider and books next to it. She will sit and read the same 2-3 books (just her favorites- the ones with lots of pictures) over and over for a long time. She loves the animals in books and can already say some animal sounds: “Moo”, “Meow”, “Arf”, and she tried to make the elephant sound by blowing in her lips. I also think she’s been trying to say “Baaa”. She says the words dog and duck.
She is also obsessed with “Bites”…bananas in particular. She loves most any food we give her, and prefers to eat from the time we get home from school until bedtime! She is still nursing twice – three times a day. I want to get her through the flu season. So far this season, Jeff has had pneumonia, I had the flu, and Shelby and Coleman each ran high fevers for a day (I think they were fighting off the flu) but Molly has hardly even had a runny nose! She was fussy for a while when her 1 yr molars were coming in, but who wouldn’t be?! She seems to be better now, they must have stopped hurting so much.
She is so much more aware of everything and is learning every day. She gives me her feet when I say “Let’s put your shoes on” and she walks over to the glider and climbs up in it when I as her if she wants Milk (where we nurse.) She is pretty good about stopping whatever she’s doing when told NO, and coming to me when I ask her to. She will pick up something off the floor to put in her mouth, but if I tell her, “NO, that’s trash.” she will head over and put it in the trash can instead. However, when she lays on her changing table, she likes to grab the attached mirror and rattle it. This is an antique furniture piece that probably shouldn’t be rattled. 
She LOVES the dogs and leans over to them with an open mouth to give kisses. This morning she climbed into Mary’s bed with her and hugged her, saying “Daw Daw” (dog) Last Sunday we took the kids to the zoo, and it was Molly’s first time there. She walked a lot of the time, and was very good. No fussing or crying.
Last night we went to the rodeo, and she was really into watching the horses parade in front of us. This is a bad picture but I love her cute little profile! She still has chubby cheeks and dimples!
She likes to watch Baby Einstein videos, and smiles, claps, and sits down indian style in front of the tv when I start one. Or she’ll let me cover her up to cuddle.
She uses the little lovies that are small blankets with heads attached…but they have to be the kind with satin on the edges! She sleeps with it shoved in her mouth. (Teeth marks left over from Shelby- Molly did not do those!)
Molly takes 2 1-1.5 hour naps a day, and still goes to bed very well, by just being put into her bed awake. She has been an inconsistent through-the-night sleeper, but nothing too bad. Sometimes she will wake up at 4:00 wanting to nurse, but then goes straight back to bed. She doesn’t love drinking cow’s milk but seems to be getting a little better about it.
She smiles and waves bye bye when it’s time to leave in the morning, and goes into Theresa’s house with smiles and open arms. We are starting to teach her about her face (hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth) and she has been coloring at Theresa’s as well. She loves to go to Sissy to be held, and laughs when her bubba tickles her and chases her.
She loves to sing and dance. There is just no other way to say it: Molly is a HAPPY GIRL! And if she’s not, it’s because she wants something, and once she gets it, she is HAPPY once again! haha.
I made a little list of the words I can think of that she says consistently:
Bite
Banana (only says this whole word or Nana sometimes)
Book
Meow
Moo
Elephant sound
Bubba
Nawnaw (Nonnie)
Pop pop (Poppy)
Mama
DaDa
Daw (Dog)
Duck
Hi
Bye
Out
Up
Night night
Shhh (shoe)
