Toddlers rock!

I've been having so much fun with Molly lately. What a great age this is! The sleep problems stink, but we're surviving. It's all part of this little personality that's developing -- it's so amazing to watch.

She's learning so fast now. Last night Jim made up a sign for "chicken," showed it to her once and now she has a sign for chicken. She has recently discovered that some of the people in the pictures on the walls are Mama and Dada, and she likes to point and say our names. She copies little things she notices, like the other day when Jim pointed out that she was putting a toy plate upside down over another plate, which is a weird thing I've been doing to cover food in the fridge to save on plastic wrap.

She collapses into shrieking fits with no warning, and then gets all kissy and happy just as abruptly.

Last night I gave her some diced up pickles. She ate a few, then got off her chair and pointd to the refrigerator. I opened it and picked her up. She pointed to the mustard, so I gave her a squirt on her plate. She mixed it with her pickles and chowed down.

She's so messy at meals that the clean-up would be best done with a hose. Last night she left noodles all over the floor, her chair, her shirt, her hands, my shirt and stuck to the bottom of her socks.

She has two special stuffed animals, Little Dog and Bunny, who she requests and then snuggles whenever it's time to nurse or go to sleep. Sometimes she also snuggles with dolls, her monkey, a big plastic spoon, a bath sponge and assorted measuring spoons.

She gives lots of kisses and hugs. Sometimes she even kisses herself.



She's also developing some signature dance moves. It's best when she dances to Guns N Roses or to me singing, but this is pretty good, too.



And finally, yesterday afternoon the light through the prism in her window created rainbows all over the walls and ceiling. We spent a long time playing with the rainbows. What could be better than that?