Amazingly, the littlest monster has turned one year old, despite Molly's best efforts to suffocatingly love/squeeze/antagonize/push/"help"/run over the extremities of her little sister. I think at this time next year Molly will be in sad, sad shape when Natalie realizes she can, in fact, retaliate. Natalie is a bruiser, about as big as Molly was at 18 months (although then again, Natalie was twice her size at birth). She is about the happiest baby on the face of the earth, despite her penchant for waking up at 4 am to share her happiness with her very, very grumpy mommy. She has about an inch and a half of hair - again, Molly didn't hit that point til about 2. Despite 18 bins of perfectly re-usable girly clothes of every size under the sun, I am unable to stop buying more really, really cute and EXTREMELY necessary clothing items for Natalie and I have turned into one of those moms who swore they would never dress their kids alike (until they actually had two kids, and realized it's really damn fun and no one is old enough to argue with me. yet.)
Natalie is a lot more adventurous with food, and probably already eats more real-people food than her sister (which would be anything outside the realm of processed chicken nuggets, pepperoni, french fries, milk and Tostitos). I can actually hear Caitlin screaming all the way from Ann Arbor when she reads that list ;) No recognizable words yet (from the baby - Caitlin can talk just fine) and she still holds on to things to cruise around but is getting more confident with the drunken-stoner Frankenbaby lurch. Pretty soon she will be running into coffee tables all of her own volition, without any assistance from her helpful big sister.
Since I haven't updated since the Reagan administration, what else is new...Molly is almost 4 and the other day gave me a lecture about cleaning products when I gave her a wet paper towel to help me "clean" the back door.
"Um...Mommy?"
"Yes?"
"How about Clorox Disinfecting Wipes?"
Me: "..." (crickets)
Molly: "Clorox Disinfecting Wipes help kill germs!! And...they don't leave a streaky trail like some other cleaners. Clorox Disinfecting Wipes work great even on your shiny surfaces!"
Me: "WHERE, exactly, did you hear all this??"
Molly: "Oh, the TV told me."
I suppose she is prepping for a career as the announcer on the Price is Right.
Work is busy (not good busy), Dan's work is busy (good busy), school is busy, and the Tigers absolutely suck. That's life in a nutshell!
Natalie is a lot more adventurous with food, and probably already eats more real-people food than her sister (which would be anything outside the realm of processed chicken nuggets, pepperoni, french fries, milk and Tostitos). I can actually hear Caitlin screaming all the way from Ann Arbor when she reads that list ;) No recognizable words yet (from the baby - Caitlin can talk just fine) and she still holds on to things to cruise around but is getting more confident with the drunken-stoner Frankenbaby lurch. Pretty soon she will be running into coffee tables all of her own volition, without any assistance from her helpful big sister.
Since I haven't updated since the Reagan administration, what else is new...Molly is almost 4 and the other day gave me a lecture about cleaning products when I gave her a wet paper towel to help me "clean" the back door.
"Um...Mommy?"
"Yes?"
"How about Clorox Disinfecting Wipes?"
Me: "..." (crickets)
Molly: "Clorox Disinfecting Wipes help kill germs!! And...they don't leave a streaky trail like some other cleaners. Clorox Disinfecting Wipes work great even on your shiny surfaces!"
Me: "WHERE, exactly, did you hear all this??"
Molly: "Oh, the TV told me."
I suppose she is prepping for a career as the announcer on the Price is Right.
Work is busy (not good busy), Dan's work is busy (good busy), school is busy, and the Tigers absolutely suck. That's life in a nutshell!
