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Little Molly is already 4 months old! Well, technically she turned 4 months last Friday but she had her 4 month visit with the pediatrician today. Molly is continuing along her stellar growth curve. Here's the official stats...Weight: 15 pounds, 12 ounces (90th percentile)Height: 25.25 inches (90th percentile)Head: 42 cm (75th percentile)And just for comparison, Patrick was 13 lbs, 14 oz at 4 months and the exact same height. But he was somewhere in the 25-50th percentiles (I forget which one was which). She continues to be a completely delightful baby, sleeping well at night and rarely crying, but only as long as she has the same routine and is at home. So it makes it a little hard because Patrick prefers to be out and about and has school and playdates to attend. She's just not one of those babies that will nap anywhere. Oh well, I still think she's pretty cool ;)
Patrick starts school on Thursday, he's at the same school this year. Apparently 3 years on the wait list at Bing is not long enough :P But honestly, I would have been a little torn if he had gotten into Bing because he's really happy at his current school and it's much closer to home. Cute school pictures to come!
Molly's been laughing for a few weeks, it's the sweetest little sound. We recently found a sure fire way to make her laugh...
Anyone who has small children has most certainly heard about all of the recent toy recalls. It makes me really mad. Why do we have a consumer product safety commission if we are letting toys (of all things) into the country that are dangerous to our children? Why doesn't the Chinese government seem more concerned? Why aren't moms speaking out and saying this isn't acceptable? What can we do?I could toss all of his toys that were made in China but that would be most of them. Patrick's still upset of his Thomas trains that had to be sent back. And more importantly, if you were a recalled "Sarge" car somewhere in our house, where would you be? We've turned the house upside down looking for it, I know I saw it last week. I'll just hope it's not hidden under something flaking off lead dust.
Nana bought Molly the most adorable little tutu. It went perfectly with the blinged out "Baby Sister" onesie from Danielle. Molly seems pleased with herself. Can you handle this much cuteness?
I've been feeling a little overwhelmed lately as Patrick seems to have a case of the "fidgets" according to his preschool teacher. I needed a change of scenery so Tom took us up to San Francisco today for a little retail therapy. I haven't been shopping in Union Square in what seems like ages and we had a blast! We checked out the new San Francisco Center and the new Bloomingdale's. It was nice, but in my mind it will never match the old Emporium. When I was a kid, they had a rooftop carnival every year around Christmas. Not only did they have rides, but Santa was there! My mom would take us up to the city every year to go shopping and to see the carnival. It always seemed like an exotic and glamorous trip even though San Francisco was less than 30 miles away. We always dressed up and made a special day of it. So I made Tom pose with the kids in front of the Emporium sign, it made me nostalgic for my childhood and I hope that my kids will someday have really special memories like that.
Notice how Patrick had to be bribed into sitting in the stroller with a bag of M&Ms? He is really not a fan of the stroller, but walking back up Stockton Street was going to be much easier without worrying about him getting lost in the crowds so we did what we had to do :) And retail therapy does a body and soul good. Tom bought me a beautiful new handbag, and we got Molly and Patrick some fall clothes. I even found the most perfect French dress for Molly for Thanksgiving, it was from last fall so it was on sale for 70% off. I might have cried a little it was so perfect.
Tonight I took a bath and used every one of my nice smelly bath products (thanks Mary K!). I'm feeling refreshed. Let's see how long this lasts, lol!
A few people have commented lately about how much Molly looks like Patrick. So I was going through some pictures and there are definite similarities. Here they both are at about 3.5 months, Patrick on the left and Molly on the right. What do you think?
3 out of 4 cousins smiling isn't too bad!
This weekend was the Santa Clara County Fair. When I was a kid the fair was a big deal, it ran for 8 or 10 days and we usually went to see the animals, eat corndogs and ride the rides. Sometimes one of my cousins had an animal they were showing in the fair. I remember there being hundreds and hundreds of animals and lots to see. I always loved it. So when I saw the commercials for the fair last week we decided it would be fun to take Patrick. The fair is only 4 days now, and it was actually quite small. There was maybe 1/5 of what I remember from 15 years ago. It's kind of sad because this area has such a rich agricultural tradition and it's just about all gone. I was hoping to be able to show Patrick something about what this area was like when I was a kid, and what it was like for his grandparents and great grandparents who grew up here. My mission was only sort of accomplished, Patrick enjoyed seeing the animals but I'm not sure it was as meaningful as I would have hoped. Maybe next year.
In other news, Ella is in the pet hospital :( She has a kidney stone and a kidney infection, the vet needs to make sure the stone gets smaller and her infection responds to antibiotics. She only has one kidney so it's really important that she responds to treatment in order to avoid surgery. So please keep her in your thoughts! We all miss her, especially Louie.
Do you think gypsies really exist? They buy kids, right? You think they'd be interested in a 3 year old boy?I'm just asking.Hypothetically speaking of course.
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