Obligatory, Straightforward Molly Update

Molly has now slept in her own room for five consecutive nights. She actually seems to sleep better in there, too. She wasn't the slightest bit fazed by the early daylight savings change. The rest of us took a bit of a beating though. I am sad to admit that I was even up at 2 am to change the clock ahead. I think my sleeplessness was compounded by the confusion caused when I tried to find something to watch on TV just before 2 am and was only able to find things starting an hour later. Then it dawned on me: the clock and guide on the TV are both smarter than me.

So aside from the fairly regular oral evacuation of her formula, Molly seems to be feeling well and happy. In fact even after any of the aforementioned events she tends to get smiley. I guess this could inadvertently add credit to the adage that babies are not really smiling at their parents, they simply have gas.

I'm sure most of you have seen the latest picture of Molly, but in case you haven't, check it out here on Erin's site. Speaking of Erin's site (as opposed to my site), we're thinking of combining the two sites via a central hub using a .Mac page. It will certainly take more effort to get it organized, but it will be more convenient in the long run. And it will just give us some more flexibility in terms of content. Stay tuned for details on that [By the way, do you like how I write as if millions of people are reading this. Funny right? Like it's going to take some big marketing effort and a gradual migration of data to make sure we don't lose any page views].

This weekend Gavin and Molly went to their cousin's birthday party. In addition to having a bus in front of the house exclaiming that it was fun, it was fun. The kids all spent an hour running, jumping and non-stop moving aboard the Fun Bus and there was a full-on chocolate ice cream cake. If you ask me it doesn't get any better than a self-contained gymnasium that parks in front of your house and comes with babysitters, and a four-inch high pile of chocolate ice cream and those crunchy things.

In other anniversary news, Molly's seven month birthday was Saturday, and Friday was the one-year anniversary of the first post on this site [please hold you applause until the end].

As for the rest of us: Gavin has a cold, which Erin may be contracting as well. This means Molly is likely next (but hopefully not) and I am not far behind. We have a busy week this week with doctor appointments tomorrow and Wednesday. Tomorrow we head to New Brunswick for a bladder thing, and the next day we head to Phila for the follow up on Molly's g tube surgery. We're not sure if they're going to change her from the tube to the highly anticipated button Wednesday, or if this is for a subsequent visit? But we'll know soon enough. And, as always, you guys will be the first to know after the ones who know already.