Big Girls

Zach likes to say that Molly doubled in size the minute Clara was born. And I agree. We were both so convinced of it that we actually put Molly on the scale and measured her height. And she was exactly the same size she was last month.

But she has doubled in size in many ways. Perhaps it hasn't all happened in the last ten days, but it's been that much more noticeable. It's the little (big) things, like her language skills. She used mix her references when she asked to be held ("Daddy hold you" has now become "Daddy hold me" ... and "Daddy hold me standing up" ... and "Daddy hold me standing up over there"...). She used to call herself "Molly Flanklin" and when she rolled into bed with us she'd exclaim "Flamily Bed!". And then there was her fleeting "that's silly" routine: "The refrigerator makes the milk cold and THAT'S SILLY!". And for a long/little while there she had the most wonderful response to questions that she didn't know the answer to: a very thoughtful "hmmm."

Zach & I kept saying we should record some of those moments. But of course, we didn't. And they're replaced by other fun Molly-isms that will be just as fleeting and wonderful as the ones before them.