Russell - 7 months! Molly-A Sunbeam!

The cutest kid alive is seven months old! That is NOT okay! He doesn't have any of his stats (he has an appointment on Monday) but he is definitely getting TALL and CURIOUS. He's constantly wriggling and reaching for things while I'm holding him, which makes holding him quite difficult. He likes going around in the walker, although he only goes backwards (all my kids have done this). He likes playing with toys on the ground and will scoot a bit to get to things, but not really moving yet. We get a few full-on laughs from him but mostly just enormous smiles. He wakes up STARVING apparently, and even though he'll give some smiles, he mostly just wants you to feed him ASAP. This morning I nursed him, then he ate an entire bowl of applesauce, then some dry cheerios while I cooked, and then he ate two full-sized pancakes. And THEN he nursed again. Most meals are like that, so I'm trying to cook things he can eat so that I don't have to figure out what to feed him on top of what we are feeding our family because he eats too much to have it be separate! He is definitely teething, those two top teeth are almost through--so he grabs and bites everything in his sight. He is pretty much always happy and cheerful and very content with doing his own thing by himself. He will sometimes give full-on laughs when the kids come up and play with him, but often he also cries so that they go away, haha! He LOVES drinking from a cup and that usually makes him happy if he's upset, or hungry and waiting for a meal. He also loves music and cranes his neck around all over to see where it is coming from whenever we have it on. He is so great and we love him so much!!!

Molly is three, so with the new year she is officially a SUNBEAM! She was super excited (she actually hasn't gone to nursery for the last month because there are only three kids and when the other two are gone she goes to class with Will) and loved her teacher and coloring. She also came home singing lots of songs and telling me that singing was her favorite part. She already knows some of the songs, and she is quickly catching up with the others. We switched to 9am church which is my FAVORITE (although Russell sleep from 10-12 and 2-4, so for him it's not that different from 1pm church time) and I think it helped her be happier too. She wasn't a bit nervous and is very happy that she gets to go to Primary with the big kids.

I asked Ruthie to take our picture. She took about twenty and we ended up with about two that Sterling's head wasn't cut off. Poor girl-he is really tall!

Those eyelashes are my favorite.

I love how you can see a double chin here! And elbow dimples!

This weird thing went out of order, but here are some more adorable pics of Miss Molly:

He is sooooo much baby perfection!

It's so much fun to have these two home together on M/W/F mornings. They are the best!