April

I just uploaded some pics tonight and figured it was high time to stop procrastinating and write a blog post!  It's not that I don't ever have a free minute (the kids are pretty good about taking naps at the same time most days, thank you God!), but I have all these other things that I'm always trying to do during nap time.  Suddenly I've developed all these new interests, none of which I probably have the time to pursue right now.  And honestly, my thoughts are so scattered and totally unorganized that I don't even really know where to begin.  It's like I've forgotten how to blog.  Maybe that just tends to happen with the more kids you have?  There are so many things that I could and would love to write about (each child is in a totally different stage and doing his/her own remarkable things), but it's just hard to narrow it down.

So tonight I'll just write shortly about our littlest darling (at least the one who tends to act the most darling at the moment, as she's in the easiest stage!).  Molly turned six months old yesterday (I hate to even say that.....I have just loved her as a baby and it's going by so fast!).  I can't even describe the way I adore this chunky little thing.....she is just my little doll.  She has turned into a laid-back, fairly easy baby (although she didn't start out this way!), and the only time I struggle with her is when I'm carting her around to do errands all day long while the boys are in school (she can't seem to take a decent nap in the car, so she's very fussy by lunchtime).  But at home, she takes great naps in her crib (and will actually go to sleep on her own, which takes a lot of stress off me!) and she is content doing almost anything.

Right now she loves grabbing anything you hold in front of her face.  She'll stay busy for a while just grabbing toys, and she loves her jumperoo and exersaucer for that reason.  She loves to chew on fingers (and the kitchen table), but she hasn't figured out how to put her toys in her mouth after she grabs them.  I guess I should be thankful!

She can ALMOST sit up on her own, but she will fall over to the side after a few seconds if I don't balance her.

She eats baby food and cereal here and there- when I'm motivated enough to get it together while I'm getting everyone else's food ready.  It's still too early to tell what her favorites are, but she definitely prefers sweet potatoes to green beans (I'd have to agree with her).  I'm trying to do more veggies than fruits, hoping this might result in a two-year-old who will actually eat vegetables (we haven't experienced one of those yet).

She loves looking at faces- one night I was holding her up in front of the tv watching Dennis Miller on the O'Reilly Factor, and she was beaming ear to ear as she was watching those men talk.  I think she thinks they're talking straight to her.  And most of all, she LOVES her brothers!  It's hard to explain, but she gets giddy when they come near her (especially Grant, it seems).  She squeals and laughs and blows bubbles.....it's like she's trying to play with them and she thinks she's just as big as they are.  Those are my favorite moments these days, watching the boys love on her and just listening to her squeal with delight when they even come near. 

Goodnight!  No promises but hopefully more to come before another six weeks goes by!

PS.  For some more pictures of the kids, see Facebook....I just added pictures from March last week.