Molly turns 7 months.
Molly turned 7 months old, well actually now she's 7 1/2 months old...but o well. Here's what she's been up to: eating solids, quite a variety...although she definitely has her days where she eats and eats and days where she won't take a thing. And without saying a word, you know exactly what she's trying to tell you. She opens right up, like a little bird, or she clamps down and turns her face to hide in the highchair. The one thing she eats without fail is Mum Mum's (rice crackers), she chows down on these things, she'll eat them all day, even if she doesn't want any solids. She's definitely on the move, her specialty is going backwards, but yesterday (4/28), she started crawling forward for the first time!! I was eating some crackers out of a ziplock bag and she wanted that bag!! So I teased her with it and she actually lifted hands and knees up off the floor and crawled forward! She'd get mad at me after a bit if I didn't give her the bag, so I would and then tease her again and wow! she got pretty fast! :-) I realized I wanted to stop b/c I wasn't ready for her to be fast yet, so today, no more ziplock bags and she's back to hanging around on the floor and making her way backwards. Here's a few recent pics of my little sweetie pie.
To go along with the grown up good looks...my boy is doing some very grown up work at preschool. He loves going, has lots of friends that he talks about on a daily basis, and tells me he loves his two teachers all the time. He has learned how to identify most of his numbers and quite a few letters in the alphabet. His writing is amazing (although he follows the dots, doesn't quite do it on his own yet) and loves bringing his art work home. My latest clue that my boy is growing up, is that he "read" his first book to me...all by himself. Every page. The title: Freight Train. It made me teary eyed. Below is a picture of some of his work (check out his name, numbers and Easter words): 
Little Miss Blue Eyes:I've have quite the collection of pictures of Little Miss Molly and her gorgeous blue eyes. She's going to be dangerous with these little beauties....
The Kiddo's Go Swimming:
I've been wanting to sign Will up for swimming lessons for quite some time...like two years. He was in swimming when he was 6 months old, but we didn't continue b/c we didn't like the times (Friday evenings) and we weren't very fond of the teacher. So ever since it's been in the back of my mind that I wanted Will to start lessons again. But I haven't found the right place, with the right time, and right location. But I did find that the Lynnwood Rec Center has open Preschool and Family swim on Saturday and Sundays. So until I find some swim lessons I'm happy with, we'll be the teachers. Will had a blast and Molly looked adorable in her first swim suit. (She was not feeling so adorable in the water though, it made her pretty nervous. She didn't cry but she clenched her hands together in tight little fists, so tight that her hands and arms turned purple up to her elbows!)
Another day I came home and this is where I found Molly...obviously her daddy dressed her...pink, blue and red polka dots! Come on...:-)
Daddy surprised Will with a new set of really big sand tools...a shovel, rake and hoe, Will loves them...even if they are almost bigger than his entire sandbox. :-)
Jeremy was doing our own version of aerating the lawn and Will was walking around copying him, it was very cute.
Our future Tiger Woods is at it again...he didn't lose a thing in the off-season! 
And here we are present day:
