I can't say enough about this sweet little girl. I love her to pieces. She has the sweetest personality and is such a joy to have around. She has started smiling. It is difficult to capture on camera, at least my camera, but it is adorable. She also loves to "coo and goo." It is so cute. I could just sit and look at her all day. I would to if I didn't have Lucy to distract me. Lucy loves Molly. When ever we put her down on the ground, she loves to go lay by her and pet her gently. She really is so very soft with her. Occasionally she forgets that she is not something to push off with when she is getting up from the ground, but mostly she loves her little sister.
Lucy has started talking and imitating It has been a lot of fun to watch her learn. She knows and recognizes several letters including, h, i, r, q, and her favorite is o. She can find it on any sign, book, or t-shirt. She leaves off lots of sounds at the end of words, but she can say socks, hat, cat, owl, cow, dad, duck, cheese,... and so many more. Those are the ones I hear most frequently. She still loves signing time, and recognizes sign language whenever she sees it. On Sundays we like to watch Mormon messages on youtube. Her favorite is "I am a child of God." It shows snip-its of different people singing, "I am a child of God." There is a small part, 7 seconds or so, where a girl is signing the words. Lucy knows exactly when it is about to come on and tries to sign along with her. It is so adorable. She really is such a good kid in every way. You have never seen a better eater. We like to eat at Sweet Tomatoes, because she eats for free. If they only knew that she can out eat us there sometimes they might change their age limit or at least make the exception for toddlers with BIG appetites. She LOVES nursery now which is wonderful. She had a few bad weeks but now her teachers report she is one of the best kids in class. I can't tell you how much I love to pick her up and see her there enjoying bubbles or looking at books. She is growing up so fast, but I do love to make her happy. She is the cutest "happy" girl I have ever seen. She is still a great sleeper too. Thankfully. Molly is still working on it, so I am glad to only have to worry about one at a time.
As for me, even before Molly was born Christmas has been on my mind. I don't know why. I have never felt such an urgency before to make a wonderful Christmas. But with two kids now, I guess I feel like this family needs to start some traditions. We bought our first Christmas tree tonight for family home evening. We haven't put it up but we bought a few things to put on it and will add to it through out the years. I've also been making some felt ornaments, and hoped to have them ready in time for this tree, but that was a high hope. I am learning that if I want any project to get done, I have to do it in little segments not all at once. That is a really tough lesson for me. When I start something, I will usually stay up all night several nights in a row to make sure it is done. With these two girls, I need sleep to have patience with them, and I hate sacrificing that for some silly project. So I have learned to just put it away, and go to bed and save it for another day. They will thank me for that one day. James too.We are getting ready to travel up north for Thanksgiving, and quite frankly, I am so nervous about the trip. It will be the first "long" trip we have taken with both the girls. St George is a little less than two hours away, and Molly, with out fail will scream for the last 10 minutes of the trip either way. So that turns a six and a half hour trip into nine hour trip if we have to stop every two hours, to calm her down. We are going to break it up a little by staying a couple of nights in St George on both ends of the holidays, but I'm nervous. We will see how it goes.
