So, the number one reason that I keep this blog is to document my kids' lives. Its my little online scrapbook and one of the main ways that I remember things. I can look back and see the first time N pottied in the big boy potty, the first time Emma stood, the first Ellie sat up...

Baby girl is 7 months old already! Ellie is such a happy baby. She gives the biggest, gummiest, dimplest smiles in the world--as long as she is in my arms. I think I have said that every month, but it really is true.

Boy oh boy does she want to be in on the action though! She watches Nathan and Emma like a hawk, turning her head quickly if she loses sight of them. She's soaking it all in, and I keep telling them that when sshe is mobile they had better watch out!

She's a great eater and I think has tried every flavor of baby food now. It is so funny though because she grabs the spoon with every bite, eats the food off, then lets go whrn it is empty and waits patiently for the next spoonful. Emma and Nathan used to grab the spoon, but then never let go!

She can sit up now without toppling over and is beginning to scoot a bit to reach for things. I think crawling may be in the near future!

Love you to the moon and back baby girl!

The kids had their annual Christmas program that their little pre k puts on back in December. These are always so much fun to go to because the kids up on stage are just so darn cute! There are always a couple of hams that steal the show.

Of course, I think, my two were the best ones up there!

Emma's class sung Jingle Bells and Jesus Loves Me. Emma was seriously the only one who sang all the words. She is my little perfectionist! Love her to pieces. She wanted her hair fixed like Princess Lea. I sort of told a fib and told her it looked just like Lea's. She went straight to her teacher and asked her how she liked her Princess Lea hair.

Nathan's class did a Bible verse and then sang Baby Jesus is Born, a pretty rock and rollish song. It was hilarious! Loved it!

I didn't take any pictures during the program because I sort of had my hands full with a babe, but here are ones pre program. Don't they look beautiful?!

Is my baby really already halfway through her first year. It really is amazing to me how fast kids seem to grow up. I wish I coud jut keep them little forever.

This month Ellie has learned to sit! She topples over quite a bit so I hover around her, but we are getting more and more play time everyday. She loves getting down on the floor and playing with Nathan and Emma. Her favorite toy right now is a little yellow musical shaker thing. I can give that to her and she usually stops crying!

We started solids and she loves them! Our first try was with sweet potatoes and she ate them up. We have her in a bumbo seat in the middle of the table. Its so cute because she loves being in the middle of everythings. She just turns her head from Nathan to Emma and then back again.

Love you to the moon and back baby girl! These last 6 months have been great and I can't wait to see what the next 6 hold!

Lisa took some pictures of my family right before Christmas. It was a real quick shoot, but I love the pictures! And look, I even snuck one in there of me with all my Littles! Love it!