We're taking a vacation to Colorado later this month, so today I sorted through Lydia's old fall and winter clothes to see what will fit Molly. Molly was a trooper as I made her try on multiple pairs of pants and feety jammies. We missed the boat on some things, since the girls were born at different times of year, but it looks like Molly has plenty of clothes to wear as it gets colder around here!




Last week Molly got a new tooth! That makes 3! And the fourth one is not far behind... I think we'll see it come through within the week. She looks like a little bunny now with her big top tooth!

And in other Molly news... she has a new trick! And you know how it is...when your cute baby has a new trick, you take lots of video of it!

A few weeks ago I took the girls to the portrait studio at Target (my sister - their Aunt Kelly - works there and was our photographer!). My objective was to get some good pictures of the girls together. I anticipated that Lydia might be a stinker about being asked to pose and smile for the camera and I expected Molly to be easy-peasy about it. But much to my surprise, it was kind of the other way around! Lydia had fun, and Molly seemed scared of the big camera and lights! So, we didn't actually get great shots of the girls together...but got great ones of them separately. It was fun! I finally ordered the CD of proofs. I'll probably make a new photo header for the blog with these, but I can't wait until then to post them!

This one below makes me laugh... She looks so pitiful! "No more pictures, please!"

Today is Lydia and Molly's Daddy's birthday! Happy Birthday, Da-da!! We love you, and we think you're the BEST DADDY IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!

Oliver's parents (a.k.a. Omi and Opa) hosted a nice dinner at their house tonight. Grammy was there too, and Aunt Katie, cousin Miles and Aunt Katie's sister, Emma. Uncle Mike and cousin Warner are away on a hunting trip! Little Miles was the lone male cousin tonight, but he held his own quite well. Here he is sandwiched between the girls.



Earlier in the day, Lydia and Mommy went out to the mall and we found our way to Barnes and Noble. She was totally in love with the stage where they have storytime. She had a blast playing there. She kept pretending to climb the trees, talking about Zacheus from the Bible. (One of her little beginner Bibles tells a story about how Zacheus climbed a big tree to see Jesus better!) She read some books, played with a train set, and made lots of friends who were there to play and read too! (See if you can find her in the picture, below.)

Today was Lydia's first day of school! (Actually she's been in school all summer... but today was the first day of the new school year at her REAL preschool in Frisco ISD!) She was eager and ready to go and have a great time! We had meet the teacher night last week, and she remembered the school from last spring, so she wasn't apprehensive at all this morning. What a relief for her parents! She had a great first day.
The picture above (super cute!) is Lydia with her teacher this morning! She has 1 lead teacher and 2 assistant teachers, and they're all wonderful.

I tried to get a cute picture of her with her new backpack in front of the school, but she was not in the mood to cooperate for me! She kept saying "Nooooooo Mama!" And the more I persisted in trying to get a picture, the more irritated with me she became, so finally I gave up. Here are my "out-takes" if you will...

Here's a link to our blog post from this same week LAST year on her first day of school EVER! Her first day at her first preschool (St. Phillips Preschool). My how she's grown! That was such an emotional day! http://barronbaby.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html

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Today Molly tried her first Baby Mum-mum rice cracker! She seemed to understand what to do right away, and ate it pretty quickly. I think she really liked using her teeth, and enjoyed that finally something she put into her mouth actually has flavor.

And she's practicing standing! (about 20 seconds or so at a time)

Molly loves her exersaucer! Can you tell? (video below)


Miss Molly has got to be the sweetest baby on the planet! She's approaching 7 and a half months old - hard to believe!

I neglected to post her stats from her 6 month check-up (which was 6 weeks ago). It's fun to compare she and Lydia, so here you go:

18.7 lbs (90th percentile) (Lydia was 20.7 lbs at this age!)

27 in long (95th percentile) (Lydia was 26 in. long)

17.25 cm diameter head (80th percentile) (Lydia's head was 17.5)

So Lydia was 2 lbs heavier and 1 inch shorter! Otherwise they still look a lot alike as babies!

We had a playdate at Warner and Miles' house today. It was lots of fun!

Miles and Molly held hands. So sweet.



2 little monkeys jumping on the bed!


Hangin' out in Warner's train tent.

Tonight we went to one of our favorite places for dinner... Cheesecake Factory! Oliver did yard work for a loooong time today, and Lydia, Molly and I were itching to get out and do something fun. We brought the camera, of course.

Oh-so-close to getting a nice picture of me with my girls...and then Lydia had to go and stick her finger in her nose!

Molly ate her first puffs tonight! It's the first time she's eaten anything whole like that - just pureed solids or mashed banana. The puffs dissolve pretty quickly if they're not chewed, so they're a safe thing to start with. She liked them! Video, below.

Lydia can't decide if she wants to be a baby, be the Mommy to a baby, or be the bossy big sister to a baby.

She has shown more of an interest in baby dolls lately, and frequently walks around the house cradling her babies, putting them to bed, feeding them... Then the next minute she's copying everything Molly does and trying to act like a baby. (If Molly is eating a toy, Lydia grabs one and copies her. If Molly is drinking a bottle, Lydia asks for a cup of milk and then lays down just like Molly to drink it.) And more often than not, she has already begun to boss Molly around and will take a toy from her hand, toss it aside, and then make her play with the toy SHE wants Molly to play with! (I keep telling her to enjoy it while it lasts, because one day Molly's not going to be so sweet about it when her sister takes her toys away from her!)

I guess Lydia is teething too.


"Baby go sleep. Sleeping on couch."


Feeding a bottle to her baby. This went on for long time this morning.


Watching herself with her baby in the mirror.


Drinking milk like Molly.


She also takes care of her "Little People " toys. In this case, she put the farmer to bed in the swing. I love it that she enjoys putting people, dolls and stuffed animals to bed, because as I'm walking around the house I'll find random acts of night-night time in random places - like the sheep I found in the basket of towels in the bathroom, all tucked in.