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February 28, 2011: Molly is 8 months old today. Whoa. She is really trying to crawl but not quite there yet. When she is sitting up and sees something in front of her that she wants she will lunge forward for it until she is on her belly. But once on her belly she uses her arms to push up and them scootches backwards. She can spin around though and get around the room a little, just not in the direction she always wants to go. We have to totally change our habits now and make sure all the little things she can choke on are not on the floor. This is a very difficult task with the other two, especially with Julia not being consciencous at all.

Julia got her first haircut yesterday. I cut way too much off by accident because she would not sit still but in the end I like how it looks. The girls started gymnastics, Julia is in a Mommy and me class so I am in there with her. They both love it and look forward to it. They also do a little dance class here at Taft with the Taft dance teacher.

Casey is getting so good at her coloring. It is funny to watch her go from scribbles to being able to stay inside the lines and work hard on a coloring book page.

Our Creature of The Night

February 7, 2011: Julia has been a handful lately when it comes to going to bed and staying in her bed. A few weeks ago she discovered she could crawl out of her crib. Since then she has been getting out several times at bedtime and doing all sorts of things. Sometimes she will come out to see us in the living room several times, sometimes she just plays in her room which is a problem because Casey is in there and she is exhausted. Last night I heard noise and when I went in she was in the bathroom next to their room she had taken off her sleepsack, pjs, and diaper and had gone into the laundry basket and totally dressed herself in Casey's clothes (tights, a skirt, a long sleeved t shirt with a t shirt over it). She was back in her bedroom standing next to a sleeping Casey and staring at her. Sometimes it is hard not to laugh, but also, at the end of a long day with the kids and what feels like sleepless weeks I can lose my mind too. She has also been hopping out of bed at 5:00 in the morning almost every day. Some days she comes and wakes us up, some days she just plays in her room and bothers Casey. Either way the rest of the family is up hours before they want to be and are all tired by mid morning. After last nights adventure (getting into a different outfit) and then waking Casey up at 5 this morning (I went in and the lights were on and Casey was already getting dressed for school) we decided it was time to finally do something about it. So we moved Julia into Molly's room and moved Molly in with Casey. We are having JJ try out the big Queen sized bed in her new room and we put a bunch of toys in there so she can entertain herself when she wakes up with the rooster. We'll probably lock her door and hopefully everyone will get a little more sleep. We'll see...