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It's too bad the helmet covers up this naturally electric hair!

I don't want to meet Clifford!

So he claimed....but he looks like one happy kid!

Mostly words....

I've been good about loading pics onto the blog, but haven't had much time to write recently. Both kids are astounding us everyday with their fast growth. Foster is listening all the time (even when you think he is in another world!), absolutely LOVES reading books (we're in a Curious George and Clifford obsession right now...luckily we have a super library in town), and has some very funny sayings. Our favorites are "I working hard" and "it's ok mommy/daddy" when we do something wrong or clumsy. Out of the blue he also started saying "In the meantime...." in the appropriate manner. We're not sure where he picked up that one, but it's pretty funny coming from a 2.5 year old. "In the meantime I'm going to play with my cars." :) We took him to the aquarium last weekend and it's amazing to watch him absorb the info about scuba divers, sharks, jelly fish, etc, and then recall it days later when you are least expecting it.

Molly has also developed with leaps and bounds. She is a rolling machine, even with her 10 pound helmet. Ok, maybe it's closer to 1 pound but it feels extremely heavy relative to her body! She is trying to learn to sit up on her own, but the helmet definitely makes her top heavy and topples her quickly. She is going to have some serious neck muscles in 3 months. Molly's first tooth erupted around Christmas and after a rough start with cereals (gag, barf) she is loving fruits and vegetables. She teases me with sleeping through the night on occasion, but for the most part she still likes to nurse once. I guess sleep training may need to be considered soon since she is getting a bit old and her mom a bit tired of night time feedings.

So this is not a totally boring post...a few pics from the aquarium.

Age comparison

Here are Foster and Molly at similar ages. Some similarities, especially the hair!

Christmas vacation

We had a wonderful trip to the greater Boston area for the holidays. We flew a new small airline out of the tiny Trenton airport and we hope we never have to drive again! A great flying experience on roomy small planes! Will and Erika were gracious to host us for for an entire week and they also hosted the xmas day meal. Carter and Foster had lots of fun together, albeit with the expected difficulties in sharing new toys. We traveled to their lake house mid-week, where both kids came down with terrible respiratory colds. To make a long story (and ER trip) short, they both had RSV and bronchiolitis. We at least have our first trip to the ER under our belts for both kids, although hopefully we'll never need another dual trip. They are both doing much better








In other news, Molly got her helmet on Friday. She was born with a stiff neck (torticollis) and developed a pretty significant flat head which did not resolve with PT. So, she will be sporting this helmet for at least 3 months, 23 hours a day (to make her head grow more normally)! So far she doesn't seem to mind it much.

Happy New Year to all!