A little Perspective

I have been following the blog nieniedialogues.blogspot.com for a few months now. I found a link for it on my sister-in-laws, sister-in-laws (wow that's confusing!) blog a while back and have been follow it since. The blog is Stephanie Nielsons. Her and her husband were in a plane crash back in August and they were both burned, her over most of her body. They also have 4 little kids. I love reading her entries. It puts life into perspective - in particular for me her latest entry on March 23, 2009 - A Mother. Our families problems and struggles suddenly become much smaller. It is amazing to watch someone slowly overcome trials you could never imagine facing. Click the button above to read for yourself.

Seven Months Today

I can't believe it. She's 7 months. My mom and I took her in to get her pictures taken last week. I have taken each of our kids to get their pictures the week they sat up. All of them for some reason, my parenting or genetics not really sure, have sat up at 6 1/2 months. We have all of their 6 1/2 month picures up on the shelves in our family room. It is fun to see them all at them same age and see their similarities and differences. Leah is looking more like Ellie as she grows, but still has a little look of her own.

So as for her latest tricks:
1. She is sitting up all on her own (as stated above)
2. She is finally rolling, although rarely does it. She is content to stay put most of the time, which is fine by me.
3. She has learned to put her binky in all by herself which she seems very proud of.
4. She has become very aware of who she knows and who she doesn't. At times she will break out in tears if someone she doesn't know tries to hold her. She was as happy as could be getting her pictures taken until the photographer tried to pick her up and them panic stuck her face. STRANGER DANGER!!
5. She is by far our happiest and most content baby. None of our kids have been hard babies, but she wins the prize for the most delightful.

Cousins

Leah is lucky enough to have a cousin, Adalie, who was just born a few weeks before her. It was nice to have someone to endure the pregnancy with, both to marvel and complain, and now have 2 little girls who already have a little friend for life. It is exciting to watch them grow and change together. I can already picture the two of them running around causing all sorts of havoc. We were excited to get a call from Britta today with a request to watch Adi and Kayla (who is just a few weeks younger than Noah). Here are a few pics from our day.