New Years and Milestones

I've been sick all week, so the pictures are a little lacking.  I did stay up until Midnight with Jeremy and Clara.  We had planned to bring in the New Year with extended family, but I got so sick that we just stayed home.  Clara even stayed up until Midnight without too many meltdowns!  But she got a nice long nap in the next day, which was wonderful for everyone.

Joseph turned 6 months old this week too.  I can't believe how quickly those first 6 months went.  He no longer just sits on my lap.  He has to touch anything that I have in my hands.  He is sitting by himself, although he's still a little bit wobbly.  He downs his baby cereal every night before bed, and often cries between bites because I can't feed him fast enough.  He talks to himself all the time, and I love having him in my home!

I love  how much my two children love each other.  Whenever Clara walks into the room, Joseph giggles.  Whenever Clara thinks she is doing something cool, she insists that Joseph watches.  It makes me so happy.

I also love how much Clara has started picking up on reading.  She reads all the words she knows every night for our family scripture study.  She also teaches her stuffed animals to read.

P.S.  I've decided to take a break from my picture a day blog.  I kept running into the problem where I have too many pictures on picasa (apparently where all the pictures go when you upload them to your blog.)  I either have to pay a monthly fee for more storage, or quit posting so many pictures.  So until I get that figured out, I'll just post on this blog.....