Christmas Picture Photo Shoot

These are some of the pictures that we had taken for our Christmas card this year. We could only fit three on our card, but there were many more that we loved. We are thankful for Tyler's co-worker Carol Looney who took these for us.

The House That Judd and Bubba Built-Home Sweet Home!

The day has finally come...we get to move in!! We'll either close tomorrow or on Monday of next week which means we'll definitely get to spend Christmas in our new house. We're so excited!! These are a few pictures of the finished product:

Language Arts Work

Bo's interest in reading, drawing and writing has really increased lately. Here's a bit of his work:

His message and signature on his birthday card for Tyler: (It's too bad Tyler doesn't drink or this card would have been even more relevant for the occasion. :)

A lot of his drawings look like this. He likes to draw houses, and we are thinking that it is because he is anticipating our move into the new house.

He has enjoyed having an Elf on the Shelf who writes him letters that he can read every morning. Here he is reading one of the letters from Alf the Elf.

He also worked on writing a letter to Santa. I didn't explain much about him writing Santa a letter, but when I told Bo he should start working on his letter to Santa, Bo said, "Okay. How about g?" and he wrote the lowercase letter g in the middle of his paper. After a grammar mini-lesson, Bo worked on his letter. I didn't give him any hints about spelling, grammar ex.
but he still did a good job!

It says: "Dear Santa. Please bring me Lincoln Logs." Love, Bo

Working on writing the names of days of the week:

Park Playtime

Molly's first experience on the swings!

Better late than never...

Bo was Mario for Halloween and Molly was a ladybug. Of course Molly was in bed about the time that Bo and I set out to trick-or-treat, but Bo had a great time trick-or-treating with some of the big kids from church. He wanted to go up to the houses on his own with the older kids which made the experience bittersweet for me. He's growing up too fast!! Some of the kids told me that Bo had the opportunity to get more than one treat at the houses but he would usually only take one. Skittles were his favorite things to get. He also learned the words to Ozzy Osborne's Crazy Train so he's been singing that ever since.

Bo with our jack-o-lantern. Bo named him Jaden.

Thanksgiving

We had lots of fun with the family for Thanksgiving, and I remembered to take pictures of all of the kids (for once).

Bo and Tyler were also able to enjoy a fun game of football on Saturday, and Molly and I were the cheerleaders and the photographers.

Here's the latest on Molly:
At almost seven months old, Molly loves:
music (her favorite songs to listen to are Randy Travis' Deeper Than the Holler, John Michael Montgomery's Life's a Dance, Elmo's Song, & Nicki Minaj's Super Bass)
baths
her babysitter Dee and her husband Mr. Kenny
all of the silly things that Bo does
solid foods (especially the vegetables)
being carried in the Baby Bjorn or going on walks in the stroller
toys with tags
watching me sign different things like "all done" and "bath"
snuggling with blankets
the Super Why tv show theme song
Sportscenter
being clapped for when she does something
feeling Tyler's unshaved face
being outside (especially when it is a little breezy)

At almost seven months old, Molly dislikes/has no patience for:
car rides that are longer than ten minutes and/or too sunny
socks on her feet (she prefers to eat them)
a particular nurse at her doctor's office that she knows has given her shots before
the taste of Tylenol
sitting up on her own (she doesn't mind being in her Bumbo seat or something else that supports her while she is sitting up)
not getting attention for a time period any longer than five minutes

We also took Molly to have her head re-measured this week. At her six-month visit, it was 2.2 cm larger than the 100th percentile measurement and this time it was only 2.1 cm larger so we're moving in the right direction. We won't have to do the CT scan anytime soon, and she doesn't have to get her head re-measured until her 9 month well-visit. Although her head didn't grow much this month, her body did. She's a pound heavier than she was last month! She's now 19.3 lbs which Bo did not weigh until he was 9 months old!!
Here's a comparison of Bo and Molly at 7 months old. With the exception of the eye color and shape, they could be twins!