Time Flies

The other day I was at the dentist. He took a good look at the two adorable teeth Laurie has and asked, "How old is she, seven months?" I promptly corrected him, "Nope, she's six months. She is just big for her age." I thought through my answer and realized that I had been telling people that she was six months old for about a month... Oops. He was exactly on the nose - she was officially seven months old the following day. He said he could tell from her teeth so I guess that means they came in at the exact right time. (They broke through on the airplane when we traveled to Utah so I know the exact date - June 30.)

Anyway, I can't believe how quickly time seems to be going right now. Part of that probably stems from a three weeks vacation. That time just kind of vanished and now it is suddenly a month later. Then Andrew went south to drive from Utah to Texas with his dad so we "lost" another week.

I felt like the transition between six and seven months has been a huge one for Laurie. She is well past the infant phase and even seems like she isn't so much of a baby anymore even though she is still a ways out from becoming a toddler. She isn't quite scooting but seems like she will be any day. She is becoming more and more interactive. She LOVES to smile and her daddy and her brothers. Yesterday when Andrew had left the room she called out to him with a little cry and started waving her hand - opening and closing her fist in the way that we would typically do in saying hello or goodbye. She has learned that doing that means something, she just didn't have quite the right meaning.

Peter is finishing up his soccer season. It is too bad that we missed several games and practices while we were in Utah. His coach has been great and he seems to be on a really good team. He has been enjoying playing as the goalie although in today's game he played defense and forward in the two halves and was good in both of those positions as well. Peter also loves board games and plays daily. His favorite is Monopoly. Ammon and I each have times when we play against him.

Ammon does a lot of reading, playing on the wii, and is involved in scouts. We are looking forward to him doing a five-day kayaking day camp in a few weeks.

Andrew is enjoying work as a banker but is beginning to throw in for promotions. We'll see where that takes us.

I'm loving my family and am amazed to see how quickly and constantly life seems to change.