Claire's handwriting

Claire has been working really hard on how to write her name. Here are a few samples from Jan and April this year. Now we are working on her writing and spelling Dalrymple. Wish her luck..... :)

This is how claire wrote her name in Jan 2012

                                      This is a sample of Claire writing her name in April 2012

Lydia is 7 months

Lydia is now 7 months old and smiles all the time although has some stranger anxiety still. She has been sitting independently for almost a month and just started scooting backwards when playing on her tummy. She is so curious that she grabs and gets into everything within reach. She has been eating meat baby foods since last month. I just tried to give her some puffs today but she gaged and then threw up, so I will wait a few more weeks before trying it again. Lydia is such a good eater and has really started to favor more solid foods like baby food and rice cereal than her milk. She tried yogurt for the first time this month. She also started screaming and screeching last week and really discovering more of her voice this month. She really watches and studies what her older sister Claire and our dog Joe do. Sometimes Claire and Lydia will go back and forth talking and playing in their own language. Claire can get rough when they play but Lydia still takes it and laughs. Claire is a great big sister and still stops what she is doing to help give Lydia toys or her pacifier. She will also try to diagnose Lydia's crys for me and tell me "I think she wants her pacifier", or "maybe Lydia is hungry," and my favorite " I think she misses Grandma McKinney." I just stopped swaddling Lydia for bedtime a few weeks ago and it has been hard for her and me to get to sleep because now she plays a lot in her crib.

Lydia on Easter

Claire holding Lydia at a baby shower