Another month has gone by way to fast!! Clara is 7 months old! She is a happy baby most of the time. She sleeps well at night, but naps are another story. The longest nap she will take is 45 minutes. I can't get anything done in that amount of time. She still has no teeth, which surprises me. Riley got his teeth at 4 month, and she really acts like she has been teething for 4 months now. I guess they will come when they come. Clara is a pro at crawling and stands up to anything that holds still long enough for her to get up. This past week she has become even more brave and will let go of whatever she is standing next to. She usually falls right away, but she is getting better at it every day.

I also can't beleive how much Riley has changed lately!! He is so smart. He knows the standard shapes, and colors, he is learning to count, and he reconizes and can name most of the alphabet. He can dress and undress himself, he can go to the potty all by himself (he has been potty trained now for 6 months, but it is only in the last month or two that he has been able to go all by himself.) He loves to color, read books, and watch Blues Clues. We have also been doing a chore chart with Riley. For some motivation he got a bean bag chair when he filled up his chart with stickers. Riley also moved into a "big, big boy" bed, (more commonly known as a twin size bed.) He loves Mario so I made him a quilt.

The picture is kind of small but it is a rabbit with big ears, and a tail.

Tonight Nicolas made up a new game called diving board. Riley and Clara thought it was the best game ever. We piled almost every pillow and a few blankets into a pile and then jumped into them, cannon ball, back flop, belly flop you name it. It was fun!!