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My good friend Crystal enthusiastically requested pictures to go with the updates below, and really, can I say no to that? Twist my rubber arm. :) So here are some pics of my favorite boys:

Updates on the boys

Thomas update. Thomas is 6.5 months now and growing like a weed! At his 6 month appointment a couple weeks ago he was in the 93rd percentile for length. Most of the clothes that fit him are 12 month size. Tommy is a mover! He rolls easily from side to side and can scoot himself across a room to get a toy. He sits in his walker and walks himself to the garbage can to knock it over and see what’s inside. Sacrament meeting often feels like a bit of a circus because he is not one to sit still. He’s constantly reaching for things, squirming around to see something, etc. He's hands on! We introduced him to some solids in the past couple months, and right now he’s eating baby cereals mixed with fruit and sometimes pasta or a rice dish ground up in the baby grinder. He can sometimes get a Cheerio to his mouth. Thomas takes a nap in the morning about 3 hours after waking up, and then again in the afternoon about 3 hours after the first nap ends. He and Isaac sleep in the same room and go to bed around 8:00-8:30. He sleeps through the night and is in the crib now. Tommy is a happy baby. He smiles readily and is always looking for someone to play with. It is easy to make him laugh, and that laugh is so contagious! He is healthy and happy, and we LOVE LOVE LOVE him!!

Isaac update. Isaac turned 2 at the end of June and is so much fun. He talks in full sentences of 5-6 words now and enjoys making his brother laugh. He LOVES trucks, tractors, cranes, etc. One of our neighbors keeps a big rig behind their house, and we always have to walk past at least once on our walks to see it. Isaac’s favorite movie is Bambi. It used to be Winnie the Pooh, but a couple months ago he made the switch. He likes to have me read him stories and sing and play songs from the Primary Songbook at the piano. He knows all but a couple of the words to the first verses of Choose the Right and Love at Home and is often heard singing. If he could have his way we would go to the store every day. His favorite store is Maceys Grocery Store because they give away cookies at the bakery and balloons at the cash registers. When we pull into the parking lot of the store he says, “Cookie please!” We moved Isaac to a toddler bed a week or so ago, and he seems to like it. He does get up after we put him down, but we just put a doorknob cover on the inside of the door after he gets up the first time. Isaac was a big baby, but he has averaged out and is now typical in height and weight for his age. His head is still big, so he wears Daddy’s sun hat outside since the other hats are too small for him. Right now he is in a clingy phase, not wanting to be left with babysitters or at nursery at church, so Mommy has gotten to know the nursery leaders well. Isaac loves to be carried and held, and he ADORES his green fleece blanket that Aunt Tamara made. There is a specific corner of it that he likes to find, then he folds the edge of the blanket around his finger close to that corner, puts his two fingers in his mouth, and rubs the blanket on his top lip. It’s his comfort position. He is definitely a Daddy’s boy and has been known to wake up the neighbors in the morning with his somewhat hysterical and teary “I WANT MY DADDY!!!” as Walt drives off to work. He is a sweet boy, and we can’t imagine life without him.