Fitz Four Flurry

Long time no blog....... I have so much to tell. Where do I begin??? I will start with Molly and give you the news on Stephen later.

I would never have described Molly as "sweet" before baby Stephen came along, but she has proven to us that she does have a tender side. She really does adore him and wants to be mummy’s little helper, particularly with diaper changes and bath time. She looks for him when she wakes up in the morning and after nap. She is quite concerned when he cries (she calls it "cwyin"). She always wants him next to her when she is sitting. She pats the floor and says "sit down here baby" (how’s that for a four-word sentence). When Stephen was a couple days old, Molly noticed his umbilical cord and said a three-word sentence, "oooh dirty cut". Since Stephen’s birth, Molly has had somewhat of a speech/language explosion. Could be because the daily focus has been taken off of her — not the center of attention. She loves to say the full alphabet over and over in speech babble. She is identifying most colors and shapes by name. In the last two weeks she has decided to care more about numbers. She likes to combine them with the alphabet ("1-2-3-4-i-j-k"). Just a bunch of sounds to her at this point. A couple days ago, I noticed that Molly was counting Stephen’s fingers aloud. Pretty cool.