Last Saturday we had fun buying a crib for Michael. He has been sleeping in a cute little port-a-crib, but now we want to get that ready for the next baby. He's such a big boy that it is probably time to move him anyway! We want to get him used to his new bed before baby Bethy comes, because we don't want him to have to go through too many changes all at once. After Tom set up the big crib on Saturday, we squeezed it into our bedroom along with the porta-crib and our bed! Things are getting rather squished in our one bedroom apartment! 
Michael turned 10 months old today! He seems less like a baby everyday! I'm sure that he is going to look absolutely enormous next to the new baby! It is so much fun to see his own little personality and preferences coming out. He is an avid thumb-sucker, loves big stuffed toys, and is extremely attached to afghans! He loves to stick his fingers through the holes of an afghan, and bury his face in it. Last Sunday I was trying to get him to sit quietly in church, so I let him take his afghan in and hold it. That worked to quiet him a lot better than the fun little toys I brought in for him to play with! 
It amazes Tom and me how Michael just naturally likes boyish things even at such a young age. His favorite toy is a little car carrier truck that comes with cars to put on it. It was a gift from my Grandpa and Grandma Harrison for Christmas. Grandma commented that she had picked it out because she knows how little boys like cars (I guess she has some experience! ).
I've been having difficulty using self control in buying girlish outfits for baby Bethy! A couple of weeks ago we went to "Children's Orchard" to look at the baby clothes that they sell. A lot of the clothes are secondhand, but are in excellent shape--not like a lot of thrift stores I've been in. After spending a long time eliminating some adorable clothes, I ended up with four sweet little dresses that were $4 or $5 each! Two of them were brand new and still had the tags on them! I tell you, it was hard to come away with only four!
It has been extremely hot here--the thermostat says that it is over 80 degrees in the house! Today I felt tempted to turn on the air conditioning! It feels so funny to be feeling this way in February! | 
Little girls are such fun to dress up, and they have a tendency to go through a lot of clothes, which of course gives mommy an excuse to try out all those fun dresses. 
