Time flies or crawls?

I always feel like I don't know what to write about. Little babies don't seem to change very much from week to week, until one day you look at them and they're already walking... Not that my baby is walking, but she was trying to crawl yesterday. She only got one leg under her, but she managed to scoot forward a few inches. That hand was just out of reach! Whenever I used to put her on her stomach for "tummy time" she would just lie there and suck her fist. Now, she's lifting her head up and moving her arms and legs around.
She has started putting weight on her feet and likes sitting up with only minimal back support. She seems to like going outside and fusses if we try to hold her facing us. She wants to see what's going on everywhere. Unfortunately, she can't sit up by herself, so when she's in the stroller, she's still basically facing the sky, which is usually very bright, so she doesn't enjoy it very much. Luckily, she's good about keeping her hat on (for now). And she looks so cute in her little pink hat, smiling at everyone that we don't mind that we have to hold her the whole time we're outside.
She is still very good at getting her left thumb in her mouth while in her bed, but when she goes to sleep, she likes to be curled up on our chest, sucking a few fingers from her right hand. She also goes down to sleep facing right. I don't know how she got hooked on that left thumb, but if it helps her sleep, we're all for it. She's still terrible with a soother and the only time we ever use it is in the car. She can only find her thumb when she's lying down, so when she's tired or grumpy in the car, she just screams.
I think she's starting to prefer mommy. When she's really tired, she screams at daddy and takes forever to go to sleep, whereas I can get her calmed down within seconds (although not asleep - that can take up to an hour when she's really worked up). It's kind of nice to finally have a child who prefers me, although she is really heavy and my arm starts to cramp up after awhile during her evening fussy period. Most of the time, she is happy and loves smiling at everyone around. Many people have commented that she interacts more like a six month old than a two month old. Her little squeals of delight and various cooing noises are the cutest sounds ever. It's impossible to not kiss her all day long!
We were at a ward barbeque last Saturday and she was the hit of the party. Well, maybe not quite, but she was being held by other people for most of the evening and everyone agrees that she is supercute. For the last hour, she was asleep on Julie Baker's chest as Julie rocked in a rocking chair and chatted. I kept on going over to check on her, but she was perfectly content. About fifteen minutes before her next feed, I had to take her away so that we could get home. When I went to get her, Julie held her tighter and said, "I don't think I'm ready for you to go home yet." She is adorable when she's asleep.
Notes about the boys:
The other night, Jeremy made a comment (I forget what about) and I said, "You're right." He immediately replied, "I'm always right!"
He did the same thing the next day. It's pretty funny hearing a two and a half year old say that.
Special words the boys have:
"Jumpolina" for trampoline.
"Library school" for playschool at the community centre.
"Friend" for any child at the playground, no matter how old.
Just now, as I was changing the baby's diaper upstairs, I heard the boys playing in the front closet. Michael came up to check on me and went down the stairs with me. As I opened the front closet to check on Jeremy, Michael observed, "What a mess! I didn't do it. Jeremy didn't do it. I think the baby did it." Nice try destructo boys.