9 Months Old... So Big!

Today the girls are 9 months old. Over the last month, lots of things have changed! Both of the girls are crawling, pulling themselves up on furniture (and people, doors...really anything they can), feeding themselves finger food, drinking out of sippy cups, chattering, giving kisses, mimicking, and playing with each other. It's amazing how fast they learn to do new things. It has been so much fun to watch them grow! Cory and I look forward to the next month of changes... I'm thinking we may have a walker soon!

Happy 9 Month Birthday, Izzy!

So big!

Happy 9 Month Birthday, Ava!
She does not look pleased!

Ava is always on the go...

Enjoying a book together... Really the only way to get
them to hold still!

The brush helped too...

Payoff after a long photo shoot.

Our first Halloween

The girls and I were in costume and all set to go right when Cory walked in the door at 5:30. We had three stops on our agenda. A. Mom and Dad's. B. Cory's mom and dad's. C. Dan and Michelle's (girls' daycare on Th and F). Everything went as planned, except in between points A and B, and B and C. Whaaaa, whaaa, waaaaaa! Screaming is all we heard in the car on the way to each of our destinations. Lucky for us, the girls were as happy as can be once we took them out of the car at each stop. Wheew. It made for a long night. But so worth it in the end! We all had a blast trick or treating on our first Halloween as a family!

The girls love their jack-o-lanterns

Izzy & Ava- yes, Izzy is the cow

Ava the lamb

Izzy the cow

Grandpa Leo and Grandma Joli with the girls

Grandpa John and Grandma Lee with the girls

Michelle and Dan with the girls... Love the penguin getup!

Silly Baby

Payback.

Izzy is tired of Ava bulling her. Today she retaliated.

Pumpkin Carving

This weekend we decided to carve pumpkins with the girls for Halloween. I had high hopes of letting the girls play in the pumpkin goo to make it an "experience", but that all changed when I stuck my hand in and came out with a nasty stank and pumpkin guts up to my elbows. It is bath night and all, but we decided it was best if the girls watched the process from the exersaucers. They were very interested in what we were doing and enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Here are a few photos from the big carving event.

Mama hard at work

Daddy hard at work

Finished product

Ava and Izzy don't quite know what to think

Our attempt at a family photo using the timer function... ha!

Please don't report us to CPS.

So after Ava had mysteriously escaped from the exersauer today, Cory and I were dying to find out how in the world she did it. So, like good parents, we got out the video camera to do a little detective work. We used Mazy's red ball as bait and it didn't take long for us to see the escape artist in action... Harry Houdini would be proud.

Ava Houdini

Harry Houdini

 ***NO ONE WAS HURT DURING THE FILMING OF THIS VIDEO***

Easily entertained...

Mirrors are cool!

Food always does the trick

Tile floor = loud noises when you bang

When all else fails...Johnny Jump Up

No need to play IN the exersaucer

Who knew the vent would provide entertainment?