Cole helping me plant a tomato plant. We got started on our garden this weekend. Hoping for a bountiful harvest!
My girls and me on Memorial Day. It was a beautiful weekend with lots of time spent outside!
Going for a ride! The girls love to use Cole’s rocket and he sometimes lets them use it. Lily is almost tall enough to move herself when sitting and has dismounted with some help. Both are able to stand on their own and Lily can cruise between furniture and push the rocket or other toys on wheels. Both love to climb stairs, me not so much! They’ll be 1 in less than a month, yikes!
“My little Huskies” Cole has poor Gracie in a head lock and Lily is so tired and out of it but it’s still the best of many I took!
A fort Cole and I made this week. Not quite as big as one Brian made, but he liked it. Cole calls it his “house”. He has an amazing imagination and loves to leave his various “homes” around the house and come knock on my door. He has all of us over for tea/coffee, cooks meals (usually cereal or pancakes, he’s a big fan of breakfast), and then goes to bed. If only it were that easy to actually get him to bed.
I had to take a photo of our refrigerator today. I smile every time I open it, which is a lot when feeding 3 children all day. When we first moved in and put the letter magnets on someone commented on how it was too bad that our really nice fridge was covered with letters. I don’t see it that way. I love all the colors of the letters and animals. It reminds me of working with Cole on letters/numbers. I love Cole’s artwork and look forward to displaying the girls’ masterpieces. There will be plenty of time when the kids are grown to admire our sleek, stainless steal fridge. Of course by that time we may be in need of a new one.
9/10 months old
The girls at nine months (now almost 10):
-Eating lots of new foods and starting to get really good at feeding themselves
-Grace crawling, Lily crawling and pulling to stand
-Getting into everything!
-Grace has one tooth on the bottom and Lily now has 2 on the bottom and 4 on top. The 2 top front teeth are just starting to poke through which is a good thing since just having the 2 side top teeth made her look a little like a vampire.
-Loving their big brother and laughing at pretty much anything he does. Even if he is a little rough with them and pulls them away from his toys, they still give him smiles. He is my go-to guy on our long car rides home from school. He lets me know if they’re sleeping or awake, gives pacifiers, snacks, or bottles when needed.
We met our new pediatrician at their 9 month appointment. He’s a really nice guy and we’re happy with the practice so far. My lovely ladies are growing though still about a pound apart and an inch difference in length.
Taken 1/16/12 (9 mos old)
Cole, Lily and me
Eating “Mum Mums” a favorite snack of theirs
This is what most of our meals look like at the end. The girls usually need a bath every night now!
We love Sesame Street! This was a favorite of mine as a kid and the first show Cole watched (around a year old). He hasn’t really been into it lately but we found an episode on Netflix today and his sisters decided to join in.
Lily and Grace playing with the music table. Cole loved this when he was their age. Lily was able to climb up herself to use it and I helped Grace. Hopefully this will help Grace develop some strength and confidence in standing and keep Lily out of trouble!
Here she is holding with one hand and with my help is able to walk to me. That is Cole napping in the background. He’s not a fan of naps in general lately and sometimes the only way he will sleep is if I lay down with him on the couch. I didn’t mind it today, I really needed a nap myself!
