September Highlights

I put Stella in the Bumbo this morning to "just see" if she could sit up in it and be happy - and she was! I can't believe we are to this milestone already. Stella is about 3.5 months old now. I was having flashbacks to all the fun I had with the girls in the Bumbo seats. They'd sit on the bathroom counter and watch me do my hair, they'd take turns sitting on one on the changing pad while I changed the other one, etc. Stella seems to enjoy being able to sit up and look around.


This weekend we took the girls to another fall festival and bought pumpkins on the way home. We decided to paint rather than carve this year since sharp knives and toddlers do not mix! The girls LOVED IT! They were very proud of their final products that now proudly sit on the front porch.


Addie discovered a hole in Alex's shorts when he was cooking breakfast on Saturday morning. This shorts had put in their time and need to go to Goodwill or even just the trash, but Alex couldn't let them go. So when Addie started grabbing at the pocket with the hole - I cheered her on and she ripped away! Mina got jealous and wanted a pocket to rip as well - so we were finally able to say goodbye to these lovely threads....at last! : )


Here's one of Stella's sweet smiles caught on camera - she's giggling now and we are loving it. We are having trouble not tickling her to hear her charming giggle when we are suppose to be soothing her for bed or naptime...unfortunately it is not so sleep inducing!


A few weekends ago, Alex and I went out to dinner with friends to celebrate Danae's birthday. It was a fabulous adult evening and it was nice for all of us to get a break from the 2 and under crowd!


Addie and Mina have become inseparable playmates lately. They are coming up with new games to play together on a daily basis. Some sweet...some not so sweet. Today's game was one of them would lie down on the concrete step going outside and then the other would walk over the sister lying down (but of course stepping on her). They'd laugh and then it would get rough and someone would get mad...game over!