Fall Weekend & Nine Months for Lillian!

We have had a very nice weekend.  I appreciated the weekends while I was home with the girls, to have a little break.  Now I am glad of the time to be with the girls.

Lillian is now 9-months-old!  She is growing well and still trying hard to crawl.  She is also practically obsessed with pulling and is always trying to stand up.  Still no teeth though, although she's been suffering more with her teething this weekend.  She has to get teeth one of these days!

Audrey is such a little character.  She is always singing and dancing and racing around.  She continues to enjoy pretend play and has a blast with her Nana who plays along in any role Audrey commands.

This afternoon we went over to Valley Forge which was especially beautiful on this sunny autumn day.  We had a bit of a photo shoot and I got to play with my cameras, but no matter how many pictures I took, we couldn't seem to get the two of them to look at the camera at the same time!

  

October Fun

October was our last big hurrah before I went back to work.  I've been back at work for two weeks now - slightly interrupted by my namesake hurricane.

I took the girls out to California so that we could visit and help out while Adele & Jonny's nanny was out of town.  We had a great visit and really enjoyed the weather.  Audrey and Adele played nonstop and Lillian and Jonny were pretty interested in each other also.

We got to visit a really nice new park in L.A. with a water park, it was a big hit.  It's called Grand Park and is right downtown.

We also got to celebrate Jonny's first birthday!  He was a fan of the cake.

And while we were sad to be away for Michael's birthday, Audrey and Adele did make him a nice birthday poster.

And we went to Disneyland.  Although Audrey went just before she turned two, that was right before her long-term memory really kicked in, so it was all new for her.  It was hilarious to see her reaction, as she can be quite dramatic.  There was a lot of squealing and shouting, "I'm so excited!!"

Back in Philly, we went to the Boo at the Zoo event with one of Michael's co-workers and his family, including Audrey's new friend Reagan.

And then the real deal :)  Halloween!  Audrey decided to wear her spider costume again which was a surprise for us.  Luckily we could just squeeze her winter coat under it as it has really cooled off!

Our worn out little puppy.

The girls seem to be adjusting to my being back at work.  They love having their Nana here to take care of them.  Unfortunately Lillian doesn't want to have anything to do with bottles, but we keep trying and hopefully it will get easier.

Lillian continues to add new sounds to her repertoire.  While we were in L.A. she started saying ba-ba, and ma - both of which were especially exciting.  She is also trying to start pulling up, although she still has no concept of falling.  She doesn't really try to hold on or avoid falling at all.  She loves to stand though.  And this week she started clapping!  She is still trying to crawl and gets her entire body off the floor - like she's doing pilates, but still only goes backwards!  It's quite funny.

Audrey is also growing like crazy and doing really well.  She is so smart and I can't wait for her to start reading.  She is doing a great job writing letters and is learning more letters all the time.

I hope everyone had a good weekend & isn't too sad about the end of daylight savings - enjoy the extra hour!