Pumpkin Patch 2010

This was Monica's first trip to a pumpkin patch. As you will see she loved it, because their were so many things to put in her mouth. It made it hard to get any good pictures. But we had fun. And the best part is that Andrew's huge pumpkin was only $4 and her little one was $1.50 I'll post pic next week of our pumpkin carving extravaganza we have planned for this Sunday.

getting "so big"

Once again Monica has learned something new... she loves being "SO BIG"

Andrew has been practicing his rhythm at church. We turn on one of the preset sounds on the electric drums and he keeps the beat. It's hard to tell in the video, but he can do the bass with his foot as well as both hands.

8m, 9m, and Kindergarten Pic

So I messed up and didn't get an 8m pic with Hoppy, but I did a get few with big brother. We also had prof. pics taken that I will post sometime next week... hopefully. :)

As of the past 2 months, so much has happened. Monica is now a baby on the move. She never stops. She gets into everything! She has figured out how to crawl, normal crawl, and how to pull up to her knees. She also is a human vaccum cleaner. Unlike her brother which didn't put toys in his mouth til 2 1/2 yrs old, every little speck goes in her mouth. To the point that if she's on hardwood floors she gets frustrated that she can't pick up the knots and get them in her mouth.

She now says Dada and Mama, waves hello and by-bye, claps, gives kisses and waves her hand at her nose if we say she is stinky. We are working on signs, but she doesn't' really do them yet, even though she does recognize them. She has two bottom teeth, but it looks liek more will be following soon. She loves any and all baby food, but still wants it thick. So we do 3+ jars of stage 3 jars a day. She also loves Gerber puff, veggie crunchies, yogurt drops and crackers that daddy occasionally sneaks to her.

Her current stats from her recent 9m check up are...

Height 28in 60% 6m was 26.5in 75%

Weight 18lbs 11oz 40% 6m was 16lbs 6oz 55%

Head Cir. 17.75in 80% 6m was 17in 74%

9 month pic with Hoppy *notice the bow is in her hair without a headband. It didn't stay long, but slowly she's getting more hair.

Trying to kiss Hoppy

two teeth

Andrew Kindergarten Picture! He looks so much older then last year's picture.

Last hike of the season

Last weekend we drove up to Estes park to squeeze in one more hike before it snowed. It was chilly but we saw some beautiful waterfalls.

Andrew's new adventure

Missouri Trip

A few weeks ago the kids and I had the chance to make an extra trip to Missouri. On our last day there Grammy and Poppy took us to the Dickerson Park Zoo. Not much has changed from when I was little!

This was our favorite duck We named him Einstein.

I think this fish could have eaten Monica

The otter loved playing with Andrew. We stood there for at least 15min watching the play through the glass

One new thing they have is an area where you can feed the Giraffes. Andrew thought the food smelt bad, but the Giraffe sure didn't seem to mind.

Newest addition...

This is the newest addition to our family. Our dear friends, gave us this HUGE swing set since their three boys had out grown it. It literally takes up the whole grass area in our back yard. But it has been so awesome this summer. Andrew has spent countless hours on it and John figured out how to tie his hammock, he got for Christmas, between it and the tree.

It has three place for swings, one of which we put a baby swing on, a slide, rock wall made of REAL rocks, a rope/disc swing, and monkey bars