October, October... Won't you come over?

I LOVE October. My favorite month. The weather is gorgeous, today!

Update? Ok:

Grace is 8 months old. She is everywhere you don't want her to be. We anticipate her to walk by Halloween, Thanksgiving at the latest. She is excellent at standing unassisted and walks everywhere by pushing objects (i.e. step stool, laundry basket, etc) It blows my mind how mobile she is, as her sister didn't even crawl until 8 months. She has quite the personality and tells you exactly how she feels.

Morghan just turned 5. I can't believe how old she is, let alone how old she acts. I'm sad to think she will be in Kindergarten next year, but I know she will love it. Today I caught myself just staring at her. The sweet 4 foot child made me a Mommy and I couldn't be more thrilled. We often tease that we should finding acting classes for her, as she is quite the drama queen. She also loves to talk in a country and British accent.

Day 12

She is following in her sister's footsteps. I can not even begin to count the number of random places that M fell asleep as an infant/toddler. Bathroom, hallway, leaning against coffee table etc. Seems only logical that after G fell asleep sitting up in her crib (twice) that this was the next obvious choice.

Day 11

Comparison of the girls at around the same age. M was 8 months, G is 7 months. They don't look as similar as I thought. Looking through baby books I noted that at this age (7 months) M was longer and weighed less than G. M was 28.5 inches and 19 pounds. G is 26 inches and 20 lb 10 oz.

Day 10

Resourceful little munchkin. She loves to hold your hands and walk. My hands were currently unavailable so she pulled up on M's step stool and realized she could walk with that. I believe this is her new favorite "toy."

Day 9

A sneak peek at the girls' Halloween costumes for this year. They haven't arrived yet, but as soon as they do I can guarantee an attempted photo shoot.

Day 8

So our newest adventure... Baby led weaning: Infant self feeding (no pureed baby food) You can read about it here. (click here) Stange decision for some, something better for us. As you can see, G loves bananas. She has also had mushrooms and a peach so far.

Day 7

I brought out bouncing Tigger and G just isn't quite sure what to do with him. She keeps knocking him over and turning him upside. I suppose she is trying to determine what makes him bounce!