What an almost 10 month old is up too...

Looking like a big girl in her clothes! She's wearing size 18 month, and just start looking less and less baby-like! Oh and see those wet sleeves? She is not the biggest fan of long sleeve shirts. She tries to bite them off! This is her new Happy face.... mouth open, tounge out!
She loves to open every single drawer and cabinet!

And she now rearranges furniture (chairs) and her toys by pushing them all around the house!

I love this one.

She runs into the walls often.... Our guess is she will start walking in the next month... Daycare thinks very soon, and they have to be right... They see kids ALL THE TIME!

Her other favorite hobbie is running thru the house (or anywhere) on Daddy's shoulders.

They Melt My Heart

Fall is in the air! It's September, the greatest month ever, and the evenings are slowly getting cooler and cooler...

The other night after dinner there was a really nice breeze outside so Brian decided we need to hang out in the backyard for a bit... It was near perfection! Leah is starting to get REALLY playful! I absolutely LOVE to see Brian and Leah playing together!
We ALWAYS get comments on Leah's eyes... just look at them!! They are so pale blue, they turn practically white in the middle when she is outside!

Attacking her daddy

This picture makes me cry with happiness... I love these two so much!

But she's my baby...

After Brian dropped Leah off this morning he gave me a call....
Brian: "They are going to start to transition Leah into the 1 yr old room. They will start taking her over there for 10 minutes at a time, and then 30 minutes, and then work her way up to all day, with her there fully by the end of next month for sure."
Me: as I start to tear up..."but she's only 9 months!"
Brian: "They said she meets all the requirements to move on."
I know my child is amazing and brilliant and looks like a 1 year old... but I am just not ready for her to move on! I think I can talk all I want about her 1st birthday, but the actual thought of no longer being considered a baby, being a year old, no more infant room, becoming a toddler, makes me so sad!
I just picture the 1 year old room with no highchairs, and sleeping on cots instead of cribs, and drinking out of real cups, and teaching the kids math and how to read, and the real 1 year olds picking on my baby girl!
I know it wont be like this at all... I know she wont really be in a cot until she is 12 months atleast, and Leah might be the bullier since she is so much taller than everyone else... side note, when I picked her up the other day I totally saw her ripping a toy out of a boys hands....
But I am just not ready for by baby to start growing up just yet! She is going to turn one, and then two, and then 10, and 16, and 18, and 21, and graduate from college, and get married, and have her own children.... all in a blink of an eye!
I need to take some advice from Kenny Chesney.... "Dont Blink!"

We went for shoes and bought a dress instead...

Isn't it adorable?? I picture her wearing it with white tights!! I can't wait for fall!!! Go away hot weather!!

Trying to join in...

"HHHHHHey Cora!!! Whatcha doing up here!?!?" 'No!? You're just going to lay there?! You dont want to play with me?! That hurts my heart!!"
"Hey guys let me in!!" said Leah and Mommy repeated "No Leah! No!" while taking pictures! :)

And please notice this size difference... These 2 are litter mates... Cora (left) is a petite, fast, smart, sassy thing while Jax (right) the big boy is a big goofy, loving, giant!

Leah's new ride!

Brian and I live less than 3 miles from the Katy Trail and there are plenty of other bike trails all around the St. Louis area!

We have bikes in our garage... have a rack for the car... and admit that we have only been a few times in the 4 years Brian has lived in this house!

But all signs pointed to us needing something for Leah to ride around in... 1. My brother said that if we came to visit him over Labor Day weekend we needed to bring our bikes, 2. we are reallying enjoying getting up and doing things as a family in the mornings on the weekend and bike riding this fall sounds marvalous! 3. uhh we need physical activity!

Today at Target we came across this contraption for only 50 dollars, regulary 100, and it fits 2 kids so we can definitely use it tons now AND in the future (NO I am not pregnant, just planning ahead!) Why shoudlnt we have bought it!?

We of course brought it straight home and wanted to try it out!!!

"Whatcha doin?"

"Hurry up! This looks fun!""I can help with this!""I am ready to go!!"

"Aww we are done already!?"

I cant wait to use it this fall!!