A visit with Cousin Lily

My cousin, Molly, came into town with her daughter, Lily for a long weekend.  The girls got to see each other again - it'd been several months.  But it was so cute to see them together.  :)

"Look Mommy, another baby!"

"Cheese!"

"Let's play in this fountain together...we're so cute together, they can't get mad at us!"

"This is fun!" 

Reading a story with mommy

More apples!

I made applesauce and apple pie with most of the first round of apples.  I really enjoyed myself, so I decided that we should take Chris apple picking too! So we headed back to Tuttle's Orchard this afternoon.

Brendan loved pulling the wagon through the orchard

He also had to pick apples in groups of "3's", since 3 is his favorite number. 

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IU Football

We have season tickets again this year for IU football.

Our little cheerleader :)

We've discovered that a great (& safe) way for the kids to play at the tailgate is to be in the back of the big red truck!

Katelyn of course enjoys the food and a little relaxing :)

All the grandbabies

Brendan doing what he does best...playing trains

Aunt Jenny & Cousin Bobby

Katelyn catching a 3rd quarter nap - There does not seem to be a game time that allows for a good nap time.

The solution to squirelly kids in the stands...popcorn!  Katelyn loves it!

Apple Picking!

I'm not sure that I'd ever been apple picking.  I don't remember going to an actual orchard to pick.   Anyway... :)  I met up a fellow Mom with her two girls at an orchard near Greenfield, IN (Tuttle's Orchard) and we let the kids pick some apples.  I ended up taking home almost 20 pounds of Jonathan and Cortland apples. 

18 months!

Wow! This "year" is half over! So very hard to believe. Katelyn hasn't had her check-up yet, but will in about 3 weeks. New pediatrician is very hard to get into for well visits - which is really frustrating to me. Stats as of 10/11/11: Height: 31.25 inches (51st percentile) Weight: 21 pounds (weighed with shoes and a wet diaper!) (6th percentile!!) Head circumference: (Don't remember - need to find her paper) Sleep: Katelyn sleeps pretty well currently - 7:30pm or so until around 6:30 or 7am. She generally takes one nap - 90 minutes to 2 1/2 hours in length in the afternoon. She would like to nap earlier in the day that we'd like, so sometimes she'll sneak in a cat nap in the car in the morning, but that generally messes up her afternoon nap. Eating: She pretty much likes just about everything! Veggies are not her favorites, but she'll eat peas and green beans. She absolutely loves fruits - I'm not sure of one that she doesn't like. Otherwise, she eats typical toddler foods - cheese, chicken nuggets, mac & cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, hot dogs, etc. She is starting to drink some milk for us, but prefers her juice. She still nurses once per day at bedtime, but seems to be losing interest in that. Play: She loves Brendan's trains, but also loves her animals - we have a Little People barn that she enjoys as well as some Play Mobile toys. She's starting to really show interest in books, which I hope will help with her talking more. Speech: She is still a little behind on her words. I would say that she has a few more words than last month. At her well visit in October, we'll check her ears again and if they aren't better, then we will be talking tubes with the ENT. We're finishing up some antibiotics now - I think the fourth round since May.

Jumperoo

Aunt Jenny brought back our Jumperoo as Bobby was done with it. Katelyn instantly wanted to get into it. (I think that she feels deprived since when she was at the right age to spend time in a jumperoo, we had our house on the market and only had it out in the basement. So now, she's making up for lost time. ;) )

IU Hats

Mamaw & GrandBob bought IU baseball hats for all three grandbabies. Mamaw really wanted a picture of all three of them wearing there hats... This is the closest we got!

A Ball Pit

We went to a Labor Day Picnic at a friend's house in our neighborhood. They had out a kiddie pool full of ball. We apparently need to invest in something like this...both kids had an absolute ball!

Porch & Deck!

Here are some pictures of our newly finished deck & porch, complete with furniture. We are absolutely loving the new space. The kids enjoy playing outside and Chris & I are enjoying having an occasional meal outside. Plus, it's a great place to enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning.