Fall Day

We took a few pictures of Grace for a photo contest. So here is one of them. Next is my sink load of dishes. . .no matter how many I do they are still there. Note to self: Next house;GET A DISHWASHER. Oh, just so you know I don't always look like that. It was 7am and I just woke up.

Here is Mr. Blue eyes who loves ice cream. Then there is Grace minding her own buisness for once and playing in the rain.

What a great day. Its cool and misty. We took a walk to Main Street. Had some purple ice cream, played in the gazebo and headed home. Now its nap time. Except for me. I'm not exactly motivated. I've got a sink load of dishes, a half made treat sitting on the counter and toys everywhere. Maybe if I stare at this screen long enough it will all go away. Things are going well. . .for the most part. Well except for a few small details. I did a mailer for work and used the mail machine to put the postage on. Little did I know I had to mail them that day. . .I mailed them 3 days later so I may have 300 envelopes sitting on my desk tonight. . .along with 300 wasted stamps. Saturday we had our bikes halfway fall off the back of our van all while traveling 60 miles per hour down a major highway. . .no one was injured or even died. . .except for Mike's petal and frount wheel. So over all not too bad. That has been all our excitement. We will keep you posted and can't wait to see what going on with all you guys. Jenny! Hello JENNY! UPDATE YOUR BLOG!!!

Balloon Race

What a bunch. Mike wasn't impressed with the ears. He thought they were dumb and wouldn't get a third pair for himself. I ended up wearing Obie's since Grace insisted.
Grace like the bunny's flip flops.
If Obie touches something, Grace has to touch it too.
And they're off!

This weekend we went to the balloon race. We usually go to the balloon glow which is the night before, but we were too tired and didn't want to fight the crowds. It was pretty fun. We saw sky divers, trampoline jumper people and a bunch of dogs. The balloons were pretty cool too. Can you guess who sponsered the event?

I've got teeth!

Two to be exact.

9 month doctor visit. . .

So Friday was doctor day for Obie. Here is what we found out:
18 lbs. 6 oz. (20%)
29 inches (75%)

Everything is going well with him. No major problems. Grace got a new flu shot thingy that isn't really a flu shot. They actually spray something up each nostril and is suppose to help her not get the flu or for 1 year. We'll see about that. Then since our house is old we had to get them tested for lead which is no easy task. We headed down to the lab not knowing what to expect. We ended up having to get blood drawn from both little guys. They didn't know what was coming to them. They drew it from their arm. Even with Obie. It wasn't the easiest thing in the world. After the screaming and crying was down. Grace ended up with a lolipop, Obie got a stuffed bear and I got drips of Graces blood down my pants. There was one funny part throughout the mess. Instead of putting a cottonball with a bandaide on Grace'a arm they wrapped a purple sticky guaze thing around it. That way it didn't hurt when we took it off. Anyways as soon as Grace say it she started yelling through her sobbs "Like the doggy! Like the doggy!" As she was yelling this she was pointing at the bandage. I think the nurses (and there were a lot of them) thought she was crazy. I soon realized that we have a book about a dog that goes to the vet and gets a bandage on his leg and thats what she was talking about. She was pretty excited to get to match the doggy and get a pink lolipop.

No More EARTHQUAKES!

For those of you who have visited in the past several. . .we more the several months you may know our earthquake causing buddy. . .yes the downstairs potty. Its now good when you have to think twice about using the potty due to its loud yelling and massive pipe jiggling. So as of Sunday, the earthquakes have come to a stop. We took a little trip to Lowes, purchased at $6.57 part and fixed the potty within an hour. Why didn't we do it sooner. . .who knows, we like to suffer.

A few months and a lot of change. . .

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Friday is Obie's 9 months doctors visit. I can't believe he is coming up on his first birthday. I also can't believe how much he's changed. When I see him everyday I don't notice, but looking back at pictures its amazing.

Some Recent Shots

Grace playing Mommy. She got the bowl and the spoon out, but the seat belt on and feed her baby lunch.

Obie cleaning his hands after lunch. . .and making good friends with Juma.

Standing and playing with a wand.

Gracie and I.