Where did September Go?

Wow, I just realized I had no posts in September. I had documented in my last post what our days are like and none of that has changed. Our weekends in September were packed too, but at least they were packed with fun things. I am going to start with where I left off and hit the highlights. Labor Day weekend we hung out with some friends and walked the trails at a state park near Sioux Falls with my parents. Its so fun to see the girls interact with other kids!

Will, Clara, Amelia, Quinn. Yes she really does drool that much some days.

Come on sister, get up there!

Shawna and me with our girls. We have been friends since we were their age.

Blazing the path in their wagon

Can't believe they are both looking at the camera!

The first weekend in September my friend Kari got married. It was a beautiful wedding and so fun to hang out with my friends. Kevin had a volleyball tournament during the day but was able to join us at the reception. The girls spent the night at my parents so we were even able to sleep in for the first time in a long time.

On September 12 I joined a new decade and turned the big 3-0! Even though I had to work I had a great day! My coworkers (mainly Joni) had decorated my cube with all kinds of "30" things and balloons so I felt festive all day. I got flowers at work from Kevin in the morning, Joni took me out to lunch, I got my free birthday cupcake from "Oh my Cupcakes", had a surprise visit from Shawna in the afternoon, and then Joni and Danielle came over for the evening. Kevin had a volleyball game so that was the only bummer. Despite a few moments of little freak outs, I am doing well with being 30. I keep thinking that in the amount of time I have been alive, if I live that long again, I will be 60! Now 30 doesn't seem so bad! :)

On September 14 I went to a baby shower for my friend Lori and her new daughter and then the girls and I went shopping with my mom since Kevin was in Rapid City for volleyball. Then on the 21st a bunch of my girlfriends and I went shopping and out to eat to celebrate our friend Ann who is getting married on Oct 19. Kevin did not have volleyball that day so he got to spend the whole day with his best little girls.

Love to the Loves!

What a fun month of friends!
Last weekend Kevin had a volleyball tournament at my old high school, Western, so I obviously had to go. The girls and I picked up my parents in Rock Rapids on the way to Hull and we spent the day there. Kevin's team ended up losing to Western in the championship but they played so well. It was fun to watch them play schools that I grew up watching rather than the SF schools that we always see. The girls did well and were pretty tuckered out by the time we got home.

The girls have been so fun lately. They are hilarious and make us laugh constantly. I really feel like they are starting to comprehend more of what we are saying and are starting to play more with eachother rather than just along side of eachother. We can tell them things like "go get a book" and they will go to their basket of books and pick one out and bring it back to us. Or we can say "put on your hat" and they will go to the Tupperware cupboard and put a bowl on their head (haha)! At bed time tonight I told them it was time for bed and to get their babies (dolls). Quinn got up, went to the kitchen where her baby was, picked it up and walked down the hall to their room. When did this happen!!!! Kevin and I ask eachother all the time how this is possible. I swear they say things like"yeah", "hi dad" or "what's that?" Tonight we were playing in the basement and there was a little toad on our back patio. I pointed it out to the girls and then they were obsessed. They would play with something and then have to come back to the window to check it out. I ask them where the toad is and then they put their hands up like "I dont know?" When it was time to go upstairs, they had to wave goodbye to the toad the whole way.

Sweetie Amelia putting on her "hat". 

This goofball has fun all day long....she is a corker, character, and a cheeseball. 

They love to chase each other around the kitchen table or through the tunnel. They love to tease each other by "giving" the other one something and then quickly pulling it away so they cant actually have it. They laugh and smile all the time but they are also very stubborn and persistent. They know what they want (usually what the other one has) and know how to whine to try to get it. Luckily for Kevin and me we figured out the differences in their cries a long time ago :)

We are loving this stage and can't wait to see what these two are going to do next.