The month of September was busy, but certainly fun-filled! We went to Ohio for a friend's wedding, helped get my parent's house ready to be put on the market, went to a couple showers for work girls, took my dad bowling (one of his favorite hobbies), did some Christmas shopping, went to the Children's Museum, and had dinner dates with many different families (White, Getty, Syrek, and Obenchain families). Pete and Keith took the kids to the zoo on a Saturday morning of my work weekend - they seemed to have a very good time. I took Claire to see her first movie (Toy Story 3) - at first she was really scared and covered her eyes with her blanket and by the end of the movie, she was sitting in her own seat chowing down on popcorn.
Claire is at the "push buttons" phase - we will tell her to pick something up and she will put her hands about 2 inches from the object and freeze, and then look back up at us with a smile. BUT, she is very good at saying "please" and "thank you" and whever Grace comes to play with the toy she is playing with she quickly gets up to get Grace a toy. Claire started back in her PDO program and goes to "school" 2 days a week. She loves it! Her new obsessions are Dora the Explorer and The Fresh Beat Band. She loves playing with dollhouses which is good because that is a Christmas gift coming her way!
Grace is a bottomless pit - she eats and eats and eats. She is such a laid back kiddo. She started to have some anxiety when Pete or I leave the room but she is getting better. She has started pulling herself up onto furniture and walking along the couch.
Here are some pictures from our month of September...
Mike, Anne, myself, and Pete and Scott & Trina's wedding
Ashley, Anne, and I
The beautiful bride and groom
Grandma and GraceThe following are pictures from our bowling adventure. We had bumpers and light bowling balls to help Claire and my dad, BUT my dad got a strike using NObumpers and NO special treatments! What a rock star!
Proud papa after his strike
Action shot
Claire in bowling shoes - adorable!
Grace was a big help :)
Grandpa and Grace
Proud papa after his strike
Action shot
Claire in bowling shoes - adorable!
Grace was a big help :)
Grandpa and GraceThe following are pictures from when Pete and Keith took the kids to the zoo. (It was my weekend to work so I was sleeping)
Grace content in her stroller
What a crazy picture! (Obviously there is glass in between)
Keith and Claire after Claire has yelled out "Hey, giraffes... wanna eat?"
You may think this picture is off centered - but that gentleman on the left is Dallas Clark (tight end for the Colts)! They bought tickets around the same time which meant the pretty much went through the zoo together - Pete and Keith were pretty pumped.
Grace content in her stroller
What a crazy picture! (Obviously there is glass in between)
Keith and Claire after Claire has yelled out "Hey, giraffes... wanna eat?"
You may think this picture is off centered - but that gentleman on the left is Dallas Clark (tight end for the Colts)! They bought tickets around the same time which meant the pretty much went through the zoo together - Pete and Keith were pretty pumped.One evening, Pete and I took the girls to the park...
Our little monkey, Claire, climbing all around
Me, attempting to help Grace down the slide and Grace looks like she is skeptical
Pause at the bottom of the slide for a quick picture
Grace in the swing, rockin those adorable shoes!
Our little monkey, Claire, climbing all around
Me, attempting to help Grace down the slide and Grace looks like she is skeptical
Pause at the bottom of the slide for a quick picture
Grace in the swing, rockin those adorable shoes!One day, Mallory and Jude met up with us and we went to the Children's Museum. It was a lot of fun and all kids seemed to have a great time!
Grace getting tired in playscape from all of the playing
She was dropping toys over this ledge and watching them fall
More playing
Jude and Claire at the water table
Claire at the water table
Grace playing with the (unbreakable) blown glass
Jude and Claire watching the train
Jude showing Claire the ropes
Carousel ride!
Teamwork :)
Indulging in Dippin' Dots after a great day
Jude and Claire watching the water clock
Claire and Jude hugging good bye
Claire's first outfit she picked out
The swing on our balcony soothing Grace
Opa and Gracie
Claire sitting at her new Dora table eating some ice cream
Claire's smile when you ask her to smile for the camera... ha! :)
Go Colts!
Ready for the game!
Grace loving her swing
Claire with a very sweet face
Claire being a little dramatic...
Grace watching Claire in time out (Claire didn't want to share this seat)
Claire ready to go for a walk
Jude and Claire going for a ride
So photogenic together
Teething Grace
Can't believe how big she is getting!
Mommy and Grace 
I attempted to cut Claire's hair - the only way for her to sit still was to be eating Cheetos and watching Dora
Pretty "even"
Making music in the tub
A shot of the finished product of Claire's hair - and yes, I ventured enough to throw some layers in there!
Grace standing on her own (for a very brief moment)
Ha, I let Grace have an oreo.... then a bath!
Chowing down
"Hey Mom, look at my oreo!"
Grace getting tired in playscape from all of the playing
She was dropping toys over this ledge and watching them fall
More playing
Jude and Claire at the water table
Claire at the water table
Grace playing with the (unbreakable) blown glass
Jude and Claire watching the train
Jude showing Claire the ropes
Carousel ride!
Teamwork :)
Indulging in Dippin' Dots after a great day
Jude and Claire watching the water clock
Claire and Jude hugging good bye
Claire's first outfit she picked out
The swing on our balcony soothing Grace
Opa and Gracie
Claire sitting at her new Dora table eating some ice cream
Claire's smile when you ask her to smile for the camera... ha! :)
Go Colts!
Ready for the game!
Grace loving her swing
Claire with a very sweet face
Claire being a little dramatic...
Grace watching Claire in time out (Claire didn't want to share this seat)
Claire ready to go for a walk
Jude and Claire going for a ride
So photogenic together
Teething Grace
Can't believe how big she is getting!
Mommy and Grace
I attempted to cut Claire's hair - the only way for her to sit still was to be eating Cheetos and watching Dora
Pretty "even"
Making music in the tub
A shot of the finished product of Claire's hair - and yes, I ventured enough to throw some layers in there! 
Grace standing on her own (for a very brief moment)
Ha, I let Grace have an oreo.... then a bath!
Chowing down
"Hey Mom, look at my oreo!"One day, the girls and I went to the local library to look around and it was a lot of fun. Here are some pictures....
They played on a little computer
Lego wall (we plan to re-create this for Grace's birthday)
They both loved it
Grace enjoyed this puzzle where you could move the car around
Claire liked this dollhouse (surprise, surprise)
Another cool shot thanks to clear walls!
Grace ready to do some grocery shopping with mom
Claire and Grace were big troopers in the store once we discovered this cool cart
We added another swing to our balcony so the girls can swing together
We met my mom at Fazoli's for lunch one day
Needless to say, it was a messy choice
They played on a little computer
Lego wall (we plan to re-create this for Grace's birthday)
They both loved it
Grace enjoyed this puzzle where you could move the car around
Claire liked this dollhouse (surprise, surprise)
Another cool shot thanks to clear walls!
Grace ready to do some grocery shopping with mom
Claire and Grace were big troopers in the store once we discovered this cool cart
We added another swing to our balcony so the girls can swing together
We met my mom at Fazoli's for lunch one day
Needless to say, it was a messy choice
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