Pumpkin Patch Trip

Last weekend, the Morris' and Romley's hit the pumpkin patch. The girls enjoyed the trip and we even had a private hayride...only VIP treatment for the girls, of course. Josie and Bob's son, Clay, is 13 months old and such a busy body (a very well behaved little boy though). He was eating dirt and crawling everywhere. Let me tell you, we have some crazy times ahead of us in a few months! A good time was had by all.

5 Months

Here are their 5 month pictures (it's really 5 months and 1.5 weeks, but who's counting...Mommy has been busy). They are really growing!

Sylvia Loves Her Cookie

On the exersaucer, there is a round star that I call the "sugar cookie." Sylvia goes for it first and gnaws on it like it's a cookie. So cute! We think they are teething.

Sylvia Crashed

While Evelyn likes to eat books, Sylvia likes to take naps when we read her books. Her she is all cozy on the couch taking a nap like a big girl.

Evelyn Reads and Sits

Evelyn is a big girl. She is already reading on her own (well, she will grab the book, hold onto it and then try to eat it). But, she is really called a big girl because she is sitting up on her own! She is hunched over a bit, but steadies herself on her hands and stays there unassisted for several minutes. Then, she will gently fall over to her back (assisted), and then rolls over to her belly. The other day she kept rolling and rolling, three times!

Pretty Dresses!

Angela dressed the girls up yesterday in the cutest dresses and even put them in tights! She emailed this picture to me at work and I showed it off to everyone on my blackberry while in my meetings all day. A common comment was "I just want to pinch those cheeks!" Of course, referring to Sylvia.

Preparing for Winter

We've had a few chilly days and we are not prepared for winter! I have winter coats and a few sweaters, but nothing for these brisk Fall days. So, I went shopping and scored some cute fleece jackets and adorable little hats. Angela and I nearly rolled on the ground laughing when they tried them on.

Evelyn Holding Her BaBa

Evelyn was captured holding onto her bottle this week. I'm already betting that we'll have a hard time weaning her from the bottle when she's a year old because she loves her baba. My theory for her goofing off while she drinks is because she doesn't want to let it go.

Halloween Ghosts

Angela had the girls paint us Halloween ghosts this week. They are incredibly adorable. She painted their feet white and pressed them onto black paper. The heel part was the ghost's head and toes and foot were the body. Both David and I took them to work to show off our girls' first artwork. Notice Evelyn's foot is painted white in the picture.

Double Duty Feeding

David always feeds the girls by himself when I go for long runs on Sundays. He's getting really good at it. Go Daddy!

Sylvia Is All About Eating

Sylvia is now expressing interest in holding her own spoon, so we gave it to her. She nearly choked herself the first time and she got cereal all over herself, but she had a fun. She was talking up a storm like she was proud of herself. Her sister still gives the "this is disgusting" face when she eats cereal, but she's starting to get the hang of it.

10 Miles for the Girls

When I was pregnant I thought a great motivator for getting back into shape would be to sign up for a race. Today I ran the Army 10 miler. I had 3.5 months to train (since I was not allowed to exercise for about 6 weeks). I ran a long run and 2 short runs each week and ran 10 miles twice while training. It took some real motivation to go running when you're only sleeping 4 hours at a stretch, but it was so worth it. I got my old body back pretty quick and I feel healthy and fit.

It was a marvelous day and I've never had a better run (meaning I felt great the entire time and feel really good post-run...I was definitely slower than my old pace, but I expected as much). According to my GPS watch, I ran 10.19 miles at a 9:11 pace, but the official race results say I ran 9:21, which is still pretty darn good if you ask me. All of my training runs were at 9:45-ish pace, so a great improvement. David and the girls were there to root me on with incredibly cute signs with the girls' footprints and saying like "Run Mommy Run" and "Our Mom Rocks" taped to the stroller (courtesy of Angela!). It did it for Evelyn and Sylvia; they don't need an unhealthy or chubby Mommy (I guess for David too). :)