Halloween!

We had a wonderful Halloween and a special thanks goes out to our WONDERFUL Mary for making Layna's carrot costume. I found Claire's Peapod costume at a kids sale last year and so then I found an article about how to make a carrot costume! Needless to say I do not have a sewing maching--and so Mary offered to attempt it. I think it turned out great! We had an awesome time at our neighborhood party with G and G Zimmerman, Laura and her boys and Mary.

Pumpkin Patch!

We kept our tradition again this year by taking both girls to the Pumpkin Patch! Last year at this time I was big and pregnant with Claire and it was so nice to have both of my little girls with me this time. Karl made a big breakfast this morning for our wonderful Mary as we invited her to come along also. We had a great time watching Layna run around and I of course took about 75 pictures! It was a beautiful day and we are so blessed with our two beautiful little girls!

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Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch (cont)

Happy 85th Grandpa Fry!

We had a great party at the Zim house for Grandpa Fry's 85th Birthday! Again-- we just love having them in town to share in all the fun times with our girls!

Sisters!

Claire is starting to eat lots of table food now...and of courese Layna loves feeding it to her!

9 MONTHS OLD!

I cant believe my baby is 9 Months old this week! Claire is such a joy to have around our house--and yes--she is now moving ALL AROUND OUR HOUSE! She began sitting at around 7 months old and three weeks later she was crawling. It has now been about 2 1/2 weeks since she started crawling and she is now standing up next to the couch and fireplace. Today as she was standing next to the couch--she turned her hip, let go with one hand and looked like she was just going to take off! I thought to myself 'NOOO...I'm SOO not ready for this yet!' It is so fun to see how different she is from Layna. She is far more feisty, active and curious that Layna ever was. Claire climbs, digs, grabs and moves FAST! Today for instance--I was in the kitchen and I would open the fridge...BOOM Claire was in the fridge..I would sneek in the cabnet...POW...there was Claire pulling herself up on the shelf! From what I hear her daddy started walking at 9 months--so we shall see! Claire stopped nursing all together about 2 weeks ago. Simply put- she was too busy to sit still that long. Although I was a little sad--it has been nice to give her a bottle as she prefers to sit up and drink like a big girl!

These pictures say it all!! We are IN LOVE!

In other news...Layna had a preschool screening today up at the Parkway Early Childhood Center..and she scored well above her age in all areas! She could count to 12..knew all her numbers and colors, identified all her letters and could take a three part command. She waited her turn, shared with the other kids and was polite and kind! What more could a mommy ask for!? I know..I know...Im SO 'that mom' for posting this on here but I had to brag my oldest up a bit!

LOVIN' LIFE AND LOVIN' MY GIRLS!!