Just some new pictures

Jolie sits! She is sitting a whole month earlier than Malaya did. It's probably because her squishy belly holds her up :)

We were making apple crisp together and Jolie just thought that this apple ring was delicious.

Hmmmm, somebody found the barrettes! Who knew she had enough hair to hold them all!

Cousin time

Penn, Janet, Eliana, and Little Penn made an impromptu trip down to PA one weekend. The kids had so much fun together, but the time went by so fast!

Swinging Fun

The girls had fun swinging on warm fall days. Even Jolie liked it and she's not nearly as adventurous as Malaya.

cereal

I have been trying to get Jolie to eat from a bottle for over a month! She will not do it. So, 2 days before I went back to work, and out of desperation to prevent her from starving, I introduced cereal.

And by the way, she is still not eating from a bottle and I am back at work. She is going hungry during the day and eating all night long. As you can imagine, it has been a really rough start to the new school year.

Janet, this one's for you.

I spent most of the summer painting. I still have a lot more to do. But, here are some pictures of the rooms that are done. This is our bedroom. I am "testing" the material around the window to see if I want to make it into curtains.


This is the extra bathroom. It is actually the first room I painted. I figured it was small and I could get it done quickly. Well, I learned that nothing gets done quickly with 2 kids running around.

Here are pictures of the girls' bathroom. It is the only room that is 100% done...curtains, accessories, pictures, etc.

This is Malaya's room.

Here is Jolie's room. It is almost complete. Aunt Mel is making some cute girly sea life pictures for the wall behind the crib. That will bring in some more pink to the room. The things hanging above the chair are bubbles. And I am playing around with doing a bubble border too.

Ocean City, NJ

We were able to go to the beach for 2 days this summer. Not a lengthy vacation, but it was great anyway. The girls had so much fun and loved being there!


When we first got to the beach Malaya was a little afraid of the water. She said there were sharks and whales in there. I have no idea where she got that from. Anyway, after about 1/2 hour she decided sharks and whales weren't so bad and she LOVED the water. She spent most of the time running in and out of it. I don't know where she got the energy!

Beach

Malaya seems to make friends with older kids very easily. She likes the 4 year olds. She found this little boy on the beach and they became best friends for the day. The little boy even stood at the water's edge while she was swimming with daddy. He watched and waited anxiously for her to come back and play some more. We were joking that they were going to run off and elope.

Jolie was great on the beach. She just hung out with us and took naps on and off. She did hate the water though. She cried when her feet got wet. Poor girl.

We got wheels!

This is how the girls are getting around nowadays.

bath time

Some cute bathtime pictures!