October is Half Gone.

Yesterday was a busy day at our house.  Miss Mary turned 8 months old.  Here are some shots of the cutie.

And her butt.  It is hard to crawl in that dress.

The normal Lia attack.

I'm gonna get you Mom!

We also made a trip to the Fire Station to finish up a Tiger Scouts requirement.  George has finished 4 of the 7 requirements already!

George was kinda apprehensive until he saw the old fire trucks. 

There was a fire pole!

Lia in the truck.

George taking control.

We also had Adoration at church last night. I was waiting for the babies to rumble.

But we made it over to dinner with no problems.  I am amazed at how much Mary has caught up to Thomas.

There was a little more fun after all the other kids went to bed.

Sickness has been making its way through the house over the last week and a half.  Mary is teething and full of junk, which means she's not sleeping very well. All of that and late night Cub games means the adults are in need of a full night's sleep.  Oh well, XC is finished and it is the last week of soccer so we'll just have to get through it.

October Already!

It has been a crazy 10 days in October.  Some how in between soccer, XC, and the multiple daily trips to school, Mary has grown and learned so much.  Here she is watching soccer.  

Becca didn't feel so hot at the end of last week.  While she was home, she and Lia made this!  

Patrick finished his first XC season on Saturday as the 1st alternate at sectionals.  Although the team did not qualify for state, Patrick has established himself as runner and is set up to do very well next year.  We are very proud of him.

I have LOVED watching this kid run and improve.  

Mary has been using her time well.  On Oct 4, she learned to pull herself up and then finally conquered the crawling thing.  I have a video but I can't get it to load.  She is very happy and proud of herself for both but still gets frustrated that everyone else moves so much faster.