Well, here we are, back to the month of September. Lily is nearly a year old - only a week and a half to go. And Griff is not far behind her. Things are pretty exciting these days. Both kids are mobile and they are doing great. Griff has taken a few steps, though he still prefers to crawl. As you can see, we've turned the house into Shawshank. They learn new things all the time. They love to read books with Melissa. They have a lot of fun together and with the rest of the family, too.


The kids have made some good advances this month. They quit their binkys cold turkey. They have also graduated from bottles to sippy cups. Let me tell you something, I had no idea what a task it would be to get them to make that transition. Holy smokes, it was much worse than the binky cut-off. We're going to have to work on Griff though about his irrational fear of the vaccuum. He cries really hard whenever Melissa uses it.


I started school again and it is going pretty well. It's keeping me pretty busy these days. Melissa is in 1st birthday party planning mode. Lily will be having a lady bug themed party. It should be pretty cute. Griff is going to be having a baseball themed party, which came as quite a shock to those who know us.


We also were quite pro-active this year and already got the kids their Halloween costumes. Lily has a very cute lady bug costume. Griff is going to be an adorable little devil. We're looking forward to it. Of course, no pictures will be posted until we are much closer to the event.


It's hard to believe that Lily and Griff have been around for so long. We're lucky to have two great little kids like them.