Lately...

Well we have continued to be busy (and sleep deprived) as we work to get fully settled into our new house, keep up with two little ones, prepare for an upcoming 2 year old's birthday party, etc.  The weeks are flying by and it's so hard to believe that Kens is going to be 2 next week!  This past year has gone so fast.  I feel like all we did was blink and here we are with two kids in a new house.

Nana and Papa are finally back from their world travels so they came to spend last weekend with us.  They played with the girls, helped paint, made food and babysat so could get a lot done around the house and run some much needed errands.  We were finally able to finish Kensley's room (see previous post).  We also went to Zoo Boo at the zoo on Saturday afternoon.  We dressed the girls up in their ladybug costumes.  Despite the crazy crowds, we had a good time and great weather.

Walking with Papa and looking so old.

Sweet baby girl



Such a happy girl!

Cheese!

Train ride with my littlest bug!

Getting the hang of trick or treating...immediately going for the candy!

 In an effort to try to get Aves to sleep through the night, we introduced rice cereal.  We had fully intended to wait at least another month or two before trying it (as it seemed to be one more thing to add to our already busy evenings), but we are desperate for more sleep and are determined to try anything.  So in hopes of keeping Avery's tummy nice and full, we turned to rice cereal.  We started it last Friday and surprisingly Avery was very interested.  We've given it to her a few times since and she is slowly getting the hang of the spoon and swallowing.  We've decided to try every other night as we aren't sure if it's upsetting her tummy (we've had a couple of really rough nights here lately).

Kens wanted in on the photo action.

How sweet is she?!

First bite!

Trying to figure it out.

And lastly just a few sweet pictures from today.

Sweet sisters

Such a sweet girl...we just wish we could figure out how to get her to sleep at night!