Bad Blogger...

I sorely need to catch up on the blog and get pictures up, but it seems like every time I sit down at the computer I am consumed by other chores. We are all doing very well and have a had a busy fall. Joshua's soccer schedule takes most of the blame for the crazy schedule. It seems like a LOT of soccer for 3-4 year old kids. We have a skills night once a week, practice once a week and 1-2 games a week....UGH! All of this while carting around a not too cooperative baby who is usually hungry since everything seems to start at 5:30 or 6:00. I am SO glad that our last game is this Saturday. All in all Joshua has enjoyed the soccer experience. He's not an aggressive player so he doesn't get the ball much but that boy LOVES to run and is just happy to be out on the field. He has also taken a deeper interest in baseball since the Rangers made it to the World Series (or as he called it "the World Serious"). He and Eric spend most evenings in the backyard throwing and hitting the ball. Maybe T-ball will go better the second time around?

Miss Lily is getting too big too fast. She has taken a few steps here and there but isn't really ready to let go and walk on her own for any length of time. She loves to hold one of my hands and walk next to me. I think we've walked miles in circles around our house over the past couple of months! She can also shimmy up the stairs faster than the dogs and takes great delight in doing so if Joshua happens to leave the bottom stair gate open. I think she just likes to hear mommy and daddy gasp and race up to get her. She giggles at us from her perch on the top landing. Little stinker indeed! I cannot believe her first birthday is just around the corner. I ordered her invitations and party gear today. We are going ladybug themed since we call her our LilyBug all the time. I'm hoping as she gets older that we can celebrate her unbirthday in June. Having her birthday right on top of Christmas is a little daunting. I feel like I'm buying too many things and can't decide what to give her for which occasion!

Halloween was a big hit in our house this year. I wasn't sure how Lily would respond to all the costumes and Trick or Treating, but she loved every minute of it. She even left the tiara of her costume on for most of the evening! Joshua was Buzz Lightyear again and Lily was Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty). We pulled Lily around in the wagon and she was happy to ride and point at all the other costumed kids running around. We also had Lily's baby dedication at church on Halloween so we had Grandma and Grandpa Robinson in town for all the fun. All in all it was a fun, sugar filled weekend.