Playing with dolls

I say this all the time but the girls really are seeming older and older! My "baby" is growing out of those baby stages and while I know she is still very young she is an independent, feisty little thing who just doesn't seem as dependent on me as Avery is/was and just likes to do her own thing and not be bothered. Forget taking anything or even suggesting you will take something from her as she will pitch such a fit! I do think part of the reason she seems to be older than Avery was at this time is because of Avery. We rarely play with baby toys but moved right into toddler things and by watching her sister she is learning a lot of tricks. I just love to watch her little brain trying to figure things out. She is at that stage where she is picking up new skills so easily and it still amazes me!
Avery is too much fun but also at that stage where she picks up songs and phrases very fast. She also has reached that age where if you are at a store she "wants" all the toys. They are her "favorites" (does she even know what a transformer does!)





She loves to climb in chairs! She does this constantly and in any chair she can find! Sometimes she sits and sometimes she pushes on the back so I'm afraid she will topple over.


Again with another chair!


Typical Avery face, notice the barely suppressed smile...

And I thought they were photogenic before...

So, I finally got my new camera this week!! (THANKS DAD!) I must say it is quite impressive. It really doesn't take a bad picture so I'm either going to end up with a gazillion pictures over the next few weeks or just have to get really picky with what I keep!
Our first photoshoot was at the pumpkin patch with Tom, Jamey and baby Thomas. It was fun because Ryan and I were like mini-photographers for them. He is quite a cute subject though.
I must say that my girls are so stinking cute though. I can't get enough of them! We got some great pumpkins and we had a very nice evening!










What's in there?
Hey look Dad...
Let me look at that again...