Just a sampling of Kate's 9 month pictures we had taken today! Lucas got his 4 year picture taken too, but they're all turned the wrong way for blogging! I'll work on it!

Squire Boone Cavern

We went on a day trip last Sunday to Squire Boone Cavern with the McAfee family. Lucas and Sam had their flashlights and were ready to see some bats. If you ask Lucas about his visit to the cave he'll tell you his favorite part was seeing the bats (we never saw any though! :)) I think we'll take an annual spluenking trip every summer.

Is it time to go yet? 73 stairs down and 73 stairs back up!

Action shots! Lookl at all those bats!

Lunch break! What big helpers!

Mining for gems! We have a whole bag of them! No gems could be better than Lucas and Kate, though!

Community Park

We've been to Community Park several times this summer. Lucas loves going and feeding the ducks. He's always so excited to feed them, but gets a little nervous when every duck in the park surrounds him. His nose is at perfect nipping level!

Jackson County Fair

Last Tuesday we made our 2nd annual visit to the Jackson County Fair.

The "pee" amigos...we had to stop twice (50 min. drive) for pee-breaks on the way there.

Kate loves hanging out with Pop and watching the boys and all the animals. I'm not sure how I ended up forgetting to take pictures of any of the animals.

We saw tractors, tractors, and more tractors.

We ended the night at the rides and games. What fun we had!

Kate's first graham cracker

Kate's had a variety of new foods this week, plus anything she finds on the floor :)

She loved the graham cracker. She tried rice last night and a french fry today. She seems to want what we have and isn't crazy about her baby food. It takes her 3 meals to go through a Stage 2 food and we still throw lots away. I'm going to move her back to Stage 1 for awhile. She is qutie "gaggy" on anything with texture. Oh well, she's a happy baby, is growing, and sleeping through the night so I'm not too worried!

Back in the swing of things

By Tuesday we were up and running again after Joe and I both being sick Sunday. I needed most of the day Monday to catch up on sleep after my E.R. visit for a Cat-Scan of my guts, which turned out fine! (Long night, long story!) We had our final week of swim lessons! Lucas is definetely more comfortable in the water and willing to try new things! We went swimming at a friends house, made a trip to the library, and today, went to SIGS Sportsplex to "Bounce Time" with Sam and Jake. Everyone had a blast! We had some sweaty, tired boys afterward. The germ-i-phobe in me made Lucas get in his pool (he was too tired to go for a bath) and I squirted some baby shampoo in there to clean him off a bit! Can you blame me with all the illnesses lately?

Kate and Jake having their own fun!

Lucas stealing the cheese from the cheese pit! Check out those red cheeks!

Sam and Lucas were "tit for tat" today! They play and fight like brothers sometimes!

Guess who woke up with a 101.5 temp. after nap?

Kate....we almost made it 24 hours without fever this week....