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Hello out there in the blog-o-sphere! After a long (and unintentional) hiatus, I've returned to update!

I really should do several entries to cover all the excitement over the last couple months, but I'm sitting here with 90210 on in the background and I know it is moments until one of the girls wakes up from their naps. Instead of great stories and descriptions, we'll just add some pictures of these growing girls!

Holiday Spirit

As Thanksgiving approaches, I'm attempting to get a jump start on my Christmas to-do list. First thing on the agenda is getting a decent photo for this year's Christmas card. The girls have their darling matching outfits and I even pulled out an ornament to use as a prop. I guess this is what I get for trying to be ambitious! My prop turned into something to fight over. I guess I should have gotten two!

Annabelle is 9 months old!

Annabelle had her 9 month check-up this morning. At 9 months, there aren't any scheduled shots, just a finger prick to check her hemoglobin. She did great! She didn't even cry when they pricked her finger. She did give the nurse a look of confusion.

Here are her stats:

Weight: 17 pounds 10 ounces (28th percentile)

Height: 27 inches (31st percentile)

Head: 17 inches (26th percentile)

She is definitely smaller than Lizzy was at this age. I guess that is to be expected since Jason and I are on the smaller side.

Even though there were no scheduled shots today, they had just gotten there supply of the H1N1 vaccine so we went ahead and got that taken care of. Apparently the office has seen a lot of cases so we'll hope we can avoid that. We are trying to get Lizzy in to get her vaccinated as well, but she had to be put on a waiting list. Keep your fingers crossed that we can make it through the season healthy!

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

We met up with the Waughs tonight to take Lizzy for her first trick-or-treating experience! We only went to a few houses but Lizzy had a great time showing off her bumble-bee costume to all her admirers.

Annabelle got some oohs and aahs for her snail costume as well, even if she didn't get any candy out of the deal!

It is really exciting as the girls get older and these activities become things they are actually interested in instead of just a photo op for mom!

18 Month Old Lizzy

I'm WAY behind on my blog posts, but I've had Lizzy's stats sitting here next to the computer for 2 weeks now, waiting to be posted. Here goes:

Height: 32 inches (62nd percentile)

Weight: 22.1 pounds (18th percentile)

Head: 17.5 inches (6th percentile)

More to come on what we've been up to lately!

Construction - Day 1

Friday was groundbreaking day on our big construction project here at Casa Fuller. The girls were VERY interested in all the noise outside the playroom window. Who needs Dora the Explorer when we've got tractors pulling trees out by the roots?!?

Visitors

Grammy Pammy was nice enough to volunteer to come down this weekend to babysit the girls while Jason and I enjoyed an afternoon out at a baby shower for Mike and Terry Friedman. We appreciated the break and even got a welcome surprise when Pappa Jack got to join us unexpectedly on Sunday after a work travel snafu left him stranded in Atlanta. The girls loved getting to play with Grandma and Pappa. They were especially fascinated with the noise activated ghost Grandma brought with her (that is what they are fighting over in the pictures above). Lizzy couldn't get enough of it, even though it scared her too much to touch herself. She was constantly asking for more whenever we turned it off. Even Annabelle was intrigued by it. Within a day of Grandma and Pappa leaving, Annabelle had managed to pull the sheet off the ghost which apparently was enough to relieve Lizzy's fears. The sheet has been returned and now she'll happily carry it around the playroom, setting it off every minute or so, bringing it to me with a giggle to show off what a big girl she is carrying the ghost. I've gotten so used to his spooky howl now that I don't even hear it anymore! I guess we're getting in the Halloween spirit a little early this year!