Mama

Lucy hasn't been talking much at all and we were getting a little worried about her, but I guess she just didn't want to talk babble if she didn't have anything important to say. Now she is saying Mama mama mama whenever she wants me, take a look =)

Fun with Mimi

I don't have anything too exciting to report from the last few weeks, we've been battling a couple of colds/viruses that have kept us pretty homebound, but finally the girls seem to be feeling back to their usual happy selves. Here is sweet Lucy before Avery's soccer game. 

Avery is doing a bit better with soccer games these days, but still doesn't really "get" it =) How can we expect them to be aggressive and competitive when we've only been preaching sharing and politeness their whole lives?!

My girls just hanging out

 Lucy, who has discovered the stairs, and today she actually made it up one! Oh geez...

Last weekend Dave went up to Ann Arbor to run a race with a couple of dear friends.

The girls and I stayed at home for this one, and Mimi came to play- thank goodness for all of her help!

Mimi taught Lucy all sorts of tricks, here they are saying "bye bye." She also taught Lucy how to splash in the bathtub, thanks a lot! Hmm... reminds me of when she taught Avery that same special trick- see here.

We are sure grateful to have our parents close by and the girls definitely love the special relationship they have with all of their sweet grandparents, we love ya!!

Videos of Lucy

Here are a couple of videos of Lucy from the last week or so. Her personality is starting to shine through and she's so darn cute, in my biased opinion that is =)

Happy 7th Months

Lucy is 7 months old, and what a cutie. She is very happy, loves giggling at her sister, is very quiet, but takes everything in and doesn't miss a thing. She has really gotten great at crawling the past week or so- this video is dark, but you get the picture. =) I've got some baby-proofing to do!

Family Pics

We had our family pictures taken!
Here is the link in case you're curious =)

http://kristenweigelphotography.com/#/betsy-morris/

password: morris

Go Vols!

Labor Day Weekend, we ventured over to Knoxville to stay with our friends Kristopher and Jessica Kimball and to go to Avery & Lucy's first TN Vols Football Game! Yes, we are crazy to take them both to a game, but we had the tickets anyway and Nancy was out of town that week, so we decided to make it a family affair. The weather was perfect, the girls were on their best behavior, and we had such a good time hanging out with our friends. We tailgated right next to the stadium and both girls made it through the half time show. Here are some pictures!

Soccer!

Yes, at the ripe old age of 3, Avery has joined her first soccer team =) It's pretty fun- there are 6 people on each team, co-ed, and they play 3 vs. 3 with no goalie and no score board. They have only had one game so far, and it was a bit overwhelming, but Avery seemed to have fun so we'll see how this season goes! Thought you might enjoy some pics.

First practice

Video from 1st practice- she's a pretty good little runner/kicker!

trying on uniforms with Julia Kate

Second practice

team meeting

First game! Go Tigers!

hot

cheering on her team

we survived!

Here are a few clips from her first game. Whereas in practice she runs and kicks with the best of them, at her game she REFUSED to leave the middle of the field. Ha! The other team freaked her out a little bit =) She literally never moved from the middle circle. Frustrating, but cute.