Whatever It Takes

Our satellite provider is currently having a dispute with Fox and has chosen to not show any Fox related channels until whatever they're arguing about (money, I assume) is settled. That means no FX and no Fox Sports Midwest, along with some other channels. This is a huge bummer for my people and I because we weren't able to get the Mizzou/Colorado game on TV this past Saturday...or were we? Take a look at what we had to resort to.

Pretty sad, huh? Or maybe ingenious? Baldy found the game streaming on some website, hooked the laptop up to the TV and we watched it on that awesome picture that fits our 46" screen so nicely. The upside is that we got to see the game, the downside, well you see the picture, right? No worries now though. My people have switched providers and are all set to watch the Mizzou/Texas A&M game this Saturday. Go Tigers!

Princesses on Ice

A couple of weeks ago, the grandmas, Katie and Lily went to see Disney Princesses on Ice. Lily loved it. She had been obsessed with "Sweeping Booty" for a while, then it was Snow White and ever since the show it's been Cinderella. She still likes to wear her Snow White dress around the house, but I'm guessing that'll change once Halloween rolls around and she can wear her Cinderella dress.

Waiting for the show to start

Popcorn as big as her courtesy of Grandma Gail

Fairy Godmother wand courtesy of Grandma Polly

Waving good-bye to all of the princesses

All of the princesses with their princes

The Bucking Bronco

My people have been trying to catch Henry's latest move on video, but whenever he sees the camera he makes a beeline for it. This is the best they've gotten so far.

9 Months

Henry is 9 months old now. He went to the doctor today and everything looks good. He's 19.4 lbs. and 28" long, 50th percentile for both weight and height. He has 8 teeth (4 on top, 4 on bottom), is crawling all over the place (with his belly off the floor), pulling up on everything and slowly starting to cruise along the furniture. He's progressed from a pterodactyl type screech noise to a nice "ba-ba-ba" kind of talking. The nurse called him a flirt and the doctor called him "social".

Snuggling With Snow White

When Lily pretends to be Snow White, the entire family gets pulled into her fantasy world and the cast of characters are always the same. Greg is the Prince, Katie is the Queen (Isn't the Queen evil? Hmm.), Henry is Dopey and I am Grumpy (Wait, what?).

Ready to Dance!

Lily started dance class last night, beginning tap and ballet. She was super excited. Here she is in her tap shoes... and ballet shoes.

She did a great job listening to the teacher and trying the new things the teacher taught them. Parents aren't allowed in the room during class and they only have a small window to look through if they want to watch. My girl person was able to snap a couple of pictures with her phone through the window and of course, this is what she captured...

Lily off on her own doing who knows what. Ha! She goes once a week for 11 more weeks and then there's a little recital at the end. Should be fun!

New Trick

Henry has a new trick. He can now pull up on things! He's been perfecting it for the last week or so and now tries to pull up on everything. Just yesterday he was pulling up on sister's bed when he fell forward and hit his mouth on the bedframe. It was his first accident involving blood. The first of many, I'm sure. Fun times!

Look at me!

Oh, hi there!

Sister's ready to catch me if I fall.