Okay so I know it's been a while since I updated. I have a good reason, I've been busy. We've gone to Warsaw, the park, the museum, today homecoming, on walks, read books, cleaned the house, did a LOT of laundry, and cleaned up a lot of messes. Matt's been quite busy with school and on Monday he starts a new job. He's not quite sure how homework will work in with his school schedule, but I am sure he'll figure it all out.

So enjoy pictures of what we've been doing.

Homecoming at Indiana Deaf

The football team played Mississippi Deaf. At half time the score was ISD 58 MSD 0.

The exciting part for us was half time. My sister Tahnee was a nominee for homecoming queen. At her school only seniors are voted for and anyone can be in the homecoming court. So some years they have 4 girls in the court, this year there were 9. My sister went to all of the girls in her grade and talked them into joining with her for trying to get homecoming queen. Now if you think about it, most of us wouldn't have asked others to join because that would limit our chances of winning. My sister never had that cross her mind. She wanted the other girls to experience this and have fun. Tahnee didn't talk about winning and really didn't think she would. My sister went as far as having 2 of the girls come over to her house and my other sister and her found clothes for the girls to wear. Last Sunday at dinner, the girls were there and over dinner my mom was explaining what it meant to dress modestly. Tahnee had told everyone that they needed to dress modest. When all of the queen nominees were lining up, I heard a few different people commenting on how nice the girls were dressed compared with years past. I thought that said a lot for Tahnee. Tahnee understands what it means to dress modestly and has tried to emphasize this to her peers.

The guy that walked with her has been friends with Tahnee since they were 2.
And the winner is...Tahnee.
The homecoming court...I guess they don't have a king...not sure why?
Tahnee and Matthew
She couldn't have her boyfriend walk with her because he's a junior.
The way cool car she got to ride in. Lucky.

Tahnee up close in the car.
Tahnee and Ally. I had Cosette in the snugli, so it would've been to hard to get her in there.

Our BIG girl!

Okay so Cosette has grown, but every picture I take of her makes her look like a sumo baby. Maybe that's what I get for taking a picture of her in her diaper.

Sisters

Our New Stroller

Matt and I saved up for a few months so we could buy this stroller. It is really cool. There are 4 ways you can have this stroller. We'll probably just use it like this though. Ally and Cosette seem to really enjoy the stroller. They've both taken naps in it, so it must be comfortable for them. I like it because it maneuvers well when jogging or getting around the clothing racks at the store.

Ally loves hats. She has lots of hats and likes to wear them around the house. One night while Matt was at class Ally kept handing me hats to put on her. When we finished with her, she started putting hats on me. I didn't want to embarrass myself so I didn't get a picture of what I ended up looking like. When Matt got home there were hats all over the house.

Ally also really enjoys reading books and it doesn't matter if they are upside down or not.
I am going to use this for blackmail later on!

Childrens Museum

We went with the hope of seeing the robot exhibit, but the majority of things were broken.

When the carousel first started this is how Ally looked.
When it came back around, this is how she looked. She didn't stop crying until it stopped. Normally she loves the carousel.

A few random pictures.

Ally is so silly.
Ally helping me give Cosette a bath. Both of my girls prefer to lay in the bath tub rather than in their baby tubs. Cosette had so much fun splashing herself with her legs and arms. Ally had fun watching until she realized that she wasn't getting in with her sister.
When we aren't keeping a close eye on Ally this is where we can sometimes find her.

We went to Warsaw a few weeks ago and Ally had so much fun with this stroller.

She had even more fun when I took the doll out and put her sister in.
Can you see Cosette peaking out the side?
So cute!

At the park in Warsaw. We went for a walk and saw a whole bunch of deer.

Sisters

Our big girls

Last Monday the girls had their well baby check-ups. At 15 months old Ally was weighing in at 24 lbs and is 32 in tall. At 1 month Cosette was weighing in at 10.13 lbs and according to the nurse's measurements she is still 21 1/2 in long (the same length she was at birth). I know she has gotten longer because she has grown out of a few outfits. The girls are growing so fast.

Family Pictures and a great family weekend

On Thursday night after Matt got done with class we drove up to Matt's parents house for the weekend. We had a fun weekend. Friday Matt did yard work with his dad. That night we tried to ride the Dixie, but it didn't want to start, so we came back home. Saturday night his parents had a house warming party and it was lots of fun. Sunday we went to church and had a big family lunch with Matt's grandma.

When we got home today, I was unpacking our bags and in one of the bags I found a pair of Cosette's shorts. The reason I am mentioning this is because I didn't know anyone else helped me pack clothes (I am the one that packs all of the clothes). When I was packing Ally kept trying to put a pair of Cosette's shorts in every dresser drawer she could open and I kept taking them out. Obviously she found a better spot for them. I just thought it was kind of funny to find her sisters shorts in with Matt's and my stuff.

Okay on to pictures. Matt and I have been trying to get a picture of the 4 of us since Cosette was born and we keep forgeting. So on Sunday after church we had his dad take pictures. Matt wanted the picture to have the corn in the background. Now, if you've ever tried to take a family picture, it is very tricky. You have to look at the camera and at the same time try to get your kids looking at the camera and have everyone smiling. Good Luck! I thought these two turned out best.

I also wanted to get a good picture of the girls together. That is also tricky because Ally can't hold Cosette very well and Cosette can't hold her head up for very long, especially when she's sleeping. I thought these turned out cute.



Ally and Aunt Kim. Ally adores her aunt. It's quite cute to see them together.