It's October Already

Yikes, I can't believe it is already October! We have already been home now for over 6 months. By the end of this month, we will have been home for 7. That is just so hard for me to believe. The kids have almost been with us as long as they were in an orphanage. I can't wait to surpass that number!

The kids are doing just wonderful. Steve took them to the doctor the other day and Brooke has grown 3" and is now in the 90th percentile for height. No wonder the 12month overalls I bought for her were too short. She is in the 25th pecentile for weight but that is still in a average range. Kyle has grown as well and is showing a steady climb. He is still in the 10th percentile but like I said, has shown a steady upward climb and that' all we look at. They both have about 5-6 words that they say. Their new favorite thing though is to throw something on the floor and say, "uh oh". They can also say, Bubba (the dog), mama, dada, up (this is Kyle's thing), hi and baby. They are eating machines and are eating all big people food.

We had a busy September. Work was in full swing for me and my sister got married so Steve drove the motorhome up to Seattle and the kids and I flew up. It wasn't so bad flying with the kids by myself. Everyone around me was very helpful. Restores your faith in mankind. There are still nice people who will help a complete stranger. On the way home from Seattle, Steve stopped at the ACA Rally in Calistoga, CA. It's north of San Fransisco. He was there all week. I flew home with the kids and went back to work. I decided to throw the kids in the car on Friday night around 5pm and drive up to meet him. Everyone thought I was nuts. It wasn't too bad. The kids did great and let me tell you this, we did not have a DVD player in the car and the kids were still fine. They played with some toys and at one point, I did stop and they had their first taste of chicken mcnuggets from McDonald's. Big shocker...they loved them! We stopped around 8ish, changed into PJ's and a new diaper, had some milk and they were asleep the rest of the way up. I took Monday off of work and we had a great time. The kids missed Daddy and wanted in his arms when we got there.

Here are some pictures of the kids with their warm clothes on in Seattle.
They did really well with all of the happenings going on up there. It was a whirlwind of a weekend and it was fun for the entire family to be together. The time sure did fly by and I didn't really want to come home. I hate that my family lives so far away from the kids. They are changing so quickly and they are missing out on that. Oh well. We bought a web cam so hopefully they will get to see the changes that way!

The other day the nanny called in sick so I had to take a sick day too. The kids and I went to the park. I haven't gone to the park with them in a long time. They love it there and of course Brooke is a total monkey and loves to climb on everything. Here are some pictures I took there.



Life seems to always be so busy with 2 kids. It is fun though watching them learn and grow. Halloween is right around the corner and I already have their costumes all picked out. They are both going to be monkeys; Brooke because she climbs/scales everything and Kyle because whatever Brooke does, he does.

So we are just chugging away here at the Bierbaum house. Hope everyone is doing great. I think fall is finally here in SoCal as the weather is cooling down. The holidays are rapidly approaching. This year is going to be extra fun with the kid. I can't wait!