No shows

My pet peeve of the day... people who book an appt to come see our condo and then don't show. Especially ones at 7PM at night, which is after the kiddos bedtime to begin with. And we have two sick kiddos that haven't been sleeping well, so making them hold off to go to bed is not ideal. To top it off, it was raining outside, so we had to take a 30+ minute walk through Dominick's waiting for no one to show up. This is the second no show (that we know of - our realtor isn't the most forthcoming with information). The other one was during the girls' nap time and we had to wake them up to get out of the house... just so no one could look at it. I'm really not sure who is at fault here... our realtor... the other people's realtor... but regardless, it's annoying.

But, we did get a little entertainment while we were out and about last night. While walking through the aisles in Dominick's, I heard what sounded like rain coming down in the next aisle. Turns out it was. A pipe had burst and water was pouring from the ceiling all over the food! It lasted for a good 5 minutes and it started seeping into the other aisles. What a mess!

Halloween Fun

On Friday, we took the girls to our office Halloween party. They had a blast! They ran up and down the hallways and all over the party room. They loved seeing so many other kids!

Morgan was a cat

And Avery was a mouse

We also went over to Erin's for a costume party on Saturday. The girls got another excuse to wear their cute costumes.

Morgan got a kick out of my hat

Little mouse Avery

Uncle Brett with cousin Nolan (and Avery scared of Grandpa)

Family pic - Matt is Waldo, but without the glasses (which didn't fit)

Two peas in a pod - they both love to get into the cabinets!

What?!?

Sabrina in her super cute chick costume

Little Elvis and Duck Dynasty

We also celebrated Grayson's 1st birthday!

Morgan the cat

Hippie Grandma and Avery

Elvis is on the move

Kayla the cheerleader

Sweet Sleepy Super Nolan - love him!

Avery checking out Nolan's diaper bag

Erin had all kinds of spooky goodies

Just chillin'

The girls get tired around 8:30 in the morning and sometimes take a little snooze if we put one of their favorite shows on TV. When I left for work the other morning, this is how I found them... both in the exact same position, sitting in their chairs watching Little Einsteins. Well, Morgan was asleep, but Avery gave me a little grin.

I'm trying to get caught back up on this blog. Seems like we've had a busy past month with things going on every weekend.

And then the girls picked up Hand Foot and Mouth, so that wasn't fun. Avery is definitely not as good at handling being sick as Morgan. Morgan barely acted sick the whole time she had HFM. Avery made it quite clear she wasn't feeling well.

We put our house on the market a few weeks ago and are hoping someone wants to buy it soon. Keeping the place perfect for showings is a pain. Plus, we've totally outgrown this condo. The girls need some space!

Pumpkin Patch

The day after the girls' birthday we decided to check out a pumpkin patch in the 'burbs. We went to Goebbert's in South Barrington. This place is huge and has a ton of fun things for kiddos to do. The girls loved checking out the pumpkins and watching all the kids running around. The weather was chilly and fall like - perfect for the new pumpkin hats Grandma Ruth knitted for the girls and their cousin Grayson!

Baby D is here!

While we were in Quincy for the Sammy Fund weekend, Baby D decided to make his entrance into the world!

Nolan Stanley Duesterhaus was born on October 13 at 4:50AM. He weighed 8 lb 2 oz and was 20 inches long. He has strawberry blond hair and blue eyes and a good set of lungs! :)

Sammy Fund Weekend

We went back to Quincy for the annual Sammy Fund weekend. We had missed last year's event because the girls had just been born. It's always a nice time and great to see so many family members in town for the event! The girls had fun playing with their cousin and second cousins.

They loved running around the practice putting green while their Dad was out golfing. The flags were just their height!

We also stopped off at a local apple orchard / pumpkin patch. The girls got to try some apple cider. No surprise, they loved it and cried when it was gone!

Morgan to Avery: "You aren't going to take that apple, are you?"

Morgan's looking, Avery is not

Avery's looking, Morgan is not

Happy Birthday to Avery and Morgan!!!

We celebrated the girls turning ONE a few weeks ago with a little get together. We used the party room at my sister's townhome complex. It was a crazy day, but a fun time!

Safari themed birthday cake and smash cakes

Family Pic

Morgan loved the cake!

Avery did not like getting messy

The girls got lots of nice gifts! Avery loved helping me open them!