Week (and a Half) in Review

I almost let two weeks go by without a post - oops! As always, we've found ways to keep busy.

• On the wildlife front, we caught another baby possum and two more raccoons. Ugh. We're SO ready for everything to go away!
• I'm excited that the fall TV season has started! I need to follow Lindsay's lead and do a separate post on what we'll be watching.
• We had more visitors - Robert's grandparents (his mom's side this time) stayed with us last Friday as they made a quick tour to visit some of their grandchildren. We enjoyed visiting and eating our homemade pizza (one of our favorites!) on the patio. Claire had a lot of fun with Great-Grandmommy and Great-Granddad!
• My birthday was Monday, and we celebrated on Saturday with a nice dinner out. On our honeymoon we developed a love for Roy's and have since enjoyed some good meals at their Austin location. Since we haven't found a local babysitter yet, we drove to Austin so that Claire could spend the evening with Robert's mom and we could go out to a kid-free dinner. I got the butterfish, which is my favorite thing on their menu, and Robert got the fish trio, another good choice with salmon, tuna, and butterfish. We also splurged on an appetizer and two desserts - we can't seem to go there and not order one of the chocolate souffles. Claire had a great time with her grandmother - later I will post a video of them playing with a fun new toy.

• Claire tried cereal for the first time on Monday! We have a video and lots of pictures that will be in a separate post. She wasn't too excited about it, but I know she'll enjoy it eventually.
• She's really enjoying her toys now that she can easily grasp them and pull them to her mouth! We've been playing a lot and practicing rolling over (she's almost got tummy to back down, and we're working on back to tummy). We're also practicing sitting up - she can sit in the tripod position (holding one hand out on the floor in front of her to balance) unassisted for a few seconds, and it seems to get longer every day. We clap and cheer when she does it, and she gets entertained and falls over. :)

• She still smiles and laughs all the time, especially when we fake laugh - that really gets her going!
• Finally, a few more cute pictures that I wanted to share:

Playing with Daddy

Enjoying bathtime!