Rory walking! 11 months

Video from June 2010

This video below is from June when the Lenz family were all at Wisconsin Dells for the week. Josiah likes to make the boys laugh and it was SO CUTE to watch them both laugh together at Josiah - check it out :)

We will be traveling to Green Bay on Oct. 22 and celebrating the boys' first birthday on Saturday the 23rd at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Come celebrate with us if you're in the area. Clint will be heading off to Minneapolis for a performance of a piece by the Minnesota Orchestra on Friday, Oct. 29 - come hear his piece if you can!

September!

Michelle & Chris came to visit with their new baby Benjamin!

So happy to see them and so happy we're less than 2 hours away now :)

The three musketeers!

They came to help celebrate Clint's last birthday in his twenties. haha

Avery and Rory love to play together in their new house.

They cruise along this couch really fast. Avery is lounging watching mickey.

First trip to the Columbus zoo which is only 20 minutes away.

Rory is a little hesitant...

Mimi and Pops came to visit over Labor Day! This is the only picture I have of them on the computer...the rest are on Clint' s phone...I'll get more up here I promise!

Tiger!

Avery

Rory!

(still no teeth...guess they have mommy's teeth)

Great Grandma and Grandpa came to visit too! They were showing off to them.

They both took a couple steps in a row! Almost walking!

Avery is with Grandma and Rory is with Grandpa.

10 Month Pictures

Rory touching Avery's face

Rory grabbing Avery's hat

Avery telling Rory to knock it off!

Avery

Avery

Rory

Avery & Rory

Rory

Rory

Rory

Avery

Avery & Rory

Avery & Rory

Avery in front-Rory in back-looking out the window

After a long walk to get ice cream in Delware one evening.
Rory on left -Avery on right

So precious!

Sorry!!! We've been a little busy ;)

I can't believe it has been two months since our last post...Let's see, what have we been doing since then...In mid-June we traveled to Green Bay and Wisconsin Dells and then wewent toTexarkana for Clint's brother's wedding on July 3.We've been packing since April and we finally moved out of Bloomington mid-July right around the time Clint landed a job at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. So after we handed in our keys and our stuff went into storage, we searched for a place to live for a couple of days in Ohio before we headed for Green Bay again since we were temporarily homeless! Luckily we found a place that was move in ready and after spending a long weekend in WI, we stole grandma away again and headed back to Ohio to unpack. After a few days of intense unpacking and eating Ollie's ice cream (a local old fashioned homemade ice cream shop!),we heard the sad news of Clint's grandmommy of 84 years passing away. So we packed up and traveled to Texarkana for the week to attend the funeral. Now we are back home in Delaware for a good long while and Clint is gearing up

for his first semester teaching. He is officially a doctor as you may have heard ;)

So here are some pictures of the past two months of the babies. Lots of changes in that time -crawling, pulling up, clapping, babbling, and of course lots of smiling! They are very happy babies and my aunts in particular will be very happy to hear that July 28 was the last time I nursed the babies multiple times in the middle of the night! They are still waking up at least once - sometimes twice, but we pat them back to sleep. They were not happy about this, but we got through it and now we're waiting for them to sleep uninterrupted for at least 8 hrs! Someday... Anyways, enjoy the pictures and send me an e-mail so I can send you our new address. hilleryneedham@gmail.com

Grandma & Grandpa Lenz came to visit for a week and helped

pack up the kitchen with me! Thank you!!!!

I think Rory has Grandpa's curly hair in the front. You'll see better pics of that coming up!

Avery lovin' the swing

Avery is Superman and Rory is Batman

Rory

Rory & Avery

Avery loves the water!

Rory likes it too!

He likes to drink the pool water though - yuk!

This is their girlfriend, Zinnia. Already fightin' over a girl!

Zinnia is my friend (music teacher with me) Maggie's daughter

who was born two days after them.

Rory loves his Grami.

A picnic at Culver's on our way to Green Bay in June.

We got to see Uncle Rick and Aunt Pat who survived raising twins!

Rory and Avery for a walk in Grandpa's yard.

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

Avery on Left

Happy Father's Day Eric, Dad, and Clint!

Four Grandsons - Jackson, Josiah, Avery, & Rory

Grandpa and his boys - Avery, Rory, Jackson, and Josiah!

We got to go and visit Grandpa Hillery too! Happy Father's Day Grandpa!

He said the babies look like him. :)

Avery loving the living room at the condo in Wisc. Dells

Avery and Rory at the condo

Daddy and Avery playing with his new ball.

First week they started to pull up on furniture...on their tiptoes!

First ride on the Wisc. Ducks with Uncle Isaac

They liked it.

Rory, Avery, Josiah, and Jackson walking downtown Wisc. Dells!

Bye Grandma and Grandpa! Thanks for a great week in the Dells!

Now off to Ohio for an interview.

"I knew Daddy would get that job!" said Rory outside the music building in Delaware.

Now down to Texas. Family photo at Curt and Misty's wedding and

on our 6th anniversary.

Too much partying!

Tired themselves out!

We spend lots of time on the floor!

Rory and Avery...hair is getting longer and they are looking more and more alike!

Mimi and her handsome monkeys in their monkey shirts

Pops and a sleepy Avery

Mimi and grandchildren

Avery, Kara (7 yrs old), and Rory

Avery

Kara reading to the boys

Avery climbing over the pillow fort

Avery and Rory

Thanks for a great stay in Texarkana Mimi and Pops!

Now back to Bloomington to move and meet up with Grandma!

Rory standing up

Avery

Mommy and the boys at our garage sale.

Rory and Avery love their baths now

Avery and Rory and their last day in Bloomington!

So sad :(

Hot day when the movers were here.

Rory

Avery

Avery

Rory

Back to GB for the weekend. Just signed a lease to rent a big house in Delaware.

Rory

Mom helped pack and unpack us. Thanks so much!

We couldn't have done it without you!

First experience on grass...

Avery didn't like it so much

Avery and Rory

Avery hugging Rory in their new room.

Peek-a-boo! We love our new room!

Avery and Rory looking out the window

Grandpa and Rory

Grandma and Avery

Grandma and Grandpa visiting on their way to W. Virginia and Washington DC