Here's a few of Kate's 9 month pictures. Grace was a little upset, well, a lot upset, that she wasn't in them. We tried to explain that when she was 9 months old she had her own pictures but she still wanted to be in Kate's. Grace decided next time she had her pictures, Grace would share with Kate and let her be in them :) She did come around and do a great job trying to get Kate to smile.
Kate did well for her 9 month appointment. Lots of shots but her big sister explained to her what was going to happen and told her not to be scared :) 
Grace loved this carriage. She loved driving it and "riding" in it. We spent about half the night there...
Kate was very interested in knowing what was coming next
The girls met Goldilocks and got to feel all the bears' beds to find the one that was "just right"
Grace and Peter Pan. She said he "looked a little different from the book." As we were struggling to think of what to say, she answered it for herself- "I think it was his hair." Ok then... 
Kate was very interested in the Gingerbread House
We all know Grace LOVED the dancing. She kicked off her shoes like a real woman in high heels. The best part of the evening was when she decided to try the line dances. She's wasn't half bad. She was barking orders at me about what to do next after watching everyone else. It was hysterical. Next year we will know to bring the video camera. 
Everyone had a great time!
I went in to get Kate up from her nap and she was grinning and clapping for herself since she was sitting up! Grace was so excited for her too!
Mr. Bob was awesome trying to distract Grace although it took several hours for her to settle down. The only thing that turned her around was the big race!
Kate had been finding lots of things to keep her busy- most of which got her in trouble :)
Next to our booth was the diaper derby and we decided to enter Kate for her first race! (sorry these pictures aren't the best, I didn't realize this was a camera event, these are from my phone)
That picture could have been taken at any point during the first few minutes since this is where she stayed... Bob, Grace and I did everything we could to get her to come to us but the only thing that worked was this little boy who came back after finishing his race to get her..
About 5 minutes into the 20 second race Grace stepped in to give her a little pep talk
Almost there...
Yeh! Great job Kate! 10 minutes!
Apparently we have no friends that were born in the summer or we just got a little break in our invites but we are back! The girls were excited to be invited to their friend Harrison's birthday party. (Harrison is the one I have picked out for Grace to marry.) This was the first party that Kate has been to that she was really able to play and she had a blast.
Her friend Drew made the mistake of getting into the ball pit with her....
Grace had a great time too. She is usually pretty passe' at these parties but she has really come out of her shell and participated in all the activities.
They have this "mini roller coaster" cart with track that we have seen quite a few times at these parties. Grace rode it one time and has been terrified of it ever since. She usually sits with all the kids in line, gets on the cart and then promptly asks to be taken down, she doesn't want to do it. I took my standard picture of her at the top and then turned to watch something else, assuming she was about to ask to get down. I turned just in time to see her flying past me smiling. We couldn't believe it! No picture, I really never thought she would do it.
Kate found a new love- the parachute!
Bubbles!
