December 28, 2008
Pulling Up
December 27, 2008
Little Doll
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December 25, 2008
Katelyn's First Christmas
Christmas was extra special this year. It was Katelyn's very first Christmas and we enjoyed watching her experience this wonderful day. She seemed to like her gifts, but really enjoyed playing with the boxes and wrapping paper. I am sure it was all a bit overwhelming to her. She even decided to pull up for the first time on Christmas day and she pulled up on her Mommy. It was so exciting! Although she was sick with a nasty cold she still smiled and smiled. She is such a good baby and rarely lets things get her down. We were amazed at what a trooper she was. She had to feel bad with such a runny nose and cough. I received a DSLR camera for Christmas and had a blast taking pictures of the entire day. I no longer have lens envy : )There are more pictures to come! We had a wonderful day celebrating Jesus' birth and it was very special to share it with our precious little girl. What a blessed Christmas!
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Pulling up on Mommy
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My brother, Ryan, and my cousin, Shanna, and I have taken a picture together for the last several years. This year the picture included the grandchildren and the great-grandchild.
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I am sure Katelyn is thinking "What are you crazy people trying to do to me?"
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December 24, 2008
Christmas Eve 2008
December 19, 2008
Little Curl
Katelyn's First Thanksgiving
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving day celebrating with both our families. Katelyn really enjoyed the turkey/dressing, corn casserole, and other new things she sampled. It was quite a feast. We have so many blessings to be thankful for this year, especially our precious little girl! She came along in our lives at just the right time and she has brought joy and comfort to my family as we are missing my granddaddy very much, especially this time of year. I am so thankful he got to know her for even just a short while. God is so good!
December 12, 2008
More Teeth
Katelyn now has 4 teeth. As you can see it is not easy to get a picture of the top ones.
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Merry Christmas!
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December 07, 2008
Eleven Months Old
Our eleven month old is a little social butterfly. We go out and she just talks, squeals, laughs, and waves to everyone. It is so cute! She is at turbo speed for her crawling now and has pulled up to standing a few times. She should have that down soon. We love when she says mama and dada. She is also pretty close to saying dog for Angel and she says baa baa for sheep/lamb. There are other words mixed in like 'ba' for ball, but we are not sure what she is saying for most of them. It is fun to try and figure out though. Oh another of her favorites is no no no when she doesn't want something. She is so smart, but of course we are a bit biased : ) She loves her bath and splashes so much water that we are both very wet at the end. Katelyn has also been imitating sounds and facial expressions we make. Now we can say 'blow kisses' or 'wave bye bye' and she does both!
We can't wait to see what she does next!
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It has become very challenging to take pictures of Katelyn these days. She will not sit still so we have to be quick. She also does not like shoes, so as you can see in the pictures she did not leave them on for long.
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Katelyn's Grammy showed her the Jinglebuddies on the tree and now Katelyn loves them. So much in fact that she will take them off the tree. Hopefully we can keep her from doing that : )
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Yes, we do let her play with her shoes in order to get her to sit still.
December 06, 2008
Big Smiles
Just in case there were any questions about why Katelyn does the big open-mouth-smile thing that everyone seems to think is a yawn:
December 03, 2008
Santa
Two things you should know about this picture:
1. Katelyn did the whole crying-so-hard-she-forgot-to-breathe thing as soon as we put her in Santa's lap. Once we realized it wasn't going to happen, they suggested doing it this way. Her mouth-open-smile is due to a light-up spinning toy they had.
2. I had no intention of being in a picture when we left the house to to go the mall.
December 01, 2008
Snowglobe Silliness
November 25, 2008
Sweet Little Pumpkin
I actually started this scrapbook page awhile back, but I could never get it quite like I wanted it. Now that I have learned a few tricks it has really come together. I just have to remember to make my digital scrapbook pages the same size. I am still learning. : )
November 24, 2008
Too Much Fun!
November 22, 2008
Love This Picture!
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November 17, 2008
Friends!
Here is it is, my first digital scrapbook page! It was really pretty easy and fun to put together. I have Jenny to thank for getting me up and running. Thanks Jenny! I will still post individual pictures of Katelyn, but this is a creative and fun way to put together a collection of pictures.
On this trip to Huntsville we met up with Jenny and her son, Hatcher, and Amanda. This is the first time that Katelyn and Hatcher have been together that they actually acknowledged each other. So fun to watch!
It was the Three Musketeers together again!
November 07, 2008
A Typical Night?
If you have ever wondered what goes on when Tammy's at choir practice and it's just Katelyn and her daddy...
Happy Ten Month Birthday Sweet Girl!
Katelyn is learning new things everyday. She is crawling everywhere, eating all kinds of food (even Zoe's), talking up a storm, drinking from sippy cups with only a couple of bottles, and so many more things. She has really latched on to ma ma and has been saying it all day. I love it! It seems she really wants her ma ma when she is fussy. She does not like to try on clothes and we kind of exhausted that one today. She also says no no when she doesn't want something and baba for ball. I can't wait to see what she learns next!
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Exploring Is Hard Work
Make sure you have your sound on for this one...
November 06, 2008
A Typical Day?
I'm always curious about what all I miss that goes on at the house while I'm at work during the day. I think this video sums it up pretty well. It's got everything from Tammy singing to Katelyn yelling to Katelyn playing with one of her favorite toys to Angel playing with one of her favorite toys to Katelyn trying to play with one of Angel's favorite toys.