Baby's SECOND Christmas

I am looking forward to Christmas this year so much. Having a little one really makes preparing for Christmas really fun. She's not really old enough to understand everything that goes on but she's old enough to have fun with family and enjoy her new toys. She loves messing with the Christmas tree ornaments and looking at Christmas lights as we drive around town. She even can tell you that Santa Claus says "Ho Ho Ho".

Here are some things my baby can do at 16 months:

• She can say a few words now. She says: mama, dada, go, cold , keys, tea, peas, uh-oh, hi, bye, uh-huh (for yes), and no.
• She can make animal sounds for several animals including moo, woof woof, and quack ("ah ah")
• She has learned to scribble with crayons.
• She can climb up a few steps and slide.
• She is so in love with going to bed at night. She will say "uh-huh" when I ask her if she wants to go to bed. I'm not sure that is very normal, but I love it!
• She is wanting to use a fork to feed herself sometimes.
• I love that she can answer with "uh-huh" or "no" to most questions I ask her. It makes it easier to figure out what she wants.

October- 14 months

We dressed Katelyn up like Minnie Mouse for Halloween and she looked so cute.

September- 13 months

A while back, we took Katelyn to the Port Neches Splash Park. She had a blast! She never stopped running the whol 45 minutes we were there.

It's Been So Long Since I Blogged...

that I forgot my password.

I finally figured out how to reset it, so hopefully I will upload some pics, and maybe a video or two, this weekend.

A New Milestone

We officially have a walking baby! It is so fun to watch her walk. It's taken her about a month to go from taking her very first steps and falling every few steps to now walking freely all over the house. Now that she's got it figured out, she seems to be having the time of her life. Her new thing is seeing what she can pick up and carry around. Some of her favorites are the phone, her blanket, and a golf ball :). (Last night she went to bed with the golf ball)...we may have the next Tiger Woods on our hands. I'm trying to get a good video of her walking and as soon as I do, I will post it.

Happy Birthday Katelyn Rose!

We celebrated Katelyn's first birthday this past weekend. The party turned out to be so much fun. Katelyn enjoyed her special day by eating cake, playing with her cousins, and being pushed in her new pink car. Here are some pics to prove it!

Check out this Big Girl!!!

Our First Family Vacation

Although it was a short trip, I still consider it our first family vacation. Justin has the week off so we headed to Houston for a night. We took Katelyn to The Children's Museum and the Houston Zoo. We also made a stop at the Katy Mills Mall and The Rainforest Cafe. The trip was a lot of fun, although very tiring with an almost 11 month old in tow.

First stop on the way, Pappasitos.

Katelyn had fun exploring the hotel room.

Here we are at the Children's Museum. They have an area called the "Tot Spot" for kids up to 36 months where babies can explore all kinds of things from play cars, balls, instruments, switches and doors, tunnels, and more. I'm glad we made this stop.

Swimming at the hotel.

At the Zoo.

Lunch at the Rainforest Cafe.

I Spoke too Soon

I thought Katelyn was feeling better today, but at about noon, she got a fever again. It was a pretty long day but she's sound asleep in her bed now.

It had to Happen Sometime

Katelyn had her first fever yesterday. The night before she wasn't acting herself and we could tell she wanted to play but just didn't feel good. Then, yesterday morning, she woke up and felt pretty warm, so we took her temperature and determined that she did, indeed, have a fever. She had been very healthy up until this, with only just a stuffy nose once. She hadn't ever had a fever, until now. The fever made her very tired. She was just so pitiful to watch. She would just sit and play for a second, then lay down as if to say, "Please take me to bed." She slept most of the day, waking only just an hour or so at a time and then she was ready to go back to bed. Luckily we were able to keep the fever under control and today, she is feeling fine.

Standing Up!

Katelyn is a wild child. She crawls from one room to the other so fast and is into everything! She's learned to pull up on furniture but hasn't quite figured out how to cruise along it yet. One of her favorite places to stand is at the front door. This picture was taken the night we saw this beautiful rainbow.

Thank you God for this rainbow!

Summer Time!

Sooooo Big!

I can't believe it. One day my baby is learning to crawl, and just a few short days later, she is pulling up on furniture to stand. I captured a few pictures of her new milestone.

Oh yeah...and she's also cutting her first two teeth! It took a while, but both bottom middle teeth decided to come through at the same time. She's handling it pretty well.

Funny Story about Shoes

We've been bringing Katelyn to the nursery on Sunday mornings for the past couple of months. It feels so good to be back at church on a regular basis. Anyway, I had her dressed in a cute outfit my mom had given her a few weeks back. I also had put her in some cute gold sandals. When I went to pick her up I didn't notice her sandals were missing, but on the way to the car I realized it. I looked in her bag but I didn't see them there, so I went back to see if they were in the nursery. I asked the lady in the nursery if she had seen the sandals, and she got a funny look on her face. She started laughing and said that she thought the sandals belonged to this other baby because she had them in her mouth! So she had put the sandals on her. Ha! I thought that it was too cute that somehow Katelyn's shoes were taken off (either by her or the other baby) and the other baby was playing with them. That sneaky little baby just wanted those cute gold sandals. Who could blame her?