Little Monkey!

Katie is such a monkey! She can climb into her chair that my mom got her for Christmas...but we have not mastered the art of getting out of it! We are trying to teach her to turn around and slide out backwards, but she doesn't quite get it yet!

Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We did! Katie had so much fun-she even almost made it through the Christmas Eve service at church-she got fussy towards the end, right before the candles were lit, which actually was probably a good thing to miss. I'm not sure babies and fire are a safe combo! Christmas morning she had so many toys she didn't even know what to play with-I didn't wrap all of her presents since I would have had to unwrap them. I just laid everything out in her chair, and she had a great time! She has learned to climb up into her little chair, which is a little dangerous since she tries to stand up in it and climb over the back..she is such a little monkey! Jason got me (and himself) a new video camera, so hopefully I will be able to post more videos..I'm trying to figure it out!

Not A Big Fan of Santa!

We went to go see Santa at the mall today. I was suprised that we only had to wait about 5 minutes! Our Santa was very authentic...he had a real beard, and no "extra" padding..all natural! Katie was not really sure what to think about him....there were tears and a lot of looking around to find dad again! Maybe she will like him next year!

Christmas Pics

Happy Thanksgiving!

Top Ten things we are Thankful for this year:

1. Katie-Jason and I are both most thankful for our sweet baby girl. She is truly a blessing and sometimes we just look at her and are amazed that she is here and is ours! She is growing so quickly and we are enjoying every moment of it!
2. Jason- I am so thankful that I have an amazing husband who is a wonderful godly man, a great provider, and my best friend. We have been married 8 1/2 years, and it has flown by! I think having Katie has brought us closer together because it took us so long for her to get here!
3. Family- The older I get, the more I realize how important my family is, and how much they mean to me. Even though we may not always be together, I know how much we love each other.
4. Friends- I am so thankful for the friends God has given us, and it is amazing how so many of them have ended up here!
5. Church- I love our church. The worship there is amazing, and I really enjoy the teaching from our different leaders.
6. Food- Ok....this one is not so serious, but Jason made a pumpkin cheescake from scratch and it was really good! I had recorded Paula Dean making one on the DVR, and he watched it and made it while I was in LR for my mom's surgery! Very amazing and delicious!
7. Work- I'm thankful for my job, even though I don't like to have to leave Katie when I go. I love the people I work with, and I am thankful I do have a job when so many people don't right now.
8. Weather- I love the cold weather!
9. My dogs- Poor things are so neglected now that Katie is here! Thankfully, Emmi loves Katie...I think they will be best friends, and well, if Dewey ever calms down, I'm sure he will love her too. They both really appreciate the area under the high chair!
10. Christmas! Can you be thankful for Christmas at Thanksgiving? I am!

Friends!

I meant to post these pictures a while ago-this is Katie and Byron playing at our house a couple of weeks ago-they had a lot of fun playing with the box and looking out the window-so cute! Byron was not wearing his pajamas this day, but he does have pj's just like the ones Katie has on in these pics-it is so funny when they both wear them!

Home again!

We just got home from Little Rock! I have been in two weddings in two weeks! Last week I was in my sister Julie's wedding-she looked beautiful and everything went smoothly! Yesterday I was in my friend Molly's wedding-it was a lot of fun and Molly looked beautiful!

Jason's parents are in town-they were very excited to see Katie-she has grown up a lot since they saw her last! They agree that she is the cutest baby in the world!

I can pull up!

Now I can pull up! I'm not sure what to do once I'm up, but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon!

This is our little ladybug! We didn't really go trick or treating, but we did stop by a few friends' houses and say hi! She actually liked her costume..we even wore it to Walmart to buy candy today! So cute!

I can crawl!

I took Katie to one of the craft fairs up here last weekend, and these are a few of the things we got...a TuTu, and lots of different bows and headbands! It is amazing how many people commented on her bows! She doesn't try to pull them off either, so I guess we will wear them...as long as Jason isn't around! He pulls them off of her as soon as he sees them!

First Post!

Well, I finally decided to start a blog....since everyone else in the world has one! I am apparently a little late with stuff like this-I just joined facebook a few months ago! Just in case anyone out there needed a few more pics of Katie, this will be another place to find them. Hopefully I will find time to post in between updating her scrapbook, multiple albums, baby book, facebook, etc.!!