Merry Christmas!

So pitiful!
Pre-haircut!

Toys!

Katie's Kitchen...open for business!

Bad hair day!

At the Christmas Eve service!

I know...I haven't blogged in awhile! I'm going to try and do better in 2010! We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Katie had so much fun this year! She has so many new toys, but I think her favorite present was her little kitchen-she has had so much fun "making" dinner for us and putting things in and out of the play microwave, oven, & refrigerator. This year was definatley more fun than last Christmas for her-last year she had no idea what was going on. This year, I still don't think she quite understands, but she knows she has new toys to play with!

Katie had her first haircut the day after Christmas! We went to a cute shop called "Pigtails & Crewcuts" and they have little cars or airplanes the kids can sit in while they get their hair cut. Katie loved the little car at first, but as soon as they started cutting her hair she started crying! It was so pitiful...but of course I took lots of pictures and recorded the whole thing! I know she will love that later on!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and has a Happy New Year!

I Love Kroger!

Going to School!
With Mason after McKinley was born

At Kroger!

Proud Big Brother!

Sweet new Baby McKinley!

I LOVE Kroger! Walmart may be closer and more convenient....but they do NOT have the grocery carts with cars attatched to the front! Katie is awful when we go to Walmart-she won't sit in the cart or let me hold her or walk beside me...she just wants to run everywhere! But at Kroger, she sits nicely in the car and just drives it or reads a book! It is amazing...so... we are definately Kroger people now! Sorry Walmart!

Vaca!

This year we just took a mini vacation to Dallas. With all of our moves this summer, we didn't want to do anything too big! So, we decided to just go down several days early for the Razorback/Texas game this year. We had such a fun week! Before we left LR we took Katie to The Little Gym and to the zoo! She loved them both! Then when we were in Dallas we went to the Dallas Aquarium, several different malls and outlets (love that Carter's!) and we saw Aunt Wendy & Uncle Mark! Katie and I didn't go to the game, but we watched it while Jason went with Uncle John and their friends Reagan & Scott. They had a great time and we even won! We had lots of fun on our mini trip and Katie did very well, except for the fact that our hotel only had a big shower (no tub) and Katie did NOT like it! So, she only got 2 baths the whole week since she would scream when we put her in the shower! I think we finally have everything settled at our new place for now, and even though it is a little crowded, we're making it work! Here are a few pics of our trip! Shark!
With Daddy being funny!

Looking at some birds!

So cute!

We've moved again!

Whew! Well, after spending about a month at my parents house, we finally moved again! Who needs to work out when you move every month! Katie loved spending time at Nana and Bapa's house, and they loved having her there (I think!). We had the upstairs suite~such a hard life! Dewey roughed it out at Chenal pet palace in his own room with a bed off of the floor and air conditioner AND a TV! I did a few home repairs for my parents (ha!) to make it worth their while for us to stay there....I replaced a blind, installed a new toilet paper holder, painted some trim, etc. I seem to be very handy! I am almost unpacked (again) and hopefully it will be awhile until we move again so we can recover. Once again, Jason's brother John helped him with all of the big stuff-we couldn't have done it without him!

We put Katie's crib up at the new place, and she is sleeping in it again! She was able to climb out of the one at my parent's house, but I think ours must be deeper or something, because she can't get out of it! Yeah! She is getting to be such a big girl-she can climb on anything (including the kitchen table) and at her 18 month check up last week she has finally moved out of the 5th percentile for weight!!! She is still small for her age at 20 lbs 11oz, but she has moved up to the 10th percentile now-woohoo! I know this may not be a big deal for everyone, but I constantly have to shovel calories into her and try to get her to eat. She eats many different kinds of food, just not a lot of each. Thank goodness for Pediasure! She's a big fan. Another thing she is a big fan of is suckers. Wow. I gave her one for the first time today (I know-why did I wait so long!?!?)when we went to the bank, and she could not stop saying "yummm" and "mmmm". It was hilarious, and I bought a whole bag of dum-dums at Walmart-maybe they will keep her occupied when we go to a store, because right now she does NOT want to sit in a cart or walk beside me and hold my hand. She just wants to run away! Not a good thing in Home Depot!

I think we may also get her haircut this month~it is finally long enough and at times she looks a little shaggy, so I think we will get a trim! I'll post some pics if we do!

This month we also went up to Fayetteville to meet The Binns' newest addition! Our good friends Kristy & Reagan and Katie's BFF Byron welcomed William Carter Binns on 9/9/09! He is so cute and was almost as big as his brother! So much fun!

I hope everyone is doing well! Sorry it has been so long since I have posted, but we have been living in boxes and I couldn't find my camera cord to post pics!

We've moved!

Well, the last two weeks have been soooo busy! We sold our house, moved, and have been on several trips! Last weekend we moved, and it was such an ordeal-we rented the biggest truck (26'), filled it totally up, Jason drove it to LR and unloaded, then drove back up the next day and we loaded it again! We had several friends come over to help us, and Jason's brother John came and helped the whole time-we could not have done it without him-Thanks sooooo much John! We owe you a steak at Sonny Williams!
Then we came back to Rogers this week-Jason had some work and Katie and I came to play for a couple of days. I helped give a baby shower for my friend Kristy on Saturday morning, and then her son Byron had his 2nd birthday Saturday night! It was at Gulley Park and it was so much fun-Katie ran and ran and climbed and went down the slide, ate a whole hotdog, cheetos, and a big orange cupcake. I'll put some pictures on when I can find my cord to connect the camera-I'm not sure where it is since we moved!
Hope every one is having a great summer!

These are quite possibly the cutest baby sandals EVER! I saw them at Dillards earlier this summer, but I didn't want to pay $40 for them! But this weekend they were half off and THEN another 30% off of that! So, they had 1 pair left in Katie's size and I bought them-I would have bought some for myself too if they made them in adult sizes (I checked.....they don't!) She probably won't even like wearing them, but at least there will be some cute pictures!

Who sticks their feet out of a crib at naptime???

May I take your order?

Would you like fries with that?

These are some cute pics of Katie playing with a McDonald's playhouse that is 20+ years old! My parents saved it from when we were little and Katie loves it!

July

Here are some new pictures and a video. It may be awhile until I update again...in case you haven't heard, we sold our house! We are very thankful that we were able to sell it in this market and actually get a good price for it! We will be moving in less than 3 weeks though-so the next few weeks may be crazy!! We are excited about being closer to my family and for the new opportunites that are ahead, but also SO sad about leaving so many friends and 2 of my siblings! We will definately miss everyone- we love NWA, our church and love our house...this is where we brought Katie home! Our plan is to definately come up to visit as much as we can...and hopefully our friends can come visit us too! Most of our friends have family in LR too, so I hope we can see them when they come to visit their families! We'll keep you updated!