Baby's 1st Birthday Countdown

Lilypie First Birthday tickers

Monday, September 6, 2010

Labor Day Weekend

We hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Labor Day weekend. We relaxed at home most of the weekend, watched some college football and today went over to Steph and Dan's to help celebrate Dylan's 9th birthday. Katelyn loved being part of the big day and loved being with the older kids. They had a nice cookout and then we swam. Katelyn LOVED the pool! Below are some pictures from the party today and also from our college football Saturday.

We gave Dylan this pirate ship pool float for his birthday, which was a hit with all the kids... even the really big kids :)


Katelyn loves Dylan and Drew



Telling everyone what she thought


This little boat was sent to Katelyn by Aunt Petie and Uncle Dave.. she LOVED it!


Playing with the waterfall in the pool


Aunt Steph got out the high chair her boys used for Katelyn. It was very sweet. Thank you Aunt Steph :)

All tired out! After a big day the little munchkin needed a nap. We didn't have a crib over there so we made a pallet for her on the floor. She slept here two hours!
More random pictures from our weekend. Katelyn was dressed to support our USF Bulls who had their first game of the season on Saturday. She didn't actually watch the game but she wore her Bulls dress and socks all day proudly for her momma's alma mater :)



Katelyn and daddy having a piano lesson


Sporting her Bulls dress... it actually came with a long sleeve turtle neck onesie... uhh, I don't think so in 90 degree Florida heat.. so we just made do without it.


Happy Baby!










Katelyn and Meg

Well, Katelyn is officially mobile and has been for a couple of weeks. We have been baby proofing and Meg has now realized that she is no longer "safe." I caught her hiding under the dining room table earlier this evening. Actually, Meg does go over and lay right next to Katelyn, just asking for her attention :) Katelyn thinks it's great! We are working on teaching Katelyn how to be gentle with the dog and every once in awhile we will see her just gently pat Meg. You just wonder what goes on in her little head :) We honestly could not have asked for a better and more well behaved dog than Meg. She is so tolerant and seems to have really taken to "her baby." We couldn't help but take the pictures below one day when Meg decided to lay on her bed next to Katelyn's play area. Too cute...


Katelyn truly loves Meg... she can't get enough of her :)


Meg's about to fall asleep... didn't care in the least




Oh did I forget to mention she's also pulling up on EVERYTHING!








Saturday, July 31, 2010

Katelyn is 7 months old!

We hope everyone is doing well. Our latest update....Our little baby is officially 7 months old! We can hardly believe how much she has grown in the past few months. At her last doctor visit she weighed 17 pounds and was 27.5" She is in the 95th percentile for height!! Growing like a weed. Katelyn is such a happy baby. Her personality is just flourishing and she continues to do new things everyday. She smiles at everyone and giggles from her belly when she thinks something is really funny. She has mastered sitting up, has figured out how to get into the sitting position from a laying position and has even been caught pulling herself into a squat in her crib! YIKES! Daddy had the drill out and lowered the crib mattress the same day. She is trying very hard to crawl but still has not figured out how to move all her limbs at the same time :) She gets on her hands and knees but doesn't move forward yet. We anticipate this happening at ANY time! She has grown more and more interested or should I say INFATUATED with Meg, our dog. She laughs uncontrollably at the dog and I truly believe the dog will be the reason Katelyn finally crawls. She just wants to get to her so badly all the time :) It's really cute. We feel so truly blessed to be her parents and watch her grow. Below are just a few of her 6 month pictures. I wanted to post them but this is just a sample. They did such a great job... and of course so did Katelyn :)





















Friday, July 9, 2010

Happy 4th of July!

We hope everyone had a fun, healthy, happy and safe 4th of July celebration. We headed to Wisconsin to visit my family for their annual 4th of July celebration. This was Katelyn's FIRST big vacation and she did awesome. She is quite the little traveler. This was her first experience on the airplane which we were a little skeptical about because she jabbers, talks, screams, whatever you want to call it, all the time! The good news though is that even the man sitting next to us at the end of the flight said how he thought she was such a great travler. We couldn't have been any more pleased. A couple of things we learned: only take non-stop flights (it's the only way to go if you can avoid connections), feed them as soon as you are ready to take off, definitely take your stroller but also use the baby bjorn (or other carrier) while getting on an off the plane (much easier) and just be prepared for anything (including blowout diapers in the airport bathroom on a tiny changing table! Overall we had a really good first experience with her traveling.
We had such a nice visit with my family. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! The first day we got there it was in the 70's sunny and no humidity! It felt like heaven to us Floridians. Katelyn got to meet many of her aunts, uncles, cousins and family friends for the very first time. She loved everyone and everyone loved her. My dad (Grandpa) restored a 1930's highchair for Katelyn which was SO sweet. She looked like such a big girl eating in it. We mostly spent the weekend visiting with family and friends and just trying to relax. On Monday we headed to Milwaukee for a Brewer's baseball game and decided to take Katelyn. Once again she did GREAT! Such a little social butterfly. She loved all the people and just being there.
A great time was had by all!! Thank you to my family for such a nice visit.

Katelyn in the airport terminal waiting for our flight. Such a happy girl!




Daddy holding Katelyn getting ready to board the plane


Happy 4th of July!


Todd with his new Schlitz shirt brother Bob gave him

Katelyn and Eva playing

Damon and Todd playing corn hole... it's a tradition



Katelyn playing outside in the beautiful grass they have up north. Did I say how beautiful the weather was???


Mommy and Katelyn

Katelyn swimming in Grandpa and Nonni's pool




CC hiding under Dad's feet


Grandpa and Katelyn


Katelyn and Juliann at Brewer's game... Katelyn was obsessed with Juliann's Coach purse...child has good taste :)

katelyn taking a litte cat nap with uncle bob and aunt Kirsten at the Brewer's game


Aunt Kirsten and Katelyn

Our Family at the Brewer's game


Katelyn with daddy...taking in the ball game



Katelyn chewing on our baseball tickets


From left to right: Friends Ryan and Mandy, longtime friend Tom, Todd, Katelyn, me and Tom's wife Juliann...



Damon, Brenda, Mandy, Ryan and Bob


Katelyn with her cousins Megan, Ali, Sophia and Kyle


Katelyn playing with cousin Sophie... it was Sophie's 12th birthday when we were there.