Success and Blame

Here are two amusing stories about Kate, well amusing if you’re us or family :)

Blame

One morning Kate and I were sitting on the couch together. I looked over and she had put her foot in her mouth and was literally trying to bite her toe nails. I looked at her and said “What are you doing?” She looked straight at me and said “Dada, Dada”

So, of course when Jason got home I accused him of biting his toe nails in front of Kate. He explained to me that it was physically impossible for him to do that. Kate was not even 2 and was already trying to place the blame on someone else.

Success (so far)

We moved Kate from her crib into a full sized bed. I was hoping she would do well since she’s such a good sleeper, but there’s no guarantee. She did great from day one. The other night Jason put her to bed and tried to lay down with her. She shook her head and said “No,No.. Night Night” then pointed to the door and said “Bye, Bye.” She literally kicked Jason out of her bed.

One more because I can’t resist…

One Saturday morning when Kate woke up I brought her into our bed. Jason was still asleep and she crawled up and put her hands on his chest. She yanked them away and yelled “Hot, Hot.” There is my proof that Jason radiates heat!

Happy 2nd Birthday Party!

“How old are you?”   “TWOOOOOOO!!!!!”

Really, Kate is just way too cute and fun! We celebrated her birthday with family and some friends. We were also able to celebrate Steve’s Birthday and Matthew’s 10th Birthday. It’s nice having a big family and it was really nice of them to come up to Atlanta to help us celebrate this special day.

 

Steve made her amazing Clifford cake!

Just enjoying her cake after blowing out the candles by herself

One group was playing monopoly while another was playing Wii. Games really are the best!

Thanks everyone!

It’s Out of Control

My stomach feels twice as big with this pregnancy. Not only is my bump bigger but I’m just gaining more weight in general with this pregnancy. I have a feeling people are going to be asking me if I’m pregnant with twins towards the end :) I took a picture wearing the same dress as I did at the same stage of pregnancy with Kate just to compare how much bigger I am. I love being able to feel the baby move on a regular basis now. That is seriously my favorite part of being pregnant, it’s just so amazing.

            8 Weeks                                                       10 weeks

     13 Weeks                                                                        19 Weeks

                   20 Weeks 4                                          Days 23 Weeks

23 Weeks Pregnant with Kate

(MUCH SMALLER!!!)

 

 

 

 

 

                                         28 Weeks 3 Days

   26 Weeks 3 Days

               30 Weeks 5 Days                              32 Weeks 5 Days

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

                  36 Weeks                                                           37 Weeks

Katherine’s 2!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my happy, care free, adorable, so incredibly funny, smart, pretty, sweet baby girl. I can not believe she’s 2 years old, it has gone by so fast. She is still my baby and has brought so much joy to our lives. Jason and I joke about “what did we do before her?” She constantly makes us laugh and we are so blessed to have her.

Christmas x 3

I love how fun a child can make Christmas! We had a very busy Christmas surrounded by family. This is really my favorite time of the year and it gets better every year!

First, Jason, Katherine, and I had our own little Christmas on Christmas Eve morning. Kate would open a present and be so involved with her gift that she wouldn’t want to open any more.

After, we went and hung out at my parents. Every Christmas Eve we sleep at my parents and have Christmas morning at their house. It’s so much fun, even Jason gets really excited over it. Kate patiently waited until the rest of the house (Jennifer, my Dad, Adam) woke up then dug into her gifts. She had the hang of it now and loved unwrapping gifts. She would hold clothes up and say “Cuuute.” 

I asked Kate what was in her mouth and this is her showing me :)

Could she be any sweeter?

Jennifer and Adam

“All Done”

They all left to go to TN (our off year) and we headed down to Columbus for Christmas #3. Kate has so much fun playing with all her cousins. She also loved to say PawPaw over and over.  She can’t tell the difference between Drew and Brady so they’re both Drew to her and she keeps asking about them.  Columbus is so fun because Jason has a big family and we all get together. It is so nice being able to spend time with all our family, definitely the best part of the holidays!

Kate’s our little entertainer

This picture makes me smile….

Wow 12/18/2009

Happy 5 Year Anniversary to Jason and Me! I can’t believe it’s been 5 years, it’s gone by so fast! Our little family has grown and a lot has happened in 5 years.

Married, lived in apartment in Sandy Springs, had ghetto neighbors, I taught 7th grade, Jason graduated from GA Tech, bought our first home in Johns Creek, Jason’s had 2 jobs, Kate was born one month after 3 year anniversary!, baby girl  2 will be born in 12 weeks! I love my husband and I love that we still have so much fun together! Jason was sick on our anniversary so we’ll be celebrating another day, though I feel like we already celebrated with our Grand Teton trip.

We were so happy on our wedding day, practically giddy and we’re blessed to still be so happy together.  

~I love this last picture because Jason can’t stand icing so the piece I fed him was pure icing :)

Thanksgiving in Columbus

   

We spent Thanksgiving in Columbus with EVERYONE! The whole family was there, all 22 of us which made for a full house but also made for a very fun time! Katherine had so much fun playing with all her cousins and running around and jumping on the trampoline. She was exhausted every night.  Thanks to Jason’s Mom we ate amazing food all weekend too!  We have a lot to be thankful for this year. I’m so glad we live near family. My side and Jason’s side. We just need to get Jennifer to move back now :) I’m thankful for a healthy family and a healthy pregnancy. I’m excited for this baby to join our family!

Family Portrait

  

 

 

 

 

Kate has to keep up with all the boys!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She’s such a happy child!!!

Making s’mores, singing songs, hanging out

One month short of our 5 Year Anniversary