Lake Brownwood Weekend

Last weekend we went to Lake Brownwood for a fun filled weekend with some dear friends. We had a blast seeing our HSU buddies as we always do! Here is Katelyn, Nolan (Derek and Jenny's little boy who is 1 month older than Adelyn), and Brinley (Rocky and Amy's little girl who just turned 1).

We stayed at Rocky's mom's lake house. She had a wagon that Katelyn quite enjoyed. She somehow managed to talk Verena (rocky's mom), Amy and me into taking her for a walk around the neighborhood.
Here is Adelyn and Nolan. They are only a month apart, but he looks quite a bit older to me. Nolan is a total gerber baby! He is precious!-
Brinley is getting her walking legs going and is just a doll. She is so happy all the time and full of energy, what a sweetie!

Brinley let Adelyn borrow her hat and you know what a hat means- photo shoot!!!
Katelyn also loved the swing in the back yard-

We are so blessed to have such good life-long friends. Amy, Rocky, Ben, Ashlee, Jeremy, Derek, Jenny, and Len (and all the friends who weren't there this weekend)- we love you guys, love the memories we made in college and the memories we continue to make at all of our HSU reunions!!!!

Great Hills Baptist Church Family swim night!

Last Sunday night was GHBC's annual family swim night. This was our first year to go and we had a great time! Katelyn has really gotten into swimming this summer. She has little fear of the water (which of course scares me because she can't swim yet). She is quite the pro of holding her breath and putting her head under water!
Katelyn loved the pool, especially the slide!

Jared was brave and jumped off the high dive. When Katelyn saw this picture she gasped and said, "Wow, Daddy is way up in the clouds!"

Adelyn hung out with me for the night. She loved walking around with Mommy watching all the big kids swimming. She also enjoyed chewing on her monkey lovey blanket!

Look at our little bubble machine

Adelyn has been practicing her bubble skills-

Now that is a massive flower!

Ashlee Johnson and I made some flower clippie's for the girls this past week. They were fun to make, but I might have gotten a little carried away with the size. Check this out-

Playin' in the Rain

Last week we had a nice little rain and I decided it would be fun to let Katelyn go play in the rain. She put on her rain "poots" and we headed out the door.

The rain "poots" lasted all of 3 minutes before she removed them from her little feet.

Here she is with a classic expression.

She then decided to "go for a jog" which entails running around the table. She literally did this for a good 10 minutes, stopping for a breather here and there.
Our fun outing ended in a panic when... (cue dramatic music)... MUD got on her toe!!!

Katelyn's Quote of the Month

On July 3rd we were standing around waiting for fireworks with some friends. Jared was holding Katelyn and out of the blue she turned to him and said, "Daddy, you are the best princess ever!" That has to be the quote of the month, or maybe even the quote of the year, you decide! Here is a photo from May 2008 of Katelyn and Princess Daddy :)

Happy 4 Month Birthday!

Today is Adelyn's 4 month birthday. I must say, these past four months have flown by and at the same time I feel like Adelyn has been in my life forever! So what is Adelyn up to these days? Let me tell you!
-She is a great eater and is gaining weight like a champ.
-She can roll over from her tummy to her back, but only does it in the middle of the night!
-She loves to sit and watch Katelyn run around.
-She has started sitting in the bumbo, but gets tired after a few minutes.
-She rarely is fussy. You can pretty much guarantee if she is fussy it is nap time or time to eat.
-She sleeps on her tummy, taking 3-4 naps a day. Bedtime is between 7 and 8 and she sleeps until 7 or 8 (eating at 10 and then again around 4). I wish she slept the whole time between feedings but she doesn't sleep all that soundly. She wakes pretty often wanting me to give her the pacifier. I'm thinking I'm fixing to get rid of the pacifier because I can't be getting up every 45 minutes to stick it back in her mouth. Neither she nor I am getting the sleep we need!
-She loves to go for walks/jogs in the stroller.
-She is very laid-back and sweet.

We are so blessed by Adelyn and so thankful the Lord picked us to be her Mommy and Daddy! Here is a video Jared took on Sunday of Adelyn giggling, enjoy! Ummmm, not sure if this worked or not, I guess we'll just see if the video works once I publish this post...