Katelyn's quote for the day

This morning Katelyn was sitting in her chair watching Mickey Mouse while I was getting a few things done.  Next thing I know she burst out in tears and was very upset.  I came running thinking something terrible just happened.  She calms down and says, "Mommy, my toe is just really tired".... I'm assuming her foot fell asleep, but when I said that she corrected me- her toe is just tired... 

Katelyn

Katelyn is my busy,

happy,

silly,

did I say silly?,

gift from God.

Adelyn- 14 months old

Today my sweet Adelyln is 14 months old. I decided to interview Katelyn to see a glimpse of Adelyn through her big sister's eyes.

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I love at the end how Katelyn says, "I just love her." It is so true, Katelyn does love her, but she sometimes shows it in funny ways (like running her over, giving her long/tight hugs that make Adelyn mad, or taking her toys). Regardless, they still love each other and are always in each others business!  Adelyn loves to give hugs and kisses.  Her baby dolls are the ones who recieve the most loving!

The weather has been pretty nice out so we spent quite a bit of time outside.  Adelyn is walking great, but she still does the bear crawl to get up/down from any step.

She loves to be outside.  If she hears anyone say the word outside she immediately walks to the back door and starts saying, "uh, uh, uh" which I translate to "Can we please go outside Mommy?"  Once outside, she is off!  She loves the little play set.  In the tunnel....

and out...

Her favorite outside toy right now is the little car.  She gets in and out over and over and over.  She likes to pick a toy and just go sit in the car playing with her toy of choice. 

I was cooking dinner one night and walked around the corner to her playing happily in the toy bucket.  I wonder if her sister "helped" her get in the bucket? 

Adelyn is still eating pretty much whatever she is served.  She always eats her fruit first, then carb, then veggie and then protein.  Her favorite things in life:

"baby"- monkey or baby doll

purses

car

"ba"- ball

"bb"- books (Choo Choo, Whooo Whooo book is her favorite along with Baby Noah world animals)

old cell phones (she chews on them constantly- 2 new teeth this month!)

Her favorite words:

"baby"- monkey or baby doll

"da da"- Jared and Haley

"ba"- ball

"bbb"- book

"Bubba"- Bubba

"uh, uh, uh"- Mommy, may I please have whatever I'm pointing at or go wherever I'm trying to get. Okay, that is my translation :)

Seriously, we have the two sweetest little princess girls!  Love them both so much and am so grateful for what a blessing they both are!

Museum Monday

On Monday we went to the Austin Children's Museum for a fun play time with our sweet friends Miss Melissa, Isaac, and Elyana.  Katelyn and Isaac are such sweet friends to each other, I love to watch them interact!

The museum was only open to toddlers (3 and under) on Monday mornings.  It worked out great for us, didn't have to worry about field trips, big kids, or getting trampled.  The have story time and song-a-long time.  They also bust out the parachute- a 3 year old's idea of the most fun ever!  Then of course there was the kitchen.  That was our last stop and we were pretty much ready to go.  Next time we will have to go there first, Chef Katelyn was loving it!

Adelyn and Elyana were so good.  Sweet Elyana took a nice long nap in Melissa's arms and Adelyn was happy just roaming around or getting carried by me.  Here we are fixing to leave to go meet the daddy's for lunch.

Thankful for good friends, fun places to go explore and parachutes!

Zoo playdate

We took a trip to the Waco zoo this week with our sweet friends Miss Tracy and Tanner. It was a lovely day, hot- but lovely. It was high 90's and let's face it- I am a wimp when it comes to Texas heat! Nonetheless, we had a great time! The biggest hit of the zoo for Katelyn was a) pushing Tanner's stroller.

and b) looking at the fish.   Of all the animals at the zoo, her favorite were the fish.  They were the only ones that Katelyn asked to go back and see again.

Tanner was brave when it came to this lizard thing.  Katelyn first asked, "Is that real?"  Then I assured her it wasn't thinking then she would go ahead and play on it, but nope.  This girl was still too scared to get near it!

Adelyn was as calm and sweet as always.  She enjoyed the view from the stroller (chewing on a Gatorade bottle).

She also gladly walked around in the shade a few minutes. 

My highlight of the zoo had to be when the lion walked right up to the glass!  I was so excited and could have stayed there forever!  Katelyn on the other hand could have cared less, she said, "Okay, let's go see some more animals."  Ummmm, you were just 2 inches from a lions face sister...oh well, at least Tracy and I thought it was cool :)

We also had a nice little picnic lunch outside the zoo.  Fun time with fun friends!  The Waco zoo never disappoints!

Easter 2011

This past weekend we headed up to Brownwood to spend the day of our Lord's resurrection with Bubba and JoJo.  The girls always have fun at Bubba and JoJo's- thanks to lots of big toys.  Like this tractor at the River Place. 

and then there is the Ranger.  It always provides lots of fun as the kids sit on it and practice their driving skills and adjust all the buttons and knobs.

Since it was Easter we also decided to decorate Easter eggs.  Katelyn and Joshua enjoyed putting stickers on the eggs

Katelyn could ride this tricycle for hours just going in circles on the carport.  Here she is giving her daddy a lift. 

Adelyn's favorite word and person this weekend was Bubba.  If he walked in the room, she would say, "Bubba, Bubba, Bubba" and hold her arms out for him to get her. 

Speaking of Bubba, on Sunday he made his world famous Bubba toast- yummy!

Here is Katelyn and I reading a princess story before bedtime.

Okay, get ready for Easter picture overload.  Here are a bunch of pictures taken Sunday morning while all the kids were dressed in their Easter outfits. 

Look at this precious little girl!

Ummm.. this picture looks like trouble!

Here is a good shot of the 3 big kids, I think Isabella was napping during this photo shoot.

JoJo and Adelyn

I learned you have to get Joshua while he is still moving because he isn't one who will sit still long enough for a picture!

Look at this beauty!

Here is the best pic of Bubba and JoJo with all the grand kids.

Our sweet family 

Then it was time to go pick Easter eggs.  Katelyn loved it and was a little sad when all her eggs were picked up!

I actually expected Adelyn to not really participate, but she was all over it!  She carried her basket around, picked up eggs, and did great!

We are so thankful to celebrate Easter; to have a Savior who loved us enough to die on the cross on Friday and then was powerful enough to RISE on Sunday!  Hallelujah, HE IS ALIVE!

Adelyn- 13 months old

Good day to you all.  It's Adelyn here to give you my 13 month update. 

I am quite the adventurer these days.  I love to play in the cabinets, even though I'm not supposed too :)

I like to crawl up in all of Katelyn's chairs.  Mommy lets me do this because I am always very cautious when I get down.

I like to swing in the backyard, especially when Katelyn pushes me!

I'm a great eater.  I eat pretty much everything Mommy, Daddy and Katelyn eat.  I have learned over the last few days that whatever is on Mommy's plate is better than what I have though, so I ask for bites of her food often.  Mommy still cuts most of my food into bite-sized pieces, but she has started leaving some things bigger for me to eat like a big girl. 

I would like to introduce someone to you.  Let me grab him...

Okay, here he is.  Mommy calls him Mouse for now.  One day I'll give him a better name. 

I sleep with him each night and love to chew on his long, skinny tail.  I have started to want to take him out of my bed which Mommy will let me do every once and a while.  I like to give him lots of hugs!

One of my favorite things to do is look at (or chew on) books.  I say "boah, boah, boah" then will spend a few minutes looking the books over.  I will sit and let Mommy read to me, but usually get bored before the end of the story!

I love my big sister Katelyn.  She 'helps' me walk, she reads books to me, she brings me toys.  Lately we have been getting into laughing fits together.  I'm not sure what we are laughing at, but we sure have a good time!

I also like to talk on the phone.  I hold it up to my ear and sometimes say, "O" (hello).

I have done lots of standing and walking this month.  I can walk pretty good now.  If I don't have anything in my hands while I'm walking then I usually hold my arms up in the air. 

I am ending my 13th month with an ear infection, but true to form, I'm still a sweet little girl (except at the church nursery).  I typically cry when Mommy and Daddy drop me off then calm down after a few minutes.  Last Sunday I was pretty fussy (probably because of the ear infection) so I cried until they paged Mommy.  Once she came to get me I was a happy girl again. 

Words: Dada (still your favorite word)

momma (on a good day)

Boah (book)

Bbb (ball)

O (hello)

Favorite foods:

waffles

banana

sandwiches

chicken

zucchini

brocolli

watermelon

spaghetti

bread of any kind

plum

strawberries