It's a......

tiny toe'd:


thumb sucking:


sweet little, 12 ounce baby.....

BOY!!!

We couldn't be more thrilled! After finding out the day after Kate turned one that we were going to be welcoming another little monkey to our family, we both hoped for but never expected a boy! What a sweet little surprise! We can't wait to meet him on April 15, 2009 (give or take a few weeks, preferably take)!

Halloween 2008!

This year for Halloween we went to our church's "Trunk or Treat". Kate was dressed as a peacock and Jason and I were peacock ranchers! Kate has LOVED her costume from the moment we got it, and anytime she sees it, she HAS to put it on, she especially loves the hat!


My proud peacock!




They had dinner followed by carnival games, prizes and cotton candy and then onto the trunk or treat part! Jason and I were in charge of one of the booth's for the first half hour, but Kate liked it so much, we spent almost the whole night there! Look out Tiger Woods, you've got some serious competition!



But I think Kate's favorite part of the night had to be either the cotton candy or helping me eat some MilkyWays! Ah....I've trained her so well!

Happy Halloween!

I'll post more pictures of our day later, but I just had to post this awesome pumpkin that Jason "sculpted" last night! We just watched a program on pumpkin carving/sculpting and I guess it inspired Jason! Happy Halloween everyone!

PAT PAT PAT!

Kate's new favorite show is Little Einsteins. And her favorite part is when they give their rocket power by patting their laps and then raising their arms for BLAST OFF! She's got the moves down!

She also answers the "phone"

Happy Birthday Baby!

It's hard to believe a whole year has gone by since Kate was born! I guess time really does fly when you're having fun! We feel so blessed to have that little bug in our family! She is so much fun to have around and gets more fun every day! She is truly the light of our lives!

We celebrated her birthday on Sunday, while we were up in Washington with family. Here's a few photos of the shindig:

Kate's cake experience

PRESENTS!!!!

Here is what our one year old Kate is up to these days:

*Giving "loves" (hugs with pats) to everything, including the watermelon in our grocery cart today!

*Putting any toy she can find up to her ear, she thinks everything is a telephone!

*Practicing to become the next Dancing Queen, she LOVES music and never lets a tune slip by without gettin' jiggy with it first! Favorite singer? I guess she takes after her Aunt Rebecca, she LOVES James Taylor!

*Loving anything Elmo! She spots that dude a mile away and points and grunts!

*Jibber-Jabbering all day long, nothing coherent yet, but she sure tries. She also is just starting to really love squealing super loud! Fun for us!!!

*Baby signing like a maniac, she surprises us with new signs every day!

*Becoming a professional destructo baby, she loves to help me "fold" clothes!

*Clapping at anything anyone else claps at, including people clapping on T.V.

*Copy cat coughing. If she hears a sneeze, sniff, cough, or someone clear their throat, she has to let everyone know she is sick too, by coughing!

Happy Birthday sweet baby Kate! We love you!!!

Nothing much to say...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then here are a few thousand!







How many words is a video worth?

Visit From My Mom!

Last week my Mom came down to visit and help watch Kate while I went into to Jason's school to be his first patient! It was so good to have her here, and we had so much fun! Her birthday was on May 11th (also Mother's Day) so we celebrated a late birthday for her, with a delicious cake I got at a bakery just down the road from us. It was a boston creme cake! SO YUMMY!


(would you believe my mom was here a whole week and I only took two pictures the entire time?!?!?! The other one is basically the same shot!)

We got her a puzzle for her birthday, and had fun putting it together with her, even though it was a Halloween puzzle. My mom is the queen of Halloween and puzzles! While she was here we also went out to dinner a few times, took her to Pops, (a fun little restaurant Jason discovered) went shopping and just hung out and had fun!

Kate loved having company and started jabbering a lot while Grandma was here! The first day Grandma babysat Kate, I expected to come home to a sweet baby excited to see her mommy, but was very surprised when Kate took one look at me, looked back at Grandma and started boo-hooing! I guess she was just having too much fun with Grandma and wasn't ready for me to come home yet!

And I know you are all wondering how Jason did on his first patient. Well, I'm pleased to say, he did an amazing job, my teeth have never been better! He had to take x-rays, do impressions, measure my gum depths, polish my teeth and a few other things that I have never had done before, so I don't know what they are called!

All in all it was a great week! We had so much fun having my Mom out here and can't wait to go up to Washington in a few weeks to see her and the rest of the family at my little brother's graduation!!!