Fryer Family

He’s here!

2010-10-16T18:08:00.001-05:00

Henry Craig has arrived

October 7, 2010

7:11 am

8lbs. 6oz.

20 3/4 in.

We’ve been home a week now. I was more nervous for this labor and delivery than I was with Katelyn. I thought Katelyn’s birth was relatively easy and I was so nervous I’d have some sort of complication. But it was so good. Now with the next child I’m going to be nervous that it wont go as well as Henry’s. :) haha My water broke at 3:00 in the morning and 4 hours later here he was. I got scared there for a little bit though. My contractions were really close together. No more than 90 sec to 2 min. apart. I thought my biggest fear was about to happen. That the labor would happen too quickly and the anesthesiologist wouldn’t get there in time to give me an epidural. Luckily he made it and it was smooth sailing from there on out. Unlike Kate’s delivery where I had to push for an hour I only had to push 3 times before he was out. Everything turned out great. He’s healthy and I’m doing great. The recovery has been really good.

There are so many things about having a newborn that are just the best….

-the way he smells is so yummy

-his cry

-his sneezing

-funny and scrunched faces he makes in his sleep are so cute

-when he cuddles into you

-because right now it’s for such a short time-when he’s awake

-and much more

We love having this new little man around. He is so precious!

Didier Farm

2010-10-04T00:39:00.001-05:00

Last Saturday we wanted to go apple picking like we do every year but we found out that the apples were slim pickins…so we decided to go to Didier Farm and pick pumpkins instead. We’ve been here once before and thought it was really fun. Kate had a fun time picking out a pumpkin for herself and for her little brother. She loved the horse ride and looking at all the farm animals.

It happened

2010-10-03T23:31:00.003-05:00

I always wondered how long it would take us to make our first trip to the ER for an accident of some sort with Kate. Well it happened. I’m surprised it took almost 3 years. We’ve been lucky with this little monkey. Tuesday (9-28-10) Kate got her first stitches. She had just got out of the tub and I wrapped her in her towel like I always do. As she was walking away she tripped over her towel and fell right on her face. Of course she started crying so I scooped her up really fast and was holding her. When she calmed down and pulled away from me I noticed blood on my shirt. So I thought her mouth was bleeding so I look inside her mouth and it was bleeding a little bit but not much. She had stopped crying so I thought all was okay. 5-7 minutes later we’re eating breakfast and Kate turns her head a little bit and I notice blood on her neck. I was like where did that blood come from? So I lift up her chin and there’s a big gash under her chin. I knew she needed stitches but I first took her to per pediatrician to see if I was wrong. The doctor said no she needs stitches. So I drive her over to the ER to get her stitched up. Katelyn was in great spirits. The cut wasn’t even bothering her the slightest. She was her normal Katelyn self. We had to put this gel on the cut to numb it for 30 minutes. When it was time to stitch her up they had to lay her on the board and strap her down. She HATED this. Kate hates to be forced down or confined and in this straight jacket torturing device for children was awful She couldn’t move a muscle. I got teary eyed seeing how upset she was and wondering why I wasn’t saving her when she was crying out for me to help her. Finally it was over and she calmed down as soon as I could hold her. She was very brave. It was noon by the time we got out of there so I took her to McDonalds and got her a happy meal and chocolate milkshake. That made her really happy. That night Craig came home with some flowers for her and she was so excited they were just for her. Her BF Jane also got her a get well gift…a little purse with a necklace and earrings and some candy. She’s so sweet!

It’s a Boy

2010-10-03T23:31:00.001-05:00

So I guess I never did do an official post that we are expecting. So this baby boy is due in a week and we are super excited for a boy. I wasn’t that excited for the boy at first. Craig didn’t care either way but I would have loved to have Kate have a sister. I thought with her fun personality sharing all her girlie fun stuff with a little sister would have been great. And the timing was too perfect. Kate’s a Dec. baby and this baby was and Oct. baby and so I wouldn’t have had to buy any new clothes. All the seasons were the same. It was perfect. But we got a boy and after a little of time getting used to it I can’t imagine anything else and I’m so excited for him. I have one of each and it’s awesome!!! Coming up with a name has been a little tough though. Hopefully we’ll come up with something in the next week. :) I can’t wait to meet the little guy!

So my greatest friends in the world were so sweet and threw me a baby shower. It was so great. Food, decor, and company was so great! I love them so much!

Kate helped me open the presents

Amy and Karrie (minus Rachel-I think she’s taking all the pictures) The BF’s

Kate loves all the new clothes we’re getting her brother

Karrie gave Kate a gift so she didn’t feel left out. It was so sweet. Thanks Karrie. She loved it!

First Day of School

2010-10-03T23:30:00.001-05:00

Kate had her first day of school on September 7. It was a big day and she was so excited to get there that morning. We first went to breakfast at Walker Bros. So yummy! Then it was off to school. It went well. She had the biggest smile on her face as she came running out when she was done. She couldn’t wait to go again. It was also a big day because she gave up her binky that day. It was hard for the first few days but she got better and it now is not an issue. She’s my big girl now. Sniff sniff

Camping

2010-10-03T23:29:00.003-05:00

Craig took Katelyn camping for the first time this summer. I was not invited (jk) Craig really enjoyed this daddy daughter outing. I needed to stay anyways cause I had some things I needed to be to that Saturday morning. They had a lot of fun.

Bags are packed….she had to take her Dora suitcase

Campfire and hot dog roast

Yummy pancake breakfast

Sleeping quarters for the night

Getting to go on a horse ride. I love the hat.

Kate loves the horses.

Her dad might have to buy her a pony someday :)

Nauvoo

2010-10-03T23:29:00.001-05:00

So a couple weeks after we got back from our big long trip we were off again. This time to Nauvoo and St. Louis. Craig had a business trip he had to go to in St. Louis so we thought this would be a good chance for us to tag along and hit Nauvoo on our way. Trip down was really good. The drive wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Kate was really good and I didn’t get too uncomfortable (I was about 7 months at this point). We literally pulled right into the edge of Nauvoo and this is when our car decides to break. We needed a new water pump I guess. Thank goodness for AAA. They sent someone out to tow our car and fix it. The only problem was it wasn’t going to be done until the next Tuesday (it was Sat.) So we got a rental from the same place who was fixing our car and we drove that around for the weekend and all the way to St. Louis. So the drive back on Tuesday was A LOT longer than we planned. Instead of the 4 or 5 hours back to Chicago we had to back track back to Nauvoo to get the car and then back. 10 hrs. later we made it home. It all worked out though and it was a really fun trip.

1- Craig and Kate

2- Me and Kate at the Brick co.

3- John Taylors home (click here for a really neat story on that wooden horse in the picture)

4- Brigham Young’s house

5- Blacksmith

6- Us at the Nauvoo Temple

7- Temple

8- Statue of Joseph and Hyrum. This is up on a hill by the temple where Joseph and Hyrum looked over the valley of Nauvoo before they rode out to Carthage.

"I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; But I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men. I shall die innocent, and it shall yet be said of me — he was murdered in cold blood."

Joseph Smith uttered these prophetic words June 24, 1844, in the final moments of what would be his final horse ride from his beloved Nauvoo.

9- Carthage jail

10- Original door with the bullet holes that killed Hyrum

11- Kate

12- me and Kate

13- Kate

14- St. Louis Zoo train ride

15- me and Kate

16- Carousel (Kate wanted to ride this and the train more than look at the animals)

Idaho/Utah

2010-10-03T23:28:00.001-05:00

On my list of things to do before this baby comes is get this dang blog updated. It’s been a thorn in my side for months. I wish I could be better at keeping it updated but the time just always gets away from me. So here come a lot of blogs. First is our trip this summer to Idaho/Utah. We were there for 6 weeks. I know. A long time. But funny thing, this trip seemed to go by faster than the the other trips when we’re only there for about 4 weeks. We were busy and had lots of fun things to do. Here are some pictures from the trip.

1-Kate

2-Opening Dani’s present

3-She loves ‘em

4-Dinner at my FAVORITE place Guadalajara

5- Kate LOVES it too

6- The girls

7- Dani and Kate

8- I said “hell” when we were playing 5 Crowns and so Kate made me sit in time out with my hood on. I guess she figured if she kept on getting in trouble for saying the “S” word (and no she didn’t get that from me or Craig cause we never say that word…seriously) that I should be in trouble too.

9- Kate kept making people play “Bus” or “Taxi” with her.

10-I think she was hungry…

11-So tired but wouldn’t go to sleep cause she knew she’d be missing out on all the Guitar Hero fun.

12- Kate and cousin Stacy

13- Jammin’ out

14-1/4 (maybe) of my cousins at Braden’s homecoming

15- Kate and Dani again

16- Bowling

1- Kate

2- Brandt doesn’t share food :) (Had to have seen the Friends episode)

3- She loves Brandt!

4- Brandt giving in

5- Kate actually took everyone’s food (especially the ice cream)

6- Us

7-Kate thinks she’s funny…okay she is

8- Brandt and Craig at the reunion

9- Kate and Brynnlie were scared of this big ape man that was walking around the reunion… hehe They found Bryndi to comfort them

10- Me and Kate

11- Kate playing the balloon game. Amazingly she was able to keep her balloon to the end of the game. No one popped hers. I think they were just trying to be nice cause she was the youngest one out there cause some of them were ruthless.

12- Me and Kate again

13- Yummy birthday cake-thanks Nicole

14- Fourth of July fireworks

15- Family pics that took forever to take cause the boys or Kate were always being goofy….

16- The girls

1- Kate and me

2- She’s a poser…yes we watch Project Runway every week

3- Kate loved these brand new puppies that someone had at the baseball game.

4- Craig and me

5- Kate

6- I cut off I think 14 or 15 in. of Jenny’s hair. It was fun!

7- The boys

8- Me, Tysi, and Amanda (Brynn)

9- Kate riding a horse at the Fryer’s friends house. She loved it

10- and loved him

11- She wanted to be the baby so she decided to plop herself in her baby’s crib.

12- The horse again

13- Loved riding this bike on mimi’s and apa’s porch

14- Taryn, Dave, and Craig

15- Cooking with mimi

16- Kate loved sitting on this rock in the front yard with her baby

and here are some video’s that were fun

Riding horse from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Rex taking Kate for a walk from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Shooting Sam from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Bowling and the foul line from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Washing Grandmas Hair from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Washing Sam's hair from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Ice Cream Please from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Cheer Stunt from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Fun words from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Happy Mother’s Day

2010-05-10T20:01:00.001-05:00

Happy Mother’s Day to all you mom’s. Hope you all had wonderful day!! I was glad to be getting to go to church after missing the last two weeks with being sick with a sinus infection. In the morning before we left for church Kate and Craig gave me a present. It was a locket necklace and it’s so pretty. There is even a cute picture of Kate inside. :) I love it. They were good to me yesterday. I love being a mom. Kate keeps me on my toes every day but it’s hard to think of life before her. The girl with all the attitude. Love her!

We couldn’t even take a good picture cause of all the goofy faces she was pulling :)

Happy mothers Day to her

and her

We love you both lots!

Happy Birthday Craig!

2010-05-10T19:43:00.001-05:00

I am a week late but couldn’t go without posting about this handsome man. I feel so bad. Poor Craig didn’t have such a great birthday. We we’re both really sick with our first sinus infections. Crazy timing. We did go out the Friday before his birthday to his favorite place Bob Chin’s. The rest of the weekend was a bust. We were in bed for most of it. I am just finally getting better (after 2 long weeks of feeling like crap) so I wanted to make sure I told him publicly Happy Birthday and that I love you so much and for everything you do for me and our family. You work so hard for us. We love you lots and lots!!!! XOXO

Craig and his toaster oven. He’s been wanting one bad for a long time and I found one that I think he really liked. We’re already using it everyday!

Fun Weekend

2010-04-19T11:02:00.001-05:00

Had a FUN weekend! Friday, Craig and I were able to go downtown and have a night away. My friend offered to take Katelyn so we could get away for a night. So of course we had to take her up on it. So after I sent Katelyn off I rode the train down to meet Craig. We checked in to our hotel and then went and did some shopping before dinner. We had yummy Japanese dinner at some place for the life of me I don’t remember the name of. Then later on that night we had tickets to go see Blue Man Group. It was soooo fun!!!! I’ve heard people talk about how great it was but I wasn’t expecting it to be so funny. I don’t remember the last time I laughed so much. I was mad I brought my camera but left the memory card at home in the computer. I hate when I do that. So this is the only picture I got of the night.

So it was a really fun night.

So Saturday morning we had breakfast and then got on the train to head home. We missed Kate and come to find out she did so good staying over at Karrie’s. We came and got her and she didn’t want to leave. They are her second family. :) Anyways, we finally got her to leave and we went and had lunch at Steak N Shake and went bowling. It was another good time.

Katelyn was cute with the milkshake. Whenever she would want Craig to take a drink she would say “Go ahead”. Don’t know where she got that one. :)

Milkshakes from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Bowling from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

I couldn’t believe Katelyn would carry her own 8lb ball. She’s a toughy! :)

Zoo

2010-04-15T09:44:00.001-05:00

It was a very nice day yesterday so I thought I would take Kate down to the zoo. I thought this year would be a little better than last year and that she would be more interested in the animals. Ummm….it’s still the same. :( She is still more interested in pushing all the display buttons, playing in the dirt and the bark, and throwing stuff in the garbage cans. Oh well. She did have one cute moment. I told her “Kate lets go look at the Monkeys.” and she replied with (while running now) “Oh, boy, oh boy”. That’s a new one. :) Don’t know where she got that. I didn’t get very many cute pictures since she was so preoccupied with other things most of the time but here are a few…

Her fish face :)

Happy Birthday to Sam

2010-04-13T17:01:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday to this guy....I'm a few days late. Hope you had a wonderful day!!! We love and miss you lots!!!

2010-04-13T14:34:00.001-05:00

Here are some cute photos and a video of Kate and one of her BF’s Jane

Kate and Jane jumping on tramp from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Kate loves this girl!

Easter

2010-04-05T11:01:00.003-05:00

We had another great holiday with some great friends. Yummy dinner and beautiful weather to do an Easter egg hunt for the kids….or at least if was beautiful when we had the hunt. It rained later while we were eating dinner. :) The timing worked out perfectly. Sorry to my Utah and Idaho friends….I heard it snowed! Total bummer.

The morning was really nice too. Kate woke up and rushed right to her Easter basket. She loved all her new presents. We also got to listen to the morning session of conference. Lucky for us and thanks to the new LDS.org website we can go back and listen to all of the speakers that we missed in the 2nd session. Here are some pictures from the day (and please don’t mind Kate’s morning hair. I know it’s just sooo lovely).

and here are some videos for the grandparents. Here is Kate opening up your Easter packages.

Grandma Bev presents from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Mimi presents from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

A special post just for her…

2010-03-31T19:31:00.001-05:00

Happy Birthday to you. I hope that you have a great day!!!! Love you lots and miss you every day!

Here’s a picture Katelyn drew you for your special day! Isn’t it lovely! :)

Kate,you’re a funny girl!

2010-03-30T13:22:00.002-05:00

We’re in a bad phase. So Katelyn the last week or two has been pretty…..challenging. Actually I think that would be an understatement. It’s as if all the sudden the drama hit with full force. She doesn’t like being told what to do and when she gets in trouble or I ask her to do something she just screams and usually resorts to throwing anything in close range. Holy cow! It’s a mess right now. Nothing works as punishment. She doesn’t care if she has to sit in time out or she doesn’t care if you take away her toys or her favorite kids show. Katelyn is always doing something pretty cute sometime during the day and I keep telling myself it’s a good thing she’s so cute. Those moments are what are keeping me sane. So I thought I’d share some recent and maybe some old (since I haven’t blogged forever) moments that have made me laugh or just go…awwwwwe.

The other day we were writing on Katelyn’s chalkboard and she would tell me a name and I would write it down for her. We of course started with all her best friends and buddies and then we finally got to the family. I was helping her out a little bit with her aunt’s and uncles (there’s a lot). So I started saying “Dani.” and she was like Dani. Then I said “Sydney.” and she was like nodding her head again saying “Sydney.” Then I was like “Sam.” and she said again “Sam.” and then I paused for a minute not even really noticing and then she got this really concerned look on her face and she tilted her head a bit and then said “Zachy????” I was like oh YES. Don’t forget Zach. I was surprised that she would remember something like that. Remember who was missing. I think she just really likes Zach!!! :) Super cute!

Katelyn is really into pretending now which I love to play along with. Her favorite right now is pretending she’s leaving with her babies (shopping, errands, etc) or she’s leaving to school. And she’ll always come running into a room and yell “HOME!!!” and I love to ask her “Where did you go?” She’ll always respond with one of three places…Amy’s house, church, or school. :) Then after she’s told me where she’s been she’ll say “Missed you!” That’s when my heart melts. :)

Back in January Katelyn decided to lock herself in the bathroom. I tried explaining to her how to get out but she wasn’t getting it. She didn’t care. She was just sitting on the floor playing with all her Barbie’s. We finally got the “OLD” door open with a screwdriver.

One Saturday morning Craig and I were lying in bed and we hear that Katelyn is up and so Craig yells out to her “Katelyn come here.” and she responds with “Not coming dad! Love you bye!” :) hehe

I was tickling Katelyn for something funny she was doing. She likes being tickled. So she kept on doing what she was doing. Well one time she did her thing and I laughed but no tickling. She then says “tickle me!” I couldn’t stop laughing.

Katelyn has recently started to say a lot lately “Me do it, K!” She’s very independent and wants to do everything herself. It’s now becoming a fight between us. I’ll say “No mommy needs to pour your milk.” Kate will yell back with lots of anger “NO me do it, K!”

Katelyn Phrases

No me do it, K

Tickle me

In a minute

Hold on

Missed you

Come on mom

FHE from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

Easter egg hunt

2010-03-30T12:31:00.002-05:00

Saturday was our ward’s annual Easter egg hunt. Kate understood the process more this year so I think she had more fun. She was running all over the place trying to find the eggs. Here are some cute pictures from the morning….

egg hunt from Lindsay Fryer on Vimeo.

February

2010-03-26T09:46:00.002-05:00

....and here are some cute ones from February.

January

2010-03-26T09:40:00.002-05:00

Here are just some cute pics of Kate from January.

Family Pictures

2010-03-24T21:48:00.004-05:00

Our very nice friend took some pictures of us down by the lake and she did such a wonderful job. We have never had family pictures done before (I know...LAME) and so I was so excited to finally get some done.

Christmas

2010-03-24T21:31:00.002-05:00

So our Christmas this year was very low key. We were on our own this year. I know sad huh! Well we survived :) We started off by having dinner with some friends on Christmas Eve. That was really fun. I always love those.

Then Christmas morning was here. We luckily are not at the age yet were Katelyn is up at the break of dawn. So as soon as she woke up we started to open presents. I think we might have gone a little over board this year. Katelyn was bored opening presents 1/2 hour into it. We tried to force her to open some more but she wouldn't have it. It took about a week to open the rest of them. I took some back cause I just realized she had too much and didn't need it. After we were all done with breakfast and getting ready for the day we decided to go to the movies. We wanted to go and see The Princess and the Frog movie which had just come out but of course we get there and it's sold out. We figured that could happen (it was Christmas after all) so we had to see Alvin and the chipmunks. It was the only kid movie playing. That was okay. I think Kate loved going to the movie. It was her first. Then we just were lazy bums the rest of the day enjoying Craig at home with us. We missed our family a lot this year. I'm glad we get to go home for Christmas this year.

Santa

2010-03-24T21:26:00.003-05:00

I LOVE going to see Santa....so it's only my second year taking Kate but I can't get enough of this stuff.

Just some cute pics

2010-03-24T21:21:00.002-05:00

Here are some cute random photos of Kate from the rest of December

Katelyn turns 2

2010-03-24T20:54:00.002-05:00

So Kate hit the big two on Dec. 01 and our day went a little something like this. I got up really early to decorate the house with balloons, crate paper, and banner's so that Kate would be surprised when she woke up. I loved the smile on her face when she came walking out of her room. Plus the state of her hair was pretty funny too. :) She loved all of it. So we got ready for the day and I took her out to breakfast at IHOP. Kate loves eating out! :) Then we came home and she took her nap and waited for Craig to get off work so we could meet up for dinner. We took Katelyn to Ron of Japan and she LOVED that even more. We've discovered she has a pretty expensive taste in food. She eats more portions of fish, sushi, lobster, shrimp, & crab than any other food. Crazy girl knows what she likes. She liked it when our waitress brought out the top of a pineapple with a lit sparkler coming out of it. Then we went home and opened all of her presents. I think she had a fun day. I know I had fun.

Thanksgiving

2010-03-24T20:51:00.003-05:00

We are so lucky to have great friends here who let us crash at their house for Thanksgiving. Love you KINGS!!! We had a good dinner with some good eating.

Idaho Trip

2010-03-24T19:04:00.002-05:00

After we got back home from Disney World we hopped back on a plane a few days later to head to Idaho. We had a fun trip.

Disney World

2010-03-24T19:00:00.002-05:00

We got to go to Disney World in October. In one word it was MAGICAL. I love Disney. I could go there every year and it would never lose it's magic. I was so happy being there. Here are just a few of the many MANY pictures we took (trying to make up for last time when our camera was stolen on our way home from DW). Enjoy!

BEWARE

2010-03-24T18:57:00.002-05:00

Here come a lot of new post :) I know this will make a lot of you happy. You know who you are (the nagging worked)!!!!

Phone Talk

2009-09-30T18:57:00.002-05:00

I've been wanting to get on video what you do when you start talking on the phone and today I did. I always think it's so cute how you immediately go back to your room to sit in the recliner. You've watched me have many conversations there I think. :)

Oprah

2009-09-25T14:36:00.002-05:00

Today I had so much fun going to the Oprah show. It was her Friday live show. Karrie was so sweet to invite me. We had to be there so early so we had to leave my house at 5:45. We got there in no time. I'm glad there was no traffic. We thought we were going to be super early but then when we got to the studio there was already a line started. So after we go through security and check our purses we headed upstairs for the staging area where we had to sit for about an hour and a half. So it was finally time to go down to the studio and when we get there I see a girl seating everybody in front of us up on the back section. When she got to me and Karrie she asked if we could step to the side and she continued to seat the people behind us. I was confused. I was like are you not going to give us a seat? Then when the "head" lady came over to us our girl said "Do you have a seat for them?" So she said "Yes, will you two follow me." She ends up taking us up to the FRONT ROW. Karrie and I sit down and can't believe that we are sitting in the front row. And not just the front but right smack in the middle. Wow it was so awesome! Later a lady comes and sits next to me and she leans over and asks "Are you guys special?" and we were like "No, are you special?" and she said "NO". Then she asked the same thing to the ladies to other side of her. She said I was a standby and I just thought I'd try to get in a this is where they put me. All of us on the front felt pretty lucky to be sitting there cause we were just regular joes. :) It was funny. I honestly got so nervous. I couldn't believe what was happening. The guests today were Mckenzie Phillips who was skyped in and then her sister Chyna was actually there. Jay Leno was skyped in. He was pretty funny. And then the most dreamy of all Harry Connick Jr. was there and he was dreamy. He was really funny too like during the commercial breaks. We got to go home with his new cd which I LOVE LOVE LOVE. What a day. I was so tired when I got home. I can't believe how much fun I had. Here's a picture of me and Karrie outside the studio.

2009-09-20T18:45:00.002-05:00

Apple Holler 2009

2009-09-20T13:58:00.007-05:00

It's that time of year again where we go and do all the fun fall activities. This year we started out with heading up to Apple Holler again. We really had fun last year and so we wanted to make sure we made it up there. It was a lot of fun this year with Katelyn being so big now. I can't believe that last year when we went Kate wasn't even a year old yet. Just a baby. She was fun and loved taking a few bites of an apple and then throwing it out and picking another. We might have created a problem though. Today sitting in church I had an apple sliced up for her and she would only take a bite out of one slice before moving on to the next one.

Must have been a sour one

Kate's a big girl now!

2009-09-17T11:10:00.006-05:00

Last night was Katelyn's first night in a "big girl" bed. It wasn't as smooth as I would have hoped but it wasn't too bad I guess. We decided to change her crib to a day bed cause she had started climbing out of it during her nap and at night. She's pretty good at it but we thought before there's an accident we should just change it. So I got on video her climbing in and out and of her helping her dad fix her bed.

More Birthday Surprises

2009-09-17T10:00:00.004-05:00

So Monday night was another fun night of surprises. My girls surprised me at my house and took me out to dinner. I took my camera and then forgot to take a picture so this is the only one I have of all us.

Anyways they were so sweet. Craig was sweet too. He came home early from work so that I could go out. It was funny seeing Craig trying to keep it a secret all day. He told me in the morning that he was catching the 6:00 train and he wanted the frozen enchiladas that were in the freezer for dinner. It was way too early in the morning so I didn't really give it a second thought. Then he calls later in the afternoon and asks if I am still on for making the enchiladas for him and then tells me that I can't eat after 4. (what?) Then he calls again about 5ish telling me that he wants dinner at 7:30 and to have the house clean and be ready (ready for what?). Well by this point I'd figured out that someone is coming over here and taking me out. So Craig gets home and he tries to throw me off in all these other directions saying it's us going out and we're getting a babysitter. The enchiladas are for her-blah blah blah. :) Ya whatever. So then I say to him "My girls are coming to get me huh". He tried to keep it going like it was just him and the babysitter that were the surprise. Then on the nose at 7:30 here come in my 3 amigos. I was so happy. We went and ate at Bob Chinn's and I ate some yummy halibut and clam chowder. I think it's the best I've ever had. What a great night. I'm so lucky to have these great friends. And so lucky to have a great husband who comes home early to take care of Kate even though he has mounds and mounds of work to do (which he's making up for the rest of this week). Again, what a great birthday! Loves to you all!

Birthday Weekend

2009-09-13T20:22:00.007-05:00

So today is my birthday which means I didn't do anything but go to church and be at home. I guess that's how Sunday birthdays go. But that did not stop us from having a great celebration before. :) So Craig had a big surprise for me on Friday. He put so much thought and work into it. He even called the babysitter! So I rode the train down to Chicago Friday afternoon and for my first surprise we went on a Segway Tour. I was so happy. All week I was secretly hoping this is what we were going to do. I always thought it would be a cinch but it's actually a lot harder than it looks. I got the hang of it after about 15 minutes. We had a really small group too which worked out so nice. There was only me and Craig and two foreign guys. We took the tour that takes you around Grant Park and up to Soldier Field and all the museums (Shedd Aquarium, Planetarium, and Field Museum)and where the old airport is. I had no idea there used to be a small airport out there. Our tour guide told us that Mayor Dayley had it torn out in the middle of the night cause he was the only one that wanted to get rid of it and that a couple of men from out of town who were attending conferences at the McCormick center had flown in there and then couldn't leave cause he tore it all up. They had to put their private jets on ships and get them out that way. Isn't that crazy. I learned little facts like that, that I didn't know before. Interesting stuff I know :) Anywho, so my next surprise was dinner and he tried to have me guess but I had no idea cause I like most anything. Well I shouldn't say that. :) I'll eat anything but Thai, Indian, and sushi. So the cab took us to Ron of Japan. Craig knows I LOVE teppanyaki. I guess this is the only teppanyaki place in Chicago (Bennihanna's is gone I guess). My veggies, soup, salad, and filet mignon was delish. We sat with 4 other women who were there celebrating their 50th birthdays. They thought it was funny that we were sitting with them celebrating my 25th birthday cause they are all from out of state and their theme for their big vacation was party like two 25 year olds. They were a little funny! :) They had lots of wine :) So that was my big night. It was so fun. I couldn't stop smiling. Craig is the best. He put so much thought into it and he worked so hard all week so he could leave early. Thanks for the great birthday. Love love love you!!! Here are some pictures from our night.

Beautiful Skyline

Buckingham Fountain

Man with fish

I learned that the fountain behind me of the 5 ladies represents all of the great lakes and the water that falls from them is how each of the lakes fall into each other.

I know you can't see our faces but I thought it was so funny how bright our reflective vests were. :)

Us out at dinner

They brought out this piece of fruit or something with sparklers in it and sang happy birthday to our whole table. Craig didn't get a picture in time with all the spark. Oh well. This is what it looked like at the end. :)

Opening presents

On our way to church

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Kate putting in contacts

Labor Day weekend

2009-09-09T17:52:00.008-05:00

Craig had Friday and Monday off for the holiday weekend so we took advantage of having him home for a few days. Friday we went down to the city and hung out at Navy Pier and the Children's Museum.

Saturday after a very lovely baptism we attended we headed out to the Morton Arboretum again this time with Craig. Of course Kate had a blast.

We were pretty tired from the two long days we had plus the long day of church that Monday we just relaxed and didn't do much. Great weekend though!

Who's her Favorite?

2009-09-09T17:42:00.003-05:00

It's official-Katelyn's favorite is a daddy. It's pretty cute. She calls for him all day. Every time we leave the house she calls out his name (she thinks we're going to the train to pick him up). Everyday when she wakes up from a nap I will go and peek my head in to her room and call out her name and she ALWAYS responds with "Daddy"? And every time I have to go in and break her heart cause it's just mom. I guess I keep hoping that one of these days she'll call back "Mommy"! Probably wont happen any time soon when she has an AWESOME dad like Craig.

Kate eats sushi...

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and loves it!

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Morton Arboretum I

2009-09-09T17:34:00.004-05:00

This place was so fun. They have this children's garden that goes on forever with all these fun things for the kidos to do. I just wish it was closer to us. We'd go all the time.

Morning with the Wiggleworms

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Science and Industry Museum

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Evening Walk

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Boston

2009-09-09T17:02:00.008-05:00

The end of July I got to go out to Boston and spend the weekend with my cousins who are going to school out there. It was so fun. The first day we were there we just toured down town Boston and walked along the freedom trail and saw the main sights.

Saturday we all went to New Port,RI

Craig and I took a tour of Vanderbilt Mansion. It was so worth the $20. It's a gorgeous house.

The Vanderbilt's Mansion was fully staffed all year long yet this was their summer home that they only stayed in for 10 weeks out of the year. It was built in the 1870's and back then it cost $1.5 million. It was CRAZY.

then we walked along the cliff path and saw all the other mansions from the same time period. It was a beautiful view. It was a very fun weekend.

It's time....

2009-09-09T17:00:00.002-05:00

I haven't blogged in awhile and I've started to get a lot of complaints (mostly from family). So beware- here come a lot of random blogs of stuff we've been up to since July.

Enjoy!

2009-07-14T21:28:00.003-05:00

Kate found my hair cutting bag in the closet and when Craig started to take it away and close the closet door she ran to this chair and sat right in it...just like all my clients. She sees a lot of people come in and out of our house for HC's and so she probably thought she was overdue for one and that it was finally her turn to sit and be pampered. So we humored her and her dad styled her hair. She LOVED it!

Shopping is dangerous

2009-07-12T21:07:00.008-05:00

So Friday I got my very first black eye and there is no cool story or anything. Just me being an idiot who wasn't paying attention to where she was going. I was at Burlington Coat Factory and I had just gotten my shopping cart. I start walking down the isle and the cart felt very wobbly and like there was something stuck in the wheels. So I keep walking and lean over to the left to see if there is in fact something stuck in my wheels and there's not but while I was bent over looking my face collides with a metal clothes rack. OUCH!!! Oh wow it hurt! I run to the first mirror I can find and sure enough I see a little red spot in the corner of my eye. I'd popped a blood vessel. I said to my self "Great I just gave myself a black eye by running into a clothes rack." I was pretty embarrassed cause I'm pretty sure somebody saw it happen cause I wasn't exactly quiet when we hit. Luckily it's not as "black" as it could be but here are some photos so you can see. I know it doesn't look too bad but boy it's tender! :)

Katelyn and I were supposed to meet Craig down in the city for dinner and when he found out what happened he didn't think we should go anymore. He thought people would think he's a wife beater :) (he was totally kidding). I was a little embarrassed to go out but we did anyways and we went to the Rainforest Cafe. Katelyn thought it was really fun. We sat right by this huge fish tank and she loved staring those down. Every 20 min. they had a "thunder storm" where all the lights go on and off and the animals go crazy. It was funny. As for the food I would give it a C rating but totally fun environment.

4th of July Weekend

2009-07-05T20:12:00.012-05:00

We had a fantastic 4th of July weekend. Craig was lucky to have Thursday and Friday off so we took full advantage of having him for a super long weekend. First we hit downtown with the Field Museum.

Then the beach on Friday. It was kind of chilly and cloudy but we kept warm digging big holes, making a big tower of sand, and burying Craig and Kate in the sand. Craig didn't put sunscreen on so he looks like a tomato. :)

and finally Saturday was a really busy day. I was able to go to a really neat baptism down at the lake in the morning. It was really special. I love watching our primary kids get baptized in the lake. After that we went to a friends to BBQ and watch the parade. It was fun. The only downer was that it was raining the entire time. After that we headed over to another friends for more partying. Then we headed for the lake to watch the fireworks. It was a long fun day!

It's beach season

2009-07-05T20:03:00.004-05:00

We've hit the beach finally. What and awful start to summer. I thought it would never warm up. But it has and we couldn't be happier. Kate loves the beach and it's now the newest word we can add to her vocabulary.

Stay tuned for more of the beach. We'll be hitting it all summer!

Our Farewell Trip

2009-07-05T19:28:00.007-05:00

Our main reason for our trip out to Idaho was because my little brother was leaving on his mission. He'll be serving in Chile and we're all so excited.
The MTC was kind of hard on all of us...

The rest of the trip was pretty laid back and we just hung out with family most of the time. Here are some other pics from the rest of our trip.

Navy Pier

2009-05-02T09:16:00.007-05:00

Last Saturday we had a fun day hanging out at Navy Pier. We went to the Children's Museum. Katelyn got her first Build-A-Bear, and we ate at Bubba Gumps. It was a fun day!

Zoo & Pool

2009-05-02T09:00:00.004-05:00

Daddy Weekend

2009-05-02T08:38:00.006-05:00

A couple weeks ago when I was with them they did this

Birthday Shout Out

2009-05-02T08:17:00.003-05:00

Today is Craig's birthday! 27 this year! I love you and I'm happy we get to celebrate with you!

Easter

2009-04-12T21:44:00.007-05:00

The day started out by hearing an early rising (5:30 a.m.) girl yelling for us from her room. I dragged myself out of bed and grabbed the camera to catch her reaction to her gifts from the Easter Bunny. She loved the stroller for her babies that he brought. She played with that and ate candy all morning. She was a pretty happy child!

We then hung out for most of the day at home and then later on went to the King's for Easter dinner.

She can't even wait long enough to take the wrapper off!

These are some photos from the day before @ the Primary Easter Egg Hunt! It was also a fun time!

Hope you all had a Happy Easter as well!

2009-04-08T17:27:00.002-05:00

I am so excited my new stroller came today. I've had some pretty bad luck with strollers and I am hoping I get to keep this one for a long long time. I can't wait for it to be warmer outside so Kate and I can go on more walks. Yeah, I am so happy!!!

2009-04-08T17:12:00.003-05:00

Last week was her birthday

and yesterday was his

I can't wait to see them in less than a month. She'll be graduating and he's leaving on his mission (that will be a hard for me though). There will be lots to celebrate!
I love you both!!!

Someday

2009-03-17T11:27:00.007-05:00

...this would be a dream come true

Never before seen photo's

2009-03-17T11:12:00.003-05:00

I was responding to some emails when I realized I hadn't heard Katelyn in awhile. Great...this is usually followed by me finding her making a huge mess that I've got to now clean up. I check her room first...she's not there. Great she's in my room..I walk in and this is what I found...

This has never happened before. I couldn't stop smiling. I thought it was so sweet. She must have been pretty tired I guess to go find a comfy spot herself to sleep.

2009-02-18T20:07:00.005-06:00

Today was a great day. We started out the day by going to play group for a couple of hours. It was at the church today which I love cause I don't have to worry about Katelyn destroying anything and she can just run and run wherever she wants...plus I get some time to just sit and chat.

Then we had lunch at McDonald's which had the best Diet Coke I've had in awhile. Then we went shopping cause I am still looking for a dress for Craig's sister's wedding. No luck at the mall but it was fun letting Kate play in the big tree house they have there for the kids.

So then we were off to a strip mall with a bunch of stores where I thought I would find something. So the first great thing that happened was I was at Nordstrom Rack and I found this shirt that I liked and it was only $25 dollars but it was still a little much for me but I was like "oh well, it's cute and it would go with one of the skirts I already have". I get up to the register and the lady tells me my total and it was much less than I thought. The shirt only ended up being $9.97. SCORE! Ok then my second great find goes like this...Last spring at Express they had this white box pleat skirt that I wanted really really bad but it was $60 so I thought I would come back in a couple of weeks and I was sure it would be on sale. Well I did and it was but it had only come down to $40. I still didn't want to pay that much so I thought again about coming back in another two weeks. So I came back two weeks later and it was GONE! I asked an associate what had happened to it and she said they got rid of them to their outlets. I was so mad. So I had missed out on this really cute skirt....until today. I found it at Marshall's. Only one left and in my size. It was my lucky day. And you want to know how much I Paid for it... $7.00!!! Woot woot!!! While I was trying on clothes Katelyn put on my scarf and my bracelet by herself and then stood in front of the mirror to look at herself for probably a full minute. It probably would have been longer but then I interrupted her by taking her picture.

It was a fun and exhausting day. Even Craig got home before we did. When I got home he surprised me with my favorite Chocolate French Silk Pie. I need more days like this. Even though it was raining this morning, gloomy this afternoon, and then snowing early this evening it couldn't have ruined the day. It was perfect.

Valentines 2009

2009-02-16T20:56:00.004-06:00

Valentines was really fun this year. I started out the day making breakfast for Katelyn(I would have for Craig but he doesn't like breakfast food). I made her purple heart pancakes but the purple didn't turn out so good...they just looked brown after they were cooked. We didn't do much the rest of the day except go out for a quick primary meeting I had.

Craig surprised me with flowers and a new necklace. I was really excited. We got a babysitter for the night and went to dinner and to the movie "He's just not that into you". It was pretty funny. It was a really great day and I've got the greatest husband and little girl in the world!

This made me laugh and laugh and...

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laugh!

I don't ever watch Jay Leno. I'm usually so tired and am in bed asleep but last night I was up and watched and the Jeopardy was so funny. I couldn't find anywhere where the whole thing was in one video so there's three...but worth watching. Enjoy

Pay It Forward

2009-02-09T16:47:00.002-06:00

So a friend of a friend is doing this pay it forward thing. So this is how it works..... The first 3 people to leave a comment on this will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. There's a small catch...You knew there would be didn't you? Post this on your blog then come back and leave a comment, telling me you're in. Fun, huh? Remember, only the first 3 comments receive the gift.

Kate's favorite seat

2009-01-23T08:20:00.003-06:00

Katelyn loves to sit in her basket of toys

Christmas

2009-01-22T15:57:00.012-06:00

Christmas at Dad's

Christmas at Mom's

Christmas at the Fryer's

Christmas at home (Katelyn was sick)

Katelyn turns 1

2009-01-22T14:56:00.015-06:00

Katelyn turned the big 1 on December 01...and because I was leaving in a week for a month long trip I didn't have time to blog about it. It was a fun day...probably more fun for me.

Craig wanted to make her cake that she got to dig into. I didn't like the whole idea at first. I had in mind what I wanted for her cake and I didn't think he could do that...but he surprised me and it turned out really cute.

This is the night before the big day.

and the pink heart pancakes that I made her for breakfast.

We just played at home for most of the day

Then we left for the birthday party. It was the first big snow storm of the year that day.

The cake all finished and ready for Katelyn to eat

and the other cake for us :)

Blowing out the candles

more party photos

Opening presents

and Katelyn's friends were there to help her open them all.

and finally digging into the cake!

It was a fantastic day!

Has it been two months

2009-01-22T14:55:00.000-06:00

Christmas flew by and I was so crazy I couldn't even make time to blog. Visiting in Utah/Idaho for a month was fun and we had lots of people to visit. We are glad to be home though. It's nice to be in your own space and not living out of a suitcase. So be prepared for a few (all at once) blog entries.

Black Friday

2008-11-29T18:22:00.004-06:00

We had a crazy day yesterday. Started shopping @ 7:30 a.m. took a break and went home around 2:00 and went back out for round two around 4:00 and didn't get home until 9:00. Katelyn was a trooper. We didn't see as many great deals as we thought we would. It was our first time ever going out on the big day and we must say we were disappointed. We got some good deals at some of the stores we went to, but I guess for how much hype this day gets, we were expecting more. Oh well. At least we know for next year to stay home. The crowds weren't worth it I don't think. A pile of all our purchases from the 13 different stores we hit yesterday.

Here we are on Thanksgiving day at dinner. It was a really relaxed an fun day...and Kate loved the pumpkin pie and whip cream.

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T10:13:00.010-06:00

I thought I would make a list of the things I'm most grateful for..

Craig
He's a very sweet husband and a great dad. He works so hard and I'm really proud in all he's accomplished.

Katelyn
My pride and joy. She's adorable in every way and everyday is an adventure with her. She's so busy and on the go. I can barely keep up with her. She's really cheesin' it in this picture too. :)

Family
For all of my family back home. I miss them a lot! Can't wait to see you in a couple weeks!

Friends
I have the best friends anyone could ask for. There's so many of you that I just love love love. You make living far from home easier. I love GNO, craft days/nights, movie nights, and lots of eating out.

Somewhere to eat today :)
We have friends that are so sweet to invite us to eat over at Kellogg. We did it last year as well and it was sooo good. Then tonight we'll be going bowling with a lot more friends from the ward. Yeah again for really great friends.

Scrapbooking
It's my favorite hobby and I love that my husband is sweet enough to let me have it set up all the time in Kate's room. It's takes up almost half of her room but I love having it all out all the time. Maybe someday I'll have my very own craft room.

Google
It's a lifesaver. I find everything I need through google. :)

Diet Coke
What would I do without you?

Everyone have a great Thanksgiving!

Must read

2008-11-24T22:18:00.004-06:00

I just finished "Finding Noel" by Richard Paul Evans. He wrote it a couple years ago and I read it when it first came out but I decided to read it again. It's that good. :) It's a cute story based around Christmastime. I recommend it to everyone. Some of my other favorite books written by him are

I was lucky to meet and have lunch with him a few years back and what a sweet, down to earth guy. Sadly I hadn't read any of his books at the time of our meeting. :) That's probably a good thing though cause I would have probably acted all crazy and ask him a bunch of dumb questions about his books, and then go home feeling all embarrassed about the way I acted so immaturely. I did own some of the books at the time and for some dumb reason I didn't think to bring them with me to have him sign. DANG! Oh well. Anywho, great reads. Let me know if you need to borrow any.

2008-11-10T23:40:00.000-06:00

Halloween 2008

2008-11-10T22:45:00.003-06:00

I know this post is way past Halloween but I thought I would post some pictures from this years festivities. Kate was the cutest lady bug ever!

9 words women use

2008-10-11T22:27:00.002-05:00

I got this from my cousin's blog who got it from her cousin...Anywho, I thought it was really funny because I say mostly all of them... all the time. Except for maybe #2...but all the rest...yup, I'm guilty

1-Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
2-Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. 'Five minutes' is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
3-Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with 'nothing' usually end in 'fine'.
4- Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
5- Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about 'nothing'. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of 'nothing'.)
6- That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man. 'That's okay' means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
7-Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or Faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' ... that will bring on a 'whatever').
8-Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying 'SCREW YOU'!
9-Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.

Didier Farms

2008-10-11T22:04:00.002-05:00

We had a fun Saturday. We spent half of the day up at Didier Farms. We picked out some pumpkins and pet some cute little goats and lots lots more.

Katelyn's Walking

2008-10-09T21:40:00.003-05:00

This is a video of Kate today walking again. She's been walking for about a week now and this one was too funny. So I decided to post it mainly so my sister could see. It is too big to send in an email. But for everyone else feel free to enjoy a long video of Kate if you want. I can't stop laughing when I watch it. Mainly because of Katelyn but also beacuse in that one part because of Craig's reaction too.

Tagged by Jessica

2008-10-01T18:07:00.006-05:00

8 TV shows I love to watch:
1. Law and Order: SVU
2. Saved by the Bell
3. The Soup
4. A Haunting
5. Ellen
6. Dr. Phil
7. Judge Judy
8. The Bold and the Beautiful

8 favorite places I love to eat:
1. Guadalajara (Burley, Idaho)
2. Shon Hings (Burley, Idaho)
3. Cafe Rio (Utah)
5. Olive Garden
6. Wendy's
7. The Cheesecake Factory
8. Crown Burger (Utah)

8 things that happened yesterday
1. Woke up at 6:30 and played with Katelyn
2. Showered
3. Got Katelyn's pictures taken
4. Did some shopping
5. Ate at the mall
6. Went to Trader Joe's
7. Did some dishes
8. Picked up Craig from the train

8 things I look forward to:
1. Home for the holiday's
2. my new punch stamp to arrive
3. 6 weeks from now (Rachel knows what I mean)
4. Going on a date tonight...without Katelyn
5. Buying a house someday
6. having more kids
7. Craig going to grad school
8. then Craig graduating from grad school :)

8 things I love about Fall:
1. The leaves changing
2. Halloween
3. lots of candy around
4. Thanksgiving
5. Thanksgiving dinners
6. Christmas
7. Hot Chocolate
8. Bringing out the winter wardrobe from storage

8 things on my wish list:

1. Life to slow down
2. a Wendy's closer to my house
3. a new bed
4. bigger apartment
5. with my own craft room
6. and a salon
7. find a way for gasoline to be free
8. Have my family come and visit me

8 people I tag
1. Heather
2. Rachel
3. Kristina
4. Sarah
5. Rebekeh
6. Rachael
7. Khania
8. Stacey

The Expressions of Katelyn

2008-09-30T21:46:00.004-05:00

Apple Holler

2008-09-30T21:22:00.004-05:00

We went to Apple Holler with some friends from the ward last weekend and had fun picking some yummy apples.

My constant mess

2008-09-22T19:48:00.004-05:00

Katelyn is a doll but she makes so many messes...especially in her room. Here are some pictures of her today in her mess of a room.

notice all the headbands and books in the background that I am constantly cleaning up.

Week with the Fryer's

2008-09-22T17:47:00.020-05:00

Craig's family came into town a couple of weeks ago and we had a lot of fun the week they were here.

We went to the Botanic Gardens

Kate's first train ride

The architectural boat tour (it was awesome)

The white sox game (we would have liked to go to a cubs game instead but they were out of town the week they were here)

Millenium Park

In front of the Art Institute of Chicago

Zonked on our train ride home

My birthday and we're out to lunch

Her aunt Taryn says she has good genes

We got to go see Wicked and it was awesome. If anyone wants to go I will go again...anytime!

It took us a week to recover from all of our early starts and late nights. Thanks for coming Fryer's. We had a great time!

Kate's 9 months

2008-09-03T14:16:00.004-05:00

We went in to take some pictures yesterday and it was so awful. Every time I go to do pictures it goes so well and she's so good. When I have to pick just one or two pics it's hard cause there are so many cute ones...not this time. She cried the whole time which was really weird. She was so upset and she didn't take any good pictures. This one is the only one that looked o.k.

She was totally fine and playing with the other kids as soon as our session was over.

Katelyn really is growing up. At 9 months here are a few things she's doing and loves.
-claps her hands
-hits to show her excitement (I know weird)
-stands sometimes by herself
-likes to play with kids
-gets into everything
-tries to climb out of her crib
-laughs more often
-teething
-waves hi and bye (sometimes)
-refuses to eat baby food
-throws tantrums already
-loves to empty all her clothes out of her drawer's
-starting to get clingy
-likes to cuddle with her blankets now when she goes to sleep
She's a joy!

Our Family Yearbook

2008-08-28T23:53:00.001-05:00

Thanks to Kelly who blogged about this website. Craig and I had so much fun messing around with the different photos. Enjoy our lovely pictures through out the years.

M&M Obsession

2008-08-27T20:47:00.002-05:00

This it really random but I thought it was funny so I wanted to share. When I have the t.v. on at home Katelyn doesn't really pay attention to what's on EXCEPT for when this commercial comes on. She will drop everything she's doing and watch it until it's over. It's so funny cause there's really nothing awesome about this video but I guess she likes it.

Ice Cream Fun

2008-08-07T11:20:00.003-05:00

I know that some of my friends already blogged about this cause this was awhile ago but I finally got around to making a fun digi scrapbook page from our night out. We had fun mourning(is that an oxy-moron?) and we miss our friend Rachael tons.

Picture Perfect

2008-07-31T19:31:00.003-05:00

It was another fun day of getting pictures taken. I was worried about how Kate would do since I hadn't been in to get her pictures done since she's been so mobile. It took longer than it has in the past but I think these ones are one of my favorites I've taken so far.

Thanks to Amanda for the cute outfit.