New Things

Kaitlyn's new happenings:

1. Saying "uh-oh" - Grandma Bonnie noticed this the other day, and she is definitely saying it! It's so crazy to hear her little voice saying a "word."
2. Dancing - she now bounces and sways to music. :)
3. Playing the music on her play table and looking at you to be sure you are either singing or dancing.
4. My parents reported on Monday that she is saying fish. Well, "ish." They have fish in their backyard in the pond and she was pointing at that and the fish food and saying it.
5. Starting to kinda-sorta blow kisses. We are still working on it!
6. Clipping her toenails. :) She got a hold of her nail clippers the other day and sat down and put them up to her toenails. This doesn't capture it all that well, but you can get the idea. :)

7. She puts things over her head and on her back - bibs, clothes, towels, blankets, etc. I think she thinks she's "putting them on." She'll put it on, then take off like, "Okay, I'm all dressed and ready to go!" Maybe you have to be there, but it's pretty funny :)

"Wearing" a dish towel:

11 Months Old!!

Our happy little Seahawks fan. (And obviously not just a fair-weather one!:))

Chelan (2 Months Later)

We went to Chelan with my family at the end of July. It's always a fun, relaxing trip, and it was a blast having Kaitlyn there this year. I have been going since I was about 5 months old, so it meant a lot to me to have my own daughter experience my summer tradition. :)

Here are A LOT of pictures:

Having fun in her chair in the room:

First watermelon!

In the lake with Mama:

Trying out her new Elmo boat in the lake:

Looking super comfortable in her new life jacket :)

She was obsessed with my suitcase :)

A lightning storm started fires right over the hill one night. We drove up to see if we could get a good view. This picture does not do it justice - it was crazy! The fire was coming up over the hill, and trees were going up in flames as we watched. Pretty surreal at the time...

You can see the smoke in the sky behind us:

Talking to my bro on the deck before he left:

Oops! Can't figure out how to delete it!

Bathtime :)

Lounging in the pool with Dada:

Ernie enjoyed the trip as well:

We spent a lot of time in the shade!

Silly girl :)

Our New (Well, Used) Ride!

We bought a Honda Pilot today - Jeff has been (obsessively?) researching and searching for the perfect deal for what seems like forever. We got a pretty good one, we think! We are SO excited to have a bigger car! Going to Lake Chelan this summer was an eye-opener - packing with kid(s) takes a LOT of room! So, Jeff will drive the Pilot during the week for his short commute (not excited about paying more for gas for an SUV), and I'll continue to do my long commute in the Prius.


And here's a picture of Kaitlyn for good measure. Her first spaghetti meal. Note to self: Strip her for the next sketti adventure.

This picture cracks me up:

Straight From a Horror Movie!

Okay, so that's being a little dramatic, but I did feel like someone was playing a Halloween prank on me...
Last night I was filling my glass with water at the refrigerator, and saw THIS drop from the ceiling INCHES (okay, a foot) from my right sleeve. UUUGGGGHHHHH....
Not.Cool. I will not be getting over this anytime soon.

Ten Months Old!! (And More!)

Okay, so I have obviously been slacking on this, so I've got quite a picture update to do.

I go back to work on Monday (with staff only), then kiddos start on Tuesday the 1st. I am excited to go back for the most part, but of course sad to leave Kaitlyn after spending the whole summer with her. She'll be with my parents on Mondays, Grandma Bonnie on Tuesdays, and in day care for Wed.-Fri. We are really happy with the day care we found, and are excited for her to have the opportunity to play with other kids. We'll see how it goes! :)
We have been busy this summer, but doing a lot of fun things: Chelan, weddings, Jeff to bachelor parties and to Alta Lake for golfing, birthday parties, etc. As usual, every summer weekend has been occupied!

What's new with Kaitlyn, you ask? Well, I'm glad you asked because I've been wanting to share. Here's a list covering the past few months:

1. LOVES clapping. So cute :)
2. Graduated a month ago to "real" crawling, but still resorts to army crawling about a 1/4 of the time. Each gets her places a little too quickly these days!
3. Pulling up and standing steadily. She even stood on her own for a few seconds - ahh!!
4. Just starting to "cruise" while holding on to things. We are still a ways off from walking, I'm sure. Maybe by first bday? Or later...
5. "Talking" non-stop. This girl looooves to babble allll day long. It's so fun hearing her find new sounds.
6. Officially blowing raspberries! She's been trying to do this for months!
7. We have SIX teeth! (Two bottom, four top)
8. Feeding herself. Being fed with a spoon is SOOO last week, if you ask her. Nope, I'm feeding myself or I'm not eating, thank you very much.
9. Loooooooves her sippy cup, and is now an expert sippy cup drinker ;)
10. Climbing stairs. We gotta watch this one really closely (we can't afford 4 baby gates!) - she has gotten SO quick!
11. Being read to (and turning the pages) and now "reading" to herself.
12. Playing with Riley
13. Being "silly" - she's figuring out what makes us laugh :) (Including picking Mama's nose :))
14. Getting the hang of waving!
15. Making it virtually impossible to change her or put pants on. This one is fun!

Okay, here are some pictures. Stay tuned for more on Monday! (They upload much faster from work.)

My good friend Tracie was in town from Texas a few weeks ago. The girls got together for a "catch-up" day. :) Here's Trace, Me, Meagan, and Kaitlyn:

So proud of herself :) I love this picture - notice she's so advanced that she can read upside down! ;)

All of the girls at Paige Underwood's first birthday party. I can't believe this little girl is one!! We had a great time at the party.

I love this pic of some of the boys. Jeff/Kaitlyn, Colin (Gina)/Brinnley, Jayson (Mollie)/Carter

Paige doing a great job with her "smash cake." :)

Precious little Carter. He is Mollie and Jayson's new addition (they are now a family of four!) He was born on August 4th.

Me and Gina with our girls:

Jeff and Carter:

Kaitlyn in the grass (looking kind of disgusted, actually, but I promise she was having fun! :)) at Paige's party:

9 Months Old!!

Aaannnnd...this pretty much sums it up :)