There's Always Room for Jello

Katie tried her first Jello after her Dad's surgery. She very much enjoyed how much of a mess she could make with it. In other Katie news, she actually has enough hair for us to start making her wear crazy hairstyles, hence the Mohawk!

Happy Birthday Baby Katie!

Sick Baby Girl

Baby girl has been running a fever since Tuesday evening. She was up 2 times Tuesday night, and countless times last night. The poor girl is miserable. Even sick and exausted in the wee hours of the morning she is very cute, I couldn't resist a couple of pictures.

Too Cool for Drool

Katie is really into wearing her shades. Whenever we put them on her, she starts to crack up. Then she likes to push them up onto her head and wear them like Momma does. She's thinks she's so cool.

Busiest Week Ever

Here are some cute shots of the Katemister, which have nothing to do with this week, the busiest week ever, in which I am stuck doing a bunch of crappy things in a really short period of time. Namely, packing, going to the dentist, moving, cleaning, painting, unpacking. I can't wait for this week/weekend to be OVER!

Bon Voyage

My cousin Nikki went to London to study for the semester. We visited My aunt's in Philly before she left, where Katie was enthralled with my cousin Josh's accordian playing, and being able to play a real piano herself. I think we have quite the musical child on our hands. She cries when Steve stops playing his guitar for her. My grandparents also came for a visit, and everyone had a great time.

The New Place

This is our new place! Pretty sweet, huh? Lots of open space...

But really, here's a pic of our lot and I can't express how much we can't wait for there to actually be a house on it that we can move into.

Wordplosion

You know how I used to say that Katie had a poopsplosion? Well, she rarely has those anymore, but today she wordploded! That is to say, she is trying to say all kinds of words today. She started with repeating colors while steve was reading her color book (she said red, and of course, purple) and since then, since she is being such a chatterbox, we keep presenting her with new things to say. She has added bye bye, lion, and ball to her list. She has never tried to mimick our speech this much, we are very excited!

Christmas with Baby Tatie

Katie's first Christmas was great. We visited Granny, where katie got TMX Elmo, which scared the crap out of her, my parents house, then took a road trip to Deleware to visit my Dad's family, where Katie stuffed her face and played with Barbies for the first time. She 'baby hulked' and played hide and seek all day making everyone laugh.

Katie's First Christmas Eve

Katie had a lot of fun playing with all the wrapping paper, boxes, bows and tissue. What was the acual present? Who cares! this gift bag is great! More pics to come...

P.s. Anyone out there remember "the muppet" ? Thanks to Aunt melissa now Katie has one too!

No more two tooth in this town

Katie is no longer a two tooth! She has her top two front teeth growing in.Appearently santa has granted her "all she wants for christmas." Here are some new pictures. Messy baby picture is after we tried to let her eat pasta on her own, the crawling picture is just cute (she crawls everywhere now, including up the stairs) and the Tree picture is from us going out to get Katie's first christmas tree. She was a little leery of the trees at first, but now she loves it!

6 Wierd Things

OK, Jessie has "tagged" me to write 6 wierd things, so I'll play along . Here goes:
1. I have Synethesia. Yes it's a real thing, and no I'm not gonna try to explain it b/c it would take wayyyy too long.
2. I am afraid a bees. Really afraid.
3. I brush my eyebrows every morning, and get mad when Steve tries to mess them up. Now he'll mess up Katie's eyebrows in front of me, and that bugs me too! Poor girl.
4. I like tuna fish and peanut butter sandwiches.
5. I could NEVER write with just one pen. That would be torture. I used to have at minimum 3 pens in different colors in my classes with me to take notes.
6. Having trouble thinking of # 6, so I guess I'll go with the fact that I can sing 'row row row your boat backwards.'

Wierd enough for ya?

Gobble Gobble Baby Katie

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Despite not being able to get to DE because of Steve getting carsick, we had a good time at Kim's. Katie got to try a lot of "big people" food. As you can see fromt he picture, her favorite were the sweet potatoes. All the action made Katie a tired girl, she feel alseep as soon as her little head hit the carseat and her thumb hit her mouth!

Baby Blues

People are always commenting on Katie's big blue eyes. I never really thought her eyes were particulary large or anything, but then I looked at this photo. Look at those huge baby blues! I always said I hoped my children would get Steve's eyes. She looks more like a little girl and less like a baby everyday.

The Office Ate my Camera

Sorry it's been so long between posts, and more importantly, between picutres. Those of you that have seen the our office understand the title of this blog, and that is the reason for the few and far between pictures...the office ate my camera. Well, not really my camera, but it did seem to take the battery charger into a black hole. I cannot find the thing anywhere! No battery charger = no camera. Don't worry, I will figure something out, I can't not take pictures of Baby Girl's first Thanksgiving! On that note..Happy Thanksgiving all!

How was your Poop today?

I never would have thought that I would be so concerned with poop. Did she, didn't she, what did it look like, how much was there, what was the texture, like playdough? Yet this is the list of question I run through everytime that I talk to whoever is watching Katie. Yes, she's been having some "issues." So good news for Katie, she Pooped this morning and the anwers to all the questions were correct this time! Good news for you, I am not going to describe anything more about the Poop!

In completely unrelated, yet very monumental news, Frank and Ronnie are in for buying the townhouse! Very Very Very happy that we will not have to stage and list the house.

Not Just Katie Updates Anymore

So we are thinking of relocating Katie to a new house in Brunswick. In fact, we are more than thinking about it. If our mortgage loan gets approved and we can sell our townhouse, then Katie will get to say that she's from Brunswick. Selling a townhouse stuffed with way too much, well, stuff, whilst also having a 9 month old baby is going to suck! However, Quick Decision Maker that he his, Brother Frank is seriously considering buying our house, which would mean that we don't have to "stage" or "show" it. Needless to say, we are really hoping Frank comes through.

The baby cake is doing well. At her Doctor's appointment last week, she weighed 20 lbs, 9 ozs and was 30 inches long. She is still at the top of the charts and climbing. She is also crawling, pulling herself up to standing, clapping, pinching, dancing, and shrieking as loud and often as she can. She is also desperatly trying to push out some hair to cover her bald head.

Trip to Larriland

Two weekend ago we made a trip to Larriland to pick our pumpkins. Here are some pictures from our visit.

Cutie

Katie has had a cold recently. So we are givng her vapor baths in the sink. This is the first time she has been so free to move around in the water and she is splashing up a storm. Her favorite is to try and smack for buddha belly with both hands, shooting water all over the kitchen. I put some "crib shoes" as they call them on her the other day, she looks so funny to me with shoes on, I am not used to it. She's like "great, new toys to shove in my mouth"

Pocono Trip

Katie went with us to the poconos recently. She behaved so well. She slept all night in her pack and play (something I wish she was currently capable of doing) and had fun on the beach, and looking at the lake. I had fun haning out with my friends and my little family.

Playground

Katie went to the playground last night. She had a blast! She actually started to cry when we tried to remove her from the swing. She went down the slide too which she liked so much she had to clap when we put her at the top. She also met a very outgoing toddler who she we just thrilled to have talking to her. The little boy told his dad, the baby is excited! He also encouraged Katie to say "cheese" for the camera. Too bad winter is coming up, I think Katie would really enjoy more frequent trips to the park.

Big MIke Turns 50!

Saturday was Big Mike's 50th b-day. So, what better way to celebrate than to take pictures of Frank impersonating Mike and make t-shirts out of them! Steve even included some of Mike's famous phrases like "Gimmiemillalite." Even Katie got in on the action, wearing a Big Mike onsie that said "hi tweety"

Katie is the cutest!

Katie is the cutest! Yesturday, when I went to get her when she woke up in the morning, I opened her door to a smiling Katie face sitting up in the crib! I can't believe how fast she is growing!

Play that Funky Music

Katie's favorite toys are her pianos. She likes the guitar as well. She just so cute when she's trying to play her music. And lately she'll start to shake her head back and forth when the music plays. It's just adorable. We think she's trying to dance! 

Who Me?

Katie is already proving that she is going to have quite a strong-willed personality. Recently she has been refusing to eat her formula bottles. She will eat any food you give her, but she DOES NOT want a bottle, at least not during the day. She gets up at night now, and accepts her bottle. I guess we were too spoiled by Katie's good sleeping and now assume that she should sleep through the night. HA! Katies teaches us something new everyday. 

Monsters under the Bed

Katie woke up last night in the middle of the night shrieking. I have never seen her do that before. I don't know what happened to the poor little girl. If she wakes up, she doesn't start with shrieking like that. I held her and tried to calm her down, and then steve rocked her and fed her some warm formula and eventually she went back to sleep. Bad baby dream I guess. 

My Family

The NFL season starts tonight! Go Ravens! 

Big Girl

Katie can stand! I think she may forgo crawling altogether and just start walking one day. She likes to lean on the table and play with her toys standing up.