Katie playing with Daddy

This is Katie a couple of months ago but she is pretty funny. Taylor literally made her laugh until she cried!

My first try uploading video!

Katie loves to play this and we happily oblige her:)

Is it really October?

Time has really flow by. Katie is now rolling over, sitting up, has two front teeth and can finally say her consonant sounds . . . Mommy was getting worrried:) Teething has not been a great experience. We have been up 2-3 times a night, which we think is horrific compared to the 12 hour stretches we are used to! We started feeding Katie solid food which is another hilarious experience. Taylor started his new job at T Rowe Price and is loving it. Yeah for group health insurance! I am still figuring out this stay at home mom thing but am enjoying spending time with Katie. I have joined the MOPS group at our church and it is such a great time hanging out with other moms. I will try to update this againg with Halloween pics! Katie is going to be a duck.

July Pics

August 2008

Katie is already 4 1/2 months old, and even though everyone tells you how quickly time goes by, it doesn't hit you until it is your baby growing up so fast. We still are amazed by the precious little girl God has blessed us with.

I (Becky) am getting more of a routine established. I am missing teaching, especially now that all my friends are heading back to school. I might do some tutoring or subbing this year to get back in the system:) I found a new website,(flylady.net) that has really helped me to get our home organized and me dressed in the morning. No easy feat some days.

Katie loves babbling and giggling, especially to her Daddy who seems to bring out her talkative side. She is drooling like crazy and chewing on everything. We are keeping an eye out for her first tooth, but no sign of one yet. She loves playing in her exersaucer and sitting in her high chair. She is becoming more and more interested in her surroundings, but Mommy and Daddy are still her favorites, Yeah!

Sadly, we sent Marley our yellow-lab on to a new home this month. We were not able to exercise her as much as she needed and her new home with 3 little boys is proving to be wonderful for her! We miss her, but our house is so much calmer!

We took our first camping trip with Katie and luckily we have wonderful friends who haven't abandoned us after the experience. Between a whining Marley, crying baby and Katie drool in the eggs, it was quite a memorable experience. We now know what to do differently on our next trip . . .which may be put off until next summer:)

All in all we are loving life right now and are very content with our normal day to day lives!

Month Two

Well we have made it and Katie will be 10 weeks old tomorrow. We are getting 6-7 hours of sleep in a row at night, which is fantastic. Katie is such a joy in our lives. Being parents has definitely changed our routine. Evenings used to be a spontaneous schedule of dinners with friends, TV watching, shopping or other outings. Now we eat at home, watching Katie in the swing or trying to get her to smile. We wouldn't change it for anything:) Yesterday my day started at 3:30 a.m. and when I would normally go back to sleep I just stayed awake thinking of all the things I could be doing. I finally surrendered and got up at about 5 a.m. The day then proceded to follow a predictable routine with Marley attacking my in-laws dog, who until then we had been planning to dog-sit, Katie producing a monster spit-up, which required an outfit change on both our parts, and then, while I marvelled at how good Katie was being in her bouncer seat while I showered, she filled her diaper and much of the seat with an impressive blowout diaper. Just a typical day in our lives now:) Even though we are cutting back on a lot of our previous activities, we are finding new fulfillment in the everyday activities and just being with each other. I will be attaching new photos as well. Enjoy!

Month 1

Well we have been parents for 5 weeks now. We can't believe how much Katie has changed in that short amount of time. We have become expert diaper changers! I am beginning to settle into a routine with Katie and we even made it out hiking with Katie, the dogs and some friends yesterday. It has been great to have beautiful weather to get outside in. We have many funny late night stories, Taylor's favorite is the night of the "Trifecta!" He got spit up on, peed on, pooped on, and then again spit up on all in one diaper change. I guess we are officially christened as parents. Katie is just beginning to smile at us and I don't know what we would do without a digital camera. There are a lot of wierd faces until we get the perfect smile! She is such a joy to have in our lives and even at the three a.m. feeding we just stare at her and can't stop talking about how beautiful we think she is. We will try to keep the pictures coming!