Since Christmas.

So I apologize for the lack of activity recently. Since Christmas life has gone by in a blur. Taylor was in the ER twice with Kidney Stones. The second time he ended up having them surgically removed. We found out later that the stones can be dissolved with medication. Yeah!!! Katie is sick with her first cold ever. I guess I should be thankful that she has been healthy until 10+ months . . . but it is awful to see her feeling so bad. Katie is into everything and definitely keeps me on my toes. She took a step today and then fell over, but I was so proud! I can't believe that in a little over a month she will be a one year old. I have been working on craft projects and scrapbooking. I will try to post some pics of some of my creations. Enjoy the pictures!!!! Playing with her new rocking horse. We look just as excited as she does!

Our cheesy coordinating family. I love it!

What are all these doing in here?

Mommy lets me play in here when she is trying to get something done.

Check out her cute bow and ponytail!
She always sits like this. One leg out and one in.

Helping Daddy put away the Christmas tree.

Crawling!

Wow has our life changed. Katie is into EVERYTHING and I spend most of my days chasing her around. We are so excited to celebrate our first Christmas with Katie. She will love chewing on the tissue paper! We included the most recent pics of our family. Shoes have become quite the delicacy. Becky is in the best shape of her life and Taylor continues in his life-long ambition to be more like Chuck Norris:)

Katie's Baby Dedication

Sunday November 9th we dedicated Katie at Vanguard Church. This means that we, as parents, have commited to raising Katie in a home that loves and follows God. Our hope is that one day she will choose to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It was a great time and when we were up she was very curious about what was going on! Also included is a picture of Katie in her adorable new hat!

Halloween and my new favorite thing!

Katie was a duck for Halloween and loved her costume. We went over to Taylor's parents house for dinner and then went trick-or-treating at Grandma and Grandpa Walker's. Grandma had a great treat of Organic baby food for Katie! We then took a very tired Katie out with her cousins Halle and Charlee. it was probably more for Mommy and Daddy's sake than Katie's!



So, I have a new love of my life . . .CHEERIOS! I think Katie is close to loving them as much as I do . . . and Oakly is rather appreciative too, come to think of it. Katie shovels them in as fast as she can and Mommy runs around the house while she is distracted. I can get a good 15-20 "free" minutes as long as I keep the Cheerios well-stocked.

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.