Playing outside in the 70 degree weather!

My Parents brought over this great play-set for Katie to use. She loves it. She learned to slide down and she also loves throwing rocks down it. She HATES grass on her feet but I am trying to get her over that. More videos to come!

February Fun!

My new obsession is making cloth grocery totes. Here are a few that I have made this week.

A shirt I made for Katie with her name on it. It took way longer than I thought it would, but I think it came out really cute.

She LOVES spaghetti!!!

More Pictures

Giving Oakley a bath with her washcloth.

Big smiles for Mommy. She is really turning into a ham. She loves to crinkle up her nose at us.

More pictures and Valentine's Day for us. We had cheese fondue, crab legs, and lava cake. It was just a simple night at home but we had a great time. We are hoping for warm weather this week so we can take pictures of Katie at the park. She loves the swings and sliding down the slide with Mommy or Daddy.

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.