Christmas 2009

Happy Holidays to everyone! After recoupering yesterday, we wanted to post quickly about Christmas.
Kaitlyn enjoyed her first Christmas and James nearly burst at the seams Christmas morning when he saw all the presents Santa left for him. We had fun watching him open his gifts, which after they were all open, we realized that our loot resembled that of a 4H farm family from Arkansas. We have one very happy boy who is enjoying his wheelbarrow and wooden barn stocked with farm animals. We're also finding it normal to be saying things like "fine, you can take the goose into the shower tonight" or "why did you put the goat in the dog's bowl?"
What fun!

Kaitlyn's 2 month bear picture...

a little late! But we did take the pictures on the 2 month date, just a little slow getting it on the blog! Busy busy busy getting ready for the holidays and making sure we are all being REALLY good for Santa.

christmas pictures out takes

Christmas picture event:

Homebound all day

80 pictures in 8 hours of on and off photo shoots

4 naps combined (none of those were mom)

The same outfit on each child (sort of)

No crying (no one accidentally hit anyone either)

Bribery included (thank heaven for hershey kisses)

Now, was there a good picture that came out of all of that? YES!

thanksgiving

We had so much to be thankful for this year.

It amazes us how quickly everyone is growing up.

Great Grandpa and his great grandchildren

We can't get enough of our baby girl...who would have thought a little pink would bring so much overwhelming joy! More pics of Thanksgiving to come!

7 weeks

repost of the pic that didnt come thru and a few of Kaitlyn on mom's lap. She's been "true" smiling for about a week now and it was a little tough to catch it on camera while she was on the lap of the photographer, but here's a sneak peek. Now weighing in at 8 lbs 6 oz, she's packed on 3 lbs and 6 oz since coming home from the hospital! Yay for the chunky monkey ~

6 1/2 weeks

The 1 month picture, the second child version

Here is Kaitlyn on her one month birthday. Aunt Alison, aka Aunt Aggie, gave James a similar bear when he was born that we took monthly pictures with. We are doing the same tradition with Kaitlyn. However...we thought it was good to show what REALLY happens with the second born child. Keep in mind, James' versions of these pictures are quiet, beautiful shots of a baby growing up. We have a feeling Kaitlyn's story is going to end up being a bit more hectic. The great news is that in 4 short weeks, Kaitlyn gained 2 whole pounds and is doing great. Mom, dad and big brother are thrilled with how well little sister is doing!

Halloween 2009

The past 2 weeks...

Tomorrow's Kaitlyn's due date! Guess we've gotten quite a jump on life with our little Kaitlyn. She's almost 3 weeks old now and it seems like she's been in our life forever already...we can't imagine our family without her. James is always including her in everything we do and wants to know where she is at all times. He enjoys holding her and asks all the time to help. He will get his pillow all ready for her to be put in his arms so he can kiss her and talk to her. She seems to like it when he holds her too and she will stare quietly at him which makes James laugh and smile so proudly.

We took our first family outings this past weekend - one to the pumpkin patch for James and daddy to take a hayride through the cornfield and one to Target. Mom was pretty proud of herself for getting through both trips and Kaitlyn did great too :-)