Go Bears!!!!

I'm ready for football season!  GO BEARS!!!

Until next time...

Summer wrap up and Fall fun!

Now that the summer is over it's time for some fall fun, but first a few last summer time pictures:

With cousin Alex in our Cubs gear - Go Cubbies!!!

Grandma and Grandpa & the naked babies!!!

Trying to get the butterfly on Grandpa's shoulder

Mommy, what is that?? I want to play with it!

Cheese!  We're at the Botanical Gardens in Columbus

Here are some more recent pictures too:

Taking a ride in my new wagon I got from Grandma & Grandpa for my birthday!  

Eating my lunch like a big girl!

Ummm, it's tasty!

Playing with a plate - so fun!

Until next time...

9 Month pictures

So we finally got Kaitlyn's 9 month pictures taken.  Here they are:

She did great the her photo shoot, as usual.  She really enjoys getting her picture taken.  So cute!  She has also really started to move and is crawling all over the place now.  It's so fun to watch her grow and explore her new world.  She's just not a baby anymore, but really becoming our little girl!  She is having a great time learning to do new things and has also decided not to eat baby food anymore.  Again, another sign that she's just growing up a little more.  Daddy has been having breakfast with her lately and they have been enjoying pancakes.  Kaitlyn really loves them (as does Daddy!).  

Until next time...

Minnie Me

We have a Disney Princess in training...

and we're LOVING every minute of it!!!!

Until next time...

Lights, Camera, Kaitlyn!!!

What a summer it has been already! Already Father's Day and the days are just flying by. Pretty soon Kaitlyn will be turning one, I can hardly believe it. She's been having a lot of fun this summer already and I'm sure is bound to have tons more. Here are a few pictures of her doing what she does best, smiling for the camera!!! She's really beginning to know what it is and what to do in front of it. Our little girl, the actress :0)

Smiling with Grandpa (her onsie says "Grandpa's Sweetheart)

With Grandma

just playing...

in her bikini playing in her "pool" on the deck

just being cute!


with Grandma, Aunt Melissa and Max-a-roo

at the water park

playing in her high chair

As you can see, she's a very happy little girl!!! We are going to go to the zoo again soon as well as have some visitors later this summer. Kaitlyn may even take a music class too. How fun :0)

Until next time...

Teething...a wonderful thing!

Ever since Kaitlyn was 5 months old she has been getting in new teeth every other day.  Okay, not really but she just cut her 7th tooth!  I can't wait until she has them all and we'll be out of this "phase" and onto our next.  She's just so miserable when these lovely pearls begin to appear and isn't her sweet self.  Now I must say to her defense she isn't miserable all day long (thank goodness!) but enough to drive her Mother insane :)  

Now that we're onto our next tooth we decided to start trying some "real" food, ya know stuff that doesn't come in a jar!  So, we started with bananas...again.  Why do I do this?  We tried bananas in a jar first too and she broke out into a rash.  Not a good start.  She was very intrigued to grab the banana mess from her highchair top but once it got in her mouth that, "are you kidding me" face came out.  Too funny (for my sake!).  The next bite was the same thing and by they third try -- it was a no go.  It doesn't take her long to realize what she likes and what she doesn't.  

And oh yes, while Mommy was away Daddy taught her to shake her head back and forth while he smiles and says, "no, no, no, no, no" in a cute sing-songish tone.  She has now started to do this constantly.........thanks Daddy!! :0)  

So, the third time she pushed my hand away (another new thing she LOVES to do) and started saying, "no, no, no, no, no" with her head.  She thinks it's a fun game and waits to see if anyone is laughing and if so, does it again.  I swear she's going to be an actress someday!  Then the payoff will be HUGE -- just kidding!

Wish us well on our next few days of teething.  I'm glad I bought stock in Oragel today :0) ha ha ha ha ha

Until next time --

Gym Class

What wonderful weather we are finally having in Central Ohio!!! It was a beautiful 84 degrees today - an awesome day for gym class :) She was in such a good mood too since she had taken a 2 hour nap before leaving for class this morning...WhooHoo!!!

Here she is eating a toy ball (one of her favorites): The boy behind her is her friend, Tallon. He's 10 months old and is almost 30 pounds, yet the sweetest thing in the world!!!

It's bubble time...another favorite!

I know she looks a little terrified here, but honestly, she's really enjoying this -- I swear!!

So after gym class, we came home and had lunch then off for her afternoon nap. Little did I know, but she was tired! Almost 3 hours later -- Kaitlyn decided to make a brief appearance for dinner and some time with Daddy. Shortly after that - bedtime. What a life!!

Until next time --

Daddy Day Care

It's so nice to be home again with my family!  I was honored to be asked to be the Godmother of my nephew Alex, and he was being Christened yesterday.  So, I hopped on a plane at 7:45 am Sunday morning to fly into Chicago be there for his ceremony.  It was such a nice day and I was able to see the family too.  Just about 24 hours later I was on another plane heading home.  While I was gone, Brent got to spend the WHOLE day with Kaitlyn and the puppies...how fun!  They had a great time and even sent Mommy pictures to my cell phone with signs saying, "I love you and miss you Mommy!"  Too cute!  It was so hard to leave them all but so wonderful to return to a happy, smiling, giggling little girl (and husband!)  

Kaitlyn and I will be going to gym class this week.  She loves watching the older kids and thinks they're so cool because they crawl and move around so much.  I hope to get a few cute pictures of her there and I'll post them soon.

Until next time --

Zoo Day

Last month we took Kaitlyn to the Columbus Zoo for the first time. She had a blast as did we. Her Grandma & Grandpa Gade were in town and able to enjoy this experience with us.

Here she is entering the zoo

With the polar bears...the real ones won't be there until next year

Wtih G&G visiting the kangaroos

Looking at the flamingos with Mommy & Daddy

We always have so much fun with her and look forward to doing many more things this summer and in the future. It was such a great time and we can't wait to go back :)

Until next time --

Mother's Day

What a wonderful day I had for my 1st Mother's Day!!! Kaitlyn the puppies and of course my amazing husband got me such wonderful presents for this special holiday. I got a fabulous "life bracelet" that has engraved charms on it for each one of our memorable milestones. I'll be able to add more charms to it as we go along too. So sweet! Here are a few pictures of me and my daughter on Mother's Day:

And, the BEST Mother's Day present ever was that Kaitlyn started to roll over!!! I'll post some pics soon.

Until next time --