Spring has arrived!

Sorry for the delay in updating the blog. Time got away from us I guess.

Today wasn't hot but there was no rain inside so we had to make a trip to the park. Katelyn was so excited when we pulled into the parking lot. Katelyn immediately climbed to the highest part of the equiptment (John following right behind) and down the big twisty slide. She is fearless at the park!

During the winter and rainy weather, Katelyn spends her time chasing Clyde, teasing Clyde, and teasing Mom and Dad. It is great to see her personality grow and change. She still loves her farm and animals, coloring, cooking in her kitchen, and reading books. There are even a few books that she can read by herself (in a Katelyn version of course).

It is also hard to believe that she will be 2 in a little over a month!!!

Snow fun!

Here are a few pictures of what our evenings usually consist of. Well, should I say "John's evenings". Anytime John is on the floor Clyde assumes John is there for him so he tries to climb in his lap or bring him toys. Katelyn, of course, feels the same way. What a great dad (to daughter and dog!)

Katelyn loves the snow! She gets excited to watch it snow and when we go out to play she runs to get her snow pants and boots! She doesn't like sledding yet though. Yesterday we got about 12 inches of heavy wet snow. Katelyn and Mom built a snowman. Katelyn also helped Mom and Dad shovel the driveway. (Child labor laws don't apply to your own children do they???)

Christmas Fun!

It was great to see all of our family in Pennsylvania. Thank you for helping to make our holiday special! Here are a few pictures from our journey. Katelyn loved all of the gifts but her most favorite thing is still----M&M's. She works both Grandpa and Pap to get the candy. All she has to do is ask and they both go running to find some for her. We learned our lesson about candy, sugar, cookies, and chocolate though....over a week of daily sweets are too much for a 1 1/2 year olds digestive system. After a few days of de-tox, Katelyn is feeling better and back to her normal self. :)

Thank you all again for everything!

Hoping you all had a great 2010 and an even better 2011.

Santa came!

Santa came early to our house this year because of traveling to see family and friend's on Christmas day. Katelyn woke up Sunday morning to presents under the tree. She didn't know what to think at first but when she saw the "big present" she figured it out pretty quick. She just kept repeating "big present" and "santa come". We left her play for a little while with her kitchen and then continued on with the rest of the opening. She tore into present after present saying "-nother present". She definitely liked the toys much better than the clothes because even at 19 months old she said "I don't want this" threw the clothes over her sholder and followed up with "nother present". (Oh my....are we in trouble!)

Santa was so good to all of us!

Here comes santa claus!

It is hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner already. Katelyn is ready for Santa this year...well kind of! She loves talking about Santa. She loves saying "ho! ho! ho! Merry Christmas!" She kisses all the Santa's on display around our house. But when it comes to the real deal Santa...she loves him from a far. I will say that this Santa visit did not contain any tears though. When she first saw Santa she started yelling "Hi Santa!" and "Santa's here!". She walked up to him, stared at him, but wouldn't climb in his lap. The only

words she managed to get out were "m&m's" and "thank you".

I guess that isn't too bad because when we saw "Santa Cow" at Chick-fil-a she wouldn't say anything to him. We thought for sure she would go for Santa Cow considering she loves Santa and loves Cows....guess we were wrong.

Trick or Treat!

Katelyn has been ready to go trick or treating for about 3 weeks now. She has been practicing what to say and perfecting her thank you. She wore her Halloween costume starting at about 7:00 this morning. We were all ready. House #1--she fussed for me to carry her and said nothing! As soon as the door closed she said Trick or treat and more. Then ran down teh driveway and headed towards House #2 saying "trick or treat" the whole way. House #2--stood by herself but still wouldn't say "trick or treat". She did say Thank you however. House #3---said Trick or Treat, thank you, and even followed the man inside (THANK YOU DADA! CLYDE!) I think next year we are going are in for an all night trick or treat event!! She was sad to get out of her costume but exhausted after running around the neighborhood street.

Pumpkin Painting

Since Katelyn is a little too young for using a knife we decided to paint our pumpkins this year. This is her first paint brush experience...and I think she is a pro already! I must say that she didn't use the brush the whole time though. She often reverted back to her "old ways" of using her hands. She did so well on teh first pumpkin that when she asked for another pumpkin

we gladly gave it to her. She didn't make TOO much of a mess other than on her hands, clothing/paint shirt, and face. :)