She's FINALLY here!!!!

October 16, 2009
2:30 p.m.
8 lbs. 6 oz.
She was a week late, but little Katherine Joyce made her way to us! I was induced on Friday and she came soon thereafter. It was so great to finally meet her! So far she is a sweet baby girl who likes to eat and is a quiet observer. She will lay awake and just check everything out. She is super mellow! It's been fun getting her dressed,putting in bows, and trying to figure out what she's going to wear that day. I have forgotten how sweet babies are and the things that I love about this short stage. I love when they recognize your voice, I love teasing her with kisses and having her little bird mouth chase me for food, I love the balled up baby legs, and I love how tiny she is when she lays next to you. I am just trying to recouperate, be a mom to Evan, and enjoy this short sweet time before its gone! I'm already exhausted, but happily exhausted.

Life with big brother!

Everyone has warned me about the jealousy of the older sibling when bringing a new baby home. It hasn't been too bad so far, but I'm sure we are just beginning the transition from the one and only to one of two. Evan is very interested in Kate, and this morning he woke her up by singing a rousing rendition of "Kwinkle, Kwinkle little star" in her face. She didn't cry, but it did wake her. I think his real problem with her is that she is always sleeping. I can't tell you how many times I've heard him telling her to "gake up". He enjoys pushing her in the swing (which is kind of scary!), and yesterday he was sharing his toys with her when she was laying on the floor. So far, he's doing a great job of being a big brother.
What a helper! Here he is trying to put her binky back in her mouth. Be scared!
Evan wearing his big brother jammies laying next to Kate. He was resisting getting his picture taken and this is the only shot I have of him with his eyes open.

Life at Home

First bath. My mom prides herself on bathing babies and I was happy to let her handle Kate's first bath. As you can see she had a little "help" from Evan.
Thanks to my parent's who spent a lot of time waiting for her to come, entertaining Evan and loving their new grandbaby.
How cute is this blanket? My fabulous cousing Anna made this for us and I love it! How cute is my baby wrapped up in it?

I love you.

I often lament how big Evan is getting, but tonight I'm loving him to pieces. I went upstairs to try to enforce bedtime and as I was leaving I said "I love you", only to hear "I lob you too. Night mommy." Melt. Does it get any better than that?

September 2009

This is a long update! Seeing as I have been a better picture taker and we have had a busy month, I have to update the blog mostly for my records. We did a lot of fun things this month, I feel as if it has been one thing after another, but in a good way.
How could you not love this face?!

Yep, that's me 9 months pregnant and doing what I seem to do best lately- sitting. Evan is driving his trains on me. Who knew arms could make such good train tracks?

Labor Day 2009

This year for Labor Day I made us stay put in San Diego. I figured with the new baby coming it would be a good chance to spend time as a family for the last time as we currently know it! We filled our weekend with a trip to the beach, an afternoon at the park, and a trip to Seaworld. It was a great weekend!


A parent's new best friend- kiddie cones at McDonald's!
How cool is this chair? I like it because now he can carry some of his own things to the beach!
He has finally figured out how to pedal and he CRUISES on this bad boy! He loves to go down hills as fast as he can. I love that he is such a boy!
It's a whole lot more fun when dad comes to the park!

My growing boy

It would seem as if my kid never wears clothes! I have so many pictures of him running half naked in our house. I SWEAR he DOES get dressed everyday, but he's a nudest at heart and if we let him hang at home to long eventually the clothes just come off!
I love to watch him play with his trains. He goes off into lala land. He makes noises and talks to Thomas and the other trains. Every morning the first words once we hit the stairs is "mommy make a track", so we make a track and remake it several times during the day. The best money we have ever spent on toys is our Thomas investment.
Chillin' with a sucker probably watching Thomas.
He is now starting to try to dress himself. He sat on the stairs for 20 minutes trying to put these pajama pants on.
We are starting the potty training journey. He was all about his McQueen underwear and requested to wear them one day. The catch was he wanted to wear them in place of pants! He insisted that his diaper stay on and we put the underwear on top. I guess that's better than nothing!