Lunch at Friday's

Sunday after church we went to lunch at TGI Friday's with Rob, Sarah, and Peyton Mullinax and Raymond, Tracy and Audrey Reavis.  We were hoping Kate would sleep through lunch but she was Ms. Bright Eyes for a little bit and then went to sleep with a little car seat rocking.  Audrey fell asleep on the short ride to the resturant and Peyton isn't in the picture because her parents were riding around until she went to sleep.

Splish Splash, Kate's taking a Bath

Kate was having a blast in the bathtub earlier this week and I couldn't help but take some pictures.  If you stand too close to Kate's tub you're likely to be in the splash zone.

Play date with Madelyn

Last Saturday Kate had a play date with Madelyn.  Her parents, Erik and Mary, used to live next door to us for a short time.  It's funny because they got married a month before Justin and I did in 2006 and we had Kate a month before Madelyn was born.  They are a great couple and fun to hang out with so we invited them over so the girls could "play".  Madelyn had some tummy time and eventually fell asleep on the boppy.  Hopefully Kate and Madelyn can get together again soon.

Back to Work

This week was my first week back to work.  I had a bad day Sunday because I was dreading Monday, but I'm trying to focus on my blessings since I get to work part time for a couple months (at least that's the plan).  Monday went better than I expected and Justin is enjoying his quality time with Kate in the afternoons.  I drop Kate off at Betsy's around 1:00 and I work from 1:30-5:30 right now.  Justin gets off work at 3:30 and picks Kate up around 4.  Today they spent most of the day together since Justin was off and I went into work at 10 am.  Looking forward to the (COLD) weekend. 

Here are a couple pictures from today.  I realized Kate hadn't worn her Boston Red Sox onesie yet so we had to put it on and take some pictures.  The position in her swing is new - it looks extremely uncomfortable, but she will stay like that for several minutes.  She also tries to look backwards when she's on the floor too.  Crazy girl!

Daddy's Back!

Justin just returned from Mississippi after hunting there since Sunday.  Kate and I stayed at Gigi and Grandaddy's house for the past 5 nights and had a great time.  I'm sad because the new year means I'm going back to work, which will be a huge adjustment for me, but I think Kate is going to enjoy playing with her friends at Mrs. Betsy's house. Justin got into town after midnight Thursday night and missed Kate's first New Years Eve, but she went to bed at her normal time (9:30pm) and missed it too.

Kate's First Christmas

Kate's first Christmas has come and gone and it was so fun.  Uncle Evan, Aunt Melanie, and cousins Erin (10) and Ryan (6) came into town for Christmas and Kate got to meet them for the first time.  We had Christmas Eve at my grandmother's house, Christmas morning with my family, ate a huge breakfast, went over to Justin's parents house for the rest of Christmas Day and had a big steak dinner with both families that night.  Some of the gifts Kate got were a couple toys, outfits and money for her savings account.  Mommy and Daddy got a video camera and a new roof on the house for our Christmas gift.  Kate also spent the night for the first time with Aunt Melanie that Saturday night which was a huge step for me, but I knew she was in good hands. Overall we had a great first Christmas with Kate - who is the best Christmas present ever!

Winter Festival Parade

This year Justin, Kate and I went to the winter parade with Uncle Jordan and his friend Katie.  Katie lives on North Monroe so we had a fantastic view of the parade from her (warm) apartment! The five of us walked around downtown before the parade started and then headed up to Katie's apartment just in time for the parade.  It worked out perfectly with Kate being able to watch the parade from inside since it was freezing that night and Kate's Christmas tutu wasn't warmest thing to wear, but it was too cute!