Abbie's Birthday

Two weekends ago, Katelynn got her first experience at Chuck E Cheese. That place was a little overwhelming to me on a Sunday afternoon, but the kids sure had fun. Abbie (Katelynn's cousin) turned 7, and not only did we get to celebrate her birthday, but we got to see a bunch of Katelynn's other relatives too, including her birthmom Tonia, her sister Makayla, and her grandma Pam. The lighting wasn't the greatest, but here are some our best photos...

Grandma Pam, Katelynn, Tonia

Katelynn and ToniaSisters

Tonia, Makayla, and Katelynn

Miss Abbie - The Birthday Girl

Makayla and Katelynn climbing in the slide

Tonia helping Katelynn ride with Barney

Grandma and Grandpa

Back in the first weekend of November, Grandma Sue and Grandpa Ben came for a visit. Katelynn had a great time playing with them. She even got BOTH of them to give her a ride on their backs like a horse! Grandma and Grandpa also helped us get a van for our expanding family and Katelynn is very excited that it's green (her favorite color). We can't wait to see them again at Christmas.

23 Months

Ugh, I am so behind in posting, but I'll have to back track later! Katelynn is 23 months old today. I can't believe she'll be two in a month. Katelynn continues to be very talkative and surprises us all the time with words and phrases she says. She is still obsessed with monsters, but she has started to learn about Christmas and Santa and is beginning to recognize those things when we are out. She is doing well with learning her colors, and we've started working on some counting. This weekend, she started singing the ABC song to us, which we've never tried to teach her. She must have picked it up from the daycare at the gym. She's also started watching some movies, and her favorite so far is Monsters Inc. The big news of the month is that we started potty training and she is doing so well. She hardly ever has accidents at home and we are about to start venturing out more in big kid underwear. (She picked out some horse, Dora, and Elmo ones.) Hopefully she'll have it all down before the boys come. We've enjoyed visits from Grandma Sue and Grandpa Ben this month, and we got to see a bunch of Katelynn's relatives at her cousin's birthday party, but those will come soon!

Pumpkin Patch

So this post is long over due, but the weekend before Halloween, we visited the pumpkin patch. Here's my cutie trying to find a good one.

Tickling Uncle JT

"Cheese"

There were lots of animals to see too. Apparently this horse was a little hungry because it bit Katelynn's hand. It was a little traumatizing and now she says "Neigh bite!" whenever we talk about a horse.

Aren't we cute.

I'm not sure their chart is measuring just right because she was almost three feet at the last doctor visit.

Last Year...

... was much better weather!