Lil' Pumpkin

Our lil' punkin! There is a pumpkin patch at our church, and I took Katelyn there to get some pictures of her sitting with the pumpkins for the first time. She was so cute! At first, all she wanted to do was pick up the straw and dirt and eat it. I don't know if it was all the pumpkins, the cars going by on the nearby street, or me calling her name a gazillion times and making silly noises to look at the camera, but she had a dazed look on her face the whole time ~ but I got some good pictures none the less. After awhile, she started patting the pumpkins and clapping ~ so sweet!

We are looking forward to Halloween this week! Our great friends Robbie and Tracy and their baby Grayson are coming to visit this weekend. Katelyn is going to be a butterfly and Grayson a monkey. Our friends the Smitty's are dressing their baby, Brody, up as a skunk and we're all going to trick-or-treat together ~ more like dress the babies up and show them off around the neighborhood! It's so fun experiencing all of Katelyn's "first times" this year. I haven't been this excited about Halloween since I was a kid, and thinking of the holidays gives me the anticipation butterflies!

We went to the doctor this morning for Katelyn's 9 month check up (I can't believe it's been 9 months already) and she weighs 20lbs and is 27inches long! 75th percentile for height and weight! Doc says she looks perfect and she was blowing raspberry's at him the whole time this morning and made him laugh! He said she has a very sweet face and a very sweet demeanor...I asked him if he would like to stop by our house between 6-8pm to see if he'd change his mind Lol, but of course he's right!

Some new things with Katelyn this week:
1) 2nd bottom tooth is coming in

2) She says DaDa appropriately; I'm so jealous!

3) She climbs stairs...and we're installing baby gates; fun for the whole family!

4) Favorite veggie is squash and favorite fruit is still bananas

5) Her new favorite game is to play peek-a-boo behind doors and crawl after her, then hide and pop out when she's looking for you. She gets so tickled! Oh, and she'll shut doors now too ~ then cry because she can't get on the other side. Then I open the door and bring her into the room with me, and she'll shut the door again and cry because she wants to be on the other side again...yep, she's all girl! And we love every inch of her!

Hope everyone has a great week, a safe and Happy Halloween and I'll be sure to post costume pics!

Love,

Melissa, Brandon, and Katelyn

On the Go!

Boy have we been busy! Katelyn started crawling about a month ago and 2 weeks later started pulling up and standing every chance she could get. She is very independent but is always glancing back to make sure someone is watching her for approval. Katelyn had been playing with the walker at Nana's house and loved it so much, Brandon bought one for our house too ~ she loves it! She zips all over downstairs and loves to peek out the windows and watches Charlie when he's outside.

She has become obsessed with TV remotes! She likes to hit the buttons and watch them light up ~ not even noticing she's changing the channels, turning the volume up all the way, mute...so cute.

Katelyn has learned to clap her hands these past few weeks as well ~ Here she's clapping because I got so excited about her bow staying in her hair and smiled really big at her, and she started laughing and clapping! Then it was off to money jar we keep next to our dresser. She loves clapping on it and sticking her fingers in the top. Brandon tells her all the time it's her piggy bank, and I swear she knows it ~ look at that grin! She loves being outside and looking out of windows. From this view, she can spy on the neighbors and their cat. I've been lucky to get some things done around the house, and Katelyn is content to watch me fold laundry, play with her toys, then unfold everything I've done the second I get up. Patience....I'm learning to laugh more and be patient and that it's more important to catch "the little things" than keep the house spotless.


Brandon's doing great too! Working hard and being an awesome daddy! We had a great weekend and got to see our favorite band Widespread Panic Saturday night. Katelyn spent the night without us for the first time. Thanks so much Grammy and Grandpa! Hope everyone has a great week!

Love, Melissa