Utah!

ok so this was kind of a random and quick decision, but we bought me a ticket to go to utah this monday!! i'm so excited. 3 more days! I can't wait to see my little brother i just LOOOOVE him. he is so funny and we have so much fun together. I also can't wait to see my sister, we have a lot of plans going on, including summer shopping at the mall, seeing ECLIPSE!!!! woohoo. and a lot more! :)

Family Fun

3 Things about the title:

1. We had family come and visit us today and it was a lot of fun!

2. I finally got my June family fun magazine that I've been waiting for awhile now!

And last but not least,

3. School's out for SUMMER! Now it's time to relax, and have fun as a family :)


First, today Carlie (Nick's cousin) and her husband Seth came from Tulsa to visit us so I could show Carlie how to make baby headbands. It was SO fun! I'm in love with one of the headbands she made (the blue one Carlie) so I might have to copy her. haha. We talked for a little, went to lunch, talked some more, went to the store and got the supplies, came back home, made a few things and they left. I'm so glad they could come! Thanks for coming down you guys!

Second, I recently have been receiving these Family Fun magazines. I don't know if someone signed us up, or if we got a free year subscription from somewhere, but I absolutely LOVE them! I hadn't got my June one and usually you get them before the month starts, so I figured maybe they combined the months of June and July.. and sure enough they did. I kind of wish they hadn't, but I'm excited to see the 4th of July crafts! :)

 My Family Fun magazine and on the corner is one of the headbands I made Katelyn. I like it, I don't have any purple ones (out of the millions I have made) so I was really excited to make a purple one. Now time for a new outfit! ha. OK I just remembered I do have a purple bow, but not a flower.. so it's not the same.. right? Gotta love those little girls and all their accessories.

I really suggest getting this magazine if you have young kids, or kids in elementary school because they have so many cute ideas and fun crafts to do! I can't wait until Katelyn is older and we can do some together.

Third, SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!! Woohoo! Time for vacations. I am so excited, and every day I tell Nick "YAY, now you get to spend ALL day every day here with me and Katelyn!!" haha. More diaper changes for him ;)

K so in the picture that really means the end of Nick's school year.. in case that's confusing for any of you. It's been fun sending Nick off to school every day (although some days I just say bye in bed.. oops) I kind of feel like a mom in practice haha. Well, I know I'm a mom, but not yet to the stage of sending kids to school. So anyways, I guess this tradition kind of came from my mom, but she always took pictures of us on our last day of school each year, so.. here is Nick's picture on his last day of school for this year, yay! I'm proud of you Nick!

I hope you all are enjoying your summer and we can't wait to get out and see some more family members! love you all,

love,
Nick & Dana

So sweet..

I just love her!

I just want to say that Katelyn has an awesome sleeping schedule, naps, eating, going to bed ect. that is almost RIGHT on everyday. With in 5-10 minutes. For example, yesterday she went down for her first nap at 9:43 a.m. today it was 9:45 a.m. next at 12:56 pm. Today is was 12:58. Next nap, 4:20 p.m. and of course today 4:23 p.m. It's really amazing, it's like she's got this clock inside of her and when the timer goes off she's like "OK MOM, Time for my nap!" or time to eat.. or whatever else.

She is just so sweet.

She seems to be doing something new every week. It's kind of funny, she wont do something for too long, so I really can't say what she'll be doing in a few weeks from now.

About a month ago she would just scream at the top of her lungs with the highest, squeakiest, girliest, little voice. It was so funny. Not that she was mad or anything she just did it ALL. DAY. LONG. and she would even laugh and smile afterward. I'm pretty sure it was her way of discovering something new.. "Oh, I can yell"

Next she did this MUUUUMM, MUUUUMMMA, MUUM MUMM MUUM thing. And then about a week later... it was gone.

Then just recently she's been doing this blluuuuuupppp thing, blowing bubbles or blowing on her fingers making this puffy vibrating noise with her lips. It's so cute.

Last week or so she did this bird noise, like eaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkk,(i dont really know how to write it to describe the sound haha). And she would just smile.

Now she just likes to chew on her thumb, not suck, chew.  Also on her four fingers, and on her little rings, she'll just sit up and chew chew chew, and stare. It's funny. Maybe she's teething? If she is, she's been a trooper and hasn't complained much!

I wonder what she'll do next? It's amazing how babies seem to do something new everyday.. or is that just my baby?