14 Months

I was planning on writing every month about Katelyn's growth up until a year, but I found myself thinking of her today and how she is already 14 months old and how smart and talented she is getting. I figure if I remember and have time, why not blog about it for future reference.

Katelyn is getting so big. Physically and in other aspects. She is tall, but she is very thin. She eats pretty well though, people always tell me how tiny she is and I hope they know we DO feed her.. a lot.

Some of her favorite foods are:
-chicken nuggets
-tater tots
-crackers
-pepperidge farm cinnamon swirl raisin bread
-yogurt
-puffs
-mac n cheese
-pretzels
-goldfish
-pizza

She has a hard time trying new things, but if she tries it, most of the time she finds out that she loves it and will keep eating it. She ate a whole slice of pizza once. And I'm talking a big papa murphey's slice of pizza, it wasn't a small piece. I was so shocked. It was the bacon artichoke chicken kind, we love that.

She has recently decided she doesn't like to be rocked very much before bed. She squirms so I'll put her in her crib and within minutes she'll be sound asleep with out making a peep.

She knows so many words (not saying them, but what they are). We have a book full of pictures and I'll ask her where something is and she'll point to it. Even if we haven't studied the picture she can recognize what it is from seeing it outside/around the house and know if I've ever said the word before. Then she always quizzes me and points to something then waits until I say it and just keeps pointing and pointing. It's really cute.

I'm almost done decorating her baby room. I just need Nick's help to hang some things up.

She goes to bed at 9 and wakes up at 7.

She takes 2 naps a day, morning and afternoon.

She loves being outside. We take walks around the neighborhood as much as we can and she walks with me, no sitting in the stroller.

She loves climbing, especially onto the couches. I have to keep a close eye on her. She loves standing on boxes, or chairs.

She loves music and loves dancing.


We love her so much. We're so happy to see her learn and grow every day.

No pictures today. Just words.

Sewing up a storm...

Wow.. first off. This is my third post today! Can you tell we finally got a new computer?? I love it! I'm using Katelyn's nap time to blog :)

I got back in the groove of sewing after going to the fabric store. Sadly after a few projects my sewing machine isn't working! :( If anyone knows how to fix this problem will you please tell me!! My bobbin thread seems to bunch up underneath when I sew. It gets all tangled and then it just won't let the needle go down. I don't know what to do I tried everything. Have you had that experience?

Anyways, here are a few of my projects. I finished Katelyn's high chair cover. Super easy, and cute.

 I had left over fabric from her chair so I made a pillow cover.. I think it's kind of funny to have a matching pillow with her high chair.. ha, but I guess it's ok.

I'm trying to finish another cover, but again my sewing machine broke! help.

And last... I bought this fabric for Katelyn's room. It's going to hang over her window. Still not sure how I'm going to tie the pink ribbon in the middle. My bow tying needs some serious help, so for now it's just a knot.  I have more, but for now I'll just show you this. Zebra is the theme with hot pink accents! I can't wait to get it all done. Hobby Lobby has sooo many cute things.

LUNCH DATE!!

I decided on Monday I wanted to take Katelyn out. The weather had been so nice so we got so used to going outside and being out of the house. I stepped outside Monday morning and it was freezing :( So I said, "Katelyn let's go on a date" Since I had to run to the fabric store to get some things I decided I would make it fun for her too and we could have a nice little day together. So we went to...

 

I know..... don't judge me! But I couldn't think of anywhere else to go that she could play inside, eat lunch and have fun. She got her chicken nuggets (which she loves), drank her milk (that at least is good right?), and she even got a free barbie toy! I never thought I'd be the mom to take my kid to McDonald's. It's her first time though and we had fun! She could chunk up a bit too anyway ;) hah. After she got to go play with the kids in the play area. She was laughing and screaming. She thought it was so funny seeing the big kids run around and go through the jungle gym thing. I loved seeing her happy. She was upset when we had to leave.

 Here she is before our date ready to go.

 Come on Mama, no more pictures.

So.. for dessert I got her a chocolate chip cookie. I didn't give it to her before we left McDonalds. I was going to give it to her after the fabric stores in case she got cranky and couldn't handle anymore. So on the way home she was a little tired and mad so I broke off a piece and gave it to her. When I got home I had forgotten about the little piece I gave her until I saw her face. She had chocolate all over her mouth. Haha, I don't know what she did to that piece of cookie, but she must have enjoyed it!

 She tried hiding her face, she probably knew I was taking a picture of her silliness.

And here is a picture of the little barbie toy she got. I think the day was very fun! We both had a good time (at least I think I can say that for Katelyn). 

And what I got at Hobby Lobby was awesome... I am currently in the process of doing some things to Katelyn's room. There will be a sneak peek in the next post :)

Nails & More...

My friend and I went out the other night to get our toe nails painted. It was fun, just a relaxing time to get out. Talk to someone. And have someone else do my nails besides myself. They kind of didn't turn out the way I was thinking and I think my friend, Mirjam, would agree, haha. So we went out after and got the stuff to do it ourselves again next time we get together. The guy who was doing it said "Your nails are so tiny that if I do the zebra stripe on all of them it will look kind of funny cause they are so small, so can I just do a pink tip on the rest?" So sure why not. So I did that, in case you were wondering why only my big toe had the stripes on it. After that we went back and had pizza with the babies and the guys. It was a fun night!

And here are some fun pictures of my baby doll. I can't believe she will be 14 months old in a week. She is growing up so fast and I'm loving every minute of her.

 She will do ANYTHING or try anything to climb up onto something. Here she got into the laundry basket, stepped up on the edge and leaned over and climbed on to the coffee table.

 this is a cute little outfit we got from one of my aunts. I thought the little hat was so cute! haha.

 One day I was out grocery shopping and Nick was trying to go to sleep with Katelyn and this is eventually how he got her to go down.. to fall asleep in our bed. She was out and looked SO comfy! I had to take a picture

 And she kept rolling, just getting in new positions. It was so cute

See.. she loves climbing. She was dancing on the coffee table once. It was hilarious

Gotta Get Out

I never thought that in FEBRUARY, I would be dying to get outside to do something. I've been to the park a few times this week. Katelyn and I have hung outside a lot in the backyard and front yard. The weather has been nice. I want it to stay like this forever. Don't ever go away... please. Yesterday I called Nick and said, "It is SO nice outside. I wish you were with us. We have got to do something outside tonight".

So last night we did. We went into town and got a bite to eat with some friends at a place called "Earl's BBQ" It was delicious! And we got to eat outside and enjoy the awesome weather. It was right on the river walk too, so that was cool. I like the river walk. It reminds me of the one in San Antonio. We walked along it for a bit. It was so nice to get out and just enjoy being outside. I am definitely ready for the warm weather again!

I'm excited for tonight too. My friend and I are going to get our nails done! Well... toe nails. We've been talking about doing "the zebra" for so long now, and finally we're going to do it. I will post pics when they are done! :)

Have an awesome Saturday!!

Busting out the crafts again...

SO... my dear sissy is having a baby. And yesterday (her birthday.. how awesome is this..) she had her ultrasound to find out the gender. She is having a baby GIRL!!!! I am so excited. I have imagined this day... Ok not the exact day, but the future, when our little girls will be able to play together and be best friends.

It's so cute because I always remember the stories my mom used to tell about my sister as a baby. How she had cute chunky cheeks. She always wanted "more cheeeeese please" haha. Her dark brown full head of hair. And now.. I just imagine her baby this way. A cute little LU LU.

Can't you see this being Katelyn (right) and Lu junior (left)? I totally can. Best friends. (that's me and LU when we were younger in case you don't catch that.)

I'm so excited for the baby to come. It is the first baby out of my siblings so you can probably imagine how happy I am to spoil the little gal.

I mean I already made her three headband and three flower clips. And I still want to make her more things. Katelyn has a billion headbands so I stopped making hers awhile ago, but now that I have another little girl to spoil she will have to deal with all my gifts :) Sorry Lu and Matt!

So congrats to my sister and bro-in law!


Another thing. I have been working on some sewing projects lately. High chair cover. Door curtain. Don't judge me.. I still am trying to finish those chair covers that I posted about a LONG time ago. And I have a couple more projects I want to do. The high chair cover is turning out super cute and if any moms want to spice up their high chair I'd go for it! It's really easy. Follow this tutorial:

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2009/12/recovering-high-chair.html

you're going to laugh when I post the pic of my final product. Mine looks exactly like hers with the same print and everything, but just different colors. I had no idea. I just went to the store picked out two cute fabrics and came back and noticed they were almost the EXACT same patterns as hers!

Another thing I've been wanting to do (again don't judge me cause I know it's been over a year) is decorate Katelyn's room. I always thought I would be big on this, but as I was pregnant and thinking about it I couldn't help but think how I'd have to change it all if we had a boy next. As time goes on though I figure I might as well just do it and give it all I got. Why not be happy for at least some time and be proud that I made my daughters room look cute?

Well, goodnight I'm going to bed. There is supposed to be a snow storm tonight/tomorrow! Looking forward to no school for Nick again :) hee hee..

Snow Days..

I don't recall ever having a day in Utah where we couldn't travel to school because it had snowed. I mean, it snowed a good amount, but that didn't stop us from getting to school. I think it's because it's expected and people know it's going to snow and they aren't afraid of driving in it. Also, they are probably better prepared with snow plows, and routes on which roads to plow.

Here in Oklahoma, it snows bad once... and we get the whole week off of school. :) (minus Monday.)

Boy has that been nice. Just me, Kate, and the hubby sitting around doing absolutely... nothing!

Ok, so we did watch tv, get on facebook a million times, browse the internet, played a little xbox, nick ventured out one day into the snow, we took Katelyn out in the snow (she loooooves it and she tries to eat it). And we did whatever else you can do inside for three days straight.. going on four.

If I could, I would want Nick around everyday, all day. Just have someone else go to work for us and we could be at home as a little family and have fun together. :) But we can't, and that's ok.

Here's a picture Nick got of one of the main roads here. The snow was piled up high on the side. Come on.. it's not that bad right? ;) We'll just say it is so we get more snow days in the future.

Other news:

Katelyn is 13 months old now. Some of the cute things she does are:

-At night we'll say "Katelyn want to go night night?" And she'll immediately turn to Nick wave her little hand and say "Nigh, nigh" and walk straight to her bedroom. She waves to Nick because she knows I'm the one who is putting her to bed haha.
-Whenever I'm looking for something I say "____ where are you???" and lately she walks around with me and holds her hands out like she's looking and says "Whhheeeerreee?"
-Every morning we'll sit down on the couch, eating cheerios and drinking milk, and watch baby einstein. I Love doing this with her.
-She is running a lot, it's so cute.
-She plays with my hair every time I put her down for a nap or bed.
-She takes my clothes out of the drawers and puts them on her head and just has random shirts, tank tops, hanging on her neck.
-She does monkey and always opens up her books to whichever page the monkey is on and goes "aah, eee, aah, aah."

We love her so much.

Next item of business. Tomorrow is my Mom's birthday! I wish I could be there and give her a big hug and wish her a happy birthday, but I'll just have to give her a phone call. Then two days later is my big sissy's birthday!! And she finds out what the gender of her baby is on her birthday. How fun is that? I can't wait. Happy birthday girls!!