Playdates

One of the many perks of Mommy staying home with me is that we get to go on fun playdates. We've had 4 playdates in the last month and I loved each one!

Here are a few playdate highlights:

I had fun "sharing" with Ian. Mommy was suprised that I was already most interested in the toys someone else was using.

Preston entertained me with a few drum solos.

I loved Ian and Preston's car jumper!

Baby Adalyn and Robin came to see me at my house. Adalyn was only 5 weeks old! I really liked looking at her...but Mommy decided not to let me get too close after I pulled her hair.

Mommy and I have gone to Cooper and Kelly's house to play twice. Cooper doesn't even mind when I put his toys in my mouth!


I'm looking forward to lots more play dates this year!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Today was Daddy's 2*th birthday! I woke him up bright and early with the "Happy Birthday" song and the present I made for him. A few weeks ago, Mommy and I were very sneaky and made a Shutterfly photo book for Daddy's birthday. I've been hiding it in my nursery since it came in the mail...it was sooo hard to wait to give it to Daddy.

Here are a few pictures and captions from the book.

Daddy and Katelyn: A Love Story.

You loved me from the moment you laid eyes on me.

You quickly learned how to wrap me up and calm me down.

You let me chillax with you.


You cuddle with me in the morning.

You cry with me.

You gaze with me.

You tell me you love me.

You will always be my daddy...

and I will always be your baby girl.

Happy birthday, Daddy! I love you so much.

PS

Today is also Poppy's birthday. Can you believe they were born on the same day (of different years, of course)?

Happy birthday, Poppy! I love you, too.

Daddy's Little Helper

Daddy needed some help at work today, so I decided to lend him a hand.

Daddy had better watch out! I'm the next tech guru at The Lighthouse. I even copied and pasted a FaceBook page into a Word document once. He has no idea how I did that!

After I showed Daddy a shortcut to access his media files, I thought he could use a little help with is djembe skills.

I loved helping Daddy, but couldn't stay too long because a nap was calling my name.

And now, a message from Mommy...

Every night I pray over Katie Bug as I put her to bed. Tonight I was walking back and forth with her in the nursery and thanking the Father for gracing us with her. Just as the words "thank you so much for this little girl in my arms" escaped my lips, Katelyn looked into my eyes and gave me one of her big, open-mouthed kisses.

I can assure you that my eyes were not dry, but my heart was full.

Thank you, Father, for Katelyn. I cannot say it enough...but I will spend the rest of my life trying.

{Mommy hands keyboard back to The Bug}

Sunday Best

Today, I wore pants to the Sunday morning service for the very first time! Since it was so rainy and cool this morning, Mommy decided to dress me in one of my cutie pant outfits. She was so excited that I would be able to wear it once since it is sized at 3-6 months. Once she put it on, though, she realized that I will probably have plenty more chances to wear it!

Here's a pic of me taking my nap right before we left for churh. Every Sunday, Mommy gets me dressed right before my nap time. That way, as soon as I wake up we can hop in the car and head to church. Daddy has to be there super early, so we meet him there.



Since I am over last week's runny nose, I was back in the nursery this morning. It was lots of fun...for about 45 minutes. Then, I decided I needed Mommy. She hung out with me in the nursery for the rest of the service.

Toys? I don't need no stinkin' toys!

Between the 4 baby showers that were held in my honor, the 4 grandparents who like to spoil me, the 2 sets of friends who gave Mommy and Daddy a gift almost every week of Mommy's pregnancy, and the 1 Auntie who loves me so much [insert deep breath here]...I have a lot of toys.

I currently have a stash of toys in my nursery, the family room, and Auntie's soon-to-be bedroom. There are also toys for "older Katie Bug" in the living room and on the top shelf in my closet.

Today, though, I was feeling a bit improvisational.

This morning I fashioned a toy out of a baby hanger. It made the most glorious sound when slapped on the carpet! Mommy was able to catch the tail end of my hanger activity. You may notice a few red splotches on my face. Those were from bopping myself with the hanger toy. I would also like you to note how my face lights up when Daddy walks into the room!

Later in the day I was introduced to the Katie Cabinet. The Katie Cabinet is a spot in the kitchen Mommy and Daddy made just for me. It has lots of things that are safe for me to play with during meal preperation times. I spent a good half hour removing and enjoying everything within arms' reach out of that thing. It was sooo much fun!

Poppy's New Camera

My Poppy got a new camera today! Daddy thinks it is awesome, and is so excited that Poppy said he could borrow it any time.

Here are a few pictures Daddy and Poppy took of me today. They had a lot of fun practicing with the camera.