7 Months Old!

Today is Kaitlyn's 7 month birthday!  She is full of curiosity and can't sit still!  I can't believe how much she has accomplished in the last month!

She is crawling, sitting, pulling to standing, lightly cruising, eating all kinds of solids!  She loves to be where the people are and is quick to get there. 

Taylor continues to be such a great big sister and loves playing with her.  Although we had to stop Kaitlyn from trying to steal Taylor's lunch today...I don't think big sis was too pleased with that!!


She LOVES Grandma Bonnie's tree...specifically this angel and a cow.  The cow had to be moved due to over touching :)  This picture is so fun because she knows she shouldn't touch it so she is ever so lightly touching it haha.

 

Love my girls!!

 

Such a big girl!

 

House update:  Drywall started today!!  We should have a closing date by Monday!!  That means the stucco should start next week so we'll head out to take pictures, that should be the next exciting picture to see!!

A Video of the Model Home

Our house is coming along!  We went on Friday for our framing walk through.  They have completed the framing process and will begin drywall...hopefully tomorrow!  While we were out there I was going to take a video of our house, but figured it might be more fun to see the model.  You will just need to visualize our old furniture in there...not the fancy model home stuff! 

I went with a youtube video instead of trying to upload it on here:

http://youtu.be/kP6P7rgQ2tM

Here is an updated picture:

 

While we were chatting before we left the model we noticed a few hot air balloons.  The sales lady told us they take off from right on the other side of our neighborhood!  She said they look amazing going up in front of the mountain that is next to our neighborhood.  I grabbed this shot of the balloons going up on the street next to ours!  The girls are going to LOVE watching them take off!  I am sure this won't be the last balloon picture I share!

Kaitlyn is growing TOOO fast!

Kaitlyn started her version of crawling a few weeks ago...it was more of a worm maneuver, but it was her mode of transportation.  In the last couple of days she has started her actual chest off the ground crawl.  After an accomplishment like that who needs to wait for the next one?  Tonight while we were playing in the playroom she crawled over to Taylor's bed (also known as a mattress on the floor right now..) and pulled herself up to standing.  I was floored.  I left the room for a minute and Bonnie called out "You are kidding me"....from the other room I yelled back..."WHAT NOW!"  She went ahead and climbed onto Taylor's bed.  She is moving a little too fast for me!  Here is a link to the video...it takes a while and isn't the best as this was her last attempt and was getting awfully tired of performing for us!  It is SO nice to have another set of eyes on her to keep catching her new tricks!

Here is the link to the video...again it is pretty long!  Due to the length I did a youtube clip instead of uploading it directly on here!

http://youtu.be/ZhGH9ddrKJA

Oh, How Time Flies!!

Derek and I are celebrating our 7th Anniversary today!  It has been such a fun 7 years so far and I can't wait to see what the next 70 have in store!

With our anniversary being on a Monday we decided to have a nice kid-free dinner out on Friday night.  Bob and Bonnie watched the girls for us and we headed out for sushi.  An hour later we returned...we are such wild and crazy people!  We ended the night playing cards with Bob and Bonnie and it was just fine by me!  We had a great time and really appreciated the time to go out to eat and talk!  Thanks Bob and Bonnie!

All day today Taylor has been going CRAZY about our anniversary...she gets it from Derek, he was just as excited, I am sure you all believe that. :)  Taylor and Bonnie made a yummy dessert that Taylor said was for the wedding tonight.  We were told before we ate the "wedding cake" dessert we had to kiss and it had to be on the "wedding blanket" she set out.  It was hilarious.  Derek and I played along and she took our hands and gave us her version of our vows to say.  So lucky for us Bonnie was there to capture the moment. 

I love how our life has changed in the last 7 years.....

 I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband and father to our daughters.  Everyday I am in awe of his patience, love and the hardwork he does for our family.  I am just as happy as the girl in the next picture....happier actually, if that is possible!

6 Month Check-Up

Wow...two blogs in two days, pretty special, huh!!

We had Kaitlyn's 6 month check-up today, which I honestly can't believe is already here.  Making her 9 month appointment felt so silly as I don't really believe it is only 3 months away!

Regardless, our little lady is 6 months and here are her stats for those keeping score:

Weight 14lbs 5 oz which puts her in the 15th percentile

Height 25 1/2 inches which is the 26th %

She is doing her own version of crawling, with some actual chest up crawling mixed in.  She is also doing some sort of bear crawl/walk with two hands and feet on the ground.  Food favorites are apples, sweet potatoes and carrots.  Peas are tolerated but much preferred mixed in with the carrots or sweet potatoes.

Catch Up Post and our New House!

I thought it might be an easier way to keep everyone informed of our new house happenings if I re-up the blog!  I suppose I can also update you with pictures of the girls since that was the original intent! :)

As most of you know we sold our house and are living with Derek's parents until our house is finished being built sometime late December/early January.  We are pretty lucky someone wanted to take in the 4 of us for 2 months!

We went out to the house last night and were actually able to walk around inside our own house!  While it is fun to see the model home and walk around in there imaging things in our home...it was even better walking into OUR house!

This is a view of the back...with Derek and Bob:

This week's big excitement is our WINDOWS!  From what I understand the next step will be dry wall...the scaffolding on the side is prepping for that.

The view from the front:

 

Here is a view from the inside...standing in the family room looking into the kitchen.  You can see in the back right corner the pantry.  I liked this view because you can kind of see where the stairs go up for a feeling of the flow of the house.

 

So much excitement, I'll keep you all posted as I get more.  Maybe next time we go out I'll take a video and post it so you can see all of the progress.

 

How about a little added bonus for the first blog back...some pictures of our little angels!

 

Tay at her Fall Festival at School

 

I am in love with this pouty face!

 

Katilyn's new trick...a bear crawl/walk

 

And finally my little 50's girls in their poodle skirts!

 

That is probably long enough of an update for now...don't want to lose you on the first post because it was too long haha!  I will try to keep up on it this time!!

 

 

 

 

Disneyland Trip

We just got back from a fun weekend in California. We started our vacation with dinner at Downtown Disney. After dinner Taylor was drawn to the music from all of the street performers, we watched one band for quite awhile while Taylor danced and danced!

We headed to Disneyland on Friday and had a blast. Taylor is quite the dare-devil and was all for riding even the big roller coasters. A few more inches and she'll be able to do them all. The biggest highlight for her was obviously meeting Mickey and Minnie. When we got in to see Mickey she ran right up there and hugged him....and hugged....and hugged.....and hugged!




We spent Saturday at Laguna Beach playing in the sand and braving the freezing cold ocean! Taylor loved running in and out of the water...or as she calls it "slip sliding in the ocean". The current was pretty strong so she had to hold daddy's hand to keep her steady.

We went to dinner on Saturday night with the Goods. Taylor had a blast being a big girl and sitting with Annie, Sydney and Grace. They were such good helpers with her! After dinner we were standing around outside talking, Sydney and Grace were doing cute hand claps, and in true Taylor fashion she had to join right in. I wish I would have taken a later video, she had caught on to some of the words and has been reciting them since we left!