Happy Halloween!

This is Kate's first Halloween. About 10 years ago my sister was at a thrift shop and randomly bought a pumpkin costume for a 9 month old. Little did she know Kate would be 9 months old on her first Halloween. This costume fit her so well! She was absolutely adorable :)

We did not go Trick-or-Treating although I was asked if we were about 100 times. Since she can't walk and could not say "Trick or Treat!" I opted to visit a friend at Effort Baptist Church's Hallow Him celebration. Everyone was dressed up and there were many activities for children. Although Kate cannot interact much because she's so young, she had a great time watching people in costumes and loved all of the decorations. It was a great evening!

Watch Kate grow with us!

Below we have two videos taken Monday, October 25th.....

This one is when we went out to dinner at Red Lobster. I gave Kate a lemon. This is the result :)

This second video is a little dark (and loud - just to warn you). We put a cookie just out of Kate's reach to see if she would crawl to it since she isn't crawling yet. We didn't quite get a crawl, but its good enough for me!

Carter's Mountain 10/24/10

This past Sunday, we went to Carter's Mountain Orchard to go apple picking. Last year Katelyn was in my belly and we said we would come back with her this fall!

Kate loves being outside. She even picked her own apple. When that girl wants something she gets it and has quite a grip! We went a little crazy and let her try an apple doughnut as well. She loved it.

Can't wait for next year when she will be more active and can enjoy a hay ride :)

Food is Fun

Katelyn Ann has jumped off the deep end into her adventure with finger foods! So far we have not found a thing she does not like. Her favorites include: diced vegetables, bananas, whole wheat pasta, pumpkin muffins, whole wheat bread, and american cheese.

Now that she's had many experiences with "real food" she wants to eat whatever I'm eating. Last night she got upset because I wouldn't give her pizza. So I shared the crust. It's nice to be able to give her food out of my cabinets instead of all jarred baby foods. Its certainly going to save my wallet!

The best part is that she loves trying new things :)

It's been a while...

Today we went in for our 9 month check up. She had her last Hepititis B shot & the first of two Flu vaccines. She's a champ with the shots. Crying and then getting over it pretty quickly with some love and a bottle :) At Kate's first check up, she was in the 25th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height. Today is is 19lbs and 14ozs and 28 inches long. This puts her in the 75th percentile for both weight and height. What a big change! The doctor can't believe it either but said its nothing to worry about since she's in the 75th percentile for both.

Since its been about 7 months since the last time I've posted, there is no way for me to post everything that has changed with Katelyn in that time. Currently, she is mobile, but not quite crawling. Its interesting to watch how she can get to things she wants without actually crawling yet. We're slowly introducing solid foods as well. She has the cutest smile, but that little smile is all gums. No teeth quite yet!

The next month or so I believe she will start crawling, pulling herself up, and get a tooth. She's right on the brink of all three. The one thing she does VERY well is let people know what she thinks! Katelyn is a very vocal baby. She is known as the "Terradactyl Baby" to one of the parents at daycare because she yells/talks all the time. I can tune it out and most of the time its pretty cute :)

We will certainly post much more often from here on out! Thanks for checking in <3