Con't Aubrie's First Steps...

First Steps...

My sweet little Aubrie is starting to walk!!! For the past week or two Aubrie has taken a few steps but I wouldn't label it walking until now! Rusty and I were in the kitchen this morning and out of nowhere, Aubrie took about five steps. Later on this evening we were in the kitchen again and she walked for us once more. Rusty grabbed the camera and started filming. Please excuse my background voice, when he first started recording I was leaving a message for my Mom telling her about the excitement. Also, only the first thirty seconds or so is of Aubrie walking, I wasn't sure how to edit out the last minute which just has us recording in hopes of seeing it again. Enjoy and have a great week!!!

Love, Katherine

Family Fun!

Here are just some family fun pictures for you all to enjoy!

Kaileigh loves her Unc!

Aubrie can't get enough table food. She usually refuses her baby food whenever we try to give it to her. Yesterday morning I made blueberry pancakes which she seemed to love "0).

We had my brother and sister-in-law over Saturday night. We had a wonderful family dinner. I especially enjoyed all of the cuddle time I had with my absolutely adorable nephew Graham.

Kaileigh with Unc and LaLa's super cuddly puppy, Lucy.

Valentine's Day Fun!

So...fall is my favorite time of year. I love the college football games the holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years! I must admit, I get a little sad January 2nd knowing that it will be at least 8 more months until all of the fun fall activities. With that being said, I couldn't wait to decorate for Valentine's Day. We ended up having a wonderful day! We had a great breakfast and for lunch with took the girls to Maymont for a picnic. We finished the day off with Rusty's homemade pizza and my homemade cake "0). I couldn't have asked for a better day with my family.

While everyone was sleeping, including Rusty, I decorated the kitchen. I wanted them all to wake up to a Valentine's Day surprise.

Rusty made us some delicious french toast!


Kaileigh with some of her Valentine's Day candy.

Aubrie's first Valentine's, doesn't she look surprised "0)?

Our picnic at Maymont.

Valentine's Day Fun Continued...

I went upstairs to get ready for dinner and left the cake decorating up to Kaileigh. I think she did a wonderful job "0).

Rusty's famous heart shaped pizza. It tasted as good as it looked.

Fun at Maymont!

Kaileigh and I running down their very big hill.

Our wonderful Valentine's Day picnic.

Snow Day!!!

Here are a few pictures from our first snow day of 2009, enjoy!

Let's Count Our Blessings...

Okay, so I've been horrible about blogging and haven't kept my promise about updating every week, I'm so sorry. I couldn't be more grateful for my wonderful family but life is busy with two little ones and these days sleep takes precedence over blogging "0) . However, I did want to add something because I thought it was important. I'm at work and just saw a family of five. Our Nutritionist Assistant brought back two charts and said "who gets these two, whoever it is needs some Lysol". Well it ended up being my turn and as I called them back I couldn't help but take notice. The two little girls had chopped hair that must have been cut by their mother. Their clothes were filthy and so were their little faces. One little girl had soiled her clothes with urine and the Mom changed her only to change her in equally dirty clothes. The Mom was so excited because this weekend they were moving. Now this is a family of five, moving from a 1 bedroom house to a two bedroom house. The 1 bedroom apartment they were living in was infested with mold so they had to move into a motel because their youngest daughter has epilepsy which was only getting worse due to the mold. The Dad decided to join us for the visit and said it looked like it was going to rain. I said I hoped it held off during their move and he said it wouldn't be a problem, they only had about 4 or 5 things to move. I think to myself how lucky am I. My children are bathed, have clean clothes, food on the table every night. I don't overly worry about our finances but probably should. Rusty is constantly asking me to look for another job because a lot of times we end up paying more for daycare than I bring home. I just don't think he understands how much I get back in return. I know the news is depressing these days with everything going on, but if you can, be thankful for what you do have. I had a child ask her Mom the other day for a toothbrush and she said she had to wait until payday. I just bought Kaileigh a ten dollar movie yesterday because it was on sale without even thinking twice.

I promise to have an uplifting blog this weekend with lots of pictures...PROMISE...