My little random trip home

Katelynn and I flew home for a week at the end of October. We had a very FUN and BUSY week. It was a nice change from our slow paced life back at home. In the one week we were home we celebrated Halloween and Nichole and Ethan's Birthdays!

My mom, Nichole, Ethan and Annalise came to pick us up at the airport. The kids were so happy to see each other. Katelynn started screaming with excitement at her cousins and they joined in excitedly running around the airport.

One day I came down stairs to see my mom and Nichole taking these cute pictures of the kids.

Katelynn sure enjoyed grabbing for the kids, luckily it didn't seem to bother them too much. Unfortunately, Katelynn was not always as happy to be held by Annalise. It is cute how Annalise so naturally plays with dolls and wants to hold Katelynn. Total girl. She would always say "hold it. hold it."- referring to Katelynn.

Ethan was so sweet to Katelynn and would talk with her with a cute little baby voice. He would always tell her "I'm your favorite, aren't I?"

In California Katelynn experienced her first time in a highchair. She loved it.

Now we begin with the adorable Halloween pictures. Katelynn was a cute ballerina, Annalise was an angel, and Ethan was a handsome knight. First we went over to my Grandma and Grandpa Goldthorpe's house to show off the cute costumes.

Katelynn wasn't really sure what to think about her tutu.

She tried to suck her fingers and tutu at the same time.....Yum.

Here she is grabbing for Annalise...again...

Here are some more Halloween pictures back at my parent's house. Katelynn did very well when we went Trick-or-Treating. She was happy and enjoyed walking around with the kids.

The day after Halloween, November 1st, was Nichole's birthday. We went to BJ's for dinner is was delicious! As you can see, by the time we got back from the restaurant, Katelynn had just about had it!! We went to put Katelynn into Annalise's crib while Nichole opened her presents and Annalise was so worried that Katelynn was going to take her 'kiki" (blanket). Luckily, we got it all straightened out and Katelynn got to get some much needed sleep.

These are some VERY cute pictures that I got of Eth and Katelynn.

When I was home my parent's got new windows in the whole house. This was so exciting for all of us!!! We all will enjoy these new windows. The house is so nice and quiet now!!

Nichole is a wonderfully ambitious mother and threw a fun pirate party for Ethan. She asked him what kind of cake he wanted and we finally found this cute pirate cake pan. We decorated this cake in about a two hour rush so Ethan and Nichole could go have fun with their FREE Disneyland tickets!!!

Here is Katelynn with her Grandma and Grandpa Wilbur.

Annalise is very little so it was always funny to see Katelynn sitting on her lap. I was a bit worried Katelynn would crush her.

I love this picture!!

Here is Katelynn with her Great-Grandpa Goldthorpe. She always loves it in his arms!

Here is Katelynn with Grandma and Grandpa Barnes

My mom made this delicious ice cream cake for Nichole's birthday cake.

My First Run

OK, my Birthday was the other day and I will post it later. Real quick though, since I don't have a ton of time. One of the presents that I got from my mom was a Nike+ (aka Nike+iPod). It basically is a pedometer that talks to an iPod and can talk to you as you run and make running a whole lot cooler. When you sync the iPod, it uploads all your run info to Nike.com and you have graphs and goals and challenges and things to make you more incentived to run. Here is my first run as a graph. pretty sweet huh?

Harness free!!

Katelynn and I went to the doctor on Monday and she is officially HARNESS FREE! I think this brings more joy to Nathan and I than her. She never seemed to mind the harness too much- which was a great blessing. She is doing very good. We are so gratefully for our wonderful pediatritian who noticed the problem.

Here she is in the infamous harness.


This is the best picture that we got with her stretching after we took off the harness. It doesn't show it very well. Most of the time when we'd take her out she stretch her arms up above her head all the way and her legs are long as she could stretch them with pointed toes.



Now we just have some cute pictures for you to enjoy. Katelynn is growing so fast and learning so much. She is getting pretty good and grabbing things and putting them straight into her mouth. Life is so fun watching and playing with her everyday!





These pictures are the first pictures we got of her smiling! They are SO cute! I was so excited when I got them. Most of the time she just stares at the camera and won't smile. Thanks for smiling Katelynn!







I am sorry our blogs are so rare now. It is rare that we get internet at home so it is hard for me to post a blog and Nathan simply has no free time now that school has started. Hopefully I'll be better at getting cute picture up more often.