Kansas City - day 3 (Sunday)

Our final day in town included breakfast at Sonic! (Our fourth visit, three days in a row for breakfast!)

We spent most of the day at Jeff & Natalie's house with the girls. We watched some football and took pictures! Of course, Grammy and Grandpa were with us, too! Katelynn loves spending time with them...

We snuck out for a few hours to visit Jeremy. Christie and Carter to meet their newest addition to their family, Layla! It was so nice to see them and watching Katelynn and Carter play was priceless.







Before we had to leave for the airport, another quick stop at Sonic, of course! We ate dinner together as a family and then we left for the airport. We made it home just before midnight.

A picture tells a thousand words...Natalie and I were posing for a pic with our girls, when Katelynn reached over and tried to pull the bib off Allison. This is our reaction to it!










Thank you to Jeff and Natalie for welcoming us into your home. We had such a fun time staying with you. You have a beautiful house and a beautiful baby! We can't wait to see you again soon!

Election Day - We Voted!

Kansas City!

We enjoyed a long weekend in Kansas City. The reason for our trip was to meet Allison, our sweet and adorable niece. She was worth the trip! I am so thankful for our close relationship with Jeff and Natalie and that our girls will be so close in age! We stayed with them in their beautiful new house which allowed for lots of time with them and Allison!

We tried to squeeze in as much as we could in three days. Friday was Halloween and we were glad to spend it with our family. Katelynn was a ladybug and Allison was a cow - so adorable! We had a visit from the three Princesses Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella, and the cutest dragon and Spiderman, too!

On Saturday we visited Chris and Kara's new house and it was so much fun to see Austin and Avery play with Katelynn! The boys enjoyed watching the KU game together. Cousin Jennifer spent a couple hours with us on Saturday afternoon. Here is a little sneak peak of the amazing photos she took:



Jennifer, you are the best! THANK YOU! Katelynn enjoyed playing with Grace, Isabelle, Samuel and Sophia after we were done with photos. All we need is some kids and Katelynn is super happy and ready to play.

Sunday afternoon we met Jeremy and Christie's little princess Layla and Katelynn enjoyed playing with Carter.

Of course, no visit is complete without lots of love from Grammy and Grandpa, Big Papa and Gigi, Great Grandma Shultz, and five trips to Sonic.

We didn't get home until midnight last night and I haven't even had a chance to look at our camera. So, there will be photos coming later on.

Silly Girl

Katelynn has a cute and spunky personality. I was reminded of this yesterday morning as Jason carried Katelynn from her room to our room. He brought her into our room to see me and say Good Morning as I was getting ready for work. Jason wasn't wearing a shirt, since he was just waking up. Katelynn took a little fistful of chest hair and pulled it out. I was oblivious of this until Jason said, "Ouch!!" Then Katelynn giggled uncontrollably! I couldn't help but laugh, too!

She knew what she was doing! And, apparently, she does this often. What a spunky little princess we have!

Baby Aubrey

Today we went to visit our friends Melanie and Dale, to meet their precious daughter Aubrey. She is adorable! Katelynn had a fun time playing with Aubrey's brothers Logan and Devin. Our friend Shanna and her son Harrison were there, too! We had a wonderful time and it was a sneak peak into next weekend when we fly to Kansas City to meet Allison! :)

Never a dull moment...

Allison Mazie Shultz

Congratulations to Jeff & Natalie!!! Our niece was born this afternoon! We were anxiously awaiting the news, and we couldn't be any happier. Katelynn has a cousin!

Born: October 21, 2008 - 1:06 pm

Weight: 8 lbs - 5.5 oz

Length: 18- 1/2"

We can't wait to come visit!

Here are the only pics we've seen, courtesy of the proud new dad and two from Grammy!

It's a ???

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our niece or nephew! Please pray for Jeff and Natalie as they are at the hospital. She is going to be induced Tuesday morning.



We'll be traveling to Kansas City to visit them next weekend. Hopefully, we'll have good news to share soon!

9 Months

Katelynn is 9 months old! Just this week she has started nodding her head in agreement (so cute), she claps, and she waves. We have been blessed with a sweet little angel!

Last Sunday, we spent the afternoon on the Fox River, enjoying what could have been the last beautiful day. We saw some awesome fall colors and enjoyed basking in the sun on the boat. Even though that was only five days ago, it seems much longer. This week has been so busy and we've all been sick. Tuesday night was the only night I was home, so that makes things a little hectic.

We finally got our new couch for the basement, in perfect time for this weekend's Packer game! It promises to be more comfortable than the bleacher seats at Lambeau with Maggie. :(

We went to the doctor this afternoon for her 9 month check up. Dr. Hunt says she is perfect! Katelynn weighs 19 pounds, 10 ounces (66%); is 28.25 inches long (75%) and her head is 44.5 cm (66%).

Driving

Exploring the boat

Sleeping in Mom's arms

Gran drove the boat!
Katelynn's first bandaid - she didn't seem to mind the blood pouring out of her finger!

She stands everywhere!

Queen of the highchair

Playing in the leaves at Angie's

Uh-oh!

No, that isn't an optical illusion. Katelynn really is standing in her crib. When she woke up this morning, Jason went in to get her and I heard him mumble "that's the scariest thing I've ever seen." Of course, I couldn't get to the camera in time. When she woke up from her nap this morning, we got these great and scary pictures of her.



Katelynn still loves to crawl. She will follow us from room to room and she takes off whenever she wants to!


She also loves to stand and she tries to take some steps!

Here is a video from the farm last weekend: