FOUR Months Later....

....and my baby is now almost 8 months!!

And my first baby is 4 years old!

Where did the time go?  We have been busy with life.  Every now and then I keep thinking that I need to update the blog, then I get distracted by something else and the blog gets put on hold again...and again...and again.  

I have a lot to catch up with this blog or else Kate's baby book will only be 3 pages long! (I use the blog as my Scrapbook).

For now, these pics will have to do. I will have to make it a priority to posts about the last four months that have flashed by (especially while I can still somewhat remember)!

Matthew (4 yrs old), Kate (8 months)

HAPPY EASTER WEEKEND!

Cutest Little Indian EVER!

Is this not the cutest little Indian princess you've ever seen?!

Once again, I had the vision and Steve executed it beautifully.  We sure do make a great team (and we make cute babies too!).  This little Indian outfit almost didn't happen because we were so busy and SO tired.  But alas, my hubby did not disappoint.  

We spent Thanksgiving with Steve's family.  It's really nice that everyone lives reasonably close now so holidays are nice to gather at grandma's house.  

Matthew LOVED having his cousins here.  He was so excited to have little Ms. Emma sleep in his room.  The next morning, I found them reading together.  And of course, everyone was loving on baby Kate!

And here's the comparison of Kate and Matthew in their little Indian outfits.  In the beginning, Steve didn't want to make the costumes, but afterwards, he did agree that it was worth it because they turned out so cute!  Lesson learned - always listen to your wife and her crazy ideas.  

We have SO much to be grateful for, not just at Thanksgiving, but everyday!

Count your many blessings, name them one by one.  And it will surprise you what the Lord has done!

Kathryn Anh - 3 Months

My baby girl turned 3 months on 11-9-14.

I'm guessing she weighs about 13-14 lbs (she weighed 12 lbs 7 oz at her two month check up last month).  Although when I'm carrying her in and out of the car, it feels like she weighs a ton!  

I am still exclusively pumping and she takes a bottle of it every 3 hours during the day. She naps a lot and sleeps about 4-6 hours at night! We are slowly getting closer to longer stretches at night.  Thank goodness!  Momma is tired.ALL.THE.TIME!

Kate is such a happy baby!  She is entering into the fun stage where she is starting to be more aware of her surroundings.  She definitely knows her big brother loves her because he is always hugging and kissing her every chance he gets. 

Look at those chubby thigh rolls!

We love our little chubster!

Captain America and a Cupcake - Halloween 2014

Matthew as Captain America!

He had all the moves to go along with it too.  My little guy was so happy to be in his costume. 

 This little one was NOT so happy to be in her costume.

Kate as my little cupcake!  I saw this cute idea on pinterest and recruited Steve to make it for me.  I bought all the supplies and he cut and assembled it.  The hat was purchase separately.

The custome actually is designed to go around the baby bjorn.  I wrapped it around her to try and get a pic, but she was not having it! 

Here we are trunk or treating at church.  She was just not into dressing up for Halloween this year.  Ha!  My little Captain America had so much fun.  He was more interested in passing out candy instead of collecting candy!

I was going to dress up as a baker (with my little cupcake attached), but I didn't have time to find a baker's hat.  Oh well, maybe next year we can all dress up together. 

Oh October, You've Been So Good to Us

October has always been one of my favorite months.  Lots of pumpkins, apples and fall foliage all around. We've had fun taking in all the beauty that is around.  As the air gets chillier and the days shorter, I will take it all in as much as I can.

I'm thankful for a husband who just goes along with all the festivities. He'd rather spend time at home, but he happily agrees to do whatever I have planned because he knows it makes me happy and most importantly, we are spending time together as a family!

When mama's happy, everybody is happy!

How about dem apples?!

We did our annual apple picking at Marker Miller Orchards. 

Baby Kate stayed in the baby Bjorn the whole time. Matthew had a fun with his cousins.  And grandma even joined us this year (her first time)!

What to do with all those apples?? Well, we made caramel apples. Yum!  Matthew eats his caramel apple by licking the chocolate and caramel off.  Not even a bite into the apple.  What can I say, the kid inherited mama's sweet tooth!

Two Months Too Long!!

Has it really been two months since my last post??!! There have been many times in the last two months where I kept telling myself that I needed to update the blog.  Not because I have tons of readers who are anxiously waiting to hear from me (said with sarcasm)!  But because I need to capture memories for baby Kate's baby book (and our family book).  And thank you to those who have reached out to ask for an update.  It warms my heart to know I still have some followers out there! Ha!

Here's the low down:

* I am officially back at work (started back on 10/20/14). The last 10 weeks have been spent just snuggling with my baby girl!  And enjoying a lot of daytime T.V.  :)

* Kate is now 2 1/2 months!  She is such a good baby.  Sleeping about 4-5 hours at night (hallelujah!).  Those every two hour feedings thru out the night was brutal!

* Big brother Matthew is doing great!  He loves her so much and is protective of her.  Happy to report he is fully potty trained (since August), with the occasional accident, but he is very proud of himself and so are we!

* We have been enjoying this beautiful Fall weather (my favorite time of year).  Pictures to come of pumkin patch festivities.

* Life has been busy with two little ones.  Sometimes when life gets hard, I have to remind myself that I prayed for this and the Lord certainly has blessed me!

* I will try and get back into updating the blog more regularly.  I have lots of posts to catch up on (basically from Kate's birth story on).

Happy Friday!!

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