Weirdo!

So..a few weeks ago anything I gave cate (celery, string cheese, pretzel, etc) she put in her mouth and sucked on! She sucked on the celery for about 4 hours!! Next thing I knew she had found a passie and was sucking on that! The next day she found her thumb! She sucks on it all the time!! My social girl is no longer social...she's too busy sucking that dang thumb (and holding her ear at the same time)!! I don't get it! She has never sucked her thumb and only used a passie for about the first 2 months of her life! All I can think is...weird! Hopefully she grows out of this stage quickly :)

Halfway

In a few days I'll be at the halfway point of this pregnancy..Yay!!

before belly

19 week belly

Our "sweet" friends!

We have some awesome friends that had us over for dinner a couple of weeks ago. We had lots of fun! The kids (especially Cate) loved loved loved the yummy ice cream shake bar!

This is Big boy Nathan
and little Dallin..he's SO dang cute!

Look at them chowin down!!

Finally!!

Some peace and safety!!

We've only had an old screen door as our door and NOW we have a beautiful french door! With Matt gone all week and when he is home working graves I feel much safer with "real" doors.

Billy with a little help from Matt installed the doors for us!

Thank you guys!!

Dentist!

Cate had her first dentist appt a few days ago. Her Doc reccomended going when she had 6 teeth and she has 6 teeth so in to the Dentist we went! She was soo brave and actually had lots of fun playing with their cool toys! Hopefully if I consistantly take her to the dentist every 6 months she'll get used to it and it wont be so hard when she starts needing work done!! Hahaha we'll see about that!

15 Months :)

Our smart, little, tall girl!

Weight: 17.5, 0%

Lenth: 31, 71%

Head: 17.5 ,14%

Cate is learning so many new things these days!

~She says around 30 words on a regular basis. She can say way more than that but only repeating words after we say them.

~Her favorite song is itsy bitsy spier, she LOVES doing the actions to them.

~She is trying to learn how to jump.

~ She walks, runs and walks backwards.

~She says "Thank you" after getting something she wants (some of the time :))

~I find her a couple times a day in her room with her books dumped out of a basket that I have the books in with her sitting in the basket while "reading" books to her self.

~She folds her arms for prayer and says amen at the end (or when she wants it to be the end!!)

~She says "all done" when she is bored with something.

~She loves copying her cousing Liby

~She brushes her 6 teeth (it is still VERY difficult for me to brush them first, but I try really hard!!)

Hmmm I know there are lots more, I just can seem to think of them right now!!

Oh yeah....

I forgot to mention that I'm pregnant!! I'm due March 1st. I'm 11 weeks 4 days to be exact!

Everything is great! This pregnancy is totally differant than with Cate. The only symptoms I experience are being super tired and major heart burn BUT I can kinda control both of them! (I'm also a little extra emotional but I think that just has to do with Matt starting the Police Academy and being gone up north ALL week! We only get him on the weekends :( and I HATE it!BUT I'm so glad Matt is doing this for our family! He's such a great guy.) I had an ultrasound at 8 weeks and this little thing is perfect!

We are super excited, scared and grateful for this baby!

A little of everything!

Ok...I'm warning you now! There are a ton of pictures! I had a lot of making up to do!

Cate loves to look at books and she loves to be read to. I find her several times a day sitting on her baskets of books reading.

Here are a few pictures of our big girl...

And here is our messy girl..

We had lots of fun at Seven Peaks

Cate and Liby have soooo much fun and get into sooo much trouble together!

Best Cousins Ever!!

One!

This whole post is Backwards!! So if you want to start at the bottom you can!

I guess I've waited long enough to post about Cates First Birthday. I've learned a couple of things since this special day BUT first heres a part of a journal entry I wrote the day before her "big day"

June 3 2010

"Tomorrow Cate is one. I'm sad, so sad. I dont' want her to grow out of my arms and hugs and kisses! I want my baby to be my baby forever! I know its something that just happens and its gotta happen and gonna happen, but, right now its hard."

Hahahha So dramatic! Looking back it WAS tough.

But... I've learned now that its awesome!! I've learned tht I LOVE her growing and learning more and more everyday! I've learned that I love seeing little teeth pop out of her gums. I love watching her silly walk. I love listening to her carry on conversations that no one can understand. I've learned that I love watching her search for and point out her belly button. I love the way she needs me even though she is ''growing up". I love that she can actually say about 20 words (maybe more) and she knows how to use them. I've learned that she ALWAYS will be my baby and she will ALWAYS fit in my arms and she better not EVER grow out of my hugs and kisses! I've learned that she will always love me, even when she's 1!!

Anyways! Cate had a fun water party at the park! Lots of friends came and that made it special!

Thanks everyone!

Motivation

Soooo....I haven't lost any more weight. I go up and down 5lbs all the time. I don't have that drive that helped me lose the weight that I have lost, and I miss it!!! How do I get that back!?!? Every time I have lost weight my body and brain stop at this point, the weight I am at right now. With out that motivation that got me this far I give up too easily. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE..any advice?!