San Diego Christmas

We spent Christmas with my family in San Diego this year. It was a little chilly (50's) but still pretty. Sadly, we were a few Seattle members short but for very good reason. My brother got a promotion and was not able to take vacation. My grandpa fell on some ice near the docks and broke his ankle. We were just happy it wasn't much worse. He has to have surgery Friday for it. However, because of his injury my aunt and uncle needed to stay with him and help him get around. We missed them all terribly, but life happens. I'm just glad that everyone was ok. 

Jared, Kaitlyn and me flew out to San Diego Christmas Eve. We had a wonderful dinner at my cousin, Shannon's house. It was a lot of fun and great to see everyone. Kaitlyn had a blast with all the attention and playing with their cats and dogs. She got all excited and would try to hug or pet them when she saw them. 

For Christmas we went to my aunt Kitty's house and had another wonderful dinner. Everyone played Wii tennis and bowling. We had great conversations and had fun making Kaitlyn laugh. 

We also got an opportunity to get together with some friends of mine who had not met Kaitlyn yet while we were out there. It was so good to see so many of our friends, I've really missed them, but it was so nice to come home. 

We came back on my birthday and just relaxed. Our flight was late but we were able to get home and get settled for a bit. Jared was so sweet and took me out to PF Changs for dinner. He hates chinese food but knows I love it. He also got me Phantom of the Opera tickets for when it comes to town. The girls gave me the first season for "The Tudors" an HBO series that I love. If you haven't seen it, you should!! 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I just wanted to take a few minutes and wish all of you and your families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

We will be quite busy this year. We are leaving on the 24th to head to San Diego and visit my family, then we get back on my birthday and Lydia flies out the next day. Jared's parents are coming out on the first. We can't wait to see everyone. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday full of love and happiness! And yes, I do realize how cheesy that sounds and I don't care :) 

Snow Angels

As most of you may know, snow angels are pretty big in my family. Well we had our first big snow this week so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to bring Kaitlyn out and show her how to make her first snow angels. Thought I would share a few pictures. 

  

Kaitlyn is 5 months old.

It seems like I just finished her 4 month update, but here we are again. Kaitlyn is now 27 inches long and 16 pounds. She just keeps getting bigger. She still loves attention.  

More updates:

1. She loves to blow raspberries. This has to be my favorite thing this month... except when she does while I'm trying to feed her. 
2. She is eating rice cereal. It took a little bit to catch on to but now she loves it.
3. She is rolling from her back to her stomach all the time now then gets mad because she can't turn back over. She gets so close but the gives up and cries. We're hoping she'll learn this soon so that when she rolls over in the middle of the night she will be able to roll herself back instead of getting frustrated. 
4. If you hold her hands while she's standing, she will start to walk. She is still very wobbly but she definitely does it. 
5. When doing tummy time there have been times that she has started falling asleep on her tummy. 
6. She is wearing 6 month clothing already and has for the last few weeks. 
7. Her hair is starting to grow more too and it is definitely blond.
8. When she cries now it is big crocodile tears.
9. When she sleeps she likes to cover her face with her blanket, even if that means pulling it completely off of her feet and legs. 
10. She loves to chew on her books. 
11. She has become VERY curious. If she hears a noise she has to find out what it is and won't stop looking until she figures it out. 

She is still sweet as can be. Here are the teddy bear pictures so you can see how she's grown. 

That's it until next month :)