Stylin' in Sunglasses

The other day Catherine came upon Jonathan's sunglasses on the stairs. She thought she was hot stuff! Not that I am biased or anything... but I do think she looks pretty cute.

Jonathan and Catherine

I have been so impressed lately how well the kids have been playing together. Every once in awhile Jonathan will take toys away from Catherine and she will fuss... but overall they have such a great time and keep each other OUT of trouble.

Visitors!

A few weeks ago we were blessed to have some very dear friends stay with us over the weekend. The first was my close friend, Julie and her family. Julie and I have been pregnant at the same times, in fact our due dates, both pregnancies we were within days of each other! She and her family are moving from the state of Washington to Nebraska. So, they stopped here for a long weekend to attend a wedding, see family in town and of course, hangout with us! We had a wonderful time eating meals, going on a double date, watching the kiddos play together and just plain old catching up.

The second of our visitors, in the same weekend, were William and Bridget. The last time we were able to spend time with them was last year, September, at their wedding. They, too, came in to attend a wedding. We had a wonderful time catching up and talking about babies, as they are due with their first child next month.

Me and Julie Jonathan and John Paul having fun in the kiddie pool in our backyard.

Here are all four kiddos together... it was quite the feat to get them all to smile at the same time. (From left: John Paul, who is a week older than Jonathan, and Ethan, who is also a week older than Catherine)

Julie and Matt with their adorable boys, Ethan and John Paul.

Thank you, Julie, Matt, JP, Ethan, William and Bridget for a FANTASTIC weekend!! We miss you already. We look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Climbing Stairs

Catherine's new place to play is the stairs... she can go up and down 'em like a champ!

The WOW Museum

On Catherine's actual birthday, Monday, we visited the WOW (World of Wonder) Children's Museum. Chris had off work so we went as a family! We had a great time playing and letting the kiddos explore.Catherine playing with some newly cleaned blocks

Jonathan putting a ball into a "drop"

Since our trip back to Illinois, Jonathan has been fascinated with trains. The museum had a couple of different train tables that he thoroughly enjoyed.

One of the "exhibits" was a credit union. In front of the teller window was a truck that moved when a coin was inserted. Jonathan and Catherine could have ridden it all day!

Family Birthday Celebration

Here are just a few pictures from the family birthday celebration we had on Sunday:

Catherine enjoying some cake

Catherine and Grandaddy hanging out

Jonathan pushing Catherine on her new Little Mermaid ride on/push toy (it is a daily argument as to who is going to ride it next)

Catherine sporting her new pink Puma's from Auntie Anna

Happy 1st Birthday, Catherine!

Yes, it is true that Catherine is now 1 year old! We celebrated the gift of her life on both Sunday and Monday. My family came over on Sunday afternoon for a BBQ. We had a relaxing time eating, watching the kids play together, opening gifts and then watching the kids fight over who was going to play with what toy! he he

Chris had off on Monday, so we were able to visit a little children's museum (pictures to come) as a family.

We are truly blessed to have her in our lives! We love you, Catherine! Happy Birthday.

She weighs in at 16lb 12oz (she has not made the chart, yet) and measures 29in long (50th percentile)