Boating Baby

June 13, 2009
18 months old

To celebrate Katie's 18 month birthday we all went out on the boat today. We weren't sure if she would like it at first ...but to our surprise she LOVED it. She wasn't scared at all and loved when Todd would go fast and hit small wakes.

Here is Katelyn walking to the dock with her Daddy




She kept watching Todd to see how he was steering and driving the boat


Katelyn and Mommy


Halfway through our trip we stopped the boat to have a snack





Having so much fun...Katie loves how fast the wind blows on the boat

Posing for the camera

Katelyn's favorite spot on the boat....was right up front

"I've been watching you drive daddy, and I think I am ready to try it myself"


Walking hand in hand with daddy after a fun day on the boat

After a great day of boating katelyn was all tired out and she slept the whole way home

Having fun with Family

May 31, 2009
17 1/2 months old

Katelyn had fun playing cars with her cousin Kyle


Aunt Sara and Uncle Kent have an enormous backyard and Katelyn was taking full advantage of all her freedom. She absolutely loved just running all over their backyard!

Katelyn was enjoying all the attention from her Aunt Sara

Pretty in Pink

Trip to the Zoo

May 24, 2009

17 1/2 months old

Hugging "Blue"

Katelyn loves Elmo the best, but she makes sure to give "Blue" a big hug every now and then. My little sweetheart!

What are you bringing me now?

May 21, 2009
17 months

Katelyn loves bringing me things that she thinks I may need...in this picture she has Cassie's dog collar and some pieces of mail...Hmmmm

Relaxing on the front lawn

May 19, 2009
17 months old

Reading Time

May 17, 2009
17 months old

Katelyn definitely has favorite books and will push the book away if it is not one that she wants to read. She is quite opinionated already.

In LOVE with ELMO

16.5 months old

Katelyn loves Elmo on Sesame Street, so we got her a stuffed Elmo doll which she adores. It is so cute when she gives Elmo a big hug and kiss.

Baby in the Window

16.5 months old
Todd was outside mowing the lawn and this is what he saw peeking out the window...soo cute!

Little Carpenter

Katelyn had her little hammer and drill and was helping Daddy put up the new kitchen cabinets

Cutie Pie

16 months old

Picking Pictures

Almost 16 months old
A couple of weeks ago Katelyn discovered her finger can go in her nose, quite the accomplishment (said with sarcasim), and of course her daddy grabbed for the camera. (I am sure when she is 16 years old she will love showing this picture to her friends :)

The first time she did it I told her no and to take her finger out...which of course made her want to do it more (basic logic) and she continued to stick her finger in her nose....so when she did it again we just ignored it and didn't say or do anything (other than snapping some pics for the album, of course). The second technique (ignoring) worked much better because she has not done it since then.

I will admit we had a hard time not laughing (which would have made her want to do it more since Mommy and Daddy seemed sooo amused by it).

Breakfast Time

Katelyn is now pretty good at eating with a spoon and fork...here are so clips of her in action.