Teddy Bear Thursday - 44 Weeks

Forty-four weeks. Here is our sweet baby asking for a high five. She loves giving high fives especially to Austin at the dinner table. She is starting to blow kisses now too. This week she has figured out light switches and wants to touch them any chance she can get.

She is eating more and more these days. Here she is with avocado, cheese and veggie sticks. She is doing a great job with finger foods and mashing them up. She now has six teeth.

Katie and Big Brother. They are quite the pair.

Teddy Bear Thursday - 43 Weeks

Forty-three weeks and still smiling.

Katie is a lover. She snuggles in and is giving a ton of hugs right now.

Bear was lucky enough to receive one.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Birthday Aunt Deanna!

What is this that I have in my hands?

Don't mind if I do.

Teddy Bear Thursday - 42 Weeks

Forty-two weeks. Katie has decided that she does not like bows anymore.

It was nice while it lasted.

She went to the doctor for her nine month check-up(delayed because of an ear infection) and this is what her numbers say now: 19 lbs and 28.5 in.

Here is sweet Austin.

He went to the doctor with us and his numbers are now: 34 lbs and 40 inches.

This is the dynamic duo, Super Bunny and Zoom Zoom. Here to save the day!

Teddy Bear Thursday - 41 Weeks

Forty-one weeks.

Katie is learning to high five. She puts her hand up in the air and just waits for someone to high five her. One high five is usually not enough. Her hand stays in the air for quite awhile.

Teddy Bear Thursday - 40 Weeks

Forty weeks. Katie is now nine months. We love her bright eyes and playful personality. She is so much fun to watch. She loves to dance, wave hello (on her own terms), play outside and she is starting to high five.

Check out her new top teeth. She now has four teeth.

Teddy Bear Thursday - 39 Weeks

Thirty-nine weeks. Katie is getting ready to walk. She is pulling up on everything, transferring from one object to another without going to the ground first, letting go and not falling for at least 10 seconds and walking around the coffee table, while holding on of course. Watch out world.

Enjoying the unusually nice January weather.

Teddy Bear Thursday - 38 Weeks

Thirty-eight weeks. This week's picture was taken in Baytown, TX with Katie's PaPa. PaPa is Katie's great-grandfather, Dean's grandfather. We had a great visit and really enjoyed our time together.

Teddy Bear Thursday - 37 Weeks

Thirty-seven weeks. This job is getting harder. Katie does not want to sit still for anything. Here are a few of the attempts that I got along the way to our final picture. I am going to have to come up with a different plan for next time.

Either one of them was crawling away or it was both.

Hugs with Big Brother. She was actually enjoying this.

Mom says, "Austin, that's not a real smile, try laughing." And this is what mom gets.

Pretty cute. These could work.

Now let's wrestle the bear. Enough of this serious picture stuff.

See you next time.

Teddy Bear Thursday - 36 Weeks & 33 Months

Thirty-six weeks. Our happy baby. Try not to smile at these pictures.

On the move.

Biggest blue eyes around.

Thirty-three months. Austin is getting so tall and thin. He is looking more and more like his daddy everyday.

Christmas

We spent Christmas Eve in Duncanville with Marian's parents and her brother Jon and his family. Christmas Day we were at our house for Santa and then Dean's family came over for the afternoon/evening.

Here is our tree and Santa's gifts. Austin got a train table and some Christmas books. Katie got a house.

Daddy and his baby girl on Christmas morning.

Sunny and her precious new toy.

Austin and Mommy making Christmas breakfast.

Mommy and the kiddos reading Curious George.

The girls on Christmas Day.

We had a wonderful Christmas and feel very blessed.

We are looking forward to new adventures in 2012.