Teddy Bear Thursday - The Tradition Continues

Teddy Bear Thursday - Week One

Katie had her one week appointment today and she is now 8 lbs 10 oz and 20 and 1/2 in long.

Austin wanted his picture with the bear also. He is 25 months old in this picture. He looks so much older to us now that we have a baby at home. It is amazing how much they change in such a short time.

Introducing Kathryn Marie

Our precious little girl, Kathryn Marie, was born Wednesday, April 21 at 1:24 pm. She weighed 9 lbs 1 oz and was 19 1/4 in long. Everything went smoothly and everyone is doing well. Here are Mom, Dad and Katie for the first time.

Austin meeting his little sister. He wasn't so sure about her. He seemed to be more interested in the elevators.

Nana and Pa with grandchild number 9.

Mom and Katie for the first time.

Dad and Katie relaxing together.

Austin and Katie having their very first heart-to-heart.

Austin holding Katie for the first time. He was so proud.

Getting ready for her first bath at home.

Austin in the Spring

Austin getting acquainted with his chocolate Easter bunny.

Hunting for eggs.

Austin in the bluebonnets.

Mr. Cool Cat in his 3-D glasses.

A New Season of Life

Today is my last day as a mother of one child. The past two years have been wonderful and I have loved every minute of my time with Austin and Dean. Being able to be home with Austin has been such a blessing and I would not change it for the world. I have enjoyed watching him grow and become his own little person. It seems like there is something new to love everyday. He has brought so much joy to our family and I cannot wait to see him as a Big Brother.

Tomorrow is a big day for the Yates family. Assuming everything goes okay, we will be welcoming our newest family member into this world. We are anxious and excited at the same time. We cannot wait to introduce our little one to you.

38 Weeks and Counting

We have two weeks until our due date, April 25th. Feeling good, but getting anxious to meet our little one.

Austin says he is ready to be a big brother. We will see how he feels about that when the baby is actually here.

Happy Birthday Austin!

24 months. It's official, Austin is 2!

He is now 36 in and 28 lbs.

Our little guy has grown up so fast.

We love you Austin and can't wait for another exciting year.

Austin loved all of the outside toys that he got for his birthday.

Here is the birthday boy having a special big boy lunch before he digs into his dirt cake.

Thanks to everyone that helped us celebrate with our little guy. It was a very special day.

Happy Birthday Puppy Sunny!

What a wonderful six years it has been. Happy birthday to our first baby. We love you puppy Sunny.

Teddy Bear Thursday - 23 Months

Twenty-three months. The background of Teddy Bear Thursdays is changing. We are getting Austin ready for his big boy room, slowly but surely. He started napping in his new room on Sunday and we have had three successful naps so far. Hopefully he will be doing all of his sleeping in his new room within the next two weeks.

Austin is doing some changing also. He seems to have sprouted again and is now over 36 inches tall. He is so verbal and is letting his opinion be known on pretty much everything. He is still our sweet little guy, but with a little added stubbornness.

Congratulations Are In Order

Our favorite coach, that would be Dean, won his 100th basketball game on Wednesday night. The team was down by nine at half and came back to win by six.

We are so proud of him and can't wait to celebrate the next win.

We love you Coach!

Unexpected Vacation

Thanks to a crazy winter storm, the whole family was able to stay home and play for four days. This picture is the ice covering our driveway after the first wave of wintery mix. It was at least an inch and a half thick on the whole driveway.

Austin and Dean trying to clear some of the ice. They were not very successful. It was too thick.

Austin in his first sheet fort. He loved it and so did his hair.

Sunny on the other hand was less than thrilled.

Here is day two of winter weather, actual snow. Sunny loved this.

Austin was not excited to be outside when the snow was actually coming down.

The whole family sitting on our front walkway.

Our driveway after the snow covered the ice that was already there. We were not going anywhere.

Much happier when the snow was on the ground and not falling in his face.

Helping Dean build a snowman.

The snow king!

Dean and the snow king. Check out his supervisors in the front window.

What a great time we had. Hopefully this Wednesday brings another surprise vacation and we can play in some more snow.

Teddy Bear Thursday - 22 Months

Twenty-two months.

Austin is getting closer and closer to two with age and personality. He has become so much more opinionated and forceful about what it is that he really wants to do. He is still pretty easily redirected and happy going, but the signs of more to come are definitely there.

Here he is in his favorite fireman's towel that his Aunt Emily, Uncle Andy and cousins Caroline, Lucy and Preston gave him for Christmas. It is one of his absolute favorite gifts from this year.

Snow Day

January 9, 2011

A little hot cocoa to finish off all of the fun.

Holiday Wrap-Up

We spent Christmas Eve with Dean's family. Austin got to check out his stocking from GMaMa and GPa and was excited to find a chocolate polar bear.

Austin with a new Blue's Clues show.
A wagon from GMaMa and GPa.

Austin's shopping cart is another favorite.

Austin with GMaMa and GPa.

Christmas morning at our house. Dean and Austin reading Dean's new book, Me & My DaDa.

Austin on his tricycle that Santa brought.

Checking out his very own kitchen.

Christmas Day with the Schulz family. The whole gang was there, 12 adults, 7 children (under the age of 8), 2 dogs and one cat. What an awesome time we had!

We had a wonderful Christmas season. We got to see lots of family and friends. We feel so lucky for everything that we have in our lives. We are looking forward to an amazing 2011.