The Last Month in a Nutshell Part II

And now K loves the water hose......

K has been spending the last few Saturdays in the pool with Daddy. She has had a great time and is getting more and more comfortable with the water. (That's a good thing, right?) =)

The Last Month in a Nutshell Part I

So I am going to post as many "happenings" and pics of Katelynn as I can. Unfortunately, I have let the blog and it's "fans" (hee hee) down. So here we go.........

Brian started work on Katelynn's "Big Girl Room". We all went out to dinner and then headed to Home Depot to pick out the paint. Katelynn loved all the paint samples and has decided that Home Depot is one of her favorite-est places to be. She loves it there!!

She decided that she would help Daddy tape off the room.

What a good helper!!

And she's done!! Hey, she helped a little bit.

We are almost finished with her Big Girl Room but I will have to post pictures of that later. The same with Tis' room. We are st

ill doing a little here and there but once it is done, I will put up pics.

For the Fourth of July we all went to Lolli and Pop's for dinner. Aunt Julie and Aunt Emmy were in town and we had a blast!! Towards the end of the night Katelynn had Julie reading book after book. They are now best friends forever!!

Uncle Kris came back to town for his birthday and introduced Katelynn to the water hose...

To be continued.......

Quick Update.....

OK, OK, I know I have been slacking on this blog thing. I have meant to update it numerous times, but then it gets pushed to the back burner. We have so many cute and fun things that are going on right now but it seems we are doing the fun things instead of writing about them. So I am going to try and update this thing TODAY.

In the weeks since June 30, here is what I have been doing.......... growing a baby!!

Baby Tis has gone from 3.3 pounds and 16" to 5.25 pounds and 18". Fat is accumulating under her skin and her skeleton is hardening. I am putting in extra time making sure her central nervous system and her lungs are still maturing. (Let me tell you, that in itself is exhausting!!) I finally finished all it took to get her kidneys developed and her liver is starting to process. Right now, just like her momma, her physical development is over and we are just putting on weight.

(Brian, I hope you are laughing right now. this is what the past 8 months have been like for B. When he asks me what I did at work I usually answer with "oh, I just worked on Tis' brain and her tastebuds today, no biggee." I am lucky he hasn't booted me out of the house, yet.)

4 weeks from today people!! Four weeks from right now we should have a baby that is 4 hours old, how surreal. Will post the Katie Bug updates after lunch!

Katelynn's New BFF!

Uncle Kris was in town last weekend and he and Katelynn became fast friends. They will Skype on the computer every few weeks and I think she remembers that. We have been trying to get her to say Uncle Kris which she will, every once in a while, but refers to Kris as "Uncle". She has no problems saying Uncle Paul, and much to Kris' dismay, says it rather frequently. Oh well, she loves both her Uncles but I think she bonded with Uncle this weekend.

Above, Uncle is teaching Katelynn how to bid on/buy motorcycle parts on eBay. A skill that will come in handy. :)

Uncle had to give Katelynn a lift to the patio on Friday night after they played soccer in the backyard with the big blue ball. Katelynn was just too worn out to make the trek all by herself.

Come back soon Uncle, we already miss you!!!!

DAD Pictures

For Father's Day I decided to give photography a shot and take pics of Katelynn for Brian. I had her hold the letters to spell out Dad and then framed them for B. I thought they would look fabulous on his desk at work!! We went out on thursday and took a few pictures and then tried to find a frame they would fit in. Of course, my favorite pictures were going the wrong direction for the frame and then in all the "good" pictures she was holding a D and couldn't find an A anywhere. But after all was said and done, I think they turned out just great. I mean, have you ever seen a bad picture of Katelynn? I didn't think so. =) After I was feeling a little discouraged I went to Walgreen's to pick up the pictures and they actually asked me for the Copyright release for the pictures. I was flattered that they thought these were professionally taken, but I will give that credit to the Mac computer. There are some really neat effects you can apply to your pictures. I hope everyone had a great Father's Day!!

Baby Girl Bateman

This Saturday Brian took me and Katelynn to Stork Vision for my Mother's Day Gift. He got us a 3D/4D ultrasound. It was so neat to see Tis up on the big screen!! =) K wasn't all that interested, but she wasn't feeling too hot either. Tis did not cooperate all that well, but we did get some good shots of her profile. (She kept her face pressed up against something at all times.) The place was very nice and the people who worked there were super sweet!! They had some of the neatest little baby stuff there. Tutus and onesies, they were all so cute.

Here are a couple of pics of Tis. I think in the second picture she looks like Brian.

Busy Weekend......

We had an incredibly busy weekend again. We had a Birthday Party and celebrated Father's Day early so we were on the run!! Katelynn got to see most of her Aunts and Uncles this weekend. It was my brother's, "Unca Paul", birthday on Friday so we went to a cookout and pool party on Saturday. Katelynn and Brian went swimming and Katelynn loves the water. We ate way too much and got to hang out with Paul, Angela, Josh, Jill and Gina. It was a really good time. After that party we headed to Lolli and Pop's house to celebrate Father's Day since Aunt Julie and Auntie Emm were in town. Once again, ate too much and did some swimming. K was having a bit of rough week, 4 molars and 2 incisors are trying to come in, so K and I left early. Sunday she seemed to be doing better. Nanaw Mickie met us at Toys R Us because she wanted to get K her birthday present, way early. She got her a playhouse but wanted her to be able to play with it over the summer. While we were there, I bought K a Cozy Coupe. She loved the car when we were at Uncle Pauls' birthday party so we/I decided she had to have one. It was like Christmas in June for Miss Katelynn this weekend!!

Katelynn couldn't wait for Brian to get the car put together before she hopped in! She was very excited. She "rode" around in it all night last night and has been in it all day today. (She found a set of Brian's old car keys with the key fob on them. She will hold the fob out the car's side window and click it like she is opening a garage door or something. Silly girl.)