Well Miss Katherine had her 15 month check up this morning...yes I am very aware that she is now 16 months old, but her doctor was booked up until today, so we took the first available appointment! So, we went to the doctor this morning around 9:20 as her appt time was 9:30. There was a little boy in the waiting room who is 8 months old and I swear he was twice the size of Katherine...who is twice his age! Yikes! She was fascinated by him and they had a staring contest while we waited. Our pediatrician always has hospital rounds first thing in the morning, so she is usually running a little behind, which of course was the case today! So after Katherine got weighed and measured, we had a naked kiddo running around the office for about 30 minutes. The nurses were all highly entertained especially since every time the nurses said the word "dance" Katherine was just start dancing. I think she entertained the entire office!
Finally the doctor showed up and said that Miss Katherine is still long and lean...she weighed in at 20lbs on the nose and 30" long. That puts her in the 5th percentile for weight and 25th percentile for height. The doctor said that she looks perfectly healthy so no worries on that end! The doctor then asked her to give her five which Katherine immediately shook her head no to...we have a super independent kiddo. Luckily the doctor was totally amused and not offended. :) She had to get one shot...yucky! But other than that we were good to go! We did find out that she is cutting her molars right now, which is a bit odd considering she still has some front teeth that haven't shown up yet, but I guess that explains the crankiness. She's got four coming in all at once! Yikes! We were also told to start having "play" potty time so that she can get used to sitting on the potty and that it's fun...oh goody. Now I have to figure out what kind of potty to get! Hopefully we have a kiddo that likes being independent and catches on really quickly. ;o) We finally left the doctor's office at 11:10am...yes that's right almost 2 hours after we got there! Luckily Katherine was very well behaved and Mommy came prepared with LOTS of snacks and toys! ;)
Tomorrow we're headed to Grandma and Grandaddy Corell's house for a pool party since Christopher is going to be at a wedding! Should be fun and hopefully I have some great pictures for next week! Until then, have a great weekend!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
5 year Anniversary!
Hard to believe but today is our 5 year wedding anniversary! Didn't we just graduate from high school like 2 years ago?! Yikes! Nothing too exciting planned for this weekend other than resting! It has been a crazy week and next week looks to be just as insane! So, our plans for the weekend are 1) stay cool (it's super hot out now!) and 2) REST! :) Chris and I are going on a weekend getaway in July, so that's our anniversary present to each other. :) Chris gets to see the Dave Matthews Band concert and I get to go to the beach and have a weekend of no Mommy duties! I don't think either of us will know how to act when we actually get to sleep past 7am!
Not much new around here this week. Katherine has taught herself how to climb up onto our bed now and has fallen off three times so far this week. She has the concept of height going up, but the going down thing is completely foreign to her. Oh well!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Not much new around here this week. Katherine has taught herself how to climb up onto our bed now and has fallen off three times so far this week. She has the concept of height going up, but the going down thing is completely foreign to her. Oh well!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Father's Day
This past weekend was quite eventful for Miss Katherine. Saturday we went shopping at Beall's (a local department store) that was having MAJOR sales! We bought Katherine 10 outfits for her to "grow into" and all were under $5 for Carter's outfits! What a deal! We LOVE to bargain shop (although I must admit that my parents are the ultimate bargain shoppers and we will never live up to their shopping craziness because neither Chris nor I like to shop!) We're an engineer and an accountant...we're pretty boring! ha! Anyway, so after an eventful day of shopping on Saturday we headed home and put Miss Katherine to bed extra early since she was WORN out from shopping (and she missed her afternoon nap...a BIG no no for Katherine).
Sunday we were up and out of the house by 7:30am to head to church. Katherine and I got up extra early and fixed Daddy a big breakfast since it was Father's Day. :) At church of course Katherine screamed when we left her in the nursery as usual...you'd think we'd be getting over this stage by now, but apparently not! She has only been going to the nursery now almost every Sunday since the first week in September?! OH well. When we got back from Church to pick her up, she had decimated the nursery...she was the only kid in there, so there wasn't anyone else to blame! Toys were everywhere! I told Miss Marilyn (the nursery lady) that this is what our house looks like a daily basis...she just laughed.
We headed from church to Grandma and Grandaddy Corell's house and managed to get there in time for Katherine to take her morning nap (thank goodness!). I helped Mom fix lunch and the guys went out to run some errands. JoeJoe and GiGi (my grandparents) arrived around noon and we all had lunch. It was delicious!! After lunch we took Katherine for her very first swim in the swimming pool! At first she wasn't too thrilled, but by the end of the day she was a kicking queen in her little floatation thingy. She kicked herself all over the pool. She was really thrilled with the whole water experience once she figured out that she could splash us! She would get a little gleam in her eyes and just go to town splashing. It was quite cute. We managed to get her down for an afternoon nap while the rest of us enjoyed some desert and then it was time to head back North to the house. Katherine slept until 8:30 the next morning! Swimming wore her out!
Here are some pictures from our weekend. Hope you enjoy!
Daddy and I in the pool
Kicking my feet!
Mommy and I in the pool!
I learned how to climb! I drive Mommy nuts!
Sunday we were up and out of the house by 7:30am to head to church. Katherine and I got up extra early and fixed Daddy a big breakfast since it was Father's Day. :) At church of course Katherine screamed when we left her in the nursery as usual...you'd think we'd be getting over this stage by now, but apparently not! She has only been going to the nursery now almost every Sunday since the first week in September?! OH well. When we got back from Church to pick her up, she had decimated the nursery...she was the only kid in there, so there wasn't anyone else to blame! Toys were everywhere! I told Miss Marilyn (the nursery lady) that this is what our house looks like a daily basis...she just laughed.
We headed from church to Grandma and Grandaddy Corell's house and managed to get there in time for Katherine to take her morning nap (thank goodness!). I helped Mom fix lunch and the guys went out to run some errands. JoeJoe and GiGi (my grandparents) arrived around noon and we all had lunch. It was delicious!! After lunch we took Katherine for her very first swim in the swimming pool! At first she wasn't too thrilled, but by the end of the day she was a kicking queen in her little floatation thingy. She kicked herself all over the pool. She was really thrilled with the whole water experience once she figured out that she could splash us! She would get a little gleam in her eyes and just go to town splashing. It was quite cute. We managed to get her down for an afternoon nap while the rest of us enjoyed some desert and then it was time to head back North to the house. Katherine slept until 8:30 the next morning! Swimming wore her out!
Here are some pictures from our weekend. Hope you enjoy!
Daddy and I in the pool
Kicking my feet!
Mommy and I in the pool!
I learned how to climb! I drive Mommy nuts!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Trip to Virginia
Well we survived the trip to Virginia! We left last Thursday and headed North to Richmond. We flew from Orlando to Atlanta and then from Atlanta to Richmond...it was a very long day, but we made it! Katherine was quite a trooper as the only nap she took on Thursday was for about 15 minutes on the descent into Richmond. CiCi picked us up at the airport and we headed to Midlothian. Katherine was very excited to see her CiCi, Grandada (as Christopher has named him) and Uncle Cory. She wasn't too excited about the cats Cinder and Piwackit, but she eventually warmed up to them as well. Thursday night she managed to fall all the way down the stairs at the Hughes' house, but other than being scared and having a bump on the head came away unscathed. She thankfully avoided the steps after her incident! :) The first person she wanted after getting over the initial shock was her Uncle Cory...how cute! :)
Friday was rather quiet as we just made last minute preparations for our trip to the Rivah on Saturday for Gran and Grandad's 65th Anniversary Party. I think Miss Katherine was glad to have a rest and catch up on some sleep that she missed on Thursday.
Saturday we were all up early getting ready for our trip to Mathews. CiCi left bright and early with Debbie to go decorate the American Legion Hall. The rest of us stayed behind and packed up. Cory, Mr. Hughes, Christopher, Katherine, Bailey and I all piled into the Explorer and Accord and headed out around lunchtime. We had the jet skis as well, so we were quite a bunch pulling out of Salisbury! We got to the Rivah in time to change and head out to the party. Katherine was quite the belle of the ball. She danced her little feet right off! Considering she didn't take an afternoon nap, she did incredibly well. The party was a lot of fun and it was great to see and meet all of Gran and Grandad's friends as well as catch up with all of the family. Jay gave a great toast to the lucky couple and we had a blast watching them dance. Congratulations Gran and Grandad!
Sunday we spent the day playing on the River. Chris and Cory put the jet skis in and we all took rides on them. When Katherine woke up from her nap, we got her slathered up in sunscreen and donned the bathing suit, sunhat and sunglasses and headed for the beach. She wasn't too sure about the water at first, but quickly learned that she could splash in it...then she loved it! :) We weren't out too long as she started getting tired, so we headed in for a bath since she was covered head to toe in sand! She took a very long afternoon nap (I guess the sun wore her out!) and then we headed back to Richmond.
Monday we flew home by way of Atlanta again. Katherine didn't take any naps again until we were on the plane from Atlanta to Orlando. She was quite fussy before we took off as we sat on the plane for an hour or so before taking off due to refueling problems. The A/C wasn't on while we waited so it got REALLY hot in the plane. She let out one ear piercing scream that brought the entire plane to a halt and then turned over and fell fast asleep on Christopher...thank goodness! Other than that she was a real trooper!
My parents picked us up at the airport and we couldn't wait to get home and go to bed! My parents felt sorry for us since I was sick right before we left and hadn't had a chance to clean up really, so we walked into a squeaky clean house when we got home. We were all shocked! It was wonderful though! Thanks Mom and Dad! :) Katherine immediately ran around like a crazy person with just a diaper on and had this HUGE grin on her face. It was like she was thinking "I know where I am , I know where I am!!!!" She slept for over 12 hours that night! :)
We are finally settled back into our routine and I think that Katherine is slowly catching up on her sleep. I know Chris and I are still worn out! Ha! We were so glad to see everyone, but traveling with a toddler will wear you slam out! :) Well I'm off to run some errands. Here are some pictures from our weekend!
Gran and Grandad
Dancing with Grandada
Playing in the water with Daddy
Momma, Uncle Cory and I playing in the sand.
Friday was rather quiet as we just made last minute preparations for our trip to the Rivah on Saturday for Gran and Grandad's 65th Anniversary Party. I think Miss Katherine was glad to have a rest and catch up on some sleep that she missed on Thursday.
Saturday we were all up early getting ready for our trip to Mathews. CiCi left bright and early with Debbie to go decorate the American Legion Hall. The rest of us stayed behind and packed up. Cory, Mr. Hughes, Christopher, Katherine, Bailey and I all piled into the Explorer and Accord and headed out around lunchtime. We had the jet skis as well, so we were quite a bunch pulling out of Salisbury! We got to the Rivah in time to change and head out to the party. Katherine was quite the belle of the ball. She danced her little feet right off! Considering she didn't take an afternoon nap, she did incredibly well. The party was a lot of fun and it was great to see and meet all of Gran and Grandad's friends as well as catch up with all of the family. Jay gave a great toast to the lucky couple and we had a blast watching them dance. Congratulations Gran and Grandad!
Sunday we spent the day playing on the River. Chris and Cory put the jet skis in and we all took rides on them. When Katherine woke up from her nap, we got her slathered up in sunscreen and donned the bathing suit, sunhat and sunglasses and headed for the beach. She wasn't too sure about the water at first, but quickly learned that she could splash in it...then she loved it! :) We weren't out too long as she started getting tired, so we headed in for a bath since she was covered head to toe in sand! She took a very long afternoon nap (I guess the sun wore her out!) and then we headed back to Richmond.
Monday we flew home by way of Atlanta again. Katherine didn't take any naps again until we were on the plane from Atlanta to Orlando. She was quite fussy before we took off as we sat on the plane for an hour or so before taking off due to refueling problems. The A/C wasn't on while we waited so it got REALLY hot in the plane. She let out one ear piercing scream that brought the entire plane to a halt and then turned over and fell fast asleep on Christopher...thank goodness! Other than that she was a real trooper!
My parents picked us up at the airport and we couldn't wait to get home and go to bed! My parents felt sorry for us since I was sick right before we left and hadn't had a chance to clean up really, so we walked into a squeaky clean house when we got home. We were all shocked! It was wonderful though! Thanks Mom and Dad! :) Katherine immediately ran around like a crazy person with just a diaper on and had this HUGE grin on her face. It was like she was thinking "I know where I am , I know where I am!!!!" She slept for over 12 hours that night! :)
We are finally settled back into our routine and I think that Katherine is slowly catching up on her sleep. I know Chris and I are still worn out! Ha! We were so glad to see everyone, but traveling with a toddler will wear you slam out! :) Well I'm off to run some errands. Here are some pictures from our weekend!
Gran and Grandad
Dancing with Grandada
Playing in the water with Daddy
Momma, Uncle Cory and I playing in the sand.
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