In the Hood, well sort of.

The first storm of the winter season, at least the first one I can remember, brought out the coats for our dear little 2/20 year old Katie.

Once the warming coat was on, we headed towards the store. The one of choice was Macy's due to the cost savings on those lovely packaged baby foods. (Which I think taste nasty). Katie started getting a little bored with the whole walking around the aisle's thing and so I put up her hood and snapped a photo.

Blackberry storm = $200
Macey's visit =$68
Making my daughter laugh = Priceless.

Halloween Time

Trick or Treat time brought a cute Mini mouse and our little princess Cinderella. We had to teach our little Cinderella how to say "Trick or Treat" for about a week before. Now she always wants to say it.
It took her a while to get into the whole trick or treat thing but after that she was so very excited to go to each door. Tia went with us and was Katie's buddy the whole time.



Here is Tia dancing with Katelynn before we went out tricker treating, we call it the two princesses dancing.

Friends

Katelynn's trip to the cabin was enhanced when her "new friend" (her 2nd cousin Ellie) arrived at the cabin. The first night Katie latched right on to her and started following her around. They enjoyed dressing up, doing everyone's hair and playing with the dolls. They definitely are ALL girl. Here they are looking at Grandma through the stairs.

Talk about ORANGE

We were able to go down to the cabin this weekend for the opening of the rifle deer hunt. We all gathered at the family cabin to participate in the annual chili feast, Grandma-made doughnuts and of course the end dinner which includes some of Grandma's famous rolls! The girls loved all of the attention they received from the Barton family and Mom enjoyed the extra help.

Cabin Fever

Katie went to the cabin with the Barton's over conference weekend. From what I hear she had a wonderful time. She made herself useful by helping out around the cabin. See below how she is "helping" Stephanie with her hair? Katelynn just couldn't let poor aunt Bephers go with "crazy hair"

Great Grandma Barton read Katie stories while they were up at the Cabin. Katie loves to read stories and will love anyone that reads to her.

Magic Carpet Ride

At the end of August we went with the Barton's to Lake Powell. The sun was warm and the girls loved the boat. Katie cried when we tried to get her in the water until we pulled out the blue floaty. She called it her Magic Carpet, which she didn't share with anyone.
Abbie loved to chill in the boat and Katie loved to walk from the front to the back. Occasionally she would do ballet for us.
Somehow they convinced me to get on the tube behind the boat. Someone safely on the boat took this shot of us enduring through a turn..... Truth be told, I had a blast riding on the tube.

Good Morning Baby Sister

Katelynn has learned how to climb into Abbie's crib. We didn't know that she could do it and then one morning, hello Katie and Abbie.

The cutest thing about it is that she doesn't do anything to hurt Abbie, she just sits there and talks to her.

Abigail seems to like her sister pretty well and tend to laugh when she plays rough with her.

Singing

It is so much fun to sit and listen to Katie singing different parts of songs throughout the day. This was the breakfast songs (hence the pretty hair=).

Abbie is growing up so fast and she is definitely a cute chunk, weighing 15 and 1/2 pounds at her last doctors visit. But next to my big head she is looking pretty small. I still can't decide who she looks like but I have had quite a few people tell me she looks just like me. What do you think?