Game Night Expanded

Every night we are faced with Camden ultimately wanting to play every game in our game cabinet. He does great until he realizes that he is not winning and then has a huge meltdown!! We practice playing games everynight and I have talked about sometimes winning and sometimes losing until I am blue in the face, but we still need more practice!! Maybe we will have this skill down by kindergarten next fall!!

New Books

We got a nice surpise in the mail this last week from Aunt Marti and Uncle Joe. we have been reading our new books almost every day. Thank You!!!

Katelyn 6 Months Old

Katelyn's 6 month dr. visit went very well. We no longer have a "little" girl. She was 26 inches long and weighed 15 lbs. 10 oz. which puts her in the 50-75th %. Her head is still tiny, but it is at least on the charts now at the 10th%. Sorry Kater, you get that from your mommy!! At the appointment they noticed that her fat rolls in her legs are asymetrical, so they sent us to Children's Mercy for an x-ray to make sure her hips were developing properly. As many scares as we have had with our precious little angel, the x-ray came back perfect. We are very blessed that she is so perfect:)

Dr. Sauer all but had to convince me to give Katelyn her shots this time. Everytime I hear new research about autism and vacinations it just makes me cringe!!! With Camden being in the autism spectrum with possible Aspergers Syndrome, I am so scared everytime I go in for an appointment! I think I am going to hold off on her MMR when she is 1 until she turns 2. That seems to be the shot that is most in question. The pediatrician still says that the advantages far outweigh the risks, but I am still nervous.

Trimming the Tree

Decorating the Christmas tree was extra special this year. I forgot how wonderful Christmas can be in the eyes of a little one. Camden is so ecstatic this year for Santa and Katelyn just stares at the lights on the tree. This is going to be a very special holiday season.

Sunday Surpise!!!

What a great surprise we woke up to this morning!!!! Camden wanted to go out and play first thing. Mark told him that he would let him go out and play later. I knew that little layer of snow would melt in no time at all, so I bundled the little guy up and out he went. It was only a little snow play, but the first snow of the year is always fun no matter how little it is!!

Santa where????

We went to visit Santa Claus Saturday at the Bass Pro Shop. Camden had such a good time!! Connor, Camden and Drayton loved looking at the trains that were set up to go around the Christmas tree. They even go to write a letter to the big guy. Camden told him what he wants for Christmas this year. He wants dinosaurs, a race track, and books. He is such an easy guy to shop for!! I hope Santa can make those things in his workshop ;)

Thanksgiving Day

We spent Thanksgiving with Marks family in Morrisville, MO. We had a fun filled day of eating, hide and seek, and playing cards. Everyone was excited to see Katelyn. They can't believe how big she is getting:)

Katelyn Christmas

First Dance with Daddy!

Katelyn loves dancing with her daddy!!!

Green Beans...YUM

My first time making my own baby food was quite an experience tonight. First, I cooked the green beans and put them in the food processor to get them ready to puree. Next, I got ready to blend everything up and discovered the food processor was not working. Not a problem, that is exactly why we have a small portable processor. Then, I mixed them up with a small amount of formula. I ended up making a ton or so I thought. Katelyn ate the entire bowl of green beans and her entire bowl of oatmeal. The green beans were a big hit!! Oh and the food processor worked fine... I just had the wrong lid on:( I guess I will know for tomorrow night!!!

Little Piggie

WOW!! This girl can eat!! She cracks me up every time I feed her. The way she attacks the spoon you would think she hasn't eaten in days!!

Katelyn 5 Months Old

Well, this week Katelyn turned 5 months old. She is still an absollutely perfect baby!! She could sit all day and just watch her brother and be as content as can be. When she gets hungry, she wimpers a little and you feed her and she is good again. She has been doing fantastic since she started on rice and oatmeal. We started her on just rice at night before bedtime. She still didn't sleep through the night. Two weeks later, we added oatmeal in the morning and of coarse the rice at night.... Sleeps like a baby all night long. It's amazing what a little bit of solid food will do. The girl totally attacks the spoon. She loves eating. Since Camden and I have a vegetable every night, I think we are going to try to make our own baby food this time around. We are going to start with green beans tomorrow. I hope she likes vegetables as much as her brother and I do. Hopefully, she won't get dads taste for veggies:)

I had to take her to the doctor for the first time this week. Her eyes were really goopy. I had 3 of my kids at school out with pink-eye, so I was getting a little nervous that I had possible taken it home on my hands or clothes and had given it to her. It ended up just being a cold, but since it was in her eyes, they went ahead and put her on antibiotics. Even being sick, she was still a great baby!