Friday, November 28, 2008

Thanksgiving 2008

Can't believe this was a year ago; yet it is hard to remember her this small. They grow so fast...
From Thanksgiving 2007
Here are some from this year! We spent some time with both of our families and ate too much. We are THANKFUL for everyone we ate with and shared time with on Thursday!
Bella and Gracie:
From Thanksgiving 2008
From Thanksgiving 2008
From Thanksgiving 2008
From Thanksgiving 2008
From Thanksgiving 2008

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Question #2: Least favorite part of being a mom

It's something I call Mom guilt
From Seagraves' Wedding
Yes, Mom Guilt. I don't know how to explain it, but I think it's a new mom thing. I've talked to others about it; I hear it goes away at the second child. I feel like most mom's just get it when I say Mom Guilt, am I right? Because I don't know how to explain it. In a broad sense, it's as if I always have Bella on my mind, what Bella is doing, and wondering if I'm making the right decisions for her.

I think mine, like many, comes from trying to be "super mom", and it's impossible. Meaning, we can be the best we can be - but you can't compare yourselves to every other mom or every thing you read. For the most part, I'm done with Mom Guilt now that she's not a tiny baby. But I still have to remind myself sometimes to relax and enjoy the moment!

Does this make sense? Do you have/had mom guilt?

Monday, November 24, 2008

I stand corrected...


The post below is not Bella's first wedding... it was just her first wedding inside...
Her first wedding was the rockin' wedding of the Giessen's!
From Casey and Sara Giessen Wedding

Seagrave's Wedding

From Seagraves' Wedding

Our friend Josh got married this weekend. It was Bella's first time attending a wedding. So, after about 3 minutes, that equaled Bella out of the sanctuary and crawling around the halls of the church while the wedding went on. She doesn't sit still very often these days.
Lucky for us, there was a high chair at the reception, so we were able to sit and talk a little bit! We took some pictures (sorry, they are all of us. We only knew one person there!)
From Seagraves' Wedding
From Seagraves' Wedding
From Seagraves' Wedding

Chris has been struggling with a terrible cold/flu. He's back at work today and feeling better though! I am glad Bella got the flu shot and we are happy Dad is back to normal.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Aubrey

These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago. Aubrey is exactly one month younger than Bella. We celebrated her birthday with her and some of her other small group friends! Isn't she adorable?
Aubrey:
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party
My friend Connell:
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party
Gimmie that Balloon:
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party
The two Bella's: (Can you believe it? Another Katie and baby Bella are in our small group!)
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party
Bella, I like your shoes:
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party
Bella, I like your name. And your teeth:
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party
Kisses:
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party
From Aubrey's First Birthday Party

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Question #1: Favorite part of being a mom

Bella is fun, sweet, beautiful and a lovable baby/ little person. I love to take care of her, love on her and most - LAUGH and have fun with her! I LOVE love the days that I can rock her to sleep (most of the time now she's just like - "Put me in bed!") I love the "ma-ma-ma-ma" - gets me every time!

She loves me she needs me. It makes me feel purposeful and loved that this little girl would love me like I love her. I think overall, on top of all the other bonuses of being a mom, that's the thing I love best in this moment of time.

Any other questions you want to add to the post below?

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

I've been tagged.

I've been tagged, a long time ago, by a few friends... and now I don't remember if it's 5 or 7 things random facts?

1) I have serious mom-brain. It's bad, people.
2) Biggest pet peeve: People putting objects, or hands, in my face.
3) I will do laundry all day. Well, no ironing. But can someone clean my shower?

And.... I'm stuck. Why don't we turn this into "Ask Katie a question and give her something to blog about?" Ask and I'll answer... be creative as you want.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Bella bouncing

So, between the moonwalk and air mattresses... I think she loves to bounce. I didn't get a good video of her on her birthday on the moonwalk... but she was squealing for a good while just like this clip from a couple of weeks ago on the air mattress. And don't worry, she didn't hurt herself! That's Uncle Brian in the background. Friday, Chelsie spent the night and we've had the air mattress out since. Makes a great toy!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Pots and Pans

Fun and Free Entertainment!
She likes being in there, having us shut the doors, and then to pop out!
From Cabinets - 13 months
From Cabinets - 13 months
From Cabinets - 13 months
And then some patty-cake of course, since we are in the kitchen and all...
From Cabinets - 13 months

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Our mornings

Breakfast, bottle, Baby Einstein and PLAY!
From Cabinets - 13 months
From Cabinets - 13 months
From Cabinets - 13 months
She loves her chair from GG
From Cabinets - 13 months
And then, the whole family does the "hot diggity dog" dance at the end of the Mickey Mouse Club. I like Minnie's dance; Chris is Goofy. Do yall know what I'm talking about? It's so funny!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Fall at the Farm

From Fall at the Farm 2008
Northpoint Ministries had their annual "Fall at the Farm" on Thursday. It was great - Bella was able to see, touch and sit on a pony! (she loved her first horse sighting,loved if you remember!) We ate BBQ, had some funnel cakes, jumped on the moonwalk and visited with co-workers and friends. Oh, and who can forget, riding on Daddy's shoulders is THE BEST!
From Fall at the Farm 2008
From Fall at the Farm 2008
From Fall at the Farm 2008

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Bella Video

Bella got some fun gifts for her birthday. This one has been a winner. This video is her doing some random stuff and being funny as usual.
"It's like she's running an obstacle course." - Chris

Friday, November 7, 2008

Visiting Chelsie and Yellow Sauce!

Monday I didn't have any plans in place. Bella didn't want to take her first nap. So I made a spontaneous decision to go visit my sister! On the way I called my mom and she jumped in the car with me in Lawrenceville. We ate at my favorite place in Athens, Inoko! YUM yellow sauce! Bella enjoyed it as well. I think she did anyhow - more of the rice ended up stuck on her pants and floor than she ate! Check out my mom's blog for even more pics from the day! It was a quick trip but we enjoyed seeing Aunt Chelsie!
From misc.
From misc.
From misc.
From misc.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

"Uh-Oh"

This is one of Bella's favorite phrases. It's great - she says it when she drops things and when she pulls my hair!

This also works out because Mom makes lots of "uh-oh's".

This past Gameday, Chris and I hung out with some neighbors. I had never been in their house, and they had a few other friends over - none of which we had ever met. First, Bella, Chris and I walk in ALL decked out in UGA gear. Bella looked cute as ever in a warm up that GG bought her. Chris had on his Red & Black, and I was sporting a Knowshon Jersey. We looked serious. We walk in and no one else was really even in the school colors. Not that it matters... but you know, first impressions - I was thinking "where's the school spirit" and they were probably thinking we were fanatics. Thanks for letting me set the scene.

So, I have worn this jersey a few times this season now. Since it is now fall, I wore a long sleeve shirt underneath. Half way through the game, it got hot. Maybe because we were getting killed by FL, or because I was chasing Bella while trying to eat a hot dog or maybe because it was just November in GEORGIA! Either way, I was pretty quick to take off that long sleeve shirt once I started to break a sweat. Anyhow, about an hour later, I realize - I have a jersey on!!! You can see right through the stupid thing!! No one knew me well enough to say anything. Nice. So, I ran to put the shirt back on.

When uploading these pictures, I got a nice laugh - you can see my nice pink bra and tummy sticking nicely over my jeans. Don't worry, the pictures have been cropped or deleted altogether. "Uh-oh!"

From 10/31/08-11/1/08
From 10/31/08-11/1/08

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Two Firsts on Halloween!!

We moved Bella into her big girl car seat and she now faces forward with us. We love it!!!! She is so much fun.
From 10/31/08-11/1/08
From 10/31/08-11/1/08

Also, Bella took her first steps on Friday night! She isn't "walking" around by herself all the time yet, but we can say that she took her first steps that night! She was practicing between Chris and I and we were pumped!!!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Halloween continued...

Halloween night, we hung out at the house. The Masterson's brought their little Sweet Pea, Josie, over and the girls had a slumber party. The Walker's came by and look at their costume!!!
From Halloween 2008
From Halloween 2008
Juno...
From Halloween 2008

These pictures don't show...
1) Bella in her pumpkin costume... she couldn't crawl in it, so she wasn't having it.
2) How short Bobby's shorts really were.
3) The amount of candy we have left over, and are now eating, because our porch light was burnt out and only had 10 trick-or-treater's.