Burt's Pumpkin Farm

On 10/18/2009 we took Katherine out to her first pumpkin patch ... hopefully this will be an annual visit! We met our good friends up there for some picture ops! The lines were too long so we were not able to do the hay ride nor actually purchase our pumpkin ... maybe next year we'll plan a little better :). It was still a lot of fun!



Aunt Becca and Peyton with Daddy and Katie


Addie, Peyton and Katie with the pumpkins


Baby's 1st Halloween! I think she liked the pumpkin patch!

Katherine's 1st Halloween!

We just celebrated Miss Katherine's 1st Halloween and had a great time. Daycare had a whole week of activities planned for the little kiddos! Monday was hat day, Tuesday was crazy sock day, Wednesday was PJ day, Thursday was crazy hair day and Friday was costume day! The week ended with a Fall Festival on Halloween ... we missed it this year due to the rain, but we'll be sure to go next year!

We of course took pictures of each day that she "dressed up" ... since we don't have much hair we were not too crazy :). We also carved her first pumpkin ... she helped a little with cleaning out the guts!

Monday:


Tuesday:


Wednesday:


Friday:


Happy Halloween!!



Here are a few photos of us working on the pumpkin earlier in the week!


The finished product ... she went to bed before we were done. Next year should be really fun!

Ella's 5K

So I'm not sure if you all remember Meredith Emerson, but shes the young lady that went missing on January 1, 2008 and found murdered on January 7, 2008. We'll her story really touched us and we've have been active with Right to Hike since they started up in her honor. Meredith loved hiking and being outdoors ... she adopted a black lab, Ella and took her everywhere. One of Right to Hike's big events each year is the Ella 5K and Mile Fun Run in Buford. Ed and I, while pregnant with Miss Katherine, participated in the 5K last year with Buddy and Rylee. They really encourage you to bring your dogs along for the run. While I was not going for the best time we still had a great time! We've decided that this will be our annual family 5K .. its local and for a great cause!

On 10/10/2009 they held the 2nd Ella 5K and Mile Fun Run. We wanted to include Miss Katerine again which meant no running for me :). Katherine, Aunt Bridget and I complete the Mile Fun Run while Ed complete the 5K. I have to say that I'm very proud of him for actually running it this year! Since we had the dogs with us last year it was more of a walk/run and we didn't finish with the best times. His time last year was 43:25 and this year his time was 29:55!! He said that having his iPod really helped him push through it! We were all at the finish line cheering him on!

My goal for next year is to actually get out there and run it myself! I've got some training to do before then :) .. we might even need a jogging stroller at that time! Hope you enjoy these few photos from this year!

Mommy, Daddy and Katherine just before the start of the race.


Mommy, Aunt Bridget and Katherine


Miss Katherine playing with the pumpkin


Someone looks a little worn out!


Here comes Daddy with a time of 29:55!! If you look hard enough you can see that I caught him in mid air! We were so proud of him!

Ed's 10 year reunion

Ed had his 10 year high school reunion on 10/10/2009 at the FOX Sports Grill at Atlantic Station. I have to say it was a good time had by all ... seeing how we were out until 2:30am! New parents don't usually see 11:30 let alone 2:30am! He got to hang out and catch up with people he hadn't see in awhile!

We forgot to take pictures, so these are a few that we have taken from others!



The after party was at Tin Roof!

She's getting so big

Katie goes to daycare while Ed and I go to work and when we pick her up they send her home with a little daily report. The report lets us know when she was fed, changed and when she slept throughout the day. Sometimes they comment on new things that shes done. Once they noted on there that she went outside and swung in the swing.

Well on this particular day, 10/7/2009, her little report stated that she rolled all the way over, on her own, twice! We are so excited for her! We've seen her working on it, but haven't witnessed it ourselves. We'll try and get her when shes not looking :) ... here are a few pictures of her getting close!


Update: mommy got to see it on 10/31/2009 while we were playing on our mat waiting on the UGA/FL game to start!

We're getting there ...


Ta-Da!!!

It's that time of year again ... Go Dawgs!

We're starting Miss Katherine off young ... with two parents that went to UGA she really has no choice :). We've even taken her up to Athens for her first tailgate!! Here are a few photos of her in her cute UGA game gear!

Daddy and Katie catching her first UGA game! Go Dawgs!


Thankfully a co-worker of mine was able to find the cute little cheerleader dress of Miss Katherine would have been wearing the t-shirt all season long!


Our first trip to Athens! We made it as everyone was packing up ... next time we'll be sure to get there early enough.


Katie and her first bulldog picture!


Mommy and Katie catching the UGA/FL game ... we'll get them next year!

Its Been 3 Months!

Its official ... we have been parents for 3 months now and I think we are getting the hang of it! Miss Katherine has been through a lot in her first 3 months. We had our our 2 month check up and 1st round of shots in July. She took her shots like a big girl ... we were so proud of her! She now weighs 11 lbs 6 ozs and is 22.5 inches long ... putting her in the 64 and 55 percentiles respectively. Our next appointment is our well visit at 4 months.

Since we've brought her home shes been to several Gwinnett Braves games, several wedding/baby showers, and even a wedding. We've discovered that she loves being outside. This photo was taken at one of her last games of the season ... as you can see shes quite comfortable. We can't wait to introduce her to football season and tailgating!


We've gone over to Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan's to enjoy some good food and pool time. We got Katie her first swimsuit and put here in the pool for a few minutes ... she didn't enjoy it all that much. We'll have to wait until next summer when she'll be holding up her head. Her Auntie Em will be able to teach her to swim one day!



We made a weekend trip to Adel to visit Grand Sophie and Granddaddy. Katie hadn't seen them since she was a week old. We loved being able to get away for the weekend. It was her first trip out of town and she did well in the car ride .. a.k.a. she slept the whole way down. This is Katie and I before heading out to dinner.



Father's Day Eve was spent with Grandpa and Grandma Lash. We were in town for a wedding and decided to crash at their house afterwards. Ed was able to spend his first Father's Day morning with Katie and his Dad. It was a good morning .. here Katie is waking him up on Father's Day. Too cute!

For Father's Day Katie got him a 2009 calendar with photos of her all over it, a new golf club and fancy golfing shorts. Now hes really ready for a nice day in the sun ... maybe he'll get to get back out there soon!


I was lucky enough to spend 8 weeks with this little one before turning her over to daycare. I went back to work on July 13 ... it was hard, but I kept telling myself that its best for her and she'll be ok. Every time we drop her off or pick her up shes happy as can be! After a long day at work, there is nothing better than getting a big smile from her when picking her up.


We recently had 3 month professional pictures taken and Miss Katie was wonderful! She was all giggles and smiles for the camera! We've received a few teasers from the photographer and I can't wait to see the rest! We will also have 6, 9 and 12 month photo shoots. Here are a few teasers from our photo session ...



I also wanted to let you all know that we have another website for Katie updates. I will continue to update this blog with family happenings and the others with lots of Katie photos. Go here, check it out and bookmark it ... please check back for frequent updates:
http://www.babyjellybeans.com/web/do/site/home?ID=508169