9 Month Pictures

I wish she would have smiled more, but she was impossible to make smile and sit still. Oh, well that is what I get from a nine month old.

Table Food!!!

Katelyn finally had some "real" food for dinner. She ate some noodles and cooked carrots. I think she got more of it on her clothes and highchair, but it was her first time and she enjoyed it!

Working really hard to get it into my mouth

YUMMY

Dinner time with noodles and carrots

Skyping with Oma

Every few weeks, we are around and Oma is around and we Skype with her. Katelyn was very interested in Skyping this time. She was looking at the screen....she was smiling and "talking" to Oma.  We will see you in a few days Oma!!!

Brookfield Zoo

My Uncle Don works at the Brookfield Zoo, so whenever we want to go, we can just call him up and he gets us in for free! We decided to go today with my mom, dad, grandma, and uncle. The weather was beautiful all day long and perfect for walking around the zoo. We were able to see a bunch of the animals and a lot of the exhibits. I think Katelyn enjoyed watching the little otter and the goats in the petting zoo the best. It was fun to spend the day all together at the zoo. Thanks Uncle Don!!!

Family Picture on the lion

Mom, Kately, and Uncle Don

Papa and Katelyn

In the petting zoo........not to sure about the goats

Love this one......look at Katelyn

Matt eating a fried caterpillar.......YUCK!

Grammie, Great Grandma and Katelyn

Katelyn's new trick

Katelyn's new trick is to pull herself up. She grabs hold of the tables, stools, couches, and anything else she can and pulls herself up. I caught her the other day just standing and looking out the back window. I think she was there for about twenty minutes. I wonder what will be next?

Look at me, I am so BIG

Cypress Cove Water park

Matt usually is off on Thursdays, so today we decided to head out to Cypress Cove Water park. I looked on the website and it looked very kid friendly and affordable. Katelyn enjoyed the pool, the lazy river, and the sand. It was nice to spend the summer day as a family!!!

Dad and Katelyn

She loved the sand

All sandy with Mom

Miami

Most of these blogs are about Katelyn, so I decided to do one without her in it. This past week, I went to Miami for my best friend Lisa's bachlorette party. We have been friends since Kindergarten (that is hard to believe that it has been that long). We left on Thursday and stayed until Sunday. There were 17 girls that were apart of our group. During the day we would hang out by the pools or beach. At night, we would go out to dinner and go to the clubs. We stayed out really late and I was not use to that at all, but I managed to survive. I had such a great time relaxing, laughing a lot, and going out to celebrate Lisa. I sure did miss Matt and Katelyn A LOT!! It was nice to come home to them yesterday and hang out all afternoon with them.

One of the many pools at the hotel

The first night out at the club LIV

Yes, they had a bouncy house in the club....we had a lot of fun with this!!!

Love these girls

Most of the group and the Italian waiters at the bar

The bridesmaids minus one