Katelyns Favorite New Book

You may ask yourself what book could possibly enthrall Katelyn so much that we read it over and over and over again...

Little Princess

In September we all flew to New Jersey for Stephens cousins wedding. I found the most adorable dress for Katelyn, she looked like a little princess. Unfortunately she didn't want her picture taken :( We got a few shots in but not the perfectly sweet smiling one that I wanted....

This was the best face shot that I got :( She was eating fruit so she was a little reasonable at this point...


I tried to get a few silhouette shots because hey she didn't have to be smiling for those right...
well every time I got a good angle she would see me out of the corner of her eye turn to the camera scrunch up her face and say "no", sigh oh the joys of toddlerhood.

The little diva waiting for her flight in the airport :)

Trip to California

Back in August we took a road trip out to So Cal to see family and to help my Gram fix some things on the house. The time went by way to fast as usual and we didn't get all we wanted to done nor did we get to see everyone we wanted to see :( It was such an unusually fast trip I didn't even take as many pictures as I normally do but here are a few that I managed to take...


Between driving all the way from Texas (then back again) and then commuting each day from Riverside to La Palma (ah the good old 91, how I don't miss you!) we spent a good chunk of our time on the road. Needless to say Katelyn was pretty tired of her car seat by the end of the trip!

Katelyn has such a special bond with her Nana. They always pick right up where they left off the last time they saw each other, and could spend all day playing! Her Papa on the other hand, well lets just say she is playing hard to get. He is extremely patient and stubborn so in the end I know he will win ;-)


Katelyn got good snuggle time in with her Grammy while we are hard at work on the house. And Katelyn also meet her newest BFF her sock monkey that her Aunt Becca made her :-)

"Don't worry Mommy and Daddy I will drive us home."

Farewell to Summer

We sure enjoyed summer this year! Between swimming at Grandma and Grandpas, staying at the beach house and visiting the lake with friends we had our fair share of water time and Katelyn loved every minute of it. As the cooler weather of fall settles upon us we realize we must bid farewell to summer, we hope to see you soon friend :)....

Katelyn playing in the water "one last time" with her Daddy

Katelyn's imitation of J Lo (gotta love soggy diapers ;-)