Fridays with Granni

My wonderful mama sets aside Friday afternoons for Kate and I. I look forward to our times every week! Besides Dave, there is no one who I enjoy being with and talking with more then my mom. Our relationship has grown tremendously over the years and I am so grateful for her wisdom, counsel, and help in all areas of my life. I love her!

Today, we went up to Birkdale to have lunch at Brixx and then to Target for some necessities:) 

All of a sudden today Kate seems so much like a toddler! She just seems bigger and more mature. She is such a little companion to Mom and I!

Kate was having lots of fun standing on Mom and Dad's porch looking out at the yard.

I think Kate looks like she is punching me in the chin in this picture. She wasn't into having her picture taken with me at the moment!

I gave her a lemon to entertain her for a bit! She was making horrible faces after every lick but she kept going back for more! 

I finally got a picture of her sour face!

Kate loves her Granni! 

9 Month Stats

At her 9 month (almost 10 actually) check up today Kate checked out good and healthy!

She is:

19 lbs 9 oz which is the 50th %, she is slimming down!

28.5 inches long which is still 75th %

and a 50th % head still

I asked her pediatrician about the fact that Kate isn't crawling and she said that crawling is not a developmental milestone and it's fine that she isn't even close! This past week Kate has started cruising all around on the furniture and Doctor Perterson said she thinks Kate will be an early walker and that she might never crawl at all. That was good to hear that she is just fine:)

So it was a good appointment!

Laurel's Birthday Bash

A couple of weeks ago I got to travel over to Knoxville to visit Meg and Laurel! We had so much fun together! Laurel and Kate learn to interact a little more each time they are together. This time around they spent most of their time grabbing from each other:) Thankfully they were both very good natured about this.

I love the tops of their little heads! We had to laugh over the fact that the girls are almost the same size even though they are 3 months apart! (in recent doctor's appointments it has been discovered that Kate is actually 3 POUNDS heavier then Laurel! Oh my:)

Since it was so close to Laurel's first birthday while we were there, Meg decided to have Laurel's party so that we could attend! Laurel got to get her toes painted for the first time for the festivities:)

Will's sister, Lauren, is very talented at decorating cakes. She made this adorable cake for the party!

Laurel was a bit disgruntled about having to wear her party hat and having such a large crowd singing in her face. Heavy rests the crown....

The birthday girl enjoying her cake!

This was after she took to big a bite of cake (she was stuffing) and Meg pulled a hunk out of her mouth. Laurel did not appreciate that.

Opening gifts:)

Will and Meg have headed of to Gainsville, Fl for a year. Will is studying for a tax law certification. I was so grateful to get to spend some time with them before they left! I won't get to see them nearly as often while they are gone. 

Poor Little Sicky

My poor girl has had a rough go of it lately! 

Last Thursday I was getting her ready to go to the pool and, in a moment of insanity, I put the sunblock (which says it won't sting eyes) on her eyelids. Of course, it got in her eyes, and did sting, and then she started rubbing them with her sunscreen covered hands. Many minutes of crying insued which ended with me having to hang her head over the sink to wash the sunscreen out of her eyes. By then I was almost crying too it was so sad! Kate was shaking and screaming. It was really awful:(

But, she recovered beautifully. I took a few pictures of her red, swollen face to remember the truama!

We ended up not going to the pool. I love her in her swim suit:)

Then, over the weekend, she came down with a virus! She has had a fever for about 4 days and is so unhappy. These pictures are from this morning. She was watching TV and just looked so pitiful! I am really praying that she will wake up feeling better tomorrow!