Tuesday, April 10, 2012

First Easter

We had a great Easter weekend. On Easter morning, we attended my dad's church in Garland.  One of the trumpet players in the orchestra had an arm just like Katelyn's!  He was a junior in high school and was so gracious to talk to us, answer questions, and offer advice.  It was neat.

After church everyone met at my sister and brother-in-law's home.  Though the rain put a damper on our plans to grill outside and have an outdoor Easter egg hunt, we had a great time.  Annabelle enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs inside. Katelyn enjoyed throwing the eggs.  Repeatedly.

Cousins Annabelle (almost 3) and Katelyn.  Thanks, Nana, for my cute dress!

Distracted by a bug.  Why is the stuffed lamb the only one looking at the camera?

Granddad and Katelyn 

Wearing her cute bunny outfit from Uncle Joey 


Standing with Daddy 

Shoes?  No thanks.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Moving On!

Dave and I both got great new jobs, so we will be moving soon.  Will we miss Waco?  YES.  I love this quirky town that's loaded with character and diversity.  I love the "biggest small town" feel of it.  I love the Baylor spirit!  And we will especially miss our sweet Waco friends, church, and Katelyn's daycare.  However, God's leading has been very clear to us in making this move.  We have a lot of opportunity ahead and look forward to this next chapter with excitement.

Dave has been commuting to Dallas for the past few weeks, so I've been focusing on getting everything packed and ready to go.  Katelyn HATES-- hates-- the sounds of packing tape and bubble wrap, so I've become pretty good at packing in record time when she is napping and after she has gone to bed.

Katelyn now looks at Dave and says "Dada."  She knows who "Mama" is, because she looks at me and smiles when I say it, but she's still working on it.  As for saying "Baylor", that of course is too difficult right now.  But, I've noticed that she makes the same garbled sound when she "addresses" Baylor or watches her run outside.

A few recent pictures:

This is how she sits in the shopping cart.  Must know what's going on!


 Look, Mom! I opened the drawer all by myself!




Hello, world!  Advantages of having a 6'4" Daddy.




She humored me for the two seconds required to take this picture. Immediately afterwards, she came right at me!


Notice the little toy animals beside her in the above picture. She loves animal sounds. She appears confused by my imitation of an elephant, is mildly amused by the lion, and finds the monkey sound really funny.  Every time.

Stay tuned... Easter pictures coming soon!