Feeling Lucky

Thanksgiving has been a lot of fun this year. We had some great food and both of my green bean casseroles were devoured. It's only because my recipe calls for bacon, but who cares they were good. Rick actually got off early so he was able to make it to dinner on time. It was a really nice surprise.
Friday I hit Walmart at 4:45 am. I was able to price match a jumper for Katie. When I got there, there was only one jumper left. It was a great deal it was half off. I think she will really like playing in it as well.
That night we went to my cousin Shess's place for a little Turkey Hold'em. I have to say I was feeling lucky. We played 2 tournament style games of No Limit Texas Hold'em. There were about 10 people playing. I won both tournaments. It was great. I hit some lucky cards.
Today, with some help from our friend Nate, Rick and I hooked up the lights on our house and set up our tree. Now this is a first for us. I never set up a tree while we lived in Cedar because I knew we would never be there for Christmas so I didn't see the point. I would still put up some decorations but never a tree. It is really nice. Katie stared at the tree when I turned on the lights. It was fun because she played with a small stocking for a while as well.

Katie

So Katie is 2 months old now. She weighed 10 lbs 2 oz and was 21 1/2 in at her last check up. She is cooing all the time and we moved her from her bassinet to her crib. Enjoy the pictures and her cooing.

Slacker!

Ok Ok I know that I have been slacking when it comes to blogging but I have an excuse. I recently decided to start the Twilight series. I wanted to read the book before I saw the movie. I also wanted to see what all the hype was about. I mean a love story about fictional beings isn't really my ideal read.
Boy was I wrong. I should have known better. I've always liked vampires. They are the one scary entity I don't mind watching in horror flicks. Needless to say I read all 4 books in about a week. Which I might add is extra difficult when you have a 2 month old. Now I'm addicted. I saw the movie, which is pretty close to the book, and hope they make a second.
I must add to all those other Twilight readers I am a Jacob fan. He is just like the guys I hung out with in High School. Edward is great and all, but me and Jacob could really get along.

Tennessee

So Rick and I took Katie on her first plane ride a couple of weeks ago. She is a great traveler. She was always good in a car. Sleeping anytime we had somewhere far to go. I expected her to be the same on the plane. Of course I was wrong. She was still really good she was just wide awake. She would sleep for about a half hour during and after take off and then would fall asleep as we landed. Not at all what I was expecting.
Tennessee was a lot of fun. We went because Rick interviewed at a medical school while Katie and I enjoyed the company of Rick's parents. Due to some paperwork issues we don't know the results of the interview but hope to find out soon. I have to thank Kevin and Cindy for the hospitality. Cindy didn't know that Katie and I were coming until we were already there. It was a great surprise and I will never forget her face.

Blessing and such

We blessed Katie on Sunday. It was a really cool experience. I was a little stressed about making everything perfect that I was getting upset, that is until Rick took our beautiful baby girl in his arms and blessed her. He did such a good job. He was very eloquent and expressed his love for her with his words. For those of you that were not able to attend, it was an amazing experience.
It was also really nice to see Rick's family. We do not get to spend much time with them and so it was great to have all 3 brothers together for the weekend.
We snapped a picture of Josh holding Katie. It was really cute. Including the part of the photo shoot where Josh tried to push Katie off him because he was done. Got to love little kids.

I have to thank everyone that helped with the luncheon. Thank you for bringing soups and desserts. Big kudos go to my mom though. She made everything Katie wore (except her bracelet and hair bow), she made tons of soup, and provided us a location for the luncheon. Thanks mom it really means a lot to me. I don't know what I would do with out you. I love you!

By the way I hope everyone votes today!! You can't complain about the outcome unless you do.
Just make sure you bundle up. It's cold around here. By the way Katie looks really cute in a Beanie.

Happy Halloween

Katie was a little ghost for Halloween. She was just so cute. We spent the evening at my aunt Diane's house. I went trick-or-treating with the little kids while Rick helped scare people in her haunted backyard. It was really fun.