5 Months

Kate one week old

5 months old

Kate turned 5 months old yesterday. She is so much fun at this age. I didn't realized how much hair she's lost and how it's turning blonde until I started looking at pictures of her as a newborn.

Mother's Day Weekend-N-Stuff

My first Mother's Day was great! I was just excited to be able to celebrate as a mother myself this year. I love being a mommy. It's the best job I've ever had. When people used to ask me what my goals/aspirations in life were...as boring or simple as it sounds....I always just wanted to be a good wife and mother and I feel so blessed that I am living the life of my dreams! Yay.

Saturday we went to the St. Louis Botanical Gardens. Our neighbors went with us and we had fun.....well the guys thought it was a beating but they were good sports. I have to say, the Dallas Arboretum is much prettier, but it was still really nice. Here's a few pictures of our day. Sunday, we just went to church and hung out and made a frozen pizza for dinner ( I didn't have to cook so that was a treat).

We started Kate on cereal this week. She is doing great with it. She loves it and it's so cute when she wants more, she leans forward with her mouth wide open.....it's really funny.


Today, we had a new playgroup get-together. It's funny how it all came together.....I met a lady at my neighbors house who has a 4 month old and she lives right by me and we talked about getting a playgroup together, so she invited a few moms she had just met and I invited one that I had just met from my last play-group experience and we ended up with 7 babies/moms. It was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed it so I think we're going to continue meeting and just take turns at everyone's home. Here's a group picture of the babies. Kate is on the far right. Yea! New friends!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We celebrated Leland's 32nd birthday on Monday. Because it was a work day for him, we didn't do too much. I just made him chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and his favorite cake-cinnamon stuesal with icing on top. The cake wasn't very pretty but it sure tasted yummy! Happy Birthday Sweetie! We love you!

Kate is fascinated by the candle

Kate loves having books read to her and she likes trying to do it all by herself too!

Look at our big girl standing all by herself. She loves to do this. She looks so little!