Kateyn and Will

I can't believe how fast the time has gone.  Katelyn, you are 4 months old now, and Will, you are 3 years old.

Katelyn, you are now 14 lbs. and 21 in. long.  You wear size 3-6 mo. clothes. You are doing so many fun things now.  You have rolled over from your stomach to your back twice.  You like to lay on the floor and look up at your toys.  You try to get them in your mouth and you are often successful.  You are cooing and trying to talk a lot and when you do I can see your tongue moving continuously.  It is so funny.  You have begun a new way of talking that sounds a lot like yelling.  Your sure have found your high pitched voice!  You also like your excersaucer.  You have been playing in it since you were 3.5 months old.  I know it was a little early to be putting you in it, but I was desperate for you to stop crying and none of your other toys were interesting to you.  I tried your excersaucer and it worked like magic.  You sat in it and looked at all your toys for about 10 minutes.  Will enjoyed you sitting in it also.  He just talked to you and showed you all the toys and how they worked.  About a week later, I put you in it again and you actually played with the spinning toy.  I was amazed.  You still seemed too little to be able to play like that.  It was not accidental.  You actually reached out and spun the toy over and over.  Very cool!  You also like to lay on the floor and you will wiggle yourself around in a circle.  You are starting to sleep through the night more, but sometimes you wiggle and squirm because you want your pacifier.  Once I give it to you, you go right back to sleep.  I have started giving you rice cereal before your last feeding of the night.  You are eating it very well.  So far it has not helped to keep from waking up for your pacifier at night, but I'm hopeful that soon it will.  

Will, my big boy, you really need to stop growing.  You are wearing 4T clothes and size 10 shoes.  You are still way into sports.  You have started a Sports For Shorties class at the Rec center.  You absolutely love it!  So far you have played soccer, football, kickball, ,and volleyball.  You are learning to recognize your ABC's and numbers, which is a lot of fun for me to teach you.  You can write your name although your W looks like a M and you call it "double S".  You are started to talk more in complete sentences and say funny things.  We just finished Halloween and you had so much fun getting ready for it.  You always asked to go to the "scary guy store".  We did go several times and unfortunately now you fight us to go to bed because you are afraid.  You have had two bad dreams lately.  When we asked you what you dreamed, you said, "A scary guy poked me on my face!"  Ha!  I'm sad that you are having bad dreams, but it is hilarious that your bad dream is that someone poked your face!  One of your favorite things to do is box with your Daddy.  When he comes home from work, you and him go into the bedroom and you "help" him change his clothes and then the two of you box each other.  You probablly spend about 20 minutes boxing.  You have also been going to high school football games with Daddy and Papa.  You look forward to every Friday night and ask each day if you get to go.  You also love to play with Sarah.  You always want her to come over after school.  You and Sarah love each other so much, but you two also know how to push each other's buttons and you fight all the time!  But no matter how much you fight you still love to play with her.

I can't believe how much fun it is to be your Mommy.  I love the both of you sooo much.

Love Dare Giveaway

Hey everyone.  My friend Melissa is giving away a copy of the Love Dare.  If you want to be entered to win, check out her blog.  http://www.simplymelsblog.com/a-love-dare-giveaway/.  I've been told it's a great book and can really strengthen your marriage.  Check it out!

Our trip to the State Fair

Tuesday, we all went to the State Fair.  I absolutely love having family outings.  I love watching Will do and learn new things and have fun at the same time.  We had a great time.  The first thing we did was go to the car show (of course) :)  Will enjoyed getting in and playing in the cars.  We also saw a dog stunt show, ate lots of junk food, the petting zoo, a kids pretend farm and saw a parade.  Another fun thing that we did was we went to the backyard circus.  This was great!  The ring master chose kids to be apart of the circus.  Will was chosen to be a tiger.  He was given a T-shirt that said "tiger" on it and a tiger mask.  I was so shocked that he actually wore them.  There were other lions and tigers and a lion tamer was to tame them and make them lie down and play dead, show their terrible claws and jump through a fiery hoop (a hula hoop).  Will did all of this.  I couldn't believe it!  Unfortunately, I didn't charge my camera battery before we left and I didn't get any pictures.  We stayed all day and Will only had one meltdown.  It was after his last ride.  We let him ride four rides.  Ronny took him on the Super Slide and he loved it, even though his face coming down had a concerned expression on it.  I took him on a roller coaster and he did not like it at all.  He almost cried the third time we went around the track.  After that he rode the log ride and a race car ride.  I can't believe how much fun I have just watching him have fun.  It was a very long, but fun day.

Oh, and if you are wondering, yes, we took Katelyn too.  She did great.  She slept a lot, but when she was awake I either held her or we carried her in a sling.  She was such a good girl at the fair.

Making Cupcakes

Will and I made cupcakes! He loves helping me in the kitchen.  I haven't let him help with dinner yet, because I'm afraid of him touching the hot skillets and such, but I've let him make cookies and cupcakes.  I am so surprised at how well he does.  I let him try to crack open an egg and he did it perfectly!  No shells at all.  He added 2 eggs and I think that this will always be his job now when we are cooking!  We only made 12 cupcakes and we had half the batter left.  So, when we were licking the bowl (our favorite part), I decided to paint Will a little bit. He thought that was funny.  Next time, I may let him go outside and paint himself with the leftover batter.  (The 2nd picture is a close up of the 3 cupcakes that he frosted).

Katelyn Is Here

I have realized that I have not announced Katelyn's birth to some family members.  Oops! :)  Katelyn Ruby Waldo was born on July 14, 2009 (my mom's birthday) at 8:30 a.m.  She was 8 lbs, 4 oz and 21 in. long.  The name Ruby is Ronny's mom's name.  As you can tell both Grandma's are thrilled!  We are having a great time with both our kids.  Will just loves "his baby".  He wants to hug on her, hold her and kiss her all the time.  He is always asking me if "his baby" is ok.  So sweet!

I am finally feeling back to my old self.  For those of you who didn't know,  four weeks after she was born I had to have my gall bladder removed.  Since Katelyn was born by C-sec, that is two surgery's in a month!  I am so thankful for having family so close.  Ronny's sister, Rachel, stayed with Will and Katelyn during my surgery and Rebecca stayed with them while I was in the hospital.  Will stayed with Ronny's parents for a fews days while I was at home recovering.  What a blessing!  But we all made it through.  We are all well and loving every bit of our newest addition to our family.  The Lord is good and gives us grace to make it through the hard times.  And those hard times make us remember the blessings He gives us during the good times.  We have so much to be thankful for!

ACTS Club

Will turned 3 this year and he has begun Children's Church and ACTS Club (Activities, Character Training and Scripture). I have been looking forward to him beginning these clubs since he was born.  Silly huh?  I'm just excited for him to learn about Jesus!  He has a lot of fun.  His first ACTS Club class was this past Wednesday.  His class is called The Promises.  He IS a promise from God, isn't he!  He has a book with a Bible verse, The Promise Motto (Jesus Loves Me) and The song Jesus Loves Me that he has to memorize.  We are working on it.  We are going to add this book work to our daily Bible reading.  It is exciting to hear him talk about the stories we read.  Yesterday he told daddy all about how Joseph's brother threw him in a hole and were mean to him!  Jesus, please instill all that You can into my little boy.  Help me to be the best model of You that I can be so that he will learn about You through me.  Grow him into a wonderful young man who loves You.

I Will Never Forget September 11, 2001

I was in school teaching 5th grade. It was my first year to teach. My lead teacher and the principal were out in the hall talking and called me out. They told me that two planes had flown into the twin towers. My first thought was that they were joking. My second was total fear. They told me not to tell my class just yet. How was I supposed to go on teaching and acting as if everything was normal? I didn't have to. When I walked back in the room Dr. Brooke (the administrator) was on the speaker telling the school what had happened. Parents began coming an getting their kids and all I could think was "I sure wish I could be with Ronny." I think I was able to get home that day before lunchtime. I remember thinking how I wish I could be with all my family at one time. To hold them, see them, touch them and to know that they are safe. September 11, 2001 was one of the scariest days of my life and I was here safe in Texas. I will always remember this day and I will be thinking of those who lost loved ones and those who risked their lives to help others. What a sad day in our history. I am proud of those who worked and still are working to keep us safe. I am proud to be an American! We live in the best country of all!


Tell me about your experience on that day.

My Sweet Katelyn

Katelyn is 7 weeks old this week and weighs 10lbs, 4oz.  Yes, she is my tiny little girl.  She is such a good baby.  She has slept at least 5-6 hours at night since we brought her home from the hospital.  She has started staying awake more between naps and this week she has started smiling.  I love her sweet smile.  It just makes me want to talk to her all the time.  Will just laughs and laughs at her when she smiles at him.  He loves her so much, but I think he is ready for her to get bigger so he can play with her.  

Will's Haircut

Will got a horrible, horrible haircut from Great Clips.  The top of his hair was all different lengths and you could see lines across the top of his hair.  It was bad.  Anyway, we decided to shave it off very short.  He loves this look.  He laughs when I rub his head and call him 'fuz head'.  The first night it was shaved he said, "My hair looks like Katelyn's!"  He's my funny little guy!

My New Blog

Yes! I am now one of the millions of blog writers in the world.  I must admit that I have no idea what I am doing.  LOL!  I will learn as I go.  I want to start this blog to document my children's lives.  Kind of like an online scrapbook.  I hope this can be a way for family to stay in touch.  Isn't the internet cool!