Kaitlyn: Month Eleven

Kaitlyn Marie,

Kaitlyn witht Pigtails

I cannot believe that today marks your eleventh month, and neither can anyone else. As your first birthday approaches, I have received a lot of comments about how quickly time has passed. It seems to most that I was just pregnant with you and anticipating your arrival. At the same time, our life before you were here seems SO far away, it is hard to remember what it was like without you. You are such a blessing to our family, and we are so thankful to God to have you as our daughter.

Going to SeaWorld with Mom, Grandma and Gam Gam

You are becoming such a little toddler. You walk almost everywhere, and when you can't walk fast enough, you fall down trying to run and crawl at top speed. You seem to be off the charts with your motor skills while holding back on your speech (who would have thought that of my child….hahaha). You are so curious about the world around you and love to learn about everything.

"Look what I can do!"

You are quite the studious little girl; you have such a serious face while you taking in everything around you. You love to laugh and play, especially hide and seek with daddy! You could play for 30 minutes at least walking to the bedroom to find daddy and then running away squealing when he comes after you. You have even started to dance. About a week ago, we took you to Mass and you were bouncing on the pew to the music. Grandma and Grandpa said this past weekend you have started to do more than just bounce and you are even able to keep up with the rhythm. I hope that you love and enjoy music as much as we do as you get older.

Being Silly with Aunt Tara

You had your First Halloween and First Thanksgiving this month. For Thanksgiving, we spent the morning with your dad's side of the family and had lunch. You were finally able to meet the rest of your great uncles and cousins, and had a good time playing with Cynthia, Sophia, Zoe and Derek. We took a quick break mid-afternoon to put up the Christmas Tree and Decorations and then we had dinner with Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Jon. You had a plate of home-made sweet potatoes, Turkey/Cranberry/Apple baby food, lots of puffs, a strawberry Popsicle, and an incredibly small taste of pumpkin pie. I think that is the most that you have ever eaten in one sitting!!

Kaitlyn and Mommy for Thanksgiving 2010

More Eleven Month News:

Sleeping: Your sleep has begun to vary depending on who is around.  You love to wake up in the middle of the night for extra snuggles from your daddy. I keep warning him that will back-fire on him later, but he loves getting the extra time with you, and who can blame him. Otherwise, you have been sleeping about 9-10 hours straight and then falling asleep for an hour or two after having a morning bottle. You take about two naps for an hour or so throughout the day.
Clothing: 6-12 month or 9-12 month, size three and a half shoes (although, they are getting snug), medium diapers.
Mealtime: 16oz of milk in four and 2-3 jars of 4.5oz baby food, although you have seemed to be more resistant to the baby food and reach more for "regular" food this month. You still love your puffs, yogurt melts and fiddlesticks!

Daddy loves to be silly!

Developments:
-Waves "hi" and "bye" (when you want to…)
-Says "ma-ma" (Nov 19) and "da-da" (Nov 15) but not specific
-Learned how to give "High Five"
-Plays Peek-a-Boo
-Puts one object on top of other or into a container
-Stoops from standing position while not holding on
-Imitates wants with gestures
-Pushes toys while walking (your activity table is a favorite)

Dog Pile on Daddy

We love you very much Katie Bug and we are so proud to call your ours. Happy Eleven Month Birthday!

Love Always,
Mommy

I am thankful for the talented co-workers that I work alongside. They make the day go by smoother and we have a lot of laughs. It is nice to be on a good team.

I am so thankful the day is over. I am so tired!!

I am thankful for sleepovers with grandparents ao that I can sleep in an extra 45 min! (I am beginning to see a theme of thankfulness for sleep. Hey, I take it when I can get it!)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is the "Mac Daddy" of Thankfulness.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I have so very much to be grateful for, as y'all have been reading along with me. I am so thankful today for wonderful childhood memories. Every year, Jon and I would run down the back alley to Grandma's house bright and early. All of our cousins would come over, and we would spend all day playing, stuffing ourselves and trying to eat just one more dessert. I was surrounded by family, my wonderful mom and dad, my cool aunts and uncles and the world's best grandparents.

Grandma always made such a wonderful Thanksgiving spread, and she still does! I wish that I were there to spend the day with everyone. To gather around the table with my 14 cousins, and their 20 children. I miss being able to see my whole family at one time; we are a big bunch. Now that we are older and have families and in-laws of our own, we aren't always together at the same time, but we always have that sense of family togetherness.

So today, I am so very thankful for the good roots that my mom and dad gave me and for the experiences, such as this one, that molded me into the woman I am today. And a special Thanksgiving to all the Murray clan. I wish we were there with you today. Love y'all.

I am thankful for family dinners. They are my favorite part of the day.

I am thankful for time spent together as a family.

Is thankful to have lost three pounds!! 22 more to loose.

I am thankful that we are able to give back to others. Got our "angel" from the Angel Tree today.

I am thankful for the ten months and 21 days I was able to pump milk for our Boo Bear.

I am thankful for the opportunity to spend quality time with good friends this weekend!

I am thankful for friends who are available to chat late at night when I need someone to talk to.

I am thankful for my mommie's generosity and excited for Katie's first birthday! It's going to be amazing!

"Me Time"

I am thankful for some free time to get away. With it being dark at 6pm and having worked more weekends this month than last, I am starting to feel secluded. Wake, pump, work, and sleep. Tonight, I managed to sneak away for a quick pedicure (first since July)! It felt good to just relax for an hour and not have to do anything.

I am thankful for the chances I get to take relaxing bubble baths.

I am thankful for weekend lunches with Katie (and sometimes Paul, usually my parents). I love getting to see her during my work day. It always brings a smile to my face and lights up my afternoon.

I am so thankful for my wonderful parents (and Katie is thankful for her amazing grandparents.) I could not have asked for a more loving and special mom and dad. They would (and have) do anything for myself, my brother, my husband, my baby girl, my friends...I love that they enjoy Kaitlyn as much as they do; it brings such joy to Paul and I to see them with her. Every weekend when my dad comes home, he is so excited to see Katie, and she inevitably ends up sleeping over sometime each week! :o) Mom has made it a point to see Katie Bug every single day since she has arrived (only missing two or three days), even if Katie is already asleep and she just comes over to hold her or smile at her. She is such a lucky and blessed baby girl, just like her mama and daddy. I am so thankful that our family has found peace and togetherness.

I am so thankful for good days at work! It has been a long time coming. The floor has been very rough lately.

I am so thankful for the freedoms that I am able to enjoy. Thank you to all the service men and woman who have fought and continue to fight for our freedoms and to protect this great county.

Happy 8th Anniversary

Today, I am so thankful for my loving husband. Over the past eight years, we have been through so much together and have really changed and grown as a couple. He is my better half, my rock and such a blessing to me. Honestly, I don't know what I did to deserve someone so good to me; he spoils me rotten and loves me unconditionally.

Last week, he came home from work and I hadn't showered yet (I had been with our attention monster! :o) ) He offered to watch Katie so I could shower, but I told him to go first because I wanted to take a bath and I knew he wanted to change. When I went into the bathroom, he had drawn a bubble bath, dimmed all the lights and lit candles "so you can relax." I love that he does these types of things for me to show me how much he cares.

At Bandera Bowl, 9.24.04

First Trip to Vegas, 10.22.04

Bahamas, 5.11.05



At Paul's Mom's House in Hondo, 11.6.05

 

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SeaWorld Lazy River, 07.6.06



Paul's First Trip to Oklahoma, Christmas 2006



Luau in Maui, March 2007



Graduation Party for BSN, May 2007



Our First Home, 07.19.07

Happy New Year 2008

Our First Anniversary, 3.10.08

Christmas Eve 2008

February 7, 2009

April 2009

Christmas 2009

At the Hospital to have our first child, 12.29.09

February 2010

Easter 2010

July 2010

Happy Anniversary, Love....To Many More