Look Who's Talking...and Clapping!

Anna officially said her first word....we think. She told Dave "Hi!" and she also clapped for herself, unprompted. Two very exciting milestones! Check out the video below to see for yourself. :)

11 months!

Anna turned eleven months today! For all of you math whizzes out there, that is one month away from being one year old! What in the world?!! Where did this past year go, and how did it go so quickly? Here are the 11 month pictures, and some videos of the progress our Anna is making in her mobility (crawling, pulling up, cruising all happened within a couple weeks--I couldn't blog fast enough!). Enjoy!

Anna

Katelyn

Sweet Smiles. Sweet Sisters.

Crawling

Pulling Up

Cruising

BFFs

Bethany, Jenny, and I have been friends since our freshman year of college at Baylor (15 years ago!!). Through many miles and kids, we have remained friends and always cherish the time we have together. We all got together for dinner when Bethany and her family came for a holiday visit from Bellingham, WA. Although dinner was awesome, my favorite time was the "girls night out coffee date" after the dads put the kids to bed! We figured that it had been at least five years (when Jenny had the first baby of the group) since the three of us sat down to chat...uninterrupted. Looking forward to the next reunion!

Bethany, Jenny, and me

The kiddos: Micah, Levi, Karis, Jordi, Katelyn, Anna, and Taylor

I'll be home for Christmas...kind of.

This was our first year since we've been married to wake up in our own home on Christmas morning. Though we have enjoyed our time traveling each year, there was also something special about waking up with the girls in our own home this Christmas. Also worth mentioning, for one of my Christmas presents this year, Dave made Christmas dinner! What a treat!

Twas the night before Christmas....

Granny (Dave's mom) got Katelyn this awesome princess bike! Although Granny gave it to Katelyn a few days before Christmas, Katelyn didn't see it all put together (thanks to Daddy's hard work!) and ready to ride until Christmas morning.

The aftermath...now I know why I didn't get more pictures than I did!

Enjoying her new bike

Daddy helping her ride over the bridge

Sign her up for the Tour de France!

Christmas dinner courtesy of Dave-beef wellington, mashed potatoes, and steamed spinach. Yummy!

Katelyn's Preschool Christmas Program

We enjoyed Katelyn's Christmas program again this year! We hope you do too as you look at the pictures and click on the video below to view a small portion of it.

Group shot (2's, 3's, and 4's)

Katelyn (in middle)

Proud little sister

Class picture

Celebrating at Freddy's Frozen Custard after the performance