update!

Okay, okay, okay...this post is for those that have been hounding me to update. My apologies for the time without new pics. In case you didn't already know, Kevin & I are expecting another little one sometime early July, so that has made me especially tired lately (at least, that is the excuse I'm using as to why I haven't updated). :)

Katie's First Taste of Solids...

We thought she wouldn't like the rice cereal we were giving her. Almost every picture I've seen of friends' babies eating their first taste of cereal, they have this stunned face (that is ALWAYS hilarious), so we were hoping for the same thing from Miss Holmes. See what faces she DID make:

"What is this foreign object you're putting in my mouth???"

"Hmm...what's in and ON my mouth?"

"Oh, this stuff is delicious!"
Ok, this picture isn't really an accurate picture of what happened. She was pleasant and loved her cereal, until she decided she was done playing the game and wanted to eat. :)

Katie's second taste of solids - purple cotton candy.

Katie's first cotton candy stained tongue!

Hey Katie, wanna get a picture with me?

So, I fully understand that I looked terrible. I can own that. It was late. I had worked all day. Odds are I had a baseball hat on until I came home from work. My makeup needed some work (let's be honest - a LOT of me needed some work, lol). But you'd think my one and only kid could smile with me for ONE little picture (ok, so it's never just one picture. It's as many as I can shoot before the camera battery dies, but still). There was NO getting Katie to smile...and I could have even lived with a serious face. But no. The little ham had to make a face. I am in serious trouble when this little jokester gets older. :)

Hey wait...that reminds me of a picture I took a few years ago with another person living at my house... Katie is definitely her father's daughter!

This picture is for Aunt Amy - who so lovingly purchased the pj set that Miss Holmes is modeling. I think she looks like a little British girl with that cap on. Katie loved the pj's, Aunt Amy!

The next three pictures are some of my favorite "Katie pics" of all time (well, so far anyway). Apparently her activity gym was SO much fun, it knocked her out cold on the mat. I only wish I looked this peaceful when I slept.

"I give up! I can't play any longer! ...must...have...sleep...!"

"zzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

Still growin!

Update: November 7, 2008, Miss Holmes had a visit to the pediatrician. She now officially weighs 15 lbs., 6 ozs., and is 25 inches long. The poor kid got FOUR shots AND to add to her pain, a tooth (her second) broke through that day. She was MISERABLE all weekend long (so were we, for her sake).


Campaign commercials were SO very prominent this year, that Katie couldn't help but get into the election process. This is her watching Guiliani at the Republican National Convention (yes, we know it was past her bedtime, but she begged to stay up and watch).

The next night she watched John McCain accept the nomination for the Republican party. Too bad he didn't realize then that the media had no intention of him winning the election. When Sarah Palin was there with her family, Katie asked if she could meet Trig one day. We'll see.

It seems hard to believe that Katie is 6 months old already. I can't believe how quickly time has passed and how much she has grown already! Although, her feet apparently didn't get the message about growing. She is STILL wearing these newborn shoes that Aunt Amy bought her.

The bottom of the left shoe says "pitter" and the bottom of the right says "patter" which is kinda crazy considering Katie's legs are still like jello and her feet don't "pitter patter" anywhere.

Katie in one of her most favorite outfits (thanks to my cousin Phillip & his wife Lori).

Zzzzzz...

Apparently during the month of August, all Katie did was sleep!

This picture especially makes me laugh. She looks like one of those police outlines you see on tv. lol

She's sleeping, but cannot give up the keys!
She is just like her dad - able to sleep anytime, anywhere. :)

"Smoochable" or "Kissable"

Katie and her Aunt Amy have a thing they do called "A thousand kisses for Katie." While I have never actually counted, I'm positive Amy gives Katie no less than a thousand kisses. :) But, it leads me to this question:

Is Katie more "Smoochable" ...

...or is she more "Kissable" ???

You can answer in the survey to the left of the page!

And for those of you who are wondering: No, I did not get "hello, my name is" stickers and put them on her tummy. I bought those outfits like that. I wouldn't have mentioned it, but I have had a lot of people ask. lol

Sister Katie Lauren

So after Katie gets a bath, I put her on her changing pad to get lotioned up (which she HATES, btw). This particular time struck me as funny because I thought she looked like a tiny nun in a Habit.

*I don't intend to offend anyone with this post - my sincere apologies if it offends you.*

When the picture is not enough...a video of the same event. :)

Bunnies

Katie has some bunny slippers that she absolutely LOVES. Ok, well she probably doesn't care - but we like them, mostly because they stay on her feet better than socks do. Our only problem? The dogs think the bunnies belong to them.

This pic makes me laugh - I think it looks like she's holding her tummy (maybe she just got finished eating a big meal, lol)

"If I had teeth, I'd be able to make a bunny face too!"
Kevin & I had a debate over the onesie. He insists it's a mouse, and I say it's a bunny.

Any thoughts?