Happy Halloween

(this was supposed to be posted last week........more to come soon)
Cate wanted to send her family Halloween cards this year, so we took a few pictures a couple weeks back. These are the photos we used to wish everyone a "screaming" good time this year!

The "screaming" picture

I just think this one is funny....she's got a "what are you doing mom?" look on her face.....

Happy Halloween everyone! We'll post pictures of Cate's first Halloween next week!

Aunt Callie Visits Cate in Carolina

Aunt Callie flew all the way from California to meet Cate last weekend. We had a great time visiting and playing with Aunt Callie. Nana Julie wanted a picture of the 3 of them together, but Cate was being a little stubborn.....

Aunt Callie and Cate

Cate's hair.....this happens EVERY day, the back just stands upright and looks pretty crazy, especially from the back and side.

Thanks for coming to see us Aunt Callie, come back soon!

Happy Birthday Dad

Cate and Dad with her new activity jumper....she's not quite tall enough for it, but very close!

We celebrated Lanny's birthday last week....he's 29 and something now....it was good day, Texas/OU game during the day, which was actually televised here on the East Coast for a change! We had dinner at our favorite mexican place and some cookie cake too! We finally got Cate a baby bjorn carrier, so Dad carried Cate around the house for a bit, as you can see she had a great time! Happy Birthday Dad, we love you!

Three Months

Cate turned 3 months on the 23rd....and it is amazing how quickly she is growing and changing! We got her weight rechecked this week and we're back on track as she now weighs 13lbs 15oz (up nearly 2 lbs!). Cate is very 'vocal' these days, making a lot of noise when she's happy, mad, frustrated (usually about needing to poop) or playing with Mom and Dad. She's sleeping 6-8 hours per night, which is helpful since Mom started back to work last week. Cate and Dad have had a fun filled, yet exhausting two weeks, I think he has a new appreciation for stay at home moms! Cate starts at this sitter this week, so another new experience for her!

Cate loves her floor mat, she has found her hands and is pulling on all the toys that hang above her. She loves when the music starts to play.

After an exhausting day......

Cate's trip to Arkansas

We took Cate to Arkansas a few weeks ago to meet family and friends. While we were in town, we also had Cate baptized at St. John's (my church growing up) by Father Erik who married us two years ago. Cate was lucky to have so much family travel to Hot Springs for her big day including Nana Julie from Atlanta, Uncle Brian from Dallas and Aunt Julie was able to come from St. Louis to be Cate's godmother, while Uncle John, her godfather had to stay behind to work. Cate also got to meet her great grandparents on both the Bodemann and Hall sides of the family. It was a great visit, we didn't get near enough pictures of everyone she got to meet, but hopefully we'll make another trip soon! Below is a link for a slideshow of pictures from the trip (they're in reverse order...sorry!).

slideshow