Cate Reading

Cate loves to "read" her books, especially if there are dogs in them!  Here she is on Christmas Eve.

Christmastime

We had a wonderful Christmas this year, especially with Cate being a little older and into a few more things than last year.  We were able to continue with family traditions from both the Bodemann and the Hall sides of the family, with new pajamas on Christmas Eve and a reading of the The Night Before Christmas.  Here's a bit of what our Christmas looked like....

Our reindeer Cate, food on her face of course.

The tree after Santa arrived on Christmas Eve.

Dad reading Cate, The Night Before Christmas, just like his dad used to do.

Cate opening her first gift...she was a little unsure what to do, but she got the hang of it!

We heard lots of "ooohs" and "aaahs"

A little frustrated

Just needed a milk break

Happy little girl

So excited for the See and Say animal toy from Nana

She played with most everything as she opened it

Taking notes so she can write her thank yous

Trying to pull her new ball out of the package (it was quite secure)

Giving her new vacuum a test run

She's a natural, if only it actually picked up the dog hair in my carpets.....

Skyping with the Halls in Atlanta

Family photo

Family photo with Maggie

Hugs for Maggie

Chatting with cousin Robert and Aunt Callie

Thanks to technology we were able to see the Hall side of the family via Skype and the Bodemann side of the family via face time.  Cate had a great time entertaining all!  We have a few videos we'll post soon, hope everyone had a great holiday!

Ho, Ho, Ho

Despite being petrified of Santa, we still talk about him a lot! (sorry it's dark in the video, we used the light of the tree). Happy holidays!

Birthday Party Fun

Last weekend we attended Miss Eloise's first birthday party.  Cate had a great time chasing the older kids in the yard, eating cupcakes, and testing out all of Eloise's gifts (she gave her stamp of approval for all!).

Cate and her daddy having fun!

Eloise getting excited by her Aunt Trudy

Happy Birthday to You!

Eloise was great to watch eat her cupcake...nice and messy!

And finally, I'll just try to get the whole thing in my mouth!

Happy Birthday sweet Eloise, thanks for letting us celebrate with you!

Trimming the Tree

Cate doing her part to decorate our tree!

Gobble, Gobble

Cate and I started the day with Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins....she was a fan

 

Serious work eating dinner

We had a nice low key Thanksgiving a few weeks back.  Lanny was on call the night before, so we just had dinner as the 3 of us.  We had a great relaxing day, a wonderful meal, though Cate got overwhelmed with all the options on her plate, so after a few bites, she refused to eat, and ended up with mac and cheese.....

                                         

                                                       Cate is all about feeding herself these days

                                

                                            Sorry for the "eye", we were getting over pink eye