One Year

One year ago today, I found out that I was pregnant. It's amazing what changes in the span of one year, isn't it? I couldn't even imagine what an incredible blessing that tiny Kate growing inside of me would be.

Growth Spurt

I think Kate is in the middle of a growth spurt. She seems extra hungry lately, especially today. Normally she drinks 4 oz every 2.5 hours. About an hour ago she demanded 10 oz in a 1.5 hour period! Even with minimal spit up. That's a lot of food! Before Jeff went to work today, he requested that I take a few pictures of Kate and send them to him, so I did. Here are a few of them.








While I do like cute pink and purple baby clothes, I love having stuff in other colors too. Especially with her blue eyes, I love dressing her in blue! In my "Your Baby Week by Week" book, it said that by this point in time, if the eyes havn't started to change yet, it is likely they won't. For sure by 6 months, but they said for most babies they will have at least started to change. Kate's are still nice and blue! It's fun to keep us guessing. Only time will tell!

We are getting more and more packed for our trip to Atlanta on Thursday. We are SO incredibly excited! We haven't seen the Broggi's in almost 2 years, and we can't wait to get our kids together.

My Beach Babe

I bought this swimsuit for Kate yesterday at Target, I thought it was sooo dang cute! But it's 18 month size... That's why I put it on her, it looks waay too small to be 18 mo! It is a bit big on her, but I'm doubtful it'll fit next summer! Either way it was on clearance so I'm keeping it because it's so dang cute, but I sure hope it still fits!

Exersaucer Time!

Jeff's company held a baby shower for us yesterday. Among the gifts were an Exersaucer for Kate! I put it together last night and put her in it for the first time this morning. Here were her first moments! She loves it!

New Look

A HUGE thanks to Heather Bouvier for giving my blog a makeover! It's beautiful, isn't it?? Thank you SO much, I love it!

She Knows Her Name!

Kate responded to her name for the first time yesterday! She responded to both Jeff and me on separate occasions, multiple times, so we know it wasn't by chance!

Eight Things - For Jimmie

Usually, I keep my blog only about Kate and things going on with her, but I'm just bored enough today waiting for Jeff to get home that I'll finally fill out a meme she tagged me on. :)

Without further ado...

Eight Things: A Meme

8 things I am passionate about:
- Kate
- Traveling
- Weather
- My husband
- Dogs
- Horses
- Sleep
- Jesus

8 books I’ve read and enjoyed:
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Shopaholic Series
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(Is it sad that that's all I can come up with?? I used to be a huge reader... Not so much anymore.)

8 words/phrases that I say often:
- I'm so sure!
- Whatever
- Suuuuuuure
- Shhhhhh
- A-goo A-goo A-goo
- Ahhhhh (in Kate's little voice)
- Hey, you!
- Cha Cha Cha

Gotta love the phrases a baby adds to your vernacular.

8 things I want to do before I die:
- Travel as much as possible
- See my child(ren) get married
- Have a boat
- See my grandchildren
- Go to the Olympics (I've always wanted to do this - me too Jimmie! We sort of have a tentative goal to attend the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver)
- Take a girls-only trip with my best friends
- Be a SAHM
- Breed my own foal

8 things I’ve learned in my life:
- God is in control.
- Everything does happen for a reason, even if that reason isn't clear to you.
- Children are a gift.
- Hard work pays off.
- Don't take your situation for granted.
- Plan financially for the worst case scenario.
- Don't look back on anything with regret - you can't change what happened.
- Make the best of where you are now.

8 places I want to see:
- Norway (see my homeland!)
- Swiss Alps
- One of those really cool islands in the South Pacific with the bungalows over the water
- The Great Wall of China
- Paris
- Ireland
- Iceland (pay a visit to Elin!)
- Alaska

8 things I currently want/need:
- Jeff to hurry up and get home or he won't get to see Kate today
- For my headache to go away
- For the neck muscle I pulled to fix itself
- A million dollars so I don't have to go back to work
- Lots more rain like we got last night
- Dinner
- To live closer to my sister
- The cleaning fairies to show up and clean my house for me...on a weekly basis (good one Jimmie!)