cj is 15 months!

i'm a little late in posting this, as i have been very busy. on 8/30 cj turned 15 months! the time is flying by. his stats are as follows:

27.6 lbs & 32 3/8 inches long - 75-90% percentile

he is a big boy! he is dangerous. this past weekend he fell in the camper and got his first black eye! first of many i'm afraid. he is continuously falling down, and looking for ways to harm himself. what a mess!!! so sweet, loving and fun though.

september is always a busy month! we had a race in bowie, tx over labor day weekend which i will post more about later. craig's birthday is tomorrow and kaetlyn's at the end of the month. lots of planning and preparation!!

more to follow....

time passes quickly

a ton has happened since i last posted in july... so much to add here, and boy has kaetlyn grown!! i can't add it all right now, but am making a list so that i can come back and add everything sequentially:

trip to houston for aidan's birthday
galveston weekend with the mendelsons
dad visits
trip to rhode island for visit with tiffany
gustav evacuee and megan visit to austin
craig's birthday - happy doo doo daddy
kaetlyn graduated from the 1 year old to the 2 year old class
kaetlyn's birthday - happy doo doo kaetlyn
ACL music festival

And a TON of playtime with friends in between. :) will take some time, but i will get this updated with pics, stories, etc.

stay tuned!

kaetlyn's one!

as typical, work and life have prevented me from updating this thing with the frequency that i hoped... i will continue to try to do better at staying current. today i did successfully get the slideshow from july working!

on september 29th we celebrated kaetlyn's 1st birthday! friends and family joined us at our house for the festivities. a good time was had by all. i cannot believe it's been a whole year!! and we all survived.... i also can't believe that my baby is becoming a little person! she walks and speaks and has 12 teeth and definitely has a mind of her own... and it has happened so fast!

kaetlyn's a very good natured kiddo... until she's not... but typically she's just a sweetheart. she loves to cuddle and share her food (especially with the dogs). she LOVES animals and also becomes quite infatuated if balloons are spotted. she's enjoying her mobility and loves to walk around. one morning at 7 am she walked across the street and was going straight up to the neighbor's house to say hello, and would've gone straight to the door if i hadn't stopped her!

i could just go on and on... but it's getting really late! here are some pics from the birthday party:

long overdue part III - september - craig's birthday

kaetlyn will be 1 year old in 1 week! i absolutely CANNOT believe it. this month so far, we've not strayed far from home (except my business trips) but we've had an eventful month so far. megan came and spent labor day weekend with us, and the following weekend we celebrated craig's 3oth birthday! he, megan, nicole, jeff (aka boots), and jana went sky diving on saturday morning, and we finished up the day with a BBQ bash! lotsa kiddos and friends enoyed the festivities.

they absolutely LOVED skydiving, and said they will definitely go again! maybe i'll get the guts to try it too...

12 teeth, saying words, and now even eating with a spoon! there's new and exciting stuff going on every day! kaetlyn loves her baths and has discovered the fun game of slipping and sliding around the tub... oh and also splashing!!! i've got a great video of kaetlyn and craig sharing a beef rib together, but it's too big to upload. ask me to check it out!

i took the day off work on craig's birthday and we had a family day! we decided that a trip to the austin zoo would be a good plan. susan and jack met us there. kaetlyn REALLY enjoyed the animals at the petting zoo. she fed the deer and goats from her own hands and laughed!!!

and just a couple more of our cutie pie below. will definitely do a better job of updating from now on... getting behind causes a lot of extra work, as is the case with most things in life. will be sure to post the newest pics from our visit with "auntie tiff tiff" and the birthday next week!