Mommy's Shoes

Catelyn loves to put on shoes. Any shoe that is left hanging around, is going to make it's way on her cute little feet. Sometimes, I'm even impressed that she manages to get her own shoes on. She's a genious!! hehe! The other day, my shoes were left in the kitchen and here is what I found.

Christmas Parade

Will and I are always talking about how much we love the location of our house. Not only do we have two grocery stores, a couple of coffee shops, resteraunts, movie theater, post office, etc... all within about a 500 yards, but we could actually walk to the Christmas parade. Anyways, it was super cold out, so we bundled up good and headed out to watch the parade. We saw some of our neighbors while out there, and got free hot chocolate to drink while watching the parade. We didn't end up staying too long, but it was a very fun way to start a Christmas weekend. The next night we got our Christmas tree, and Catelyn was so excited about checking it all out. Here are a couple of pictures.

18 Months Old

Our little girl is 18 months old! The time has gone so fast. I took her in for her check up the other day, and her stats are as follows:

Height: 32 1/2 inches (75%)
Weight: 20.11 lbs (yea!! We finally broke 20 lbs) (10%)

She is so much fun right now, but she is also IN TO EVERYTHING!!! You take your eyes off of her for two seconds, and she'll come running around the corner with the toothbrush you use to clean toilets and shower mildew- in her mouth. Yes...this happened last week and I screamed and ran to try and disinfect her mouth. Gross!! There are so many more of these stories I could share.

Anyways, I've been doing some sewing for the holidays, and thought I would post some of my projects. I just love the holidays!!!

Thanksgiving Dress

Christmas Tree Outfit- I still have to finish the pants. I better get on it! :)

Smocked Candy Cane Christmas Dress

I made stockings for my mom. Instead of having 11 stocking on her mantel, I made a stocking for each family instead. She was happy about them, and that of course made it worthwhile to make them.

Leaves

Catelyn on the Treadmill

My parents have a treadmill at their house, and Catelyn loves to walk on it. I captured it on video the other night, and as you can hear by my cackling in the footage, I thought it was quite funny.

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Halloween & Homecoming

This year for Halloween, I made Catelyn a little 50's girl outift. She looked so precious prancing around in her little skirt. We stopped by the neighborhood block party and then headed to Tuscaloosa for UA's Homecoming. When we got to t-town, we met up with my parents and went over to the quad for the bonfire. The next morning, we went to the strip and Catelyn watched her first parade. I think it was a little overwhelming for her with the band, the siren's and all the big mac trucks blowing their horns. We had a fun time. That night, Will and I went to a belated Halloween party. We couldn't really come up with anything creative, so we dressed as 70's people. It was fun getting to dress up and especially seeing the creativity of the others that came. Thanks Kristen, Noelle and Les for getting everything together! :)

Weekend with Mamaw & Papaw

This post is a little late, but needed posting about non-the-less. Last weekend, my awesome parents took Catelyn for the whole weekend!!! It was such a nice break and made it so great knowing how much Catelyn enjoys her Mamaw and Papaw. Will and I had such a great time! We went out to dinner, went to the bookstore, slept in until 9:00, went on walks, and just all in all had a great weekend. On Sunday afternoon, we headed to Tuscaloosa and met my parents at Cypress Inn for lunch then packed up our sweet little girl to head back home. It was a sweet time that Will and I had to spend together, but we were both ready to have our baby back. Thanks mom and dad for such a sweet gift to us. We love you very much!!!

*Papaw, Catelyn and Abby

*Mamaw & Catelyn

*"Helping" Mamaw push the stroller at the mall. :)

*At dinner time, Mamaw had made Catelyn some mashed potatoes. Some how or another, Catelyn had grabbed this huge spoon off the counter top and used it to feed herself! Hilarious!