Family update

So I was thinking that this blog is supposed to keep everyone up to date with our family and I tend to only post things about Cate and not me and Eric. So here is what is going on.

Eric: He is starting to settle into his new job. So far he seems to happy with his new job and excited for what is to come. Cate and I like his new job because he works from home a lot and when he does go to the office it is a lot closer to our house so he gets home sooner. Eric has been working hard this winter keeping our house warm with the wood burning stove. It has been a lot of work for him. He spends time on the weekends chopping wood. I guess we are real "new Englanders" now. Catherine and I are so proud of how hard Eric has been working since we moved out here.

Kristen: I am going to be starting back to work this week. I am training on Thursday and then will officially start working the next week. I am excited to get back to work and spend a little time with some adults. It has been nice to have a break and spend some quality time with Cate, but I am ready to work again. Cate will be starting day care when I am working so I hope that it will be a smooth transition for her.

Cate: Cate is doing well. She is running all over the house now. She loves to walk and run and doesn't like it if you pick her up. That can be troublesome when we go out to stores. All she wants to do is run around the store and see what kind of things she can find. She is also signing a lot more too. She can sign help, more, all done, thank you, and bottle/juice. She continues to look more and more like a little girl everyday. She is growing up so fast.

Well that is what is going on with our family. Of course there will be plenty more pictures of Cate to come.

Coloring and Walking

This is an outfit that Cate got from her Great Aunt Pat and Great Uncle Don for Christmas. It is a size 18months. When she opened it I thought that it looked so big and that it would be a while before she would be able to wear it. I held it up to her and realized that it would fit her. I can't believe how big she is getting. She is really turning into a little girl.

Here is a video of Cate walking around the living room. Her new thing is to huff and puff when she wants to get somewhere fast. She was trying to get over to see Daddy making a fire.

Cate got this table for Christmas from Santa. She loves to color so I taped some packing paper to the table and let her go nuts. She really enjoyed it. This is the before picture

This is the after picture. (She got a little help from Mommy and Daddy with coloring)

This is a video of Cate coloring at the table. She couldn't quite decide on which color crayon to start with.

Relaxing after the holidays

Cate really likes to read her books, and this morning she climbed into her bouncer chair with her book and stayed there for about 10 minutes. She looked very relaxed.

This is a dress that Aunt Janice and Uncle Charlie gave her for Christmas.

She loves playing with her "little people" animals that she got for Christmas.

Christmas

I have posted just some of the pictures from our wonderful Christmas. It was such a great day.


Here is our tree on Christmas Eve.

We left out some chocolate cake and egg nog for Santa.

Christmas morning

A beautiful sweater that Aunt Pat made.

Hanging out with Grandma

Playing at her new table that Santa brought

She got a bunch of books from Grandparents Lowe. They are the books that my parents used to read to me as a kid. They brought back a lot of memories

Here is the table set for our Christmas dinner feast.

Frank made an apple strudel from his Father's recipe. It was delicious.

White Christmas

We woke up this morning and this is what our yard looked like. It started snowing yesterday around 2:00pm. We have about 10 inches of snow. It looks like we will be having a white Christmas this year. It took quite a bit longer to shovel our new driveway than it did at our old house. It is fun when it snows and everyone is home safe and sound. Eric was working from home yesterday so he didn't have to deal with any of the traffic problems. It was funny though, because everyone around here started panicking yesterday morning like they were going to be stuck in their houses for a month. The grocery store had about 7 people in each line stocking up on water, bread, and milk. Eric and I thought it was pretty funny because we are used to the snow.

Spoon

I have been working with Catherine on using a spoon to eat. Tonight at dinner she got the hang of it and seemed to enjoy using the spoon.

Here is a video of Catherine going after Buddy. She loves to play with him and I don't think that he loves to play with her.