November News

It has been a very long time since our last post - and a lot has happened. We have been very busy bees. Catherine made her 6 month birthday and is on her way to 8 months. She now eats lots of Gerber baby fruits and veggies. Is almost sitting by herself (if no one is watching) but still not reliably rolling over. She's very talkative........ why learn to sit, roll if mommy will pick me up and take me where I need to go??? Loves her hands, feet, socks don't stay on long. Loves occasional naps in the bed with mommy. Still loves her bath. It's serious time in the bath, no smiles or laughing, just relaxing. Loves mommy's hair and necklaces - especially my silver starfish - I think I better get her a mini starfish for when she's older. It's definately her favorite.

This is me on my 6 month birthday! Mommy dressed me in a pretty dress and pink sweater! Look at my foot!!

Catherine visited Corpus for the first time - She slept in a drawer at her Grandpa's house. And napped on the couch with her grandmother.

I finished my residency and started my position as faculty at UTMB.

Catherine went to the zoo for the first time - and we became members.

We went to a pumpkin patch and tooks lots of awesome pictures...

Halloween came and went. Catherine dressed as a duck and went to her friend Trey's house for a halloween bash.

And here we are half way through November, well on our way to Christmas.

No teeth yet.....

LABOR DAY WEEKEND

We had a pretty fun weekend, so far. Friday Jon Paul and Andrea came over for dinner. I got home late from work, so nothing was ready when they got here. Brandon wasn't home either, so I had to juggle Catherine while trying to make dinner and entertain. It was pretty hard... Jon Paul ended up preparing the Chicken for me, chopping the potatoes. Andrea did the carrots and the bread. Some host I am. Catherine is a very good baby, but was pretty fussy when they first got here. I don't think they want to have kids for awhile now - real life birthcontrol. We had a good night though. Jon Paul and Andrea were going to the UT game the next day and had to get up early, so they didn't stay very late. We were all pretty tired anyway. Catherine ended up staying up with us until about 9pm despite the early fussing. Nothing a bottle and a little one on one attention couldn't take care of :)

Saturday we got up early and went to the Museum of Fine Arts. We wanted to get out and walk around but it was too hot for anything outdoors. So we went to the museum. Catherine really loves her voice these days, so the large, open rooms in the museum provided just the right acoustics for a great performance of coos and ahhhs. We were able to get about 3 solid hours in before Catherine was done with that place. Afterwards we drove around the nearby neighborhood to look at homes just for fun. There are some really nice homes around there....

We ran into our friends Ryan and Kristin while driving around. Ryan's brother and his wife live in that nice neighborhood. They just had a baby who is one day older than miss Catherine. Kristin got a new car - a volvo SUV! It's really nice! Brandon and I have been looking at cars for awhile trying to figure out what I am going to get next. The volvos are awesome. But I just can't decide what I like. I can't even narrow it down between an SUV or a car. Brandon said I could get something new once I start working, but I'm content for now.

Saturday night, we made an awesome chicken salad and watched a bunch of old episodes of the shotime series, WEEDS. It's pretty interesting....

Sunday, we met my friend Michaela and her husband for brunch at LePeep. Catherine had a great time! She just sat in her carrier and looked around, took in the sights and smells of buttermilk pancakes, maple syrup, bacon and eggs. I had a bowl of oatmeal with fresh cinnamon apples and raisins. yummy.

Afterwards ran a few errands. Picked out a halloween costume for Catherine! It's soooo cute. I'm not going to say what she will be.... you'll have to wait and see.

Last night Charlie, Dani, Dani's mother, Kyle, and Shannon came over for fajitas and boardgames. We played Balderdash. I had never played before, but it was really fun! The concept is hard to explain - one person, "the dasher," reads a topic (ie acronyms) and then gives you the letters (ie. SPOOF). You have to right down what you think it stands for. The dasher rights down what it really stands for. The dasher then collects everyones papers, shuffles them, then reads them to the group. Everyone has to try to guess which is the correct explanation. Some examples we had were: Skittles Poops Only On Fridays, Single Parents Of Ontario Foundation, Society for the Protection Of Old Fishes, etc. Other categories are Marvelous Movies, they give you a title and you have to say what the movie is about (ie. Ruben and Ed - you can imagine what most thought this was about). It got pretty funny as the night went on.

Well, that's it for the weekend, so far. I haven't been this social in a while, so it was fun. Kind of like old times, having people over for dinner, going to brunch, playing games. It was nice. And catherine fit right in!

Some other pictures from the weekend:

May not be able tell here, but Brandon is swinging Catherine in his arms, and she loves it!

She is smiling and lauging really hard!

4 MONTHS! I made it!!

Date	Weight	Length	Head Circumference
March 17th (Birth)	5.0 lbs	18.3 inches	12.6 inches
May 18th (2 mos)	10.0 lbs (25%)	21.5 inches (25%)	15.5 inches (25%)
June 19th (3 mos)	11 lbs. 12 oz
July 20th (4 mos)	12 lbs. 14 oz. (40%)	23 inches (25%)	16 inches (40%)

I just finished eating, boy that was good. I'm full and sleepy.

Daddy, will you put me in my pajamas please?

I'm ready for bed....

I am so cozy, but dreaming of touchdowns...

The Cowboys making touchdowns.....

I love that furry kitty

I love my mommy and daddy

Daddy I don't need to burb! Put that bottle back in my mouth, NOW!

NOW!