Happy Halloween!

We had a lot of fun today. We went to the church for the fall festival and then came home for the trick or treaters. It seemed she had a good time too.

Catching up

Wow! What a whirlwind of the past couple of weeks. Catherine luckily has been great, other than really dry skin and a persistent cough at night. Jonathan and I on the other hand have had better days. But I won't go into that illness. We're good now and back at work. Jonathan is actually on call this week but so far no calls! He's preparing for a big presentation on his patient in the next few weeks so he's been pulling some late nights. I have started a new job. I'm still doing psychiatry but am at a different practice now. I have a lot less stress there and am really happy with the change even though I have increased my hours. Here are some pictures of us recently.

Catherine loves to tell stories and gets real comfortable in her high chair in doing so.

Jacob and Rhiannon were such big helpers when they visited. They kept Catherine entertained for hours.

I'm not sure who has the bigger mouth.

Catherine is ready for her bedtime story


Daycare said she needed shoes so here's her first time wearing her Pedipeds. Good thing because she quickly went from crawling to standing and to cruising (very little right now)


This was when she had viral exanthem


Cheese ball

Go CATS

Jonathan and I finally going on our anniversary dinner a month late

Catherine didn't know what her teeth were capable of

Now she will have a reminder of her destruction the rest of her life with this bed

Movie star

Getting ahead for medical school by reading mom and dad's text books

Fall Fun

While our family was visiting we all went to Gross Farms. We all went on the hayride and then Jacob and Rhiannon (our nephew and niece) went through the corn maze, pumpkin jump, and playground. It was a wonderful day!


Catherine with her cousins

Such a big girl with the pumpkins, she liked the hay even more

On the hayride with dad...

and mom

Loving the wagons

Game Time

She is crawling everywhere now. She likes to crawl with her knees off the ground too. I'll try to get that video soon.


Here are some of her silly faces...

Where's Catherine?

There are all kinds of toys at our house from having our church group over. She has thoroughly enjoyed the new toys.

Poor Baby

So we've had a stint of illnesses over the past 3 weeks. Catherine had a virus and was out of daycare for nearly a week, which meant I was off work. She was better for about 2 weeks then this Thursday it all started again. She has been teething with her 3rd tooth which could be contributing to her crankiness. I may be taking her to the doctor tomorrow depending on what information I get from the nurse.
Otherwise, Catherine loves to eat all kinds of vegetables, fruits, and well whatever we give her from our plates. She is crawling, pulling up to stand. She says 'dada' and 'mama'. She loves to sing and play in the bath. She still sleeps through the night which is such a blessing.
This is my last week at my current job and I'd like to not miss it (well in a way). I start a new job still doing psychiatric PA but at a private practice. I'm really excited about the change. Jonathan is working hard in his residency. He stays late, works on the weekends, takes call... But he really is enjoying getting to do different procedures now. So that's what is going on in our house lately. Y'all come see us, or to avoid a sick baby at least call.

Catherine sneaking a nap with Dad.


Posing for Mom

"Come play with me"

Waving

Cheesing at the camera

Diaper-free time due to the horrific diaper rash she got while at daycare

I can't help taking pictures of her while she sleeps. She's too precious.

Random Photos

Sorry it's been a couple of weeks. Here are some random shots from after the pool, sleeping with dad, eating and crawling!!!!

I'm so excited

This is Catherine in sheer excitement about getting a new toy. It was hilarious seeing her bury her head down and giggle.


Here she is with her new stacker. She does really well and actually tries to put the donuts on the stick.

Happy baby after her nap. Look closely at her right eye...she fell on the kitchen floor and bit her lip and her eye bruised up for a couple of days. So sad.

Pool Party

So this is Catherine's first time in her pool. It took her a bit to warm up to playing in the pool so I edited out the part where she just sat there. She really enjoyed herself though. Check out the reddish hair.