Kate

Here is a copy on the invitations I made for Kate's birthday party. It looks much better in real life. My scanner sucks. They turned out pretty cute though. I embossed the birthday cake and the ribbon is brown velvet. I really should do stuff like this more often! :)

I just love this picture of Kate. It shows her sweet personality. I can't believe she'll be one on Sunday! She's getting so big, and changing so fast! It's kink of hard to tell in the picture, but her hair has dark tips and blonde roots. I think she's going to be a blondie with curls. Her hair just curled like that when I put it up.

This is a goofy picture, but she's showing off her new teeth. She's up to four now, two on top and two on bottom.


I love my sweet little Kate-Abella (as Kaden calls her) a.k.a. Kate Isabella Juanita Marita Jose Blanch (as my father-in-law calls her)!

Such exciting things are about to happen!!

I just can't contain my excitement! Next Friday, the 25th, Brent will get his "big raise" at work. And I mean BIG. This is what we have been waiting 3 1/2 years for! Seriously, our income is about to double. Hooray!!!

Secondly, but not any less exciting.... On the 29th, Heidi, Devin, and Corey will be moving back to Eagar from Idaho!!!! I can't wait! I've missed them so much the last two years!

And one last thing... Another birthday shout-out.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!! Well, on Monday, anyway. I love you so much! Thanks for being such a great mom! You're the best! XOXOXO

Happy Birthday!

Brent had a birthday on Thursday. He turned 27! Happy Birthday, my Brentus! I love you so much! Thanks for being such a great father and husband. You're stinkin' AWESOME!

hee hee! :)

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to post and say Merry Chirstmas to everyone. I'm headed up to Eagar today until tomorrow. Heidi, Devin and Corey are visiting from Idaho! I'm SOOOOOOOOO excited to see them!!! It's been over a year since the last time I saw them. Then my in-law's are coming to our house on Sunday for Christmas. That is, everyone but Danae (Brent's youngest sister). She just reported to the MTC on Wednesday. :( She'll be there for 8 weeks then she's headed to Portland Oregon sign language mission. Anyway, have a great Christmas!! Hope Santa's good to you! :)

Thanksgiving and Stuff

We went to my parent's for Thanksgiving, and had a fun time. I haven't been up to Eagar in a while, and I've really missed my mom! Kate has started crawling everywhere, and pulling herself up to standing. She also has two teeth on the bottom now, and two more soon to come on the top. She said "da da" a few days ago too. That made Brent pretty happy. Kaden is loving preschool and has also started a weekly playdate with a few of his friends in the ward. He has more of a social life than I do! :) Anyway, I haven't posted any pics in a while, so I thought it was time. Here goes...

Here's a few pictures of Halloween. Kaden was a firefighter and Kate was a flower. They had so much fun.

Kate's been crawling all over the place. I found her the other day just sitting next to the wall, like she was posing for a picture, so of course I had to take a few!

And here's a few pics I took of the kids today. I was trying to get a descent one for Christmas cards, but it is SO hard to get them to both look at the camera at the same time!! The top one is my fave.

My baby's growing up so fast!

Kate had her Dr appointment on Thursday last week. She now weighs 13 lbs 3 oz at nine months old. She's in the 25th percentile for her head and length, but still not on the growth chart for her weight. The good news is that her growth curve has gone up instead of dropping like last time! YAY!!! The high calorie supplement I've been adding to her baby food must be working! Her Dr was very pleased with hor progress, especially since she's been so much more mobile lately. (I guess that's when most babies really start to slow down on their growth about this time because of using so much energy moving instead of growing.) So yeah, she's started doing a traditional crawl a little bit, as well as the army crawl she's so good at. Yesterday she pushed herself up from laying down to sitting. She's not pulling up to standing yet, but I think that's coming soon. Also, she got a tooth! Her first one! And I've been bitten with it already. Yeeeoooooooww!

Since I've been talking about Kate so much lately, I thought I would include a funny story about Kaden. The other day he found a white fuzz ball on the floor. He picked it up and said "Look mom! I found the Holy Ghost's nose!" I said "Oh, okay. You can throw it away if you want." Kaden said "NO!" He looked so offended, like he couldn't believe I actually suggested that, and he stuck the Holy Ghost's nose (ie a fuzz ball) in his pocket. I couldn't help but laugh. He is just so darn cute!

The Joys of Motherhood

While I think that motherhood is, overall, a joyfull experience, there are times when it is pure bliss! Times in the life of your young child that it seems you'll never be happier in life then right at that very moment. I had one of those moments last week. Kate said her first word! And it was....................................

MA MA!!!

It was the cutest thing ever. She was sitting on the floor playing a few feet away from me and all of a sudden she just belted out "ma ma!" She said it a few more times too, to show off for daddy when he got home from work. Kaden said Dada first, so it was fun to have Kate to say mama first. I love all the baby milestones... laughing, sitting, crawling, walking... but this has got to be my favorite! It certainly made my day and made for one very happy momma! I love my sweet little angel kids!