2012.

Out with the old and in with the new! We have a lot planned for 2012.  Between balancing careers in the city and life in suburbia, it sure is busy around here! Its hard to believe that Miss Katie Bug will be turning 2 in just a couple of months. She is growing up so fast.  She is doing wonderful at school and loves her teachers as much as they love her (which makes me so happy).  She is learning so much.  After months of ear infections and being sick she finally had tubes put in last week.  It was a little scary for mom and dad, but she did great.  Now we are just looking forward to pain free ears! Poor thing had moderate hearing loss, but it is expected to return to normal.  And now that she can hear again we really expect her talking to take off even more than it already has.  She is the life of our house and there is never a dull moment that is for sure.

On the agenda for 2012~ potty training, gymnastics, swim lessons, house hunting and a move, several weddings, beach trips, and lots more to come.  Here is a fun video of Miss Kaitlin:



Dance Dance Dance from Sarah McGill on Vimeo.

Christmas 2011

Santa came to visit Kaitlin...4 times! We celebrated Christmas twice in GA and twice in WV.   Despite BJ, Kaitlin, and I all fighting sickness for several months now we really enjoyed all of our celebrations.  However...next year may be the last year we can do the traveling.  Once she is old enough to understand Santa Claus, we won't really be able to get away with 4 Christmas'.  Our families will just have to come to us. :) 

Christmas #1 in the Mountains.

Christmas #2 at our house- we couldn't travel with the big gifts from us so we had our own Christmas.

Such a happy child and so much personality.

Hot dog!

Books Books Books! And Clothes Clothes Clothes from the Beaver's clan.

Bj's sweet grandparents.

3 generations.

Little family on Christmas Day...I think we were all wiped out at this point.

Flashback: Christmas 2010

It is amazing what a difference a year can make. This is one of my very favorite pictures of Kaitlin. Her personality was really starting to shine at 9 months old. She was already full of life and enjoying being the center of attention. One year later she is still such a happy girl with the biggest smile...and still LOVES to be the center of attention.

2010

2011

Pinterest.

After months of hardly blogging at all, I'm really on a role this weekend. But I just had to share this...Pinterest is my new obsession. I don't have an ounce of craftiness in me nor the time to do most of the cute things I see on there, but its still fun to browse. I'll never be Martha Stewart (and I don't aspire to be), but this was just so easy and so cute. 2 wine bottles, white spray paint, and epsom salt.

Picture with Santa? not this year.

Well it was a sunny, 65 degree day the first weekend in December and we thought it would be perfect time to take Kaitlin to see Santa at Marietta Square.  I was worried she would be scared of him this year, and I was right. Surprisingly, not even a candy cane helped.  Luckily I managed to get a few cute pics of her running around the square.  She really loves to run and its near impossible to get any pictures while chasing after her...she also does a little jig when she gets excited.  Its so cute.

poor baby. :(

Kaitlin decorating the tree..

Santa's little helper...

One of her favorite ornaments is my ballerina from childhood.

She was able to help decorate 2 trees this year...our tree in Atlanta and my parent's when we were home for Thanksgiving. 

Its beginning to look a lot like...

Christmas?  Well at least in our house.  November has been a much needed slower month for us, so I decided to get a jump start on the Christmas decorating.  Christmas is after all my favorite time of year!  Next weekend the tree will go up since we won't be in town Thanksgiving weekend. Here are just a  few decorations...more to come.

Mantel is gorgeous all lit up with a fire in the fireplace.

Handmade Christmas stockings.

Kaitlin can't keep her hands off this display...

My table is always set even if we don't have guests...its just my thing.  Now the upsetting thing is that I can't seem to find my Christmas dishes...hopefully when we pull out the rest of the decorations I will find them.

Just a little Kitchen decor...

Lovely wine rack.