The McKethan Family: 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

Halloween 2011

Slowly but surely I will catch up! My little "Angelina Ballerina" had a fantastic Halloween! She loved dressing up...oh, and the candy! However, we need to work on our trick or treating skills. She didn't make it past our neighbors Mel and Maggie's house!

Posing with Payton

She concentrated very hard on decorating her pumpkin.

Love this pic of Kate and Daddy

NuNu may not appreciate me posting this pic...but I just had too! Oh the things Grandmothers will do for their Grandchildren!

Build A Bear

When we brought Kate home from the hospital we were trying to think of something fun to do with this brave little girl that had just been through way too much... and we remembered a gift card our dear friends Jordan and Courtney had given Kate for her birthday. What a perfect time to use it! It was just what we all needed...a little normalcy and a smiling baby girl!

We tested out all the bears and touched each one...literally

Kate chose her bear and we watched as "Lovey" got her heart and stuffing.

tested her out in the stroller...it was pure luck we made it out of the store without the stroller

And to Kate's house she goes where she sleeps in her bed every night!

Summer Fun

Bare with me...I am still playing catch up. :)

I downloaded the pictures from my camera and phone to the computer and I am ready to go now! I found a few more vacation pictures and some pictures from our backyard water fun!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Gulf Shores Vacation!

A vacation to Gulf Shores was just what we needed! It was a relaxing vacation spent with family. We stayed in an amazing condo, located on a beautiful golf course, that was a short walk to the ocean. I was a little nervous about the long car ride to get there, but Kate was a trooper! She LOVED the ocean and everything that Gulf Shores had to offer.

Kate ran in the ocean....

She and Payton played in the waves, laughing hysterically!...

She ate snow cones and shopped...

the boys played golf...

We went to the amusement park and rode the carousel (over and over and over!)....

until Kate's cheeks were red!...

she built sand castles and hunted for shells with NuNu...

She LOVED the ocean and could have spent hours in the water. I can not wait to go back! Thank you NuNu and Papa Boone for an amazing vacation!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Bump In The Road... Pause In Blogging...

Blogging is a wonderful way to hold on to memories and give Kate something she can look back on as she grows older. It also helps to serve as her "baby book". However, we had a "bump" this Summer in Kate's road through life and I had to take a pause in blogging. Kate got sick this summer and was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I have been completely consumed with learning more about Type 1 Diabetes and how to best care for her. Every extra bit of energy I have has been given to her.
Kate has been amazing through it all! It has not slowed her down one bit. She is our blessing, strength, inspiration...our little Hero.
With that said... it is time to start blogging again! And boy do I have a lot to catch up on! Bare with me as we travel back to the Summer and hopefully by the end of Christmas break I will be caught up! :)

Thursday, July 28, 2011

The Wedding

Keith's brother Brian and Caree were married on July 16th. What a beautiful wedding it was... and so much fun! Keith was in the wedding, so my job was to keep Kate quiet and still during the ceremony (hence no actual wedding pics). :) She did a great job and was ready to cut loose at the reception. Her and Payton (her new cousin!) danced and danced. I was able to snap a few photos of the dancing!

Kate had to observe the dance floor before joining in...

I joined her a few times!

We had such a great time and are so happy for Brian and Caree! May God bless their marriage with many many many years of happiness!

4th Of July

We spent 4th of July weekend in Mineola for NuNu's birthday. But, we kicked off the weekend with our neighborhood bike parade. It was beyond HOT! Kate loved seeing the fire truck and police cars. She has become fascinated with big trucks lately.

This is her face when the fire truck turned on it's sirens!

I have several posts to catch up on... so stay tuned for Uncle Brian and Aunt Caree's wedding and vacation posts!

Friday, June 10, 2011

It's A Girl!

Rosie! Alice, one of Grandpa's horses, had a beautiful baby girl just a few weeks ago. It was perfect timing, as we were headed to Grammy and Grandpa's house the day after she was born. Kate LOVES horses and she was so excited to see baby Rosie.

Grandpa held her so we could get a good look at little Rosie just one day old!

Alice kept making protective Mama noises that Kate was not so sure about!

And of course we can't leave without some swing time...

Monday, May 30, 2011

2 years old!

My sweet little 5 pound baby that fit so snuggly in my arms is now 2 years old and barely fits on my lap! Each day I love that little girl more and more. It is certainly getting harder to type up these update blogs, because she has so much going on now.

I will begin with her stats...

Weight: 30lbs. (90%)

Height: 36 1/4 in. (95%)

While Kate began life 3 weeks early and for sure on the low end percentage wise for weight, height, and head... she has now grown leaps and bounds and finds herself on the high end. :)

What is she up to? Oh where do I begin!
* she is still a pretty good eater
* her favorite food is pizza..oh, and tomatoes! I have to hide them in the frig or she will eat a whole container of cherry tomatoes.
* LOVES to walk around in other people's shoes, especially high heels that click on the floor :)
* has a small crush on Robert from one of her Barney movies!
* enjoys coloring... still switching from right to left hand...even though Daddy thinks she's a lefty like him
* sometimes we catch her "reading" books to her babies
* counts to 6 consistently... sometimes she gets to 13
* all letters are "ABC"

* knows most colors
* would rather be outside playing than anything else
* her best friend is Rookie (or as she calls her "Rooker B")

* most common saying is " _____ what doin?"

I could go on and on... but those are the basics.

We are looking forward to a fun filled summer full of swimming, playing outside, trips to the spray park, visits with the Grandparents, Uncle Brian and Caree's wedding!, and a vacation to the Great Wolf Lodge and Gulf Shores!... and hopefully more blogging. :)

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Easter 2011

We had an amazing Easter weekend filled with family, friends, egg hunts, bounce houses, petting zoos, and most importantly amazing worship.

Here is the little missy dressed for church on Easter Sunday.

After church our families came over for an Easter Egg Hunt and a delicious dinner!

Kate did so much better hunting eggs this year! Kate and Payton loaded up on lots of treats!

On Saturday (I got a little out of order loading my pictures)...we headed to church for an egg hunt, bounce houses, and a petting zoo. Kate is a bounce house pro now!

During the egg hunt Kate would go up to an egg... sit down... open the egg...and THEN put it in her basket. Needless to say, with 100 kiddos hunting eggs we didn't get many. But, she was so excited anyway! Sweet girls Payton and Rowan were nice enough to share some of theirs. :)