Friday Fun Pics - Valentine's Edition

Happy Friday! This post is in honor of my two Valentine's.  They are so special to me.  I love them with all of my heart.  I remember when Fred and I first met and he told me he could never date a girl like me because he didn't date "high maintenance" girls.  Little did he know just how high maintenance I would be :) I hope to show Kate a picture of true love every day in our home.  I am so blessed to share my life with these two (and Alli).  

Have shoes, will travel

Kate's new shoes - a little scuffed up from school.

Come on Alli, you can't be that tired from running.  Let's play! 

Entertaining mom while she gets ready for work. 

Relaxing and watching a little Baby Einstein.

Who says you can't wear a bow and play with a trash can?  Thanks Aunt Amanda!

Daddy was helping me practice my walking.

Cuddling with Daddy. 

This looks like a fun new thing to play with!

Dinner with the Girls

I have been so blessed in the last few years to be a part of a Girls' Bible Study that meets every other week. We are made up of girls (I wonder how old I'll be when I stop referring to myself as a girl?) from all different denominations and churches. We are linked by our good friend Delaney who introduced us all. She was in town last night from Birmingham (that's where she lives now) and most of us got together for dinner. We had a great time!

Learning Humbly

We are continuing the series on Sundays about only having one month to live. If you're interested in watching this sermons, click here. This week, we talked about Learning Humbly. That's a hard thing to do across the board. I am trying to learn humbly how to be the parent I want to be. A friend at church gave me the advice that the best way to teach your children about forgiveness is to ask for their forgiveness when you do something wrong. I haven't had to ask Kate for forgiveness yet, but I am sure the day is coming :)

We got Kate some new shoes this weekend. Kids' shoes are expensive! I know some of you are laughing at me now :) They are pretty cute and she's walking even more now that she has her big-girl shoes.

Friday Fun Pics

Happy Friday! As promised, here are some Friday fun pics of Kate throughout the week.  One of my jobs this weekend is addressing her first birthday invitations.  I can't believe I am already doing that.  We are also going to buy her some better walking shoes this weekend.  

Playing with kitchen utensils is a favorite past time.  

We are getting this look more and more.  Usually when we tell her not to touch something :)

Hanging out with Alli.

I don't think anyone knows I am down here.  

Learning to walk

Well, the theme of this week is learning to walk.  Despite teeth coming in, a lingering ear-infection and improper shoes (we are going to fix that this weekend), Kate seems more and more determined each day to walk.  Who can blame her?  She's got places to go and walking is the fastest way to get there.  My friend Ashley Beth is a great photographer.  She took some pictures of Kate last October.  A few of them are posted on her blog if you'd like to see them - http://ab-photography.blogspot.com.  You have to scroll down a little way.  She's been telling me about how much better my pictures will turn out if I don't use a flash.  She's right! These were taken without a flash.  Hope everyone's having a great week!

 

I think I can get to that other chair.

I was right! Watch me go! 

Love Completely

Our pastor is doing a sermon series right now about living your life as if you only had one month to live.  This week he talked about the importance of loving completely.  In relationships, we are so selfish and so busy it is hard for us to really focus on loving those most important to us.  When I think about only having one month to live, my priorities get a lot clearer.  I want to spend time with Jesus, my savior and redeemer, in hopes that I might become more like him.  I want to laugh with Fred, hold his hand and talk about nothing with him for hours.  I want to rock Kate to sleep and keep rocking her.  I want to spend time with my family and friends.  Everything else just pales in comparison.  This was a great weekend for that.  Kate was sporting her Gator football uniform for Super Bowl weekend.   When I picked her up from school on Friday, they told me she's been taking steps on her own there.  Sure enough, she can take a few steps on her own.  She's getting closer to walking every day.  My baby is growing up so fast!! 

Sure, I'm excited about the Super Bowl.  Is Tim Tebow playing?

I got Kate this little backpack as an early birthday present.  She has a matching lunch box.  I know, I am ridiculous.  I can't help myself :)