Blankets

Abram has discovered the joy of a warm fuzzy blanket. He likes to find a corner, or bucket in this case, and curl up under the blanket. This works great until Katie finds the blanket and decides she wants under it also.

Up She Goes

Katie has decided that crawling isn't good enough anymore. She is moving onto the standing area. She especially likes to do that after naps in her crib.

Guess I asked for it...

This started out as a simple video showing Katie crawling around (one of her newly acquired and rapidly developing skills) and turned into a possible submission for America's Funniest Home Videos. Also the constant babble, yep she's a girl.

Side note, this marks our 100th posting!

We are Big Kids Now

Abram's hair had gotten a little bit too long and we no longer felt comfortable cutting it ourselves. So we made an appointment with Mrs. Doris for Abram to get a big boy haircut. Here he is with the new do:Katie decided she was ready to be a big girl all of a sudden. In the past week, she has started to really crawl, hold her own cup, feed herself small finger food, and just today Grammy found her standing in her crib after a nap. She is going to be walking way too soon.

The girl can eat.

Katie can hold her own when it comes to food. If you notice the green everywhere is avocado, which she enjoys!

I think I'll just go straight to walking

The other day brother Marc came by to hang out and play with the kids. Abram enjoyed this thoroughly. But Katie got some good playtime in also. She has been making the early signs of crawling, even taking several crawl steps at a time. The best way I've been able to put it is that when you put her down and walk out of the room, she won't be in the same place when you come back (this also means she doesn't get put down by herself much anymore). This has all come about in the last week and a half. But even more interesting is what she has decided to do in the last 3-4 days, pull up and try to stand. Here is Marc helping her take a couple of steps. Sorry for poor lighting. And you listen real closely, you might even make out an upset Abram in the background.

Fair Time

The North Carolina Mountain State Fair came to town this week. We took the opportunity to visit all the animals and collect some free stuff. It was a good outing. Abram go to see some of the animals up close and Katie had a blast watching all the people.

Katie and Papaw's First Dance

Our good friend Amy got married last weekend. Papaw and Katie got to hang out while Mommy directed the wedding and Daddy chased Abram. Papaw and Katie got to do a little dancing and so did Landon.

Fletcher Family Fun

Almost bedtime at the Fletcher's. Everyone piles on the bed to hang out and have a little fun before the bedtime routine begins. Daddy decided to pull out the camera this night to catch a shot of the fun.

Six Months Old and Ready to Go

Katie turned 6 months old and it seems as if she can't be held back anymore. She is sitting up like a champ and just this weekend decided it was time to crawl...so she has been up on her hands and knees trying to get the coordination going to make herself move. She does a pretty good job until something doesn't move right and she falls on her face. Mommy and Daddy are just waiting until they have two active toddlers on their hands. They are afraid it will be much sooner than later.

Breakfast in a Box

Just a swingin'....

One of the local parks has a great swing set we took advantage of the other day.

Such a big girl

Katie has figured out how to sit up. She is doing a really good job with it until she gets tired and then falls to one side or the other.

King Abram and Cowgirl Katie

Since we've been too lazy, i.e. too wore out to write anything on a consistent basis, double post madness!

Abram and the Oreos

After dinner one night we broke out the Double Stuff Oreos. Now I like to take two of them, take off one cookie from each and make one Quadruple Stuff Oreo. Mandi says it's near sacrilege to leave extra cookies. I say they make great snacks for Abram. Here's a video showing his love of dipping cookies in milk.