Huge Blonde Moment

Thursday I headed down with Jason, to Meeteetse to spend the day with a friend. Jason has been working there for last couple of weeks and wanted the company of his wife. So, after he was done working for the day, he took his wife and daughter out to the Cowboy Bar for some food. I however had the car so I drove after picking him up. We had a good meal in a quiet restaurant and went to load up the car. Again I drove the 2 blocks to my friend's house, but something just wasn't right. Jason had the dome light on and was reading the local paper. As I pulled up into the driveway, it dawned on me, I didn't have my lights on! Oh well, it's a quiet little town and nothing happened. As I pull out Katelyn, the sheriff's truck pulls up behind me. We know the sheriff and his wife was at Faith's so we thought he was coming to see her. Jason makes the joke about giving me a ticket for not having my lights on. Well, that's what he was coming for! He saw me drive away and drove 60 mph to catch up to me, doing 30 in town, to come and capture the possible DUI he was thinking I was. I was so embarrassed. His wife came out as we drove up and poked fun, but only because her husband is the type that would give her a ticket and probably has. Thankfully, he was nice enough not to give me a ticket, but I have a feeling I won't be able to live this one down the next time I see him.

My Little Stinker

Today was Katelyn's 9 month Dr.'s appointment. I was curious to see how much she weighed and how tall she was. But it was also going to be a bittersweet appointment, due to her getting her shots. Last time, we had a dire time trying to get her calmed down and go to sleep at night and she ran a fever. So this time, I covered her with prayer and believed that nothing would happen. Praise God, she is in a great mood and has slept for 3 hours today, which is unusual for her. By the way, she is 17lbs 3oz, 25th percentile on her chart but she's 27 inches tall and still toothless. I put her in her new Jenny Jump Up for some play time and this is what I found. I just had to capture it. It looked hilarious with her jumping and her hands on her legs. We have such a clown. The nurses had a hard time sticking her with needles when she smiled at them. And how could you not...

She is a little chatty cathy. Da da da da is a common word during the day, but when it comes to night time and the crying begins, ma ma ma comes out. When Tucker walks by, da or ta comes out. We are both so amazed at how smart she is at such a young age and how much she has learned in such a short time. Food of any type is welcome with an open mouth along with the sippy cup. Hard to believe that we are into February already and in 3 months she will have her 1st birthday!

9 Months!

Raise your hand if you're tired of seeing my same two posts for January. Okay, you can all put them down. Time for something new.

January was pretty uneventful for us. Jason helped our friends, Mark & Amy Law, with their house. Mark has been working alone on finishing their home and needed some help taping and painting. Katelyn and I accompanied him a couple of times to keep their two boys and Amy company. Their youngest son Wesley is a day older than Katelyn. It was fun reconnecting with them and getting to know Amy better. Their oldest son William seemed to take a liking to me and told Jason, that when he came the next day, he had to bring his wife and baby.

This last weekend we ventured up to Billings for the wedding of Jason's cousin Jennifer. It was the smallest wedding I've ever been to, with only 40 people in attendance. Things weren't done in the usual manner at this affair. Jennifer and Brandon have been living together in Florida, but decided to come up to Billings to be married. This is where the majority of their families live. They had planned to just get married at the court house, but I think people stepped in and decided that they needed a regular wedding. So a wedding was thrown together in the last month and even down to the wire. Invitations weren't even sent out, so it was a word of mouth ceremony. It was still nice and somewhat personal. Jason's sister Malissa was asked to do the pictures, which she does a wonderful job at, but they both weren't really into the pictures as much as she and I were. But, she made do and took enough to get some good ones. Jason was in charge of the music and sound and did a wonderful job. The wedding started at 4pm and was cleaned up and everyone was gone by 8pm. The couple, having lived together already, weren't in a hurry to get their hotel room as other young couples are, (which I think is a shame) but they decided to go to some local bars and party with some of their friends in their wedding attire. The rest of us went home to our beds.

Malissa is just in love with her niece and always ends up taking a million pictures of my girl and thankfully, shares them with us through the web. When she wants to be in the frame, I get to take the pictures. Oh, to have a really nice camera!
These were taken on Katelyn's 9 month birthday, at the rehearsal.

Giving mommy Kisses This picture is so cute. They bribed Katelyn with the microphone she was playing with and dangled it above Malissa's head to get her to smile. She has such an infectious smile.