Up to Date

I have toyed with the idea to stop blogging. I am just never finding the time/desire to do it. My mother has told me this is unacceptable. I decided to try and recommit to doing a weekly update probably on Tuesdays. For this post I have to update the last 4 months and then next week I can start with new material.

April- Finished up working at my old school tutoring for the TAKS test, all the kids I tutored passed and I was happy to be done and back at home with Kate. Finished up my first trimester and started feeling normal again.

May- First real traumatic event in parenting, Kate sliced her finger open on a mandolin slicer in the kitchen, we spent 5 hours in the ER, she got her first xrays, stitches and antibiotics. We went to a hand surgeon who said everything looked good and Kate was very resilient through the whole ordeal (she has recovered beautifully, you can't tell anything happened!). We also took our first plane trip to go visit our friends the Slinkards at their new home in South Dakota. Kate did well and we had a great time! We finished up the month by finding out that we were expecting a BOY!

June- The beginning of the month started out pretty slow, celebrated my birthday and started to prepare for our trip to North Carolina! At the end of the month we made our bi-annual trek to the East Coast to spend 2 weeks at the beach in NC. We had such a great time. Kate LOVED the beach!

July- Still at the beach, we celebrated my parents 30th anniversary with a fabulous party and we were so sad to go! Later on in the month we had a visit with Erin and Barry and Kate's cousins Leslie and Calla. The visit was good although it was a traumatic week for Kate. She had a mosquito bite that swelled her eye to look like a red golf ball, she had her first ear infections, and threw up for the first time, all in one week!

August, so far- We made an impromptu visit to Lake Martin, Alabama to visit the Slinkards while they were down South, and celebrated Jonathan's 30th birthday. Our main events for the rest of the month mostly revolve around getting ready for Baby Boy Peden. We hope to decide on a name very soon! Kate starts Mother's Day Out 2 days a week next week. I am sad and excited at the same time. I know she will love it!

Here are some pictures from the last 4+ months...

Kate is a little messy when she eats.

Kate and her best bud Reagan. You can see her bandaged hand in this picture.

Playing at the Splash Pad with Daddy. One of her favorite activities of the summer.

This is what her smile looks like when she says "cheese".