#1 - Friday, Aug 8th

Hi family and friends!
It's my first time to blog so bear with me. I plan to use this blog to keep you up to date on Katie and Baby #2 and sometimes Ric and me. We don't lead a particularly exciting life so the blogs might be a little dull at times, but I thought you might want to know what goes on with us daily. I'm going to try to blog every other day or so.

Today Katie did something new that showed her blossoming independence. For the first time, she told me what she wanted to wear rather than me asking her or just picking something out. She told me she wanted to wear a sundress and then told me the one with the stars (her 4th of July dress). That one was dirty so I started to pick another dress and she said "NO" (her fave word of course) and picked out the one she wanted to wear. She has good taste - she picked out one of her cutest dresses. My girl is getting so big!

We went to the kids program at our nearest Christian bookstore this morning. Taylor, Baby Landon, and Brayden joined us there. Katie enjoyed singing Hokey Pokey, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Father Abraham. She didn't want to listen to the lady reading a story so she went off and read books on her own. After the program, we went to Rubio's for lunch with Rachael, Taylor & Baby Landon. We then hit Katie's new favorite spot on the way home...the library. She loves it there. She goes right for the puzzles and then the videos. We got about 10 new books and 3 videos so we're set for the next few weeks. After naptime, Daddy will join us at Gymboree for open playtime. Katie has been asking all week to go to Gymboree.

Well, that's about it for today. TTFN (Ta-Ta For Now)!