Update

Katie Bug
Yesterday was Kate's Half Birthday! I can't believe she is already 6 months old and is now closer to being a one-year-old than she is to being a newborn.

I love this picture of Kate even though she isn't smiling because to me it looks the most true to what she looks like in everyday life (except that her hair is usually very messy in real life). It is an image like the ones I have of her in my head that I want to freeze forever. She spends a lot of time just looking around and observing. Unless you interact with her one-on-one that is, and then she lights up and is very giggly and smiley.


Kate is rolling all over the place and pretty close to sitting up, but isn't quite there. She is getting more and more fun every day as her little preferences start to shine through. I can no longer be on the computer or eat with her in on my lap because she just goes crazy trying to get the keyboard or my food. It is fun to see her start to really like certain things.


Thanksgiving
Some friends invited us to their place for dinner and everyone had a great time. Here is Kate watching football with Dad.



It is hard to tell in the picture, but her hair is getting pretty long and is in her eyes most of the time. So by the end of the evening our friend, who is a hair cutter, was nice enough to trim up the extra long hairs in the back and give her some bangs so that her hair isn't in her eyes anymore. She looks like such a big girl now!


Later that evening we decided to give her a taste of Thanksgiving so Kate got sweet potatoes for her first food. She ended up eating the whole jar. Here is the video (and a good shot of her new haircut)


Paul, Halloween, and Everything else
Paul still keeps us going. Lately he's been really into trains which means I spend most of my time building tunnels and bridges for him out of blocks.






I can't not post a picture of Paul as Mickey Mouse for Halloween. I think it was the highlight of his year. I wasn't even going to dress him up, but some friends let us borrow their boy's Mickey Mouse costume and Paul was in heaven. He wore it all night long at the church Halloween party and never even tried to take the gloves or hat off. The rest of the weekend he kept asking to be Mickey Mouse.



There is finally some snow on the ground and Paul is loving it. He wakes up every morning asking if he can go outside. He loves to hear the snow crunch under his feet. Unfortunately for him I'm not so eager to get him and Kate and myself all bundled just for the adventure, but sometimes he gets lucky and we head on outside. Here are a few shots of us enjoying the snow.





And here is my wonderful family