Easter

We had a great Easter this year. We are always grateful for the opportunity to begin traditions with our little family.

A few of Katelyn's Easter spoils.

Katelyn's Easter dress. We also did the curlers again on Sunday morning. Her hair turned out super cute!
I asked her to sit down and say cheese. She did a very good job.

We are very grateful for Easter and the chance to celebrate our Savior's resurrection and atonement. We know that because of Him, we all can live together forever as an eternal family, which makes theses traditions even more important!

Katelyn's Chores

Katelyn loves to help mommy. I recently got her a stool from Ikea. At first, I wondered why I would want her to reach more things, but now, I have put her to work! She can reach the washing machine better and loads it by herself. I just have to make her a pile of clothes, and she does all the work for me. She also can turn off the lights when she leaves the room. She just runs and grab her stool and flips the switch.

Katelyn is also in charge of taking pictures of the two of us. Isn't this a flattering photo?

Okay, maybe not so much. But she does like to grab the camera and say cheese. All of her pictures turn out like the one above. Who knows, maybe some art studio will think that she is a genius and the prints will be worth millions. Maybe.

Car Seat Cover

I decided to make a car seat cover from my left-over quilt fabric. I finished it today during Katelyn's nap. Here are some pictures of the finished product.

And we already have a baby to go in it! Katelyn love to buckle and unbuckle her doll from the car seat. I'm glad the cover is finished so the baby doll can have a nice place to sleep!

Curlers

When I was a little girl, my mom would curl my hair either using Hot Sticks or the foam, sleep-in curlers. I decided to try it out with Katelyn. So, last night I got her in the tub, got her all ready for bed and then put the foam curlers in her hair. She looked pretty cute, so we took some pictures.

I then put Katelyn to bed. About an hour after she went to sleep, I went in to cover her up and make sure she was comfy. She was very sound asleep.... with no curlers!! Where were her curlers?Take a closer look.

She was sleeping on them. What a silly girl. I guess we will have to try them on Sunday morning instead of Saturday night!

Braids

Katelyn sat so still this morning to get her hair done. The result.....two awesome french braids.

Braided and in shorts. We are all ready for summer!

My Little Helper

I can't believe how big Katelyn is getting. I went through her old baby clothes during General Conference and cried a little because my sweet little baby is now a sweet big girl. She loves to hang out with me. Anytime I am in the kitchen, she wants to sit on the counter to she can see what I am doing. She helps me cook, do the dishes, pour the laundry soap in the washer, and load the dryer. She can do her puzzles all by herself, but prefers to do them nestled in my lap on the floor. She says "I love you" all the time and melts my heart with her hugs and kisses. She loves when daddy comes home and tickles her until she squeals. She knows the names of all her little friends and can tell me whose house we are traveling to by looking out the car window. She says "hi" to strangers in the grocery store and then asks me what their names are. Every night, I give goodnight kisses to Katelyn, bear, puppy, baby, other bear and then Katelyn again. She thinks I am really funny! She loves to hold hands. She goes down the slide on her belly, feet first, because she is brave enough to go down but not brave enough to look. At our missionary meeting this week, Katelyn wandered around the high council room singing, "I am a Child of God." The Bishop was impressed by how well she carries a tune. She loves to pray and takes her turn saying the blessing on the food. She knows who Jesus is in pictures and points Him out to me. I really love my big girl. She makes me happy and helps me remember how much Heavenly Father loves each of His children.

OSU!

My friend has this OSU cheerleader outfit. It is Katelyn's size, so we put her in it and took a couple pictures. I couldn't get her to take her toothbrush out of her mouth, but she is cute anyway. I tried to get her to put her hands up like she was cheering.

And then I told her to kick her leg.

What a cutie pie! Thanks Kortney. It will be fun to take pictures of baby girl #2 in a few years and compare them! Go Bucks!