Christmas Day

We managed to get a picture of the whole family after opening presents and heading out for my parents for the big gathering of the day.

Major Catch-up....Christmas 2007

Christmas Eve's schedule allowed "the gang" to get together. There are six of us from high school that manage to get together when time allows. Holidays are always a good time as it brings our two out of towner's back to home. The Harber kids and Caitlyn enjoyed some time away from brunch to run the halls of McMenamins Kennedy School. Molly was able to get away from the house with the newest addition to their family.

If you are a friend/family and are curious who is who send me an e-mail....just don't want to post names of others kiddos.

How Lazy Have I Been!

Well, how lazy have I been on posting updates of Caitlyn. Since our computers are not working with the network setting and lack of time to correct the problem I seem to keep putting updates off because of the extra step of moving pictures to my computer. I can not believe it has been so long since my last posting. I am going to attempt to catch everyone up a bit this week. I have a few weeks before we head off to Christmas in July with only work and one Harley ride going on. So get ready to keep checking for new postings. And my goal is to keep on top of things the rest of the year. I am so jealous of my old grade school friend Rachel that is so awesome about keeping a "real" blog with almost daily updates and she has a new baby too! I love checking in on her life and all the kidos every few days.

So keep checking things out the next week or so, and then remember to check back on a regular basis to see what we are up to.

Cheers!

No more crib

On December 1st we finally conceded and changed the crib over to the regular bed rail. It didn't seem to matter how low the mattress was lowered our little dare devil would still climb over the rail and lower herself to the floor. Here she is posing with her favorite (manditory) bed things...her blanket and binkie.

Thanksgiving fun with big brother Kyle

Caitlyn loves her brothers and really loves when she has a chance to get in some play time with them. Here she is playing hide 'n seek with Kyle after Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma & Grandpa's.

First Visit with new Twin Cousins

On November 10th we made a trip to Roseburg to visit with the newest members of our family. Mike's niece continued with the "twin gene" with the arrival of a son & daughter. (Mike's brother & sister are twins)
Caitlyn was very taken with her new cousins Reagan & Keaton. Here she is helping hold Keaton.

Pirate Caitlyn

As some of you know one of the very first things Caitlyn said was "Arrggg" because of a favorite show of hers. We thought it only fitting that she share her pirate greeting with all the other trick or treaters.
Having a store bought costume is not something I ever had as a child because I was blessed with a mom that was so talented she would make the best costumes for me each year. Because of the great quality of my costumes nearly all of them have been saved for the other grandkids to use when wanted. This year Caitlyn's costume was a creation from part of the gypsy costume I wore when I was 5 I believe. With some creative stitching I was able to alter the shirt to fit Caitlyn. The vest was also part of the gypsy outfit and was an easy fix in making it smaller. The pirate hat was from our last trip to Jamaica during a visit to Margaritaville. Add a parrot to carry around and we were set. The perfect pirate costume.