happy birthday katie!

what fun it was today celebrating katie's first birthday! we had fun with the family today and loved how katie liked her little dolly.... so sweet! meredith is still talking about the party and wants another birthday party NOW!

theodore is 5 months old!

so what is our little 5 month old doing these days?

he is learning to sit up!
he is interested in the details on his toys and loves playing the drum.
he is reaching up for momma to pick him up!
he is a social butterfly with smiles and rants to all his immediate fans!
he loves to keep his eye on his big sister.... she is so cool that no matter what she does, he will smile and cheer for her!
he is starting to 'steal' things from mommy... grabbing my water glass, and things in hand!

apple picking

we enjoyed a sunny day by going to our favorite apple orchard. the trees were so full of apples and incredibly sweet. meredith savoured her apples right from the tree, and is finally learning that you don't eat them once they've fallen on the ground! it was nice to have nana with us today too and reminiscing about how much papa loved the orchard too! we had to take a photo of us sitting on the ground just like last year when we took a break with papa to finish a few apples before eating cider and donuts!