Thanksgiving 2010 - Part Two

In addition to having a great time over Thanksgiving, it turns out Katie hit a few milestones while we were in Michigan. First, Katie started sitting up on her own the week before Thanksgiving. She had been practicing this in her bumbo chair for months so we knew she could do it!

In addition to sitting, Katie started officially crawling on the day after Thanksgiving. Now that she knows how to get around she is always on the move. In fact, she is even experimenting with getting off her knees and onto her feet.  She will be walking before we know it!

Another big move that happened over Thanksgiving was that Katie learned to clap. Grandma Marti did patty-cake with her a few times and before we knew it she was mimicking her and clapping all the time! She is still working on being able to "roll it," though. :)

 Now here are some final adorable shots of our quickly growing little girl's Thanksgiving weekend!

First Thanksgiving - Part One

Katie spent her first Thanksgiving in Michigan with tons of extended family and she had a ball! Grandma Marti could hardly wait to get her hands on her again and she swooped her off almost as soon as we stepped off the plane! 

Katie also spent lots of time with her Aunt Danni and Aunt Spencer. She had a blast becoming "one of the girls."

Although she was monopolized by her Grandma and Aunts, Grandpa Joe and Great Grandpa Bob managed to get their time with her too. :)

 Her Great Grandpa Bob played his guitar and sang to her. She loved it!

 We had a nice Thanksgiving spread. 

Katie enjoyed eating mashed potatoes for the first time. She doesn't like baby food but she does like grown-up food!

After dinner it was time for a nap. No one was able to get her down so her Great-Grandpa Bob took her and rocked and sang her to sleep. It is pretty special that she has a Great-Grandpa that is still so good with babies!

 

I'm wrapping up Part one with some of the many shots we got of Katie over the weekend. More to come in a few days with Part two!