Fun-filled Friday

Thursday after our trip to Tennesse, I kept Katie and cousin Anna. The lady that watches them took a week of vacation. We went to Jumpzone when Shannon came to pick up Anna and they had a blast. Friday, Shannon took the day off and we went to The Museum of Discovery in Little Rock. They had a blast here as well. It has a couple different play areas for kids 6 and under. These rooms are amazing. I wish I had taken more pictures because there were boats and docks and pirate ships , construction zone, performing stage, hospital nursery and lots of other areas. Katie kind of scared me how she was crawling and climbing over everything. We are going to have to watch her closely when she starts walking because she is going to try and climb everything. She was climbing in and out and over the boat, off the side of the dock. up the stairs to the stage, up a slide and everything in between. It was amazing to see her do all this . She wasn't scared at all. She did learn to turn herself around and get off of some things feet first instead of head first. After lunch we waked around the museum a little bit and here are a few picture from our time there.

Trip to Tennessee

We came home Wednesday and made a pit stop before the last leg of the trip. Katie did awesome in the car again but had been awake for several hours in the afternoon. We decided to stop off at the Memphis zoo so that hopefully she would fall asleep after that. This is the only picture I took because there weren't a whole lot of animals out. The giraffes were walking out of their inside home when we walked up and came so close to the fence that we were at. It was really fun. Katie was watching so intently and excitedly. We also got to see the panda bears. And our plan worked Katie fell asleep in the car and slept until Little Rock. The greatest thing happened when we got home. Katie went crazy of course, crawling all over the house but then she grabbed her push walker and pulled up behind it and started walking. She had never walked forward before so Jason and I were ecstatic. She still will not let us hold her hands and walk and sometimes gets upset when we try and stand her up behind it to walk but she is getting there and I think she may walk alone before my summer is over. She has mastered walking on her knees and I hope feet will be soon.
Crazy Caroline. These girls had so much fun together. We were so glad we got to see Tommy, Anna Lisa and their girls so much this trip. It's so fun to see them play together. Caroline is a sweet older sister and cousin.

Pig tails!

Tuesday morning we headed to the Smokies again. We were able to get out at a few different places and walk around and then our last stop we hiked a little bit. Wish we could have gone more because it was beautiful but it was getting late for lunch. The trail followed a river and if we had hiked up to the beginning of the trail we would have seen a waterfall. We'll be doing this one again sometime. Katie had a blast riding on her daddy's back and enjoyed being outside so much. We made it to lunch on the way home and then my mom and I went back out to shop a little bit.

We took it easy on Saturday and Sunday. We did go into the Smoky Mountains on Sunday morning but ended up raining just about all day so we didn't get to get out and walk or hike any. We did have a really nice drive through an area in the mountains and they were very smoky. We also got to see a lot of deer and wild turkeys. Monday my dad found a place where we could rent a boat and go out on the lake for a while just for fun. I think everyone enjoyed it but Katie. She did not like the life vest. I think if she were on her feet more she would have enjoyed it more because the life vest would not have been scrunched up to her face. She was a trooper though.



These are some picture of Katie in rare form. We went out to dinner Friday night since my mom and I were too exhausted to cook anything. Katie fell asleep on the way home and didn't wake up when we got inside. My parents had to take advantage of holding a quiet and still Katie. We don't get those moments much anymore and Popeye and MeJ loved it. Sleeping babies are so precious.



Jason, Katie and I drove to Tennessee to visit my family again. Katie did wonderfully in the car this time since she was not sick. We got there on Thursday, the 10th. Friday my mom and I took the three girls to the Knoxville zoo. We had a blast and all three girls were great until we had to leave. Caroline did not want to leave the zoo. She could have stayed there all day. Here are a few pictures from the zoo. I wish I could have gotten a picture of the three of them in the car on the way home. They were all asleep within five minutes of being in the car.

One Year Pictures

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Here are just a few of the pictures from Katie's one year session. These are the one's that Misty has posted on her website. We can't wait to see the rest and I will upload some more when we get them. I can't believe how beautiful they turned out. I don't know how I am going to decide.

Our little darling

Katie had her one year check up back in the middle of June. Who would guess that she is still crazy tall for her age. She was 100% for height, a little over 33 inches, and weight, 26 lbs. and her head was about 97%. She would still be the biggest girl out of a group of 100 girls her age. I of course am loving it. With that one year check up came a cold, pink eye, ear infection in both ears and strep throat all withing the same week. This was the week Katie and I had gone out to Tennessee to visit my family. So, our little vacation consisted of a very tired and sick baby, one trip to the emergency room, one trip to the doctor, several trips to the drug store. Needless to say, it wasn't very relaxing for anyone. Since then, Katie has spent several days with me at home running errands, eating lunch with daddy, swimming, going to the Little Rock zoo, watching fireworks and swinging. We have had a pretty fun summer so far. We took some one year pictures on June 30th. I will try to post some soon. We have had a sneak peek so far on the photographers blog and can't wait to see the rest. I will put a link to her blog on our page but the site is mistyjohnson photography.com and then you would click on the box that says blog. We are going to try and go to Tennessee again this Thursday and I think this will be a much better trip and hopefully we can get some good pictures of Katie with her cousins Caroline and Grace. Oh, and Katie is doing really well walking holding to things. She wants to stand and walk so badly but just can't quite do it yet. I think she will have it down by the end of the summer.

Happy Father's Day!

Katie and her daddy on father's day. She was very sleepy when we took this, hence the fingers in the mouth.