Katie's Blessing

We are going to bless Katie on the 29th of November. It will be at our parents ward in St. George at 1:00 p.m. We are going to have a little brunch from 10:30 to 12:00 at The Stuart Home, for all who would like to come. We are excited to see you all and hope that many of you can make it. I realize however that it is short notice and Thanksgiving weekend, but we would love to have you there if you can make it.

The Stuarts
1155 W. Bloomington Dr. S. #6
St. George Utah 84790

Manzanita Chapel
3519 Manzanita Rd.
St. George, Utah 84790

The ZOO

We went to the Zoo on Veterans Day. It was CRAZY, but we had a lot of fun. We went with the cousins Maya and Ella (Tiersa's kids).
Adam and Kevin being silly at the turtle exhibit
Tiersa had been trying to get Katie to smile and while they all went into the Monkey place, I got a lot of HUGE smiles, she is so chunky now and I love that she interacts just a little bit.

Notice that we are wearing summer clothing. I guess even though it is NOVEMBER we just have to get used to the fact that we will never ever ever cool down (although I must say I really hate snow so I am okay with not dealing with all that white stuff).

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Our Pumpkin Family

I hope you all don't mind that I am just now posting pictures of our pumpkin night. I find that blogging is about 99th on the list of 100 things to do.

Katie

I have lots of pictures to post, but for now this is for those of you who have been asking for pictures of Katie. I love how alert she is in this picture.

Overwhelmed and Grateful

I almost don't know what to write but I know that I need to get the thoughts out of my head before getting back into bed. I just read here about a friend of mine whose little 5 year old boy passed away. He was and always has been severely handicapped and completely dependent upon his parents and those around him. I used to always think that it would be so hard to have a child like that where you took care of him/her 24/7, but I am telling you, this little boy, Tyson, was amazing. He had curly curly hair and when you would talk to him his eyes would light up. You could see him smile even if his mouth didn't move. His parents loved and adored him. Honestly how could you not. No one knows what trials they will face on this earth or what we will have to overcome, but with the Lord's help we can endure them well and hopefully become like Christ and like little Tyson... humble, meek and full of love. Who can ever complain again about getting up in the middle of the night to feed their baby or console a child... I am so grateful for what I have and will work hard at not begrudging the task at hand. Hopefully I can continue to learn and take whatever I am handed with a grateful heart and an open mind. Tyson is in a better place now free from his mortal body, one day to be resurrected and reunited with his eternal family. Thank goodness for the gospel and the knowledge of God's plan. Life is beautiful.

Miss Katie's First Bath

A few pictures

Kevin got this cement truck from Grandma and Grandpa Endsley for his birthday, he absolutely loves it.

Kevin thanking Grandma Endsley for his gift.

Baby Katie and Mommy just chillin' while Kevin naps on his birthday

Grandma Stuart made Kevin's Birthday cake for him and let him lick the spatula... I love how he kinda lookes like a puppy dog
Kevin had a big Balloon Birthday Chair for his little birthday party, he really loved it, he even got chocolate all over some of them.

The plan was to put a big #2 on it with frosting, but I forgot to have my Mom save out some frosting to color it yellow or something and in the end it was all chocolate frosting, so we did a little creative thinking and this is what we came up with.

Kevin hates to have his hands dirty, so he is showing me his dirty hand so I will wipe it off for him.

Two Years Old

I am so happy today!!! It is Kevin's 2nd birthday and he is such a happy little two year old. I can't believe that he is as big as he is. He is constantly talking and he is always crackin' us up. I love him so much. Happy Birthday Kevin. May your day be full of these kind of smiles.

Updates

Aunt Andi holding baby Katie. Andi was in the room when Katie was born, and we realized today that she never got a picture taken with her. SAD!! So here it is (Andi is pregnant with twins so she is VERY much in BABY mode)
Katie sprawled out after her late afternoon feeding. By the way this child is a POOP machine. She goes every time I feed her. Crazy girl.

This was the day that we brought Katie home. We had not really forced Katie on Kevin, rather we let him show interest as he was ready. He was sitting next to our sister in law Vicki while she held the baby and very naturally he showed interest in holding her. It was priceless. He was so timid and in awe of the whole thing. Now he gets mad when he can't hold her, he LOVES his baby sister.


Are you kidding me... he used to fit in this car seat!!! Everyone told me that I would be shocked at how big Kevin would seem after I had Katie, and it is so true. In fact the day before I had Katie, I held Kevin in my arms and cuddled him like he was my tiny baby. But I really was taken back by how blown up he looks compared to Katie. HE'S HUGE. But I still love holding him.

Prior to this picture Kevin tried to sit in Katie's car seat with the handle up. He sat down on the front of the car seat and his weight threw the car seat forward and the handle smacked him in the head. It was funny and sad all at the same time.