Happy February!

Hello one and all! We've had a good month at our house--hope it's been the same for all of you!
Katelyn and I have spent a lot of the month sick--ug! We just keep passing a nasty cold back and forth between each other! Katelyn started out the month with an ear infection, and is now ending the month with a double ear infection (didn't want the second ear to feel left out, dontcha know!) I am so grateful for modern medicine--after 3 days on the antibiotics she is beginning to get back to our happy-go-lucky Katy-bug! I'm finally feeling better as well--just in time for Mike to catch it! :(

Check out this video--our baby girl LOVES TV! I think it's just the changing pictures and colors--she loves screen savers and fish tanks just as much! Crazy girl! :)

And, nothing is safe anymore! Having a completely mobile baby is crazy! :) Mike likes the set up our tiny living room as a private play area for Katy-bug--he sets up the couch cushions and barricades her in! It doesn't stop her from trying to get out though!! (She can get out now--the pillows don't really work anymore!)

The things that this little goober can get into--and in the short amount of time that she can get into it! We haven't had this clean of a house in a long time! Her favorites of the week consist of keys, socks and CD's!


In addition--let me send a word to the wise--lower your crib mattresses well before you think you should! We waited too long, and here is the result!

When Katelyn fell out of her crib, I swear, that was the scariest thing I have ever experienced! We were blessed though--she may look bumped and bruised, but she's just fine! I'm glad that Heavenly Father watches out and makes us the difference for semi-neglectful parents!

Valentines Day was fun here at our house...Katelyn and I made a Valentines Cake for Mike and his group up at school, and we went out to the Olive Garden for our Valentines Dinner Date.

Thanks for the fun Balloon, Grandma Great!


Katelyn and I headed to Detroit on the 16th and had a working good time! Would you believe it that I didn't take one picture?! And we had all these high hopes of uploading all the before and afters to show everyone all the work we did! Oh well! I did, however, take this video and Katelyn and their puppy, Dedric. Katelyn LOVED that dog--I have never in my life been so tempted to get a dog of my own! It's pretty cute!

We're back home now and prepping for our house hunting trip and the big Thesis Defense! Mike has been working so hard and putting in lots of extra hours--and all his work is paying off! He has a practice Thesis Defense tomorrow with his group from school and then the real thing next Friday, March 9th. He's not nervous, but that's only because he's amazing! I can't believe we are almost done! Yeah Mike!!

Guess that's it! We're looking forward to March--Happy Birthday Kyman on Saturday! Enjoy the cold--we're getting warm around here, as you can tell! (Thanks Aunt Brielle for the great shopping cart cover--it keeps me clean and entertained!:)


Love you all!

Welcome to Summer! :)

Hello one and all! We hear that all you in Utah are buried under snow, and that most of you everywhere else are experiencing winter-like temperatures...may we entice you with a trip to Texas?! This has got to be one of the best times of the year--little to non-exsistant humidity and wonderful temeperatures. We've spent several mornings at the park going on walks and we've been barbequeing up a storm! Our AC has been on non-stop and it's official windows-down weather when we drive! And, as I type, I'm looking out my open window to green grass and blue, beautiful sky...anybody want to come and play?

We've had a good little while--despite Katelyn being sick! Sick babies are no fun! However, I think we have probably weathered our first ear infection and I swear there is no more runny, nasty stuff left in her nose! Katelyn also learned a new skill this week--just today in fact! She's been working and working and working on crawling--but hasn't figured out the hand/knee combo until today. Check it out--her first official crawl! (Actually, her second, we didn't get the first on tape!) We're silly, we know, but we thought that Grandma's would appreciate it as much as we did! :)



Other happenings at the Williams house...
We've started a garden! We don't have any place that we can grow anything outside, and we don't ever get direct sunlight through our windows, so we improvised. It looks sorta ghetto--but everything is growing great! We're growing a whole bunch of herbs--and we're giving peppers and tomatoes a shot. Who knows how well they will do...we're also growing lavender for the yummy smell! We're pretty proud of our plants!


We're getting excited about getting house soon! We move the first part of May and we can't wait! We'll miss everything here, but we're excited about all the new people and things we'll see in Houston. We've been working with our Realtor and checking out lots of houses online...we're going down the 2nd week of March to find our home! Yeah! Mike is really happy about his job and we feel so blessed.

Here's where Mike will be working--it's a great facility out in the middle of nowhere! Best part, he's going against traffic to and from work--no fighting all the Houston gridlock!

We had a Cub Scout Push Mobile event on Saturday--our boys had great time. We won one of our races and and lost another--it was neat!

Here's our boys with our two Pack Masters.

All things are good on the Katelyn front! You already saw that she is crawling (holy cow!) and here are some other milestones....
She gets to go shopping sitting in the cart now! We tried it this week on a whim, it was great! No more carting around that huge car seat...and now she can use the neat cover she got for Christmas!

She is also eating lots of 'semi-solid-food-product' nowadays. It's a mess! She prefers to hold the spoon...in fact, she prefers one in each hand! The end result is dirty, but darling!

Lastly, Katelyn and I are getting ready for a trip to Detroit to tile with my Mom and Aunt Carla. So much fun! I'm nervous a bit about the solo plane ride, Katelyn is going to miss storytime with Daddy (as well as lots of other stuff), and Mike is going to be lonely, but it should be a fun trip! Mike promises to keep himself busy working on his Thesis (it's just about done!!) and we'll get a taste of what winter is supposed to feel like!

Reading Mr. Tickle with Daddy

We love you all! Have a happy cold week!