Christmas Fun

We had a wonderful Christmas and were lucky to spend time with both sides of our family. We spent Christmas in Coldwater with Grandma and Grandpa Boisseau or according to Kate "Gigi and Papa". Then we headed back to KC the day after Christmas and did "Christmas" with Grandma and Grandpa Potchad or "BG and Charie". The pics below are a mixture of Christmas with our families and fun Chritmas sights in KC!

The Man in Red

We were able to see Santa and Mrs. Clause yesterday. (twice for those of you who notice that Santa has two looks in the below pics) Kate could not have been more scared of Santa and wanted nothing to do with him. We told her that he might bring her an Elmo doll but as you can see below that didn't really matter to her.

CupKate!

This year for Halloween Kate dressed up as a cupcake! Kate still doesn't quite know what candy is but she really enjoyed putting it in her pumpkin!

Our own little cupcake!

Kate and her dad before "hitting the streets"

Showing off some of her Halloween goodies!

We went to a party on Saturday and we attempted to get a group shot of all of the kids in their costumes. Kate and Elmo couldn't stop looking at the other kids...so they missed out on the pic!

Family pic with the witch!

First Day of School

Kate's first day of "Sonshine School" was today. This is at our church and she will be going one day a week. Overall she had a great day and can't wait until next week!

Kate with her dad first thing in the morning. The girl LOVES her thumb!

Saying "bye bye" to mom...such a big girl!

On our front step with her back-pack.

Walking into school...so happy!

Getting dropped off with her teacher....not so happy!

We went out to eat at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants....Kate had some black beans. Can you tell!?!?

Kate's Adirondack Chair

Grandpa Potchad aka "BG" and his good friend Twylia have made Adirondack chairs over the years. They have always been adult size....until now. BG brought Kate over her very own chair this past weekend. As you can see from the pics....she thought it was so fun to have a chair her size!

Bike Ride

We recently got a "trailer" to pull Kate in behind a bicycle. We have really enjoyed our "family strolls" and of course we had to get Kate her very own helmet. I thought she might not like wearing it but as you can see from these pics, she actually likes it.

Weekend with the Cyrs

This past weekend we visited our good friends Jeremy, Sara and their little boy Jackson. Jackson is about 4 months older then Kate so it was fun watching the two kids play together. This was also Kate's first time on a plane and we were so glad that she seemed to enjoy the flight!

This little book kept Kate pretty busy during the flight and we had the whole row to ourselves....so that was a big help!

Checking out the clouds and the big blue sky!

Jackson and Kate saying "hello" to each other!

We went by a pond near their house to feed the ducks....the kids loved it!

Kate loved watching the ducks and instead of feeding them the bread she would eat it herself...silly girl!

We spent the afternoon in their pool....Kate had to warm up to the water. But soon was ready for more! (see below)

Family pic in the pool.


Just a cute pic of Kate eating breakfast in her pjs.

Kate at the K

Sunday was "Family Day" for the Royals and they handed out build-a-bears to the first 7,000 kids that attended the game. So we thought this was a great first game for us to take Kate to. The weather was perfect, the Royals won and Kate had a good time so we think it was a success.

Kate sitting like a big girl at the stadium.

We went to the game with our friends Blake and Meaghan....here is Kate with their son Graham.

Kate and her dad at their first of many Royals games together.

Family picture looking over center field.

Kate with her new bear before bedtime.

Girl on the Run

Over the weekend Kate took her first steps. Here is a video of her on the go.

Pool Time

Overall the weather in Kansas City this past weekend could not have been better so we decided to get out Kate's pool. She wasn't too sure about it at first but after a few minutes she loved it!

Waiting while her Dad blows up her pool.

Check out her fair skin...lots of sunscreen for this little girl!

Trying to chase down her ball floating away in the water.