Kate goes to work

Today, Kate went to work - starting her off young! Grammy had to leave to go to Dallas for a car event and mommy had some work to do, so Kate went in to the office with mommy Wednesday afternoon. She was a very good girl the entire time and let mommy get her work done. We went during Kate's big afternoon naptime so she slept most of the time anyway. We just sat in one of the back offices so we would not be TOO much of a distraction! It is an office of all girls - well, besides Toney! :)

See how hard she is working:

A Day in Court

Today was a big day! We went to court to finalize Kate's adoption. We appeared in front of Judge Alice Gray and everything went great! Our social worker Janna from Bethany Christian Services (the adoption agency) was there as well as Kate's Grammy, Pops, and Nonnie. Kate's Pawpaw couldn't be there because of work, but we took lots of pictures! Our attorney Bill Waddell was wonderful and does a great job taking care of all the paperwork for us. It was all a formality but a very important day for our little family!

Kate got a little frog from Grammy and Pops and it came with an adoption certificate too! His name is Hops! It shows that Kate adopted Hops today as well! Thanks Grammy & Pops!

Back to work for Mommy!

So, I have decided that I will go back to work on a part-time basis. 2 days a week - I can do it, right? Well, today was the first day, and I have to say I did pretty good! I did come home for some lunchtime snuggles though. That's the perk of working a mile from home!

Kate's Grammy will come to play with her while mommy is at work, and I know they will have so much fun together! And Pops even came over to play too this afternoon! Kate loves her Pops - even though he has whiskers that tickle her! Especially her little toes!! Thanks to Grammy for taking on a 2nd job!

Plus, we all got to go out for Mexican food tonight for dinner. I hope she like Mexican food when she gets older - it is certainly a favorite! :)

First Fayetteville Razorback football game

Chris's company had the box at the Arkansas/Georgia game this past Saturday so we couldn't resist taking Kate to her first (of many) Razorback game. Even though we couldn't pull out a W, Kate did fantastic - people even commented on how behaved she was! :) She met more new friends and loved all the attention! She looked adorable in her little Razorback onesie that Daddy brought home for her - yes, mommy is not doing all the shopping! And she really loved her Razorback blankie that kept her warm from the night air.

Just more pictures of Kate!! :)

Fun Weekend!

We had a great weekend! On Saturday afternoon, we had another baby shower for little Kate. My fabulous friends Misty, Jamie, Staci, Jennifer, Lori, Tenille, and Karen threw a shower out at Misty's neighborhood clubhouse - which was a great place to have it! Good food, great friends, and lots of snuggles for Kate. Of course, only if you used the Purell that Tenille was kind enough to chase everyone down with!! Love that girl! :) Kate loves her new bean bag and mommy was able to snap a few pictures of my precious little girl!



After we got home, we celebrated Chris's birthday (which was actually Thursday) with a yummy spaghetti dinner and German chocolate cake.

The rest of Saturday night included hanging out in Kate's nursery putting the finishing touches on her decorations and putting all her fun shower presents away!

First Baby Shower

We had such a fun night tonight! Chris's office threw us a baby shower for Kate! There were so great presents for Kate and a fantastic cake that was decorated in her nursey theme: green,pink,and brown polka dots! It was so cute! And Kate stayed awake the entire shower - quite a feat for her! And she was such a good little girl. Even smiled for Virginia and Terry! Chris really does work with a great bunch of people!!

Joining the blog wagon

Well, hello friends! I am officially joining the blog wagon! I think it will be a good way for friends and family to keep up with Kate! Life is really all about her these days anyway! People keep telling me that it all goes by so quickly and I am starting to believe them! I can't believe she is already 5 weeks! Sometimes it feels like she just arrived and other times it's like she has always been a part of our family! She certainly is easy to fall in love with!
Tonight we have our very first baby shower for Kate. It's at Chris's office. There are so many people that are ready to snuggle and love on her! We are very excited! She is so much fun to snuggle with.
Tomorrow night, Kate will be attending her first of many car events! Pops (my dad) is having a car show down at the fairgrounds and Kate even has a special little outfit to wear!
And Saturday afternoon is another baby shower with all our friends from church. That will be a ton of fun!