9 and a half months

Let's go Eagles!
Ready, set, hike!!!

Jimmy is always very worried about his daddy yelling at the TV.

Before the games...hopes were high!

Can we do it???

Casey relaxing with all her "friends"!

Hi Everyone,

Just a few pictures to share. Sadly, our Eagles did not end the season as we'd have liked them to. Here is our last attempt at routing them on this season. Starting the countdown until September :)

Casey is so close to walking it is scary :) She lets go all the time and stands for a few seconds (sometimes longer) and then goes back to her knees and crawls away. She is working on a fourth tooth on the top..still only two on the bottom.
Enjoy the pictures!!!
Love,
Katie, Kyle, Casey and Jimmy

9 months!

A recent sunrise -- view from our patio.
Casey sat so nicely while my mom read to her...why doesn't she sit for me??

Casey and her new "pet", Radio the rocking/bouncing horse!

Sitting under the tree (notice the lack of decorations at her height!)

Opening gifts at the Getz's on Christmas morning...a piano!!!

Getting ready to open gifts at the Kilian's on Christmas morning...

All my gifts from Christmas eve!

Aunt Sharon, Casey, Hannah and Mia on Christmas eve.

Kyle and Jimmy opening gifts...Kyle loves that wearable blanket from Cabela's...not to be confused with the "Snuggie".

Hi All!!!
Hope you had a great Holiday Season. We just about recovered down here and all got hit with a nasty stomach bug. We are all on the mend now. Kyle's aunt so graciously came to our rescue on Monday evening. Don't know how we'd have gotten through without her. Kyle was especially sick and needed IV fluids, but we are all better now!

I'm headed to PA on Sunday with Casey to visit my Nana while she recovers from back surgery and my Dad while he recovers from knee replacement.

Not too much else going on with us right now...I'm still trying to get going on the online teaching for University of Phoenix...the training and mentorship process seems endless and has been a bit frustrating.
We hope to see you all soon. If you ever need a weekend getaway...let us know...we're only about 3.5 hours away from the Lehigh Valley and a short drive from BWI for anyone who'd want to fly in!!!!

Love to you all and Happy 2009!
XOXO
Katie, Kyle, Casey and Jim

Eight and a half months!!!

Chilling out in the rocking chair...chewing on the camera case.
My daddy loves to lay under the tree and look up at the lights...and so do I!

Is there something in the water, mommy???

Love the tub!

Crawling around with my new sock monkey!

Can I get a drink for my coaster?

The coffee table has become my jungle gym. I crawl back and forth over it all day long!

Hi Everyone...

Just a quick update from Shady Side. We are all great down here and getting ready for Christmas. This season reallly seems to be flying by...maybe because Thanksgiving was so late?!! Last week we baked all of our Christmas cookies. Jimmy even sampled some of the gingerbread cookies (uninvited!) This past weekend, my grandparents came down to visit. It was a nice relaxing weekend. This week we have to finish wrapping gifts and Grandma and Pappy Kilian are coming down so that Mommy and Daddy can go to Daddy's Christmas party...and spend our first night away from our little pumpkin! We are excited, but of course a little sad to leave our baby for the first time !!!

Oh..and we will be in PA from 12/23-12/28. Hope to see you!

Enjoy the pictures!

Love,
Katie, Kyle, Casey and Jim

Tis the season...

Picture from Sears
Picture from Sears

With the Big Guy

Ho, Ho, Ho

My favorite thing to do...look at books...Mommy is so proud!

Riding around on the Winnie-the-Pooh Mobile

Little bit of snow...see it???

Kyle paddling the boat out of the slip to trailer it ...we have extremely low tides in the winter!!!

Merry Christmas, Casey!

Is this my stocking, mom?

Hi Everyone...

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. We did. Casey loved visiting all of her relatives and friends. She was a very good girl on Thanksgiving...she didn't really enjoy the meal as much as we thought she would, but there's always next year! Her top left tooth FINALLY popped through overnight!! YAY! We had a photo session at SEARS this past week and the pictures are too cute. They are the first two pictures above. We also took her to see Santa this morning. She was a little sleepy and not too sure of the big guy as you can see in the pictures, but at least she didn't cry! We got all of our decorations and tree done this weekend and are ready for CHRISTMAS! Casey loves to look at the tree and Jimmy loves to sleep under it! Hope to see you all soon~
Love,

Katie, Kyle, Casey and Jimmy

Almost time for Turkey (again)...

Hard to see, but that is Chuck Norris in the Tuxedo!!!
Happy Birthday, Marines!

Chuck on the jumbo-tron

Uncle Craig, Aunt Heather, Casey and Jimmy

Kyle and Katie

Hi Everyone,

All is well in Shady Side. As I type, Kyle is outside hanging Christmas lights!!! We have had a nice November. Kyle's family visited and the boys caught lots of Striped Bass...a very exciting day for them! Kyle and I went to the Marine Corps Ball, where Chuck Norris was the guest of honor! Heather and Craig came down that weekend and watched Casey for us while we were out that night...apparently little Casey gave them a run for their money that night...and she did the same the next night for Mommy and Daddy. We think she's teething--but still no tooth --waiting on the top ones! All she wants for Christmas is her two front teeth! Ha ha!

Other than that, we're headed up to PA for Thanksgiving...looking forward to good food and fun with family and friends.

Hope you are all well and I'll update after Turkey Day :)
Love,
Katie, Kyle, Casey and Jim

Almost time for Turkey

Getting ready for Marine Corps Ball

Mom, Can we let Jimmy back in now??

Uncle Fred, Dad and Kyle catch Striped Bass...aka, "Rockfish"

Look at me standing in my Playpen!

Awww...

More October pics :)

All dressed up for Peter Christein's 4th birthday party :)
My little ladybug!!

Hi Buggy!!!

Mommy and the bug!

Boo!!!