Meeting Grandpa and Uncle Austin

We flew out to Utah on June 2, Austin's birthday, and it was great because our plane got in at around 12:30, so we had most of the day to hang out with everyone. My mom's good friend, Belinda (who is like an aunt to me; I love her!) and her daughter, Jessica (who is the mom of our ring bearer, Lex) came down to Ogden to meet us. We had lunch at Rooster's, which was really good, and my dad and Austin came along before heading to Austin's eye appointment. I think it's safe to say that Kate has effectively wrapped Grandpa and Austin around her little finger!



At the airport, ready to go through security on her very first flight!




At Rooster's with Nana and Belinda


Jessica and Kate (with Lex to the side)


Austin and Belinda; the two birthday people (both were born on June 2; how cool).








At Tempanyaki that night for Austin's birthday; Kate was enthralled with the hibachi cooking (although she's just looking down in this picture, but I promise she was thoroughly entertained!)


Grandpa offered to hold her so that I could eat


The proud Grandpa

June Fun!

Sorry I've been so bad about updating lately; I've been having a blast during the month of June! Before I left for Utah, we went to Tracy's and Dan's on Memorial Day to celebrate Kirsti's 15th birthday (I can't believe she is 15 now!), and it was a lot of fun. She had a 1970s rock music-themed party, with a Led Zeppelin/Jimmy Page cake that Dan Hines made, which was great.




The homemade cake; love it!




Kate resting with Auntie Nancy


Rori playing "exercise trainer" with Kate


The birthday girl!

Bratfest

Today we went to Bratfest, which was a lot of fun. We saw some Irish dancers, Kirsti and Rori went on some rides, and we just hung out and had a good time.




Ready for Bratfest








Rori on stage after the Irish dance show





Little Buddha










Ready to go swimming (although it turned out the pool was closed, which was too bad, since it was really hot out!)

Kate on her activity mat

The other day, Kate was being so cute on her activity mat, babbling and laughing and stuff. Then, as soon as I got the camera, she toned it down a bit... go figure. But, I still think she looks (and sounds) cute, even if she won't "perform" for the camera.

Kate Babbling

Here is a video of Kate babbling the other day. I thought she sounds so cute; I love her little voice. I'm on the phone with Dan in the background, discussing what to do for dinner, so just ignore me. :)

And Baby Makes Three...

On our third anniversary :) Last night, Dan and I celebrated three years of wedded bliss by going to the Ocean Grill while Nancy watched Kate. It was pouring rain when we were at the restaurant--seriously just pounding rain--so we were joking that it's a good thing May 26, 2010 in Madison wasn't our actual wedding day!

We were thinking of going to a movie, too, but I hadn't pumped enough for more than a couple of hours (plus Dan had to work this morning) so we just headed home afterward and exchanged our cards.

I keep thinking about our beautiful wedding day three years ago; how gorgeous it was outside, how happy I was to be marrying my soulmate, and how wonderful it was to share the day with family and friends. I am so lucky that my parents were generous enough to give me the wedding of my dreams; it was a day I will never forget!






Poor Dan doesn't look too enthused about all the pictures, but I told him that compared to how many pictures we took three years ago on this day, three photos are a piece of cake! ;)

Kate and Aunt Nancy

Kate loves having her Aunt Nancy here; we hope she stays a very long time! Nancy took some cute pictures of Kate today, so I uploaded them to my computer, and there were also some good ones from when she was here in March.


Kate at five weeks old with me, Nana, Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa at the Market Street Diner

Also from Nancy's March trip; this is the three of us at the Essenhaus. Look how tiny Kate is!

Here are the ones from today; Kate looks so much older!