Merry Christmas!

Katherine had a wonderful First Christmas! She was able to celebrate it with all of her Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins! We had many family festivities on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and our little girl enjoyed every moment!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

Santa Arrived!!

All I want for X-Mas are "Two More Teeth"!

Two more teeth would give Katherine 10. She has 5 that are clearly in and 3 more than have broken the surface. We need to keep all of those teeth squeeky clean... after Mommy blow dried her hair, Katherine got to work on her teeth. Thanks Uncle "Doctor" Rob for the brushing supplies!



"Ok...now how does this stuff work?"



"Oh, I see...I put the stuff in the tube on the brush...now how do I get this lid off?"



"Aw...this feels good...no cavities for me Uncle Rob"

Soft Room Fun!

Katherine and her buddies enjoyed an afternoon in the Soft Room.
It was hard to keep up with her, she was crawling, jumping in the ball pit, and climbing onto and anything she could!
Katherine had a blast and the pictures capture just that.

Katherine and her friend Chan

Going in the tunnel...Black Hole

Decorating the Tree...and KAM's First Blizzard

A couple weeks ago Katherine helped us decorate our Christmas tree. Today, on her 11th month birthday, she experienced her first blizzard. With the snow still falling, we have 17 inches on our deck.

Katherine's Little People Nativity


17" of snow!

Sviatyij Mykolai Aka. Saint Nicholas pays a visit

It is a Ukrainian tradition to celebrate Saint Nicholas Day on December 6. Growing up this is something we looked forward to every year. Jim and I were happy that this year we could continue the tradition with Katherine.

Saint Nicholas, or Sviatyij Mykolai, as said in Ukrainian, visited Katherine in the morning. He left her a special gift, her first Nativity.

We were thrilled that Katherine has enjoyed playing with her Nativity set and often takes Mary with her on car rides!

Here is a link describing the tradition: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=98

Happy Thanksgiving

Katherine enjoyed her first Thanksgiving! She had her own special turkey dinner to celebrate,

and experienced her first Black Friday shopping with the traditional lunch at Nordstroms Cafe at the Columbia Mall. Family Photo

A star is born!

Katherine was filmed while at the PG County clinic to receive her H1N1 vaccine!
Here are a couple of pictures of us while PBS was filming the documentary.
The camera crew and producer were so impressed with our little Miss Social, she did not even cry! The documentary will air December 14, at 9pm on PBC.
Thanks Big Jim for making sure our Katherine got her vaccine!

Yippie a new cousin to love!

Our family has once again been blessed with a new addition. Amanda, Jon and Big Sister Eva welcomed Kellan James Whittaker on October 28. We are very excited for our new nephew and cousin, we can not wait to meet him!

Happy Halloween!

Katherine enjoyed her first Halloween and so did we! We spent the evening at Robin, Mike's and Katherine's good friend Ryleigh's home. Sadly we were all ready to go trick-or-treating and spend some time on Lee Street, however, the weather did now cooperate, that did not matter, with good friends and food we had a blast!

Daddy showing off his Buttercup

Katherine post costume having fun

Katherine and Ryleigh

Out on the Farm...picking pumpkins

We spent the day at a farm in Maryland. We saw pigs, donkies, ponies, goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, turkies, and ducks. We also got to pick some pumpkins.




















Katherine and "Capt. Jack"

Halloween Parade 2009

ButtercupThis year we had our Buttercup to start the tradition of going to the Alexandria Halloween Parade in Delray. Teta Xpucta (Aunt Christina) joined us in the fun and helped make the day extra fun!

Mommy and Katherine

Teta and Katherine

Happy 9 Months

On October 19th Katherine turned 9 months, where has the time gone?
A special treat came in that we ordered for her 9 month birthday!

She has had so much fun playing inside her tunnel that she will even bring toys in with her to enjoy the fun!

And its not just for little kids!

More of Katherine's Long Lost Twins.

The biggest reaction on the blog came after we posted the "Einstein" look-a-like picture in July. Well, Albert isn't the only person that Katherine has been known to resemble besides her mom and dad.



K.A.M. at 3 weeks...or...is it...



...Mr. Bean...you decide!



K.A.M. getting her hearing test at 2 days old...or...is it...



...Princess Leia...you decide!



Katherine yawning during a photo session...or...is it...



...her namesake...Katherine Heigl...you decide!



K.A.M. at 4 months...or...is it...



... E.T. hiding...you decide!

Daddy's Little Ghoul!

Since we are almost halfway through October, I wanted to get Katherine in the Halloween spirit. Check back in the next couple weeks and we may post a few pics of her first Halloween costume.




Daddy's Little Ghoul!


"You wanna race?"


"Bye Daddy! Catch me if you can!"