Katie's Bath Time

Katie had watermelon for lunch today so after that sticky mess it was time for a bubble bath!

She also enjoyed eating her bubbles

Daddy took some black and whites for something different

She loves having water poured over her

Momma in Focus Friday: Patriotic

We spent July 4 at Rich's mom and dad's house.  We stayed inside most of the time cause it was so darn hot.  We spent a little bit of time in the yard with Rich's parent's new golden retriever puppy.  Katie loves dogs so she had lots of fun grabbing at Amber and getting licked by her.

Katie and I got matching tanktops at Old Navy for 4th of July

Katie had fun playing on the floor and entertaining all of the family there and wrestling with her Daddy.

I love the look on her face in this one...she knows the tickling is coming

Playing with Daddy's beard



Making a Katie Yard

As mentioned before Zak is a little hard to handle sometimes.  Sooooo we thought we would make a yard just for Katie....free of Zak and Zak poo.  Rich had a few days off this week so we went and picked up some fence so we could extend my garden and make Katie a yard.

Katie was very interested in what her Daddy was up to so we took the playpen outside so she could watch.

The yard before we put up the fence.  My garden is by the shed and has a small fence around it.  We opened the garden up and extended the fence.

Katie loves it outside so she had a wonderful time watching her Daddy and Zak and playing in the shade.

Zak did a good job of not getting into too much trouble while we built the fence.  I think it was just too hot!

Daddy took a break and played with Katie in the shade while he rested.

It took a few hours but the fence is put up and ready to go.  Next year we'll plant some morning glories to grow along it so it looks nicer but for now all we needed was a Zak free place for Katie to play.

Bike Trailer

Most of you know our dog Zak (aka "That's the biggest german shepherd I've ever seen!").  Well, poor Zakie hasn't been getting the attention he was used to since baby girl got here.  No more sleeping in the house, no more long walks and he's been feeling it!  We noticed how much energy he had and how bored he was and figured it was time to do something about it.  Besides we couldn't go in our backyard without getting mauled by the gigantic ball of fur.
When we first started dating we bought some bikes and went riding on the Creek Turnpike Trail in Tulsa quite often.  After we got Zak we would take him on long rides down the trail where we live.  It helped get that puppy energy out of him and he loved it.  Last spring and summer we didn't ride our bikes since I was pregnant.  We decided it was time to go riding again and for all four of us to go that meant getting a bike trailer.  We found a reasonably priced one at Target and quickly put it together.

Katie ate bananas as she watched her Daddy set up the trailer.

The box recommended the child be at least one-year-old but we decided to try it out anyways.

Katie LOVED it but we didn't like the way the straps fit so we decided to put her in her carseat and put the carseat in the bike trailer.

This worked much better and we were ready to ride!

Zak was really excited when he saw us bring out the bikes

And for those of you who can't get enough Katie pictures here's some close-ups of our beautiful girl enjoying her ride!  The bike trailer worked great...we've been on several rides and it actually wears Zak out.