Great-Grandma, Kittens, and Eeyores -- Oh My!

A few weeks ago, while John was away on business, Katie and I drove 6 hours to go visit my grandma in the days leading up to her move into an assisted living facility. We enjoyed our visit with "Great-Grandma" as well as our time with some of my cousins and a great-aunt.

One fun aspect of this trip was the abundance of kittens everywhere. John's allergic to cats, so Katie has limited exposure to them. So she enjoyed meeting a 5-week old kitten belonging to my cousins:



In addition, when we stopped by my mom's cousin's house to see if she was in, we found no one home -- except for many more kittens! We enjoyed playing on the porch with the kittens, until Katie decided the kittens' food was much more interesting to play with than the kittens themselves.

Later that day, my cousin Jessica came over and noticed that Katie's favorite stuffed animal is her Eeyore. I ran a quick errand and returned to discover Katie in paradise -- sitting in a HUGE pile of Eeyores! It turns out that Jessica also loves Eeyore and collects versions of the character in all colors and sizes. Katie was having so much fun that Jessica gave her three of the Eeyores to take home with her. Thank you, Jessica!

Katie's First Christmas, Part 1

I'm finally getting around to posting photos from Katie's first Christmas. Here's part 1.

The weekend before Christmas we travelled to Danville, VA for a massive get-together with my grandma, aunts and uncles, cousins, siblings, etc. Every Christmas my grandma's present to all of us is to hire my mom's cousin Susan to cater a big lunch where we can all visit with each other. After spending the night in Danville, my siblings and I all gathered in Ashland, VA to exchange gifts with my brother Jason and his family, since Jason had to work on Christmas Day.

We were blessed this year to have some of my grandma's siblings and sisters-in-law stop by to see all of us during the lunch in Danville. And if you want to see one FUNNY non-Katie video, you'll need to watch the following. What happens when you put my crazy family members together? We race toddlers against 90-year-old Aunt Thelma.

Now that you've had a good laugh, here are just a few of the cute photos from that trip:

To see the rest, you'll need to click here to view my entire Danville/Ashland photo gallery.