The last day of summer vacation....

The Waldfogle Family had a "last day of summer break" celebration at the Bicentennial Commons park in downtown Cincinnati. MUCH fun was had by all at a playground, wading in the swim-fountain, and enjoying a nice lunch break at a downtown sandwich shop. We are definitely going to have to do this every year.....

Dinner with Aunt Shelly

Amy's Aunt Shelly comes through town every year about this time on her way to visit more of her relatives who live further up North in Ohio.

So, we had a nice dinner with her at Grandma & Grandpa's house - someone took pictures, but it wasn't us (although we DID remember the camera...ah well).

Anyhow - here's what Aunt Shelly had to say:

While staying with Linda and Dave, this August Amy and Nark brought the sweetest, littlest dumpling you could ever imagine. (She looked just like Amy did around that age). Katie was walking-crawling around the house, of course most of it was on her head, tippy toes and her hands. All three touching at the same time. She was such a delight that she had every eye on her, at attention, to her every move. The most exciting was when she finally graciously allowed me to pick her up and carry her around for a few minutes. (Time it – it would have been minutes only). I walked her in my arms and we went to the outside porch to look at the water fall that her Grandfather is building. She laid her head on my shoulders and looked up at me with those beautiful big eyes and she whispered to me “I love you Aunt Shelly, you are my favorite Aunt”.

11 months old!

We can not believe how quickly this year has gone by! Katie is looking more and more like a little person every day. She's cruising like a pro - and often will stand and move with just the barest of support - any moment now, she's going to take off across the room and then the adventure will REALLY begin!

She's having more opportunities to interact and play with other children and animals, and other than a tendency to use anyone handy as a support for standing, she seems to be getting along with everyone.

We've started to plan her 1-year birthday party for the family and just finished her 1st year baby book - if you want to take a look, click on the link in the side menu.

Current stats: (measured at home)
weight - 21 pounds
height - 28 1/4 inches

vacation, all i ever wanted....

Here's the whole vacation....



Some interesting things that happened:

-Katie met her great-Grandma Mary and played lots of peek-a-boo
-Katie met her great-uncles and aunt
-Katie's first airplane trips (went very well - little bit of tylenol for her ears, some carefully-timed nursing, and she napped through each trip)
-swimming in a pool
-playing in the ocean!
-we had lunch at The Breakers resort!
-lots of family bonding

all told a great time was had by all......

down by the sea...wouldn't that be smashing?

beautiful day.....


lots to do......




and a nice nap afterwards........

Across the generations

Katie met her Great-Grandma Mary for the first time this week. They played a lot of peek-a-boo.

leavin' on a jet plane

Today is a big day - Katie's first vacation, first time out of state, first time to meet her great-grandma Mary, great-uncle Fred, great-aunt Lona, and great-uncle Bob.

But first - the first time on an airplane......
It went really well - little bit of Tylenol to keep her ears from hurting, and then a quick settle into Mommy's lap to nurse - she fell asleep before or during takeoff and napped the whole trip (much to the relief of the other passengers!)