Nathan & Alisa's Wedding

Our Cute Little Six-Month Old

That's right, Kate is six-months old today. I can't believe it. It sure doesn't seem like it's been that long already. She is such a smiley little girl, as long as she is being held anyway! She loves Lucy and can't take her eyes off her when she is around. They are starting to interact more and more and no one can get Kate to laugh like Lucy can!

The Patch

I took Lucy to the eye doctor again yesterday. And she needs to wear a patch--surprise, surprise. Lately when she focuses on things up close her right eye crosses inward and it kept getting worse and worse. The first time I took her in the eye doctor said that she would grow out of it. No such luck, especially since I had the same thing when I was about her age. She is suppose to keep a patch over her good eye for four hours everyday, for a few weeks and then go back in and see how she's doing at that point. Then maybe they'll see about getting her in glasses. It has been a bit of a struggle already getting her to think the patch is 'cool'. I remember it being miserable. It's no fun to not be able to see good. Here are a few pictures . . .

Lucy's first day with the patch
Today, with her doll and matching patches with Elmo stickers. My mom was so good about trying to get me to wear my patch. She made patches for all my dolls, so we tried that with Lucy today. I still had to about sit on her and pin her arms down to get it on her.
Me when I was two, with all my pirate dolls.

Troublemaker

You thought I was talking about Lucy, our two-year old, didn't you. But no, not this time, just our lovely dog- Judd. Anyway, he just can't seem to stay home. He just loves to roam around from one house to the next. And it's super hard, because we live out on the farm and have no 'fenced in yard'. He can't be normal like all the other dogs and just stick around. Oh, and he chews. Yes, but usually only things that you really don't want him to. Like 2 pairs of lovely high heels, Lucy's favorite crocs, Nathan's shifter thing in his car. Oh yeah, be sure to make sure your car doors are all shut if you come to our house. That being said, anyone looking for a new dog? He's an 8-month old german wirehair pointer, very cute, loves people, runs away often, and chews everything . . .

Pajama Time

Lucy and Kate in their first matchy matchy jammies. Kate was not enjoying Lucy holding her or the pictures, as you can see, this was the best I could get.

Family Fall Photos

My brother, Brian, was kind enough to take some pictures for us earlier this fall while we were in Oregon. He did a great job, especially considering we had two crying girls most of the time. But what do you expect?! We had fun anyway! We had a great Thanksgiving in Klamath and can't wait to go back for Christmas! =)

Poor Baby Kate Kate

Yesterday Kate had to go in to get her tear ducts probed. Since she was born her tear ducts have been blocked. Which means they get infected very easily and are green and goopy a lot of the time. No fun! We've tried all kinds of things and nothing has worked as of yet. She did very well, considering what they did to the poor girl. They basically just went in with a wire and pushed it through the ducts on both eyes. No black eyes though, just a few pink tears! Let's hope this works! This picture was taken last night.

Michael's Farewell

It was my cousin Michael's farewell on Sunday in Salt Lake. It was great to go down and see lots of family. My Mom was able to come to Idaho early and spend some time with us (YAY!), while my Dad and Brian went hunting in Canada. Michael is going to be very missed, but will also be an awesome missionary. Here are a couple pics after church . . . Lucy had a very difficult time saying goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa Bailey as always. They headed home to Oregon. Lucy screamed like I've never heard her scream before. It was pretty sad. Anyway, Michael heads to the MTC tomorrow. Good luck Michael . . . we love ya!

SISTERS!

When Kate was first born I thought that we were going to have a second little Lucy, by the way she looked. But as time has gone on, as you can see, Kate is becoming her own little person. These pictures were both taken when they were the same age. Lucy has always been very big for her age and Kate is our little petite girl. It's so fun to watch them as Kate gets a little bigger. She is starting to interact more and gets very excited when she sees or hears Lucy.

I think they definitely do look like sisters though! What do you think? Can you tell who's who?