katie, ben and lucy » Rudy http://www.coatefamily.com Coate Family Happenings Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:03:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Last 3 Months in Fast Forward! http://www.coatefamily.com/2012/01/28/last-3-months-in-fast-forward http://www.coatefamily.com/2012/01/28/last-3-months-in-fast-forward#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:48:13 +0000 Katie http://www.coatefamily.com/?p=2532

Okay….major blast update.  I’m embarrassed at how long it has been.

Christmas

Molotov, the Cat…Ruler of all

Silly cousins, Ingrid and Mal, in GranMa’s old wigs!

 

FaFa’s 90th Birthday Bash – January 14th-16th

         

Fun at the Mall and Latest Belly Shot for January – 1 week and counting!!! 

Hopefully BUD stays put until after February 5th, Superbowl Sunday.  My doctor decided it was okay for him to take vacation during my last week of pregnancy!  But I have a good feeling that BUD will be late to arrive, just like Lucy was.  So no worries!

 

 

 

 

 

]]> http://www.coatefamily.com/2012/01/28/last-3-months-in-fast-forward/feed 1 BOB: Bucket O’ Bubbles http://www.coatefamily.com/2010/10/11/bob-bucket-o-bubbles http://www.coatefamily.com/2010/10/11/bob-bucket-o-bubbles#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:04:27 +0000 Ben http://www.coatefamily.com/?p=2112 We had a pretty fun weekend.  Katie had to work a little bit on Saturday, so Lucy and I stayed home and played in the morning.  Food, toys, running around outside, going for a walk through the neighborhood, and playing with a bucket of suds were the activities of the day. 

Grabbing the Hose Making Suds Running Raspberries

Lucy and Kate joined some friends for a “girl’s day” out at the Texas Renaissance Festival.  Minus a few crying spells here and there, it was a fun weekend for the three of us.

Bonus Treat:

After returning from a quick shopping trip on Sunday evening, we discovered a new use for diaper rash cream.  Our chocolate lab, Rudy, got into a diaper bag and removed a 3/4 full tube of Boudreaux’s Butt Paste.  She puked 3 times before we went to bed and apparently overnight, as we found at the bottom of the stairs when we got up this morning.  I will be searching the house one more time for other treasures.

So if you ever find yourself bored, with nothing important to do at 6 AM, try scrubbing congealed regurgitated butt paste from the floor.

]]> http://www.coatefamily.com/2010/10/11/bob-bucket-o-bubbles/feed 2 So a Million Years Later…Or 3 Months…. http://www.coatefamily.com/2010/07/19/so-a-million-years-later-or-3-months http://www.coatefamily.com/2010/07/19/so-a-million-years-later-or-3-months#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:36:27 +0000 Katie http://www.coatefamily.com/?p=1980 So “HI.”  Welcome back.  Sorry we’ve been gone for so long.  An absolute huge amount has happened since our last post.  In March, the California crew, along with Amanda’s parents, came for a visit.  The goal…a new deck at the lakehouse.  The boys worked hard while the girls and kids played harder.  Next, we celebrated my birthday and Easter in April by visiting my brother and his family in Washington DC.  When we returned to Houston after the trip, we enjoyed the opening game of the Astros’ Baseball Season. About a week after Easter, Lucy learned to walk.  After her first day of the big accomplishment, her distance seemed to double every 24 hours. In no time, she was quickly waddling from person to person. In May we moved from our cute little first home in Houston, after 3 weeks of renovations, to our new more permanent home in Katy.  I’ll spare you the details. But as usual, it was a long and difficult process that Ben and I are glad to be done with. To make matters more interesting, Ben was working on one of the biggest projects of his career at the same time.  He dealt with all of the home renovations; I dealt with all of the house hunting, packing, and moving processes.  The workload between us evened out in the end.  And as usual, we couldn’t have done it without our wonderful realtor Patti. Then we celebrated Lucy’s 1st birthday with two little shin-digs with the family.  (You’ll notice two separate “Smash Cakes” in the photos.  The pink flower cake was on her real birthday – a Tuesday.  The cupcakes were for her birthday party which occurred on a Saturday).  For the past two months, we have been renovating the new house.  OK, actually, the new house is in wonderful shape..structurally.  But cosmetically, we had very differing opinions from the previous owners concerning paint colors, flooring choices, hardware, light fixtures….just about everything imaginable.  So, slowly but surely, we have been making it our own.  We still have lots to do – but in time.  We need more money for that!  So if you’re wondering why there are not any pics of the new house yet, it’s because I’ve been wanting to add our touch to everything before the big reveal.  Soon enough my friends, soon enough. For July 4th, the entire family hung out at the lakehouse to celebrate with food and fireworks…except for me. I had to work the holiday. But no biggie…I spent my spare time, baby-free, to paint the nursery. It has now transformed from olive green to “dried toothpaste”…but pretty dried toothpaste – aka a light mint green. I was informed that Ben and Lucy should take more trips with the family and without me. Since I was not there for Lucy to cling to for dear life, she was much more social with everyone else – giving hugs and sharing kisses with everyone. (I must admit, it is nice to have her lean over to give you a kiss on the cheek with a loud smack of her lips. Very cute!).  Last, but certainly not least, my cousin James and his sweetheart Kelly just married this past weekend.  It was quite a fun party – with lots of family to celebrate with.  So…all in all….A LOT has happened. I tried to pick the best photos for all the occasions. But of course, i still managed to pick about 70 or so “Perfect Pictures.” So have fun flipping through the gallery that covers the last three months of Coate Family Happenings. As usual, click on the photos for an enlarged view; you can move from picture to picture by using your arrow keys.  They’re shrunk to fit on the website page.  For a short little caption on each photo, just hover your mouse over the small version.  It’s amazing to see just how much Lucy changes in the photos during this time. She’s growing so fast; it just amazes me.

March – A Family Affair…Building a New Deck at the Lakehouse

Building a new deck at the lake house Working on the deck at the lake house Aunt Amanda with her mom, Susie Making bird feeders out of pine cones Cousin Milo on Granddaddy's tractor Nanny and Lucy Milo watering the dog Showing off the teeth 

Still March - Renovations to Our Old House

Family room of old house under construction Redoing the wall in the old living room Redoing the wall in the old kitchen Master bathroom remodel in the old house Guest bathroom remodel in the old house Who needs kitchen counters anyway? Renovating the kitchen of the old house Living room of our old house, ready to sell New granite counter at our old house, after renovating Kitchen at our old house, after renovating Living room of our old house, after renovating Master bathroom at our old house, after renovating Guest bathroom at our old house, after renovating The old house…great memories.

April – Our Trip to D.C.

Pretty Trees Cousins Ingrid and Malcolm Cousin Ingrid with Lucy and Mom Dad, cousin Ingrid and Tom Lucy, Mom, and Tom Cherry Blossoms We like the Washington Monument The Virginia Belchers The family enjoying the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC Ingrid on her bike Easter Egg Hunt with Cousins Playing with cousins Presents? For Easter? Bunny Birthday Cake 

Still April – Opening Day with the Astros!!!  Shortly thereafter, Lucy learns to walk on her own!!!

Take me out to the ballgame... Looking cute at the Crawfish Boil 

May – Lucy Celebrates 1 Year…Twice  :)

Birthday Presents Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack Trying on a new hat The family celebrating Lucy's 1st birthday Wearing a Pink Birthday Cake! Bath Time! (Wash off the cake) Lucy's 1st Birthday Cake Fun with Cake Chocolate Cake and Milk New Toys!

July -An Explosion of Fun!!

Dad and Lucy on the Jet Ski Lucy Riding the Rudy Grandma and Lucy at the Lake Aunt Elinore Reads with Lucy Lucy with her Granddaddy Lucy and Daddy Swimming

Still July – James and Kelly’s Wedding

 Newlywed James and Kelly James and Kelly's Wedding Cake James and Kelly's Grooms Cake Zach and Haley Grandma, Lucy, Mom Dad and Lucy Grandma and Grandpa Dancing Aunt Diana and Lucy Aunt Cammie and Cousin Zach Fa Fa and Uncle Russ Ashley Dancing with Lucy Dad and Lucy Dancing Cousin James at his wedding with his mom, Aunt Diana Lucy with her Grandparents

And just because…

Worst Bite Ever!!! It took about a week to heal...poor kid.  Reading with Grandpa For all you non-believers...Cuddling with Kitty Cat TOYS! Sleepy Cuddly...Loves that Giraffe! Loving her Fa Fa Pensive Thoughtful

]]> http://www.coatefamily.com/2010/07/19/so-a-million-years-later-or-3-months/feed 2 New Foods http://www.coatefamily.com/2010/01/10/new-foods http://www.coatefamily.com/2010/01/10/new-foods#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:26:04 +0000 Ben http://www.coatefamily.com/?p=1764 Lucy Doesn't Like Squash The first solid food we tried on Lucy was rice cereal.  She loved it, along with the oatmeal and multi-grain cereal.  This weekend we introduced her to veggie baby food for the first time and things didn’t go quite so smoothly.  Her first bites were followed by the funniest “I’m gonna’ puke” face.  I’m sorry I didn’t have the camera pointed at her at that moment.  She then learned the fine art of clamping her mouth tightly shut and turning her head. She'll Eat Squash If You Make Her Laugh It took a bit, but Kate finally figured out a few magic tricks.  One was mixing up the food.  Sometimes a spoonful of sqash.  Sometimes rice cereal.  Sometimes the two mixed.  Her best trick was to get Lucy to laugh by performing her own renditions of songs from The Wizard of Oz (particularly “If I were King of the Forest”).  Once Lucy started howling, we all broke out laughing hysterically.  Lucy would open her mouth wide in laughter, and Kate would quickly cram another spoonful of squash right in. Rudy Wants To Help Our chocolate lab, Rudy, was on hand to lick up all of the baby food Lucy flung on the floor.  The best example of this was when Lucy sneezed right as a spoonful of food was going into her mouth.  It flew everywhere.  The dog was pleased.At one point, Lucy painted a handful of mush across the top of Rudy’s head.  Hopefully Turk cleaned her off. Lucy is Happy With A Messy Face And A Full Belly After a small cup of squash and a small bowl of rice cereal, Lucy was covered in food, but in a great mood.  Be sure to click on the pictures (especially these last two) to get the close-up on a messy baby face.  Two Teeth And A Face Covered In Rice Cereal Sometimes Lucy tries to chew her food as we put the spoon in her mouth.  It does become a challenge, especially when the spoon gets caught on those two teeth.  I know there will be many more messy meals in our future.  We’re off to a good start. ]]> http://www.coatefamily.com/2010/01/10/new-foods/feed 3 Massive Update…Pictures Galore! http://www.coatefamily.com/2009/10/18/massive-update-pictures-galore http://www.coatefamily.com/2009/10/18/massive-update-pictures-galore#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:27:19 +0000 Katie http://www.coatefamily.com/?p=1352 Lots to share from the past month…

Kate and Nadia with the babes bigger bottle to hold! rudy
 Kate and Nadia with their babes.  Now holding her own big bottles…some of the time.  Rudy trying to “ease” her way into Lucy’s play area.
another ballgame grab those toes! lucy and nanny
 Yet another ballgame.  Grab those toes!  Lucy with Nanny at the lake.
silly dogs look who's sitting up! learning to sit
 Lazy dogs at the lake.  Learning to sit up……  And excited about it!
packed and ready ok, where we goin'? raspberries for all!
 Packed and ready to go….  But where to???  Raspberrying at everyone!

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