The Murray Messenger

summer

2010-07-21T08:22:00.003-04:00

summer

2010-07-21T08:13:00.003-04:00

We have had a really fun summer so far. I want to add so far because it is not over and I am not ready for summer to be coming to an end. We love swimming and being outside so much! Kaylee just learned how to ride her tricycle by herself and loves to practice multiple times a day. I will post pictures of that later. We also had a long weekend in Chicago and had so much fun. It is so nice to get away sometimes!

Florida trip

2010-03-15T15:10:00.002-04:00

We decided to take a break from the cold of Indiana and head to Clearwater Beach, FL to get away for a week. It was a much needed vacation and we all loved finally being able to play outside and be together as a family. Nothing like the beach and sun!

Christmas and the month of December

2010-01-03T21:04:00.004-05:00

ringing bells at our church's breakfast in bethlehem program

having some fun out in the snow

Kaylee's car trip to grandma and grandpa Murray's with her doll and bear and watching a movie

opening presents from grandma and grandpa Murray

fun time with High School friends

2010-01-03T20:48:00.008-05:00

Uncle Brian helping Kaylee with her new doll on Christmas Eve

Modeling Kaylee's new boots at Grandma and Grandpa's house Christmas Eve

Opening presents Christmas morning at home

Family picture

New Year's Eve in Ohio with Adam, Tiffany and Brendan and Levi!

We had lots of fun celebrations this past month with family and friends and at church to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We are so blessed!

Kaylee's two!!!

2009-11-16T15:06:00.002-05:00

Kaylee turned 2 on Friday the 13th and we had a party for her on Saturday. Lots of her favorite people were there. It was a really fun day. Matt and I spent some of last week remembering the day Kaylee was born and the weeks leading up to it and the four weeks she spent in the hospital after it. We are just amazed at how she came into the world so small and now how quickly she has gotten so big and now has turned two. We thank God everyday for how blessed we are to have her in our life and how she has brought us more happiness than we could have ever imagined possible.

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T21:46:00.003-04:00

Kaylee had her first experience trick-or-treating. We borrowed a duck costume from our neighbors little girl and joined our friends from our old neighborhood for the evening. Kaylee caught on right away on how to go to the door and put a piece of candy in her bag. She had a lot of fun walking around with all the kids. We had a wonderful Halloween! Now we just need to hide all of her candy!

New things

2009-10-06T11:05:00.003-04:00

Kaylee got some new dress up shoes and loves wearing them around the house. She also got a Colts dress to wear for the Colt's games!! We are also loving our new house and Kaylee loves playing her great grandma's piano! Daddy comes home for lunch at lot and we really like that.

more summer fun

2009-08-04T21:19:00.002-04:00

Kaylee has been enjoying the summer and being outdoors. We spend some time over the 4th of July at my parents house enjoying it there one last time since they sold it and are moving also. Kaylee will miss Jeter and the cat and the pool and the big yard. We also just moved from our old house into a new one. We love it but it is a lot of change all at once.

We have a little fish!!

2009-06-24T21:01:00.002-04:00

Kaylee has been spending a lot of time in different pools this past week and last because of the hot weather. She loves the water and is not afraid of her head going under or does not seem to mind any of the different temperatures of the pools. She spent sometime in her baby pool on our deck and then last weekend ventured out to our friend's Megan and Jason's neighborhood pool which she loved. It has a fun fountain in the middle of it. Yesterday we headed to another neighborhood pool with our friends and neighbors from across the street, Courtney and her two kids. We love summer!!

Outside playing

2009-05-21T11:35:00.004-04:00

We are so thankful for the warm weather and the beginning of summer. Kaylee has already spend many hours outside and loves it. She goes straight for her shoes and the front door when she gets up!! Our new house is also moving along. The have all the siding on the outside and it is also painted the color we picked. The inside has the all the duct work done and the plumbing. We are waiting for the electric and then the dry wall.

New House!!

2009-05-07T11:43:00.006-04:00

We decided back in March to put our house on the market and build a little larger home. It is a neighborhood just up the road from where we live now. Our house sold in 12 days (praise God) and they are allowing us to rent it until the end of July when our new house will be ready. We close this Friday. Our new house is coming along and I wanted to share some pictures of the progress. It is fun to see all the new things that keep happening with it every day. We are really excited to have some more space for Kaylee's expanding bigger toy collection and to have an area where Matt can work from home if he needs to where there is some privacy. We will also have a basement which we don't have now! To top off our excitement my brother and sister-in-law are building in our new neighborhood also. It will be so great to have them within walking distance.

Florida trip

2009-04-02T10:57:00.003-04:00

Matt, Kaylee and I headed down south with my brother and sister-in-law for a weeks vacation to Destin, FL. There we met up with my mom and dad and several of their friends and their kids. It was a fun time and Kaylee really enjoyed having the waves get her little feet and by the end of the week she learned to walk in the sand!! We are definitely ready for the weather to warm up and to be outside as much as possible.

snow

2009-01-28T10:44:00.002-05:00

Time to play out in the snow!! Well maybe not yet for Kaylee. We put her outside in the snow for a minute and she didn't seem to happy about it. I don't think she likes having lots of layers and gloves on. She looked pretty cute though. We are surrounded by 10 inches of snow and I'm sure lots of kids will be playing down our sledding hill later today. Also, my Uncle Tom sent us a Arizona Cardinals hat so we can root them on this weekend in the Super Bowl. Kaylee tried it on for a picture! As you can see she doesn't like having hats on. :)

New Year's 2009!!

2009-01-24T09:33:00.002-05:00

We drove down to Florida over New Year's for my cousin Jesse and his new wife Christina's wedding. It was a great time and Kaylee had so much fun getting out of the cold in Indiana.

Christmas 2008

2008-12-27T21:04:00.003-05:00

Kaylee was too busy playing to pose

Whoa this toy is so fun!!

Look how big I am riding this car

Daddy is putting all my new toys together

I love going down my new slide

We all had a wonderful Christmas and really enjoyed time with family and friends. Of course Kaylee was the big hit with everyone!! We sure know she was by all the toys we had to find room for in our house. Kaylee is definitely a very loved and spoiled little girl!! Thanks to all of our families for hosting us and for all our gifts!! We hope you all had a Merry Christmas!!

Kaylee's 1st Birthday Party!!

2008-11-21T20:44:00.003-05:00

Kaylee had an amazing first birthday party. A lot of really great family members and friends were there to celebrate with her. She loved all of her new things except for trying birthday cake for the first time. She is not a messy girl with food yet. We still can't believe that we have a little girl that is one year old. Just a couple of years ago we thought we would never get to celebrate a 1st birthday with our baby. God is so good!!

1st Birthday!!

2008-11-14T21:22:00.003-05:00

I'm one.....hooray........

Trick-or-treat

2008-10-31T20:37:00.002-04:00

Happy Halloween!!! Kaylee enjoyed her first Halloween. We had lots of trick-or-treaters that Kaylee loved watching and then we went out with our friends/neighbors Chad and Courtney and their kids.

Pumpkin picking

2008-10-15T10:32:00.002-04:00

This past weekend we went with some friends to pick pumpkins. Kaylee mostly enjoyed watching the other kids but we did settle on a nice little pumpkin for her. We really enjoyed the beautiful fall day and the time with our friends!!

Colts Season

2008-09-28T13:53:00.003-04:00

I'm ready for the game

My cracker is so good

I've got to help daddy decide which game to watch!!

We are excited that football season is back again. If only our Colts were winning every game. Kaylee is ready to help cheer them on anyway!!

playing

2008-09-12T14:33:00.002-04:00

Kaylee got a new tub in the mail today so we decided to play in the box it came in and in the actually tub. Kaylee wanted to test it out before she takes a bath!!

Updates

2008-09-11T09:12:00.002-04:00

Our summer went extremely fast. I can't believe it is September and that Kaylee is almost 10 months old. We really think she is almost ready to crawl because she will not stay still. She really wants to be moving. She has also cut out one feeding during the day and one nap. We had a great summer. We have attended fun cook-outs with family and friends, went boating and camping in Ohio with friends and enjoyed spending time with family and trying to get Kaylee to like swimming. We look forward to seeing what the fall brings and what new things Kaylee shows us. It is absolutely amazing what she learns new everyday and what changes that brings to our life!!

Family fun

2008-07-27T13:43:00.003-04:00

Kaylee wore a new dress to church today and looked so cute so we decided to have some fun taking pictures together.

more summer fun

2008-07-25T13:47:00.003-04:00

Kaylee got to try out a new toy at her grandma and grandpa's 4th of July party. (Do you think she'll be a race car driver?) She liked it for a little while but then wanted to be held. What a spoiled baby!!

feet

2008-07-03T21:43:00.003-04:00

Kaylee has discovered how to grab a hold of her feet and wants to do it all the time now. She even grabbed them in the bath tub. It is pretty cute and she is definitely proud of herself.

Sitting up!!

2008-06-24T22:09:00.002-04:00

This past weekend Kaylee showed us she could sit up all by herself for a short period of time. The amount of time is getting longer everyday. We can't believe how big she is getting. We are so excited for this new stage!!

Father's Day weekend

2008-06-17T16:16:00.002-04:00

We went up north to celebrate Father's Day this past weekend in Liberty Center. Kaylee got to see lots of family members and we got to celebrate with our dads!! It was an extra special day celebrating Matts first Father's Day. We first stopped in to see Darrell and Terry and then headed to grandma Hallie's for a wonderful chicken and noodle dinner with Uncle Tom, Jesse and Christina and mom and dad. On Sunday Brian and Michelle joined us and the guys headed out early for a round of golf while the ladies relaxed outside on a beautiful day. Of course Kaylee was the center of attention. We then had a great cook-out where we celebrated our dads and included moms birthday celebration in there. After lunch we played crocket and took the scooter out for rides and went swimming. Junior took us all out for dinner at Richards later and then Matt and Kaylee and I rushed home to beat the storms coming. We just about made it but it let loose on us right at our exit. What a wonderful weekend!!! It was great to spend time with our families!!

Fun Outside

2008-06-11T11:58:00.003-04:00

Kaylee trying to learn how to play in her exersaucer

Kaylee and her friend Ansley Applegate

Matt at his softball game- they won!!!

the wives and kid's camp to watch the game

Kaylee hanging out with her friend Brendan

We have been having a lot of fun outside with this nice weather. Matt had his softball game yesterday and we got to visit with lots of great friends!!

Kaylee updates

2008-06-06T21:46:00.004-04:00

Kaylee has developed a new love for her thumb this past month. It has really improved her being able to comfort herself at night and during naps. Another love of Kaylee's is napping with daddy!! She is getting so big we can't believe it. She weighed almost 17lbs. at her 6 month check-up with Dr. Meg. Just when things are getting a lot easier with her I think we are entering the teething phase. Hopefully we sail through this smoothly.

2008-05-06T16:47:00.001-04:00

Kaylee had her first try at solid food today. She actually seemed to enjoy the cereal. She opened her mouth big for me!!! This is just the beginning of a fun new phase with her.

Cereal Time

2008-05-06T14:17:00.000-04:00

2008-05-01T12:47:00.001-04:00

Our family has really been enjoying the spring weather. It has been great getting to be outside to take walks and watch all the other kids play. Also, Kaylee has just now learned how to grab things and hold them in her hands.

2008-05-01T11:54:00.000-04:00

Trip to Florida

2008-04-27T16:26:00.001-04:00

Spring Break trip to Pensacola Florida

2008-04-27T16:20:00.000-04:00

At the beginning of April we headed down to Florida with our friends Adam, Tiffany and Brendan. It was Kaylee's first trip out of Indiana. We really enjoyed ourselves and loved getting to be where it was warmer. Kaylee loved her stroller walks and getting to be outside.