After Christmas Adventures

Kate with the Slyder girls

Cousin Reece & Kate together at last

Can we say... Two times the trouble!

Dalton & Dane Dubois with Kate

Friend Stephanie from Florida with Kate and mom.

We had a great time catching up with several family and friends after Santa came to visit. We were able to see Chad's roommate from College-Chris Dubois. We visited with Chris, Lael and their two boys: Dalton and Dane. It was great to see their new home and have time for the boys to see Kate. We also were able to meet the Slyder family...Taylor, Mallory and Allie are going to be great baby sitters as Kate gets older. We were finally able to see Cousin Joe and Lisa Davis and cousin Reece--it was fun to finally get the two of them together! There will be many play dates for cousin Reece and Kate in the coming years. We shared many parenting stories with Joe and Lisa over dinner which was great for mom and dad. We also met Drew and Stephanie Anderson for breakfast. They were up visiting family in Ft. Wayne from Florida, so we had breakfast at Bob Evans and it was great for Kate to finally have the chance to meet them. We appreciated Drew and Steph making time in their busy holiday schedule. We had a great time catching up with so many close friends--thanks to everyone for making time to visit!

1st Christmas

Look at my bunny slippers from Grammy Great in Kansas!

Our special first Christmas with Kate!

Mom & Dad said wrap me up...G-mom's special gift!

Great Grandpa Feldman helped me take a nap.

Kate enjoyed time with the Cole and Toombs family to celebrate her 1st Christmas. She enjoyed spending time with all her family and tearing paper!! Kate's Mom & Dad spent the entire Christmas giving thanks for the blessing of her life...which was the greatest gift of all. Kate for the most part slept well and you know she always eats good-no problems there!ha.. Thank you to all our family for making her 1st Christmas so special!!
This toy is rated best toy for 6 month olds by mommy!!
Finally I can make dinner while Kate is entertained! Yeah!

MORE MERRY CHRISTMAS PICTURES!

Kate and GG Cole

Christmas Eve Morning-Hello Grandpa-Grandma Cole

Kate & Aunt Abbie-Opening Presents

Kate met Uncle Kelly from California

Cousin Cyrus & Kate-lets take a nap!

Cole Family Christmas Eve Celebration

The Cole Family Christmas

Grandpa and Granma Cole with Kate & Cyrus

Kate and Cyrus' 1st Mickey Ears from GG and Gpap

Kate took Mom and Dad over to Grandpa and Granma Coles' on Sunday night to celebrate Christmas with the Cole/Talley family on Christmas Eve. We had a great time seeing everyone and eating lots of great food! The white elephant gifts went over big-Kate and Cyrus got to wear a wig which was the hit of the evening!! We opened presents all day on Christmas eve...Kate got lots of pretty clothes and a Garmin to show mom and dad where to drive!! Granma Cole fixed a great Christmas feast-and we all took a long nap! It was great to see Cousin Cyrus and Kate together for their 1st Christmas together. Thank you Grandpa and Granma Cole for everything!!

Christmas at the Zoo in Indianapolis

Kate saw Sharks for the 1st time

Kate loved the Penguins!

The Indy Zoo with Cousin Cyrus

Kate is excited for a great Christmas holiday. We made it down to Indy to see G-Mom and G-Dad Toombs on Friday night and went to the Indianapolis Zoo with Uncle David, Aunt Megan, Uncle Justin and cousin Cyrus on Saturday. Kate loved the Penguins and saw the Dolphin show. We were very lucky the weather was warm and we had a great time together. We spent the evening with all the Toombs family celebrating Christmas together with G-Mom and G-Dad in their new home!

1st CHRISTMAS!

My 1st Christmas!

Watch me throw up on Daddy:)

This is too Cold for me

Kate is getting excited for her 1st Christmas-she loves watching the Christmas tree lights each night and is quickly learning how to open presents. We are heading to Indianapolis to be with family for the holidays. We want to wish you all a very Blessed Merry Christmas!! We will send pictures from our time in Indy over the break. We did get some family Christmas pictures made that we wanted to share. MERRY CHRISTMAS! We will let you know how Kate sleeps and if Santa wakes her up!

SNOW!

Kate & Dad in the Snow

Kate loved being snowed in-play time!


We had a major snow storm hit this past weekend where we received close to 12 inches of snow. It hit on Saturday night and we were snowed in on Sunday. Kate wanted to go out and see the snow before dad cleaned off the driveway. She is enjoying the rice cereal at night before bed-and sleeping better!

Cereal...REAL FOOD!

This is really good!

Look how dirty I am!

Kate had a new experience this week...cereal! WOW! What a mess. She really enjoyed the process of trying something new. Mom and dad enjoy having to give a bath after every cereal feeding now!ha..

Weekend Basketball Tournament

Kate at the Basketball Game

Kate loves the new OCC Arena

Kate loves hanging out with mom at games

Kate spent most of the weekend with Mom and Dad at the Grace College Hoops for Hope Basketball Tournament. She is becoming more familiar with the scoreboard and the loud horn. She loves cheering for the Lancers and hopes to make the 2026 Grace women's team!

Toombs Family Christmas

Toombs Family Christmas


G-Dad & Kate-Sunday Nap during Football

Kate Loves her Christmas Pants!

We took a quick trip down to Indy on Sunday to celebrate the first of many family get togethers for the holiday. We went to Jamie's cousins home Kristie & Lance Ertel to celebrate the Toombs family Christmas. It was fun for Kate to see cousin Cyrus Cole again and to be with all the family. We had a great day of catching up with all the family and watching football.
Cousin Cyrus & Cousin Kate watching Football

Kates' Baby Dedication in Ellwood City, PA

Uncle Doug, Aunt Connie & Aunt Courtney

Kate with Pastor Phil


We made the trip back to Western Pennsylvania to have Kate dedicated at her home Church in Ellwood City. It was great to be with all our family and friends at Church for the special dedication service. We stayed with Uncle Doug & Aunt Connie and were able to visit Geneva on Saturday for a ball game. Pastor Phil Conklin performed the dedication and Papa Briscoe gave the dedication prayer. It was good for the home Church family to have the chance to see Kate again.