Finally-An Update

It has been almost an entire month since our last post-we're sorry! We have become blog slackers. It has been a very busy time, full of ups and downs for our family (as you will see from all the pictures), so I hope you can forgive us.

Sad News

We have some sad news to share, on September 6th Kate's great grandaddy, Vicente Hurtarte, passed away. A visitation was held here in North Carolina and his funeral and burial were held in Guatemala City. He is missed, but we are thankful that he was able to see his first two great granddaughters. We love you.

Scarlett's Dedication

We atteneded Scarlett's baby dediction a few weeks ago-she is such a little princess. Here are all the girls with Great Grannie and then me with the guest of honor. Kate loves Scarlett. As you can see above, I had to hold her back from grabbing her sleeping cousin.

Happy Birthday Nonni!

Kate's Great Grandma Mary celebrated her 80th birthday September 16th. We flew to New York over the weekend to celebrate and attend a lovely party in her honor. Even though Nonni was the focus of the party, I think Kate was the belle of the ball! Everyone looked lovely and Kate was especially enamored with her fancy bracelet. She thought that banging her wrist on the table was the most fascinating thing ever! Kate finally went to sleep about 10 pm after entertaining everyone with her smiles. We hope you had a wonderful birthday Nonni! We were glad to celebrate with you.

First Flight

New York here I come!

Kate was great on her first airplane trip. Bill Cowher was on the plane to New York and Kate kept looking at him and smiling as he stood behind us in line to board (we were not one of those couples that say, "can you hold our baby and let us take a picture?"). It will be a good story to tell her one day. Kate also loved to look out the window as we were landing.

Football is Here!

We are very excited that football season is here. Even though none of our college teams are very exciting to watch right now, we have fun on Sundays watching the Panthers and the Giants. Thanks to Kate's friend Dillon, Kate even has the appropriate clothes for a football watching afternoon. Go Giants!