Putting Up the Tree and Lights

David asked me when I wanted to put up the Christmas tree. I got all excited and said "As Soon As Possible!!!" I think he was surprised by my excitement, and I guess I was too. It is just amazing how much more exciting Christmas is when you have a baby!! We only got the tree up and put the lights on it so far... we're wiped out! (and no worries, no toddlers were hurt in the making of these videos).

Katelyn loves boxes and to discover what's in them.

Katelyn wanted to eat the lights, so we'll have to watch her every minute!

Big Birthday Weekend!

What a great birthday weekend!! (For me, but hopefully for her too since it was HER birthday, not mine). Saturday we had a family birthday party. Then, Saturday night I drove back to Clearwater with my mom and we spent some time with Granddaddy and Grammi. Then on Sunday we got to see some of my high school friends, which is always fun! Then we drove to a hotel on the beach and spent the night. Today was her actual birthday!! She woke up around 6am, drank her bottle, then went back to sleep right between Mommy and Daddy in the big King Size bed for another couple of hours. That was a treat for her since I'm too scared to let her sleep with us. Then we went downstairs to have breakfast in the hotel where the ladies gave her a balloon and a stuffed cookie man. Then off to St. Petersburg to the Pier and walked around and went to the top to see the view of the bay. Then we came back to Orlando and she played with her birthday toys. Then we both took a nap from 4:30 - 7:30!! I think that was her present to Mommy! Then our neighbors came over and dropped of a birthday card and then we played and played and around 10pm she crawled over to me and put her head on my chest, so I put her down and she went down without a peep (that happens about 1% of the time). So, I think she had a good first birthday!



Her birthday hat!





Digging in!







Having fun!

The Pier was too much for her and wore her out I guess.

The view from our hotel.

Opening Presents

1st Birthday Party !!

Here are some pictures from Katelyn's 1st Birthday party. I love the ones with David in them... handing her the cupcake and then behind her... oh how I love seeing them together! Does that sound as dumb as I think it does? Hopefully some of you will know what I mean though. I will also post some pictures later of her actual birthday where I have video of her eating the cupcake!

Getting Ready for her 1st birthday party!

Our families are coming over today to celebrate Katelyn's first birthday (Nov 17), so I figured I would let her get some energy out so that I could put her down for a nap (which she is taking now) so that she'll be all refreshed and happy (not that she is ever cranky...haha) and we can all have a fun party! Yep, she's still playing with her birthday gift from Aunt Shelli! I took her outside so that she didn't have to keep running into walls.

Katelyn's first 1st birthday present!

Katelyn started playing with it before I could even get all the parts out of the box. She was even more thrilled when I turned on the sound! She's been pushing it all around the house, sometimes on her knees, sometimes standing. The first video is long and the second one is short.

Stolen Pics!

Dolphins Fans Everywhere! Somebody wake up the baby for the picture!


Katelyn rocking her cousin Will with his daddy looking on.

Hercules and baby :)

Thanks to Dinah for the pics!

Laughter is the best medicine!

I could listen to her laugh all day! I can't believe I forgot to post this video. It's from a week or so ago.

Just Chillin

Pumpkin Punkin!

Drumroll please.... here is the result of the Pulvers first family pumpkin carving!

Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread

Here's a picture of the Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread I slaved away making tonight from the pumpkin we carved. David took it out of the oven about 5 min ago, so we are waiting for it to cool. If only it tastes half as good as it smells. Yummm..... (I hope). David doesn't like pumpkin, so I guess Becky, Katelyn and I will have to eat it all... oh darn.

Carving Time

Here's us carving the pumpkin. It was so much fun. I felt like a little kid. I even clapped for myself :) My video isn't uploading so you'll have to wait to see the final product.

Pumpkin Anyone?

Anyone have any good suggestions on what to do with the leftover pumpkin? Any recipes? I liked the sound of these, so we'll see how it goes.

http://food.yahoo.com/recipes/kraft/62403/chocolate-chunk-pumpkin-bread http://caloriecount.about.com/fall-harvest-apple-spiked-pumpkin-recipe-r6204

Happy Election Day!!

She was tired, so we couldn't get her to look at the camera, so this is all you get :)


Her outfit says "Made in the USA".

Halloween - lessons learned

My co-worker and I dressed up as a husband/wife team. Can you guess who we are? (I will explain more about it after you guys guess, it's a pretty funny story about how ignorant I can be sometimes).

Out of the 150 people in my office, only 6 of us dressed up, so we were pretty disappointed. The other sad thing is that we got 3rd place.... out of 3 (The "Old Ladies" got first, the "Corpse Bride" was second, and we were 3rd). That's ok though because we got a gift certificate to a local restaurant for it.

My new favorite Church song

Not sure how many of you have heard the Primary Presentation this year, but one of the songs they sang is my new favorite song. Here are the lyrics and a tiny video of Katelyn practicing her piano.

If the Savior stood beside me, would I do the things I do?

Would I think of His commandments and try harder to be true?

Would I follow His example? Would I live more righteously,

If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?

If the Savior stood beside me, would I say the things I say?

Would my words be true and kind if He were never far away?

Would I try to share the gospel? Would I speak more reverently

If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?

If the Savior stood beside me, would my thoughts be clean and pure?

Would His presence give me strength and hope, and courage to endure?

Would His counsel guide my actions? Would I choose more worthily

If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?

He is always near me, though I do not see Him there

And because He loves me dearly, I am in His watchful care

So I'll be the kind of person that I know I'd like to be

If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me.

Here is a link to find the mp3 because the music enhances the lyrics:

http://www.lds.org/cm/display/0,17631,7206-1,00.html

And here's a picture of her how she looked for Church today. We actually got shoes on her, but she had them off before we even got to the car. I put them back on again, but they were off again in minutes... Oh well, we try.