SUMMER '09

This summer, as usual, has been a busy one for our family. Between work and everything else I haven't had much time to fill everyone in on what's new, so I am going to try and fill you in now as best as I can. I am also adding a new slide show for your viewing pleasure.

As of today (Sept. 4th, 2009) Kallie is 11 months old. She is walking, talking and even has two lil' bottom teeth. Her favorite thing to say now, besides MAMA is "OH-OH", which for Kallie is "Oh no"...this is so cute to see. She is becoming more and more like a little independent person and less like a needy baby...tears are being shed now because our little baby is no longer a little baby. I ask myself on a daily basis where the time has gone b/c it does not seem that it has been almost ONE YEAR since her birth.

As I stated before, we have been extremely busy. Kallie has gotten to spend a lot of time at the beach, floating around in the pool, going for boat rides and meeting family members. In July my Aunt Chris and Cousin Michelle, along with her husband Jim and his family, finally made it down to the Outer Banks for a week long vacation. It had been about 7 years since we all last saw each other and it was great to finally be able to get together and hang out. I only hope that it isn't another 7 years before we see each other again! We where also able to meet up with our friends a few times this summer. In July we went to Kallie's friend, Ben's, 1st birthday where Kallie was able to have birthday cake for the first time...she loved it of course!

Well that basically sums up the past three months of activities for our family. We hope that this finds everyone well and we hope to see ya'll soon.

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Playing In My Pool

So this was absolutely too cute not to share with everyone. I am going to make a couple more posts, but I just had to share this one first. I got Kallie a pool from Wally-world, it is a Giraffe and she absolutely loves playing in the water...as if we weren't already expecting that! I hope you enjoy the pics.

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~ Woodard Family Update ~

So it has been quite a while since my last post. I am going to try now and catch ya'll up on everything.

So I guess the first place to start is my NEW job. I had originally applied for this particular job just a mere two weeks after having Kallie, but at the time they had gone with another applicant. And to say that I was shocked when I got the phone call the beginning of January that they where wondering if I was still interested in the position, would be a major understatement! So long story short...I am now a Public Information Assistant for the Dare County Department of Social Services. I never have a dull moment and I am constantly entertained by some of our regular clients. The job will also allow me the opportunity to eventually move up to caseworker positions, which is ultimately what I would love to do.

The next big event that happened in our family was the very BIG birthday for Ryan. He felt like the world was going to end and that he was soooo old at the very YOUNG age of 30. We started off his birthday celebration with a family dinner the Sunday before at Mako Mike's. My family and his all came together to celebrate. Coincidentally that same night, Kallie rolled over for the first time ever and at first she seemed frightened by this event, but now she does it like it's nothing. The second part of his celebration was his surprise party that I planned for him w/ all of our friends in attendance. The evening consisted of a dinner and then drinks afterwards on Granby Street.





Then we had my baby sister Genna's 5th birthday party...it was a PIRATE theme and turned out amazing. The kids had a blast and I think some of the adults had just as much fun joining in on the festivities. I think the coolest part of her party was the cupcake cake that I made into a skull and cross bones.



The next event was my 24th birthday. I was fortunate to have my birthday fall on a Saturday this year. During the day Ryan and I took Kallie to the beach for the very first time. She really seemed to enjoy the feel of the sand in between her toes. After spending the day with the munchkin, Ryan and I went out to eat at Tortuga's! After dinner we then met up with all of my girlfriends and the other birthday girl, Sarah, at Kwan's for some drinks.







This is basically all that has been happening in our busy lives. A little update on Kallie...she went to the doctor at the beginning of March (5 month's old) and we found out that she is 15lbs and about 24" long. She is in the 50th percentile in her weight and the 20th percentile in her hight....basically short and plump. The doctor says that she is doing great and that she was amazed at the fact that she was already sitting up by herself with support for extended periods of time. She has become quite the little chatter box these days and is so much more interactive. She has even been eating baby rice cereal and has tried out and LOVED some pureed fruits and veggies.



I promise that I will try to update this more frequently, but for now I will say bye.

The Woodard's First Family Christmas Card

So after years of pleading w/ Ryan to do a personalized Christmas card to send out to our friends and family, he finally agreed. We knew that we wanted to take our picture for the card at my parent's neighbors, Mr. Poulas's. For those of you who don't know, he does the most extravagant christmas lights display in the area. He even won the best lights display in the US for the TODAY SHOW a couple years back. The only thing that we needed to decide was which one out of the numerous photos that my mother took for us would be the one. Well here is a slide show of some of the photos that we took as well as the one that we ultimately decided on.

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November Photos

The month of November was pretty uneventful for the Woodard Family; Kallie got to experience her first Thanksgiving though.

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East Carolina University's HOMECOMING '08

Ryan and I where fortunate enough to be able to go to our Alumni's (East Carolina University) Homecoming Football game this year. We where even more fortunate to be given tickets to the club level, which was a truly amazing experience! It was also bittersweet though because it had only been three weeks since I had given birth and this was the very first time that we had ever left the baby...needless to say, we wounded up driving home a little after the game because we missed her too much and because I was completely exhausted (I probably pushed myself a little more than I should have, but we did have a great time and got to catch up with some of our friends that we hadn't seen in quite a while).


Ryan and I out on the balcony at Club Level

Kallie's First Halloween

So I know that this is coming really late, but I have been too busy to update our blog. I will just have to type up a couple of posts to update you all on everything that is new with our family and the little munchkin. I guess the first place to start is Kallie's first Halloween. Kallie got to go Trick-or-Treating w/ her Aunt's Isabel and Genna and as with just about everything else we take her to, slept through the entire thing. Here are some pictures of Kallie in her Halloween costume...she was a pink bear.




Isabel & Genna


Kallie after a long night of Trick-or-Treating