Congratulations Steph & Tom!!!

Congratulations to my sister and brother-in-law-to-be! Tom flew Steph to the Big Apple the day before Easter and popped the question in beautiful Central Park! Unbelievable! And...she said YES! Congratulations you two little lovebirds! Kate insisted she wear her shirt in honor of the big news...and she made the sign herself.:)

"Oh" "Oooohhh" "OOHH!"

She's going through a little "oh" stage. Not sure where's she's picked it up, but it's pretty funny. It's her way to empathize, exclaim, acknowledge, point out, soothe and just about anything else. OH, what a character!

Kate is 18 months!

It's March and I knew last year that she would be 1 1/2 at this time in 2008 but it still doesn't seem possible. I have to tell you this is my favorite stage yet! She is hilarious.

We went to the pediatrician last week. She is 29 lbs. and 33 inches tall. Which puts her in the 95th percentile in weight and 90th in height! It's so much fun even just to take her to Wal-Mart...people ask her "what's your name?" Kate says "Day" and then they say "how old are you?" to which she replys with no hesitation "two". By the time we have her saying "one" correctly she will be two and we'll have to start all over again.

She is especially attracted to people who don't pay attention to her and she will say "hi", Hi!" and if there is no response then it's "HIIIIIIIIIII!!!" I'm not sure if her yelling a salutation or people ignoring her is more impolite...

She is quite the eater these days...green beans and bananas top the list, but she's pretty good about eating most anything I make. She has recently adjusted to eating noodles--which is pretty funny to watch. She has figured out cookies, candies, cakes. So we have to be better about what we eat too (which is good).:) Our little accountability partner. ha

Time outs have been more frequent lately--sadly. They really seem to do the trick--our little socialite hates being isolated from the crowd. Overall, though, she is really a very good baby. We are so blessed to be her parents and share in the growth of her little life.

Straight out of the 80's!

Mischievous litter bugger!
Can you say guilty?
Here it comes!
HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter--actually both families and my friend Kristi and her son Mason came to our house this year! Yes, it was my first holiday hosting. We actually got our china out of the boxes, washed and used them! Funny story about that--to come later. Just wanted to share some pics from a wonderful day of celebrating.

Kate & Shep

My friend Jen took these pics of her son, Shepherd, and Kate while she watched them the other day. They are so cute I just decided to post them all!:) What a pair...the last one is especially flattering of Kate.:)

No words

No words to describe but I'm going to try. Kate and I have been home sick for the past three days. I mean literally have not left the house except a brief jaunt to Cedaridge to unlock the doors (10 minute car-ride). So we've done our best to entertain each other, but as you can imagine she's a much better entertainer than I.

The night before last went something like this: rocking, singing, holding, reading to Kate til 2am, sleep til 3:30am, then more rocking, singing, holding, reading, begging Kate to go to sleep til 5am, sleep til 6:45am. Got up on the WRONG side of the bed...two short naps thanks to an over- zealous delivery guy who decided our package needed to be safely put on our back deck (which is literally outside my bedroom window). I thought someone was breaking into the house!

I went to bed at 9:30pm last night per Dr. Husband's orders. It was wonderful! I rarely have those days when I'm like, hey, it's 7:00am and my eyes are open and I'm happy about that and actually getting up and am really awake. So 7:30 Kate's up and she drinks her milk, I change her diaper, and we play in her playroom and read books until 9:30am. I decide it's a good time to take 5 minutes to check my email since I really didn't do that the day before...for you moms out there you understand the monumental amount of time I'm referring to. I'm still learning this fact.

Anyway, I had no more signed in (assuming she's still playing/reading in her playroom), when I hear this kind of scratchy thump thump. I look up and I see she's got this stick thing in her hand and she's thumping the ottoman in the living room with it. I have half an eye on her and go back to typing for about 3 1/2 seconds when I realize what she's holding---the toliet brush. I kid you not. I freaked out! My heart sinks as I view the ottoman with her DaVinci-type brush strokes of toliet water, and I follow the trail of droplets, puddles, and nastiness all the way back to the bathroom. So gross to me...I mean, you're talking to the girl who comes from a family who has probably lost brain cells because of the bleach usage...ask my in-laws. They still laugh about the time my mom bleached the street curbing because it was dirty. Needless to say, I should have bought stock in Clorox yesterday--had I only known.:)

A little later I called Jared to tell him what had happened. He found it hilarious--had himself a really good laugh...I guess sometimes that's all you can do.