Our Little Lady and MAN: March 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010

SPRING

I love going outside. Grumps took me outside today to look at the birds and then tried to bring be back inside and I cried for 10 minutes until they bundled me up and took me back out!!!

I WIN!
Plus - we had found a playhouse on Craigslist for $20 and bought it a few months ago and mommy and mimi put it together for me! I love it! I just open and close the door and the windows:)

I also like trying to open the real door.... I also like to take keys and try to figure out how to make them unlock the door!

BUT! my favorite game of all yesterday was Toddler Chair Olympics/Geriatric exercise on the deck!
I pushed my little chair all over the deck and grumps pushed his with me - it got pretty competitive at one point and it lasted about a half hour! Here are some pics and a short video!

Monday, March 22, 2010

Ba Ba

Ba Ba is the stuffed purple monkey behind Kaitlyn in this old picture from when she was actually little. Grampie gave it to her on one of our trips to Maine. We named him Ba Ba because at the time it was the only sound she was making - and it stuck. In fact, she might have been able to identify her Ba Ba by name before she gave in and said Ma Ma!!:)
(she seems to have a thing for purple monkeys as her first dancing/singing toy was a different stuffed monkey her Grumps bought her - way to go Grandpas!!_

He's a Webkinz... and if you don't know what that is - it's a stuffed animal that comes with an ID number that you can log into a website on the computer and play with an animated version of it.
So, Dave set up the account months ago.
It's lots of fun, you put it to bed, you bathe it, you feed it, etc - at first she didn't care about it at all cause she was a baby and babies don't care about computers... well... she quickly became obsessed.

She now stands at the computer chair and says BA BA??? PWEASE

So, every day - at least once a day (sometimes multiple times a day - we have to visit Ba Ba online.

Now... Katie sleeps with her Binkie and her Blankie and we were so happy because her blankies are interchangable - we have close to 2 dozen of them (some of which I dyed different colors to change it up a bit) and she doesn't care which one we give her as long as she has one.

She now also sleeps with Ba Ba.
First we put Ba Ba to bed - (Katie throws him in her crib) Then we read her books and she drinks her bottle - then I put her in her crib with Ba Ba and she grabs him by the neck in a choke hold and rolls over onto her stomach with a ninja type speed and goes to sleep.

So... that means we have to go out and buy back up Ba Ba's because we learned from our good friends whose child has a Bear Bear that has seen better days, that you MUST have replacements.

Only we are going one step beyond that, I am going to go out very soon and buy 1 or 2 back ups and then I am going to swap them out every couple of days so that any wear and tear will be even and she will never be able to tell which one is the original one in case she loses it...
(See Mimi and Grumps... this is why you're paying the big bucks for my college loans)

Tomorrow I will try to take a better picture of Ba Ba - as we are still in the market for a replacement camera! Somehow we have pictures of almost everything but Katie and Ba Ba - so we shall do a photo shoot:)

Happy Monday night all!

Friday, March 19, 2010

The Park

We have been to the park 2 times a day since Tuesday when it was nice enough for it to open!

Katie now realizes that the "fun" part with the swings and slides and things is on the opposite end from where we live - so when we try to get her to walk in the grass near our house - she points towards the gated play area and goes MO???

The first day - she was hesitant about all of it.... there were other kids who knew what they were doing and were older so she kinda watched.

Then she started trying to climb up the slide by just standing up and walking - that was fun.
I started by going down the slide with her - but it's very slow and you don't really shoot off the end so I let her try it herself by holding her hand and realized that she could do it and there was very little danger of her flying off like in America's Funniest Home Videos. So, now she knows to sit at the top and schooch her butt to the end to slide down.

Today she finally crawled through a tunnel they have there (before she would get in and then back out right away) and she also started crawling up the steps to get to the slide herself.

The last two days I took her out after nap and Dave met us there after work - so today when we went in the morning she kept going Dada?

Here she is in her SUPER COOL outfit that Cousin Kathy brought back from her cruise to Aruba... I had to cut the top near the neck to get her monster head through it - but otherwise it's ADORABLE. Once we get the new camera we will post better pics... I'm still mourning the loss of our old one and was trying to go on a saving money kick... but a camera that takes good pictures is kind of an essential item for us...

Happy Spring Everyone! Our plans are to head up to Maine in April to visit all of our Metcalfe family, but otherwise stay pretty close to home as Katie is still having sleeping issues. We did however buy season passes to Sesame Place so we plan to frequent there a lot this summer as her swimming lessons have gone very well!!!!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

We Love Springtime

I forgot how CUTE Katie is in clothes that aren't sweatshirts and long pants!!!!! She walked around in her diaper the other day because it was so hot in here and she was so happy and so cute!! I love Spring.

Swim lessons are going GREAT. Only 3 more weeks I think and then she and I will sign up for a mommy and me class through the Y. (we figured one thing at a time)

Today we went for a walk in the park - and I was actually able to let her go since the snow is melted and it's not muddy! She was so happy walking. She fell a few times, but she got back up and we kept on truckin'

She love airplanes and was so excited to actually be able to see them rather than just hearing them from inside.

Stayin Alive? No, just pointing out an airplane...

I know you can't see her face - but that little lady really is my baby!!!!

I know the quality is terrible in these pictures, but my camera is dead and I just can't bring myself to buy a new one yet.

The other day Katie was chewing on her sippy cup like crazy - apparently she decided to have a wet t-shirt contest with herself! The funniest part was when she started slapping the wet shirt and laughing at the noise it made!

I know the quality is AWFUL - but this is our family picture - FINALLY. She didn't want to sit and she ran around the whole time, but this is the best one we got.

Happy Tuesday everyone!