Updates:)

Hi Everyone,
I know we have been a bit scattered lately... just busy following around this little monster and now that she knows what the computer does... she is obsessed with it, so it's hard to post anything if she's awake cause she wants to type! We even gave her an old keyboard to play with.... but when she realized there was no screen and it didn't plug into anything... she got mad!

Kaitlyn had a doctors appointment right after we got back from Maine - her 15 month checkup! She did well - she remembered the doctor and as soon as she walked in the room, she got quiet and sullen and gave her some pretty nasty looks.... Then as soon as she touched her to start the exam... she started screaming and crying and it was just awful. But her recovery time was much faster than last time and she only had to get 2 shots.

The doctor said she is at a 2 year old level development wise because she asked me if she tried to say any words and I told her I thought she said between 20 and 40 - the doc said if that is true, than she's at a 2 year old level. I know 40 sounds like a lot of words, but I came home and listed them all out so I could count them and I can actually say that she has over 40 words in her vocabulary now and as you can see above.. she adds new ones all the time. Now they aren't entirely clear... but they are distinctive of each other - so that's the good thing.
I guess we aren't really surprised seeing how much I talk - it would make sense that my daughter would follow suit;)

We have also been trying to get her to socialize with more kids lately. The little girl downstairs (she's 2) comes up and they have play dates, and Kaitlyn is starting to finally play WITH her instead of next to her. The other day, they were playing in Kaitlyn's club house tent and screaming at each other... not angry screams... happy, we're having fun playing screams! Everything was fine until Kaitlyn got excited and tried to sit in Mia's lap... she does that with her toys and apparently her friends too! It was HYSTERICAL!

Kaitlyn wasn't really drinking a lot of water and I tried juice mixed with water, straight juice and even in desperation, chocolate milk to try to get her to drink more liquid (plus the doc said I should give her Miralax every once in awhile cause she has trouble pooping - so I thought I could hide the taste of it in choc. milk) She wouldn't drink it. None of it. My best friend said she was giving her son straws, so I tried it with Kaitlyn and that was the jackpot.. she loves drinking from straws, so I got her new sippy cups with soft straws in them and that's the only way I can get her to drink more water - but I'll take it!

Other than that, we have a busy few weeks ahead of us including Dave's 30th Birthday!
This past weekend, I went to our college's spring festival (translation: drinking and music fest) and was reminded why Kaitlyn will never go to college!!

I think that updates you all. We will have some fun pictures from our Saturday night with Momo and B to celebrate Dave's birthday!!

Happy Tuesday all!

P.s. see any resemblance between my 2 loves???? Everyone said she looks like me when I was little... but here you can see she looks just like DADDY!

Is it winter or spring?

We just got back from a long weekend in Maine!

Katie was a rock star! She took all her naps and even slept at night (although she had to sleep with one of us) and she did very well being away from home. Grammie and Grampie did everything they could to make the trip as comfortable for us all as possible and it worked cause Katie did a great job being away from home and still staying on some sort of schedule.

We got to visit with our family which made us very, very happy. It snowed and rained the whole time we were there though, which made us very sad:(

Our new car came in very handy giving us extra space for the long journey through 6 states and taking 10 hours (with a few stops in between) Katie did such a great job that she got spoiled silly by everyone involved! New clothes, dvd's a dvd player, a new car, new fancy shoes from Canada and some very fun toys!

She only napped yesterday for about half an hour in the car on the way down to NJ - so last night was a little rough as she woke up screaming around 10:30 and we couldn't get her to settle down until around 11:30 - but she's taking a good nap now so we are hopeful that she will be fine tonight.

Now it's on to unpacking and gearing up for a very busy few weeks.

Thank you Metcalfe clan for a FABULOUS long weekend. When we are up to making the neverending trip again - we will be back:)

Hello All

I don't like dresses!!!

Busy Busy Busy - we have just had the best week ever. Mo mo, B and aunt Stephanie came over for a play date, it was beautiful all week so we got to go to the park every day - and Mommy's friends Jeannie and Debbie came over to play with us.

Next week, Grumps is coming over for a visit after dropping Mimi off at the airport for her visit to Puerto Rico, and then we are going to MAINE to see all our family up there! Then once we get back from maine - my great grandmother might be here to visit and then our summer is filling up with lots of fun stuff and I can't wait to go to Sesame Place for the first time this year. Maybe that's why I'm up every night for about 2 hours lately - because I just can't wait to do all this stuff??? Mommy and daddy sure hope I sleep a little bit before we go away - cause they keep telling me they are tired.....

Mommy and I had a ladies night at Perkins because daddy was sick last week and we got to color and eat pancakes!!! YUM

Mimi sings this song to me all the time now. She said it was some song she sang in school choir once - and I LOVE IT! I thought it was the funniest thing this day and the last word is WATER - so I kept pointing to my sippy cup when it got to that part - so she kept singing it for me:)

Happy Easter

Mimi bought me talking Easter Eggs...
You push a button and it talks for a half hour - "Yoo HOO I'm hiding... hahaha I'm over here...." chirp chirp chirp.


Then when I find an egg and open it - a little chick or bunny is inside and it says "SURPRISE you found me!!!"

They are a bit hit and Katie loves them! We played yesterday and today.

This morning, we hid regular eggs filled with puffs and yogurt treats and she would pick them up, shake them - then eat what was inside. She doesn't like when she finds some that don't shake!

She loved all her Easter Presents and we are still playing Easter Egg Hunt now...

Happy Easter everyone!!

2009

2010

Elmo has been replaced

Katie Loved Sesame Street - in fact it was the only show she paid any attention to and it allowed me to shower - or clean up without interruption - so I thought it was an innocent godsend.

Then I started thinking, maybe she could use a different show to change it up a bit so I showed her The Wiggles on Demand - little did I know I was creating a monster!!!!




She loves it and in fact, this morning at 6:45 - looked at me from her Tinker Bell arm chair and requested it by doing their signature hand sign. (demonstrated above!)


It's very clever and fun but the only downside is it's only 16 minutes long - and that's not enough for her - so throughout the day, we have to turn it on multiple times for her to get her fix. (it's been VERY rainy for the past week - so unfortunately it's been a big TV/Wiggles week)

Luckily, when it's nice out, she loves going outside more than TV - so she doesn't mind not watching it.

So, in preparation for our Maine trip - I purchased a Wiggles DVD and CD for the car ride - as Katie has decided she doesn't like sitting in the car for any extended period of time. We are also in the process of getting a portable DVD player... We got Barnes and Noble Gift cards for Easter from Grammie and Grampa - and they came in VERY handy for this:)

yes, I know - I said I would never do it - but when you know you have a 6 hour trip ahead of you and you know your child WILL NOT sit through it on her own - you decide you will do anything you have to in order to make the trip possible.

We know she won't sleep well while she's there because she boycotts when we travel, but at least we can try to make the drive less painful for her and for us:) Not even 15 months old and will have her own personal dvd player - all of course, before I purchase my replacement camera because I can't see spending the money on both at the same time - and I feel the DVD player is way more important at this point in time!!! The things we do for our kids, right?

BA BA update!

We have successfully introduced "back up" BA BA
we took the original out of rotation so that "back up" could catch up on wear and tear - so far she doesn't care - although the other day, Dave left it on the top of her bookshelf where he didn't think she'd see it and she demanded I take it down for her - so for about an hour - she was in BA BA heaven with both of them! she carried them both around and sat them on her couch - and then when she was over it, I snuck the original away - back into hiding:)

That's what's been going on at our house! We are excited to come up and see everyone in Maine and hopefully we have sunny days until that trip - so that the munchkin and I can get outside every day to play:)