It was a fairly nice day so I agreed!
Katie went right to the pole!
Owen hammed it up at the top of the slide!
And Katie asked to swing!
Category Archives: Katie
Katie at the chiropractor
When I told Owen I was going after I dropped him off at school he was upset because he wanted to play with the toys. Katie took care of that for him.
It just kills me to wake a sleeping kid!
But it was time to get Owen from school…
Katie has started giving kisses like crazy!
Morning walk!
And this is what it looks like walking with her…
Fun on daddy’s shoulders
Milk oops!
I’m two for two. Or is it three for three?
I fell down the stairs in this house and twisted both ankles (read about it here).
I slipped on the stairs in our Michigan rental while carrying Owen as a baby (I’m sure I wrote about it but I cannot find the link).
And…I just now missed a few steps and crashed down two steps into the landing hitting the wall…while carrying Katie, of course! We’re both fine (she was just scared; I skinned my knee and slightly twisted my ankle) but an hour later my back was screaming and drugs were taken. Three hours later I made the BIIIIIG mistake of trying to stretch out my ankle by rotating it—and I literally saw stars. Crap.
I’m still not sure how it happened because I am über careful on the stairs—I count each step up and down each time (whether I’m carrying a kid or not), I keep one arm on the wall to brace myself, plus I usually look at the stairs/my feet…
But I have now fallen down stairs while carrying both kids.
I HATE STAIRS.
Introducing the kids to Star Wars
Owen has been playing Lego Star Wars for months now, so Tom thought it was time to show him the movie. Katie was originally on my lap, completely riveted. Then I moved her to Tom’s lap and she sat still and watched for a good 30 minutes. Owen was super into it as well. Daddy was a happy guy. 🙂
I should have a category called “She loves her brother.”
Cuddle buddies for a sick Owen
I’m not sure what’s wrong with him (kids really need to come with a digital readout) but he’s just had a low-grade fever (99-100°) for a few days and we keep giving him Advil for that and an on/off headache; otherwise he seems fine. But today he was resting…and had some cuddle buddies. 🙂
Costco + cute new summer outfit
This was the best pic I managed to get of her cute new summer outfit. She had pulled out her pigtails on the ride over so she had wild hair…and after shopping she didn’t want to be in the cart so she was standing there “helping” daddy.
The little stinker loves running water.
I was putting Katie to bed and heard running water. Huh? Turns out she had come upstairs on her own while Tom and I were outside (unloading the pod) and turned on the water in the jetted tub. It’s a good thing it just held mostly dirty towels and bath toys…but there was a new hair dryer (still in the box) that got soaked that I’m hoping will survive. Best I can guesstimate it was running for at least 20 minutes.
Lesson learned: Owen cannot be trusted to keep an eye on Katie—especially when he’s watching TV!
Two bunnies!
It’s hard enough to get both kids to look at me at the same time, let alone dealing with props that won’t cooperate…so I needed to do a bit of computer magic to get this picture. 🙂
She wants to be just like Owen.
He was playing xbox so she had to, too (she has her own controller that we’ve removed the battery from).
Sun dog and sun kid
Katie loves Maggie. 🙂
Listen to what she asks Maggie: Wanna nap? 🙂
Giving Maggie a kiss and a cuddle.
This is where they were:
Picking dandelions on our walk
She picked every dandelion she saw on our walk. Both of her little hands were stuffed full!
Target Easter Bunny
Excited to have the ears on…
Then SUPER excited to see them on!
Warm day + water + kids = FUN!
Like brother, like sister! Or what’s more likely is that all kids just love water! 🙂
Owen had issues finding shorts and a short-sleeved shirt on his own (I was outside with Katie) so I just let him play in his undies. 🙂
Picking Flowers
I let Katie outside while I finished doing something quick inside and came out to find her picking flowers (thistle).
It finally warmed up!
Picnic!
We don’t have our table set up yet (it’s too heavy and awkward for Tom to do himself).
The After Pictures
Upon opening the front door after being gone for a week and seeing this…
I actually love my house…for a little while! The floors are absolutely gorgeous and all the newly-painted rooms look amazing! The minor downsides are that everything echoes terribly and everything needs wiping down (there’s a layer of dust on everything). And we still have to move furniture back in…but not all of it because it has to be staged.
But it feels good to have it finally done!
And we let the kids burn off some energy:
The long wet road home.
Unfortunately the day got started a little earlier than planned since Katie was a hot mess and woke us up screaming for no good reason. (She had actually done it quite consistently throughout the week, but it never lasted more than 20-30 seconds—even though it happened about 3-4 times a night. But today it never stopped.) So we were ALL up and moving by 4:30 and packed and leaving by 5:45. Katie didn’t stop crying for about 30 minutes, but then when she did…she napped for over three hours! YAY! And Owen finally dozed off about 10am so we had a good hour of pure silence. 🙂
And it was a dreary, rainy day…ALL the way home. And we hit a traffic jam right after lunch—a semi had gone off the road. So our already 13-hour road trip got another hour added to it. 🙁
But, amazingly, both kids were REALLY VERY good. Katie had a few minor tantrums but milk and snacks took care of them. And the iPad got brought out a bit earlier in the trip than on the way down. She’s so cute, too—she will watch the whole movie (including credits) quietly, but AS SOON AS the movie stops, you hear “Mama!” 🙂
Owen dozed for another little bit about 7:30 but Katie never napped again. We rolled in at 8:30 on the dot…
Random fun on our last night
ATTACK!
They both like Legos and Owen is willing to share!
Getting ready to start loading the car!
Happy, relaxed family!
She wanted to try to poop so very badly…and she’s SO cute.
She loves shades.
Goodbye cousin cuddle!
Fudpucker’s
I stayed home so Katie could take a real nap (i.e. in total piece and quiet) while everyone else went to Fudpucker’s in Destin.
The food was taking longer than expected and the gator show was about to start, so they sent the kids off by themselves to the show.
Then it was back to sign their names—and add some drawings—to the wall…
And then Owen tried—and liked!—alligator!
But got pizza for his lunch!
And then it was time to feed the alligators!
And a few photo ops:
Then it was off to get ice cream!
And a gun that I’m sure he wanted but he did not come home with:
Tom said Owen had a great time! And Katie had her very best nap all week—just over three hours!
Just hanging out
And Tom working on Gramma Jean’s computer that she hauled from Michigan so he could update it to Windows 7.
Cousins at the beach!
I love this picture—it looks like David is the Godfather sending his minions off…
The wave snuck up on him!
Katie LOVED the sand…and was COVERED in it.
Anna and Owen in their hot tub!
Bubbles!
Testing out the non-heated pool. It was COLD but Owen stayed in for probably 15 minutes!
And one year ago…the same cousins on another beach.