Katie seems to be over her teething and eating issues she had a Gramma Jean’s. Last night she ate half an avocado, 1/4 PB&J sandwich, yogurt drops, 1/2 baby yogurt, and puffs. (TMI: Plus had a real poop!)
Category Archives: Katie
She’s a damn cat.
Put something new in the room and she’s on it immediately.
The last 300 miles.
The only good thing about driving too far the first day is that the second day is a lot shorter. BUT…the day started too early with Katie screaming good morning about 6:15. 😐 But it meant we were on the road at 7:30 again.
As usual, we stopped at our favorite park near Raleigh and Owen had a blast.
He’s getting SO much older. Now, he just takes off across the park without telling us…so we had a few chats about that. 🙂
And here’s how packed in things are—including Maggie! And it’s missing the last outside row that we had to take out at the park (the stroller, backpack, Maggie’s bag, etc.).
Look at that pathetic face. But don’t let her fool you…she’s perfectly happy. We had to literally DRAG her out when we stopped at the park.
Also, does Katie want her bottle at the park, when it’s convenient to do so? Of course not. She wants it 10 minutes later as soon as we’re back on the highway. Babies are annoying. But at least it put her to sleep so both kids thankfully napped almost the last two hours home…
The long road home…
Owen summed up the day nicely about 10 hours in: I am not happy. No more road trips.
Best case scenario it’s a long day but it was made even longer since we decided to push the mileage to get to our favorite hotel…and then it was full so we had to go an hour farther. 🙁
And I tried to make Katie a bottle of formula…with apple juice. Because I just wasn’t thinking and thought I had filled one of Owen’s cups with water. WRONG! So Katie was REALLY not happy the last hour, though I tried to keep the snacks coming her way.
Then I tried to check in to the wrong hotel. I just saw the Q and assumed it was La Quinta. Nope, Quality Inn. It’s a good thing Tom didn’t get anything unloaded…
Then we had horrible take-out Chinese food (Mongolian Beef and General Tso’s Chicken are hard to screw up, but they did) which just added to the day.
Owen perked up once he got to play in the pool.
But since we arrived late, dinner was late and Owen getting to and back from the pool was late…which meant a super tired Katie—who should have gone to bed early at 8—couldn’t go to bed until they were back in the room and ready for bed…about 9:15. At least she only screamed for 10 minutes before falling asleep!
Cousins saying goodbye
Doug and Marie added a day to their vacation to be able to stop by before we had to leave. It was great seeing them—and the kids loved each other!—but the visit wasn’t nearly long enough. 🙁
Cousins!
For comparison, July 17, 2009 (with Izzy and Anna, minus Katie of course):
Whose toy is it?
Unexpected Molar!
So we knew that Katie was getting some new teeth (see last teething post from a few days ago: Katie’s Teeth) but imagine my complete shock and surprise when I happened to take this picture…
…and looked at it later, blown up:
HOLY CRAP! That’s a molar coming in! That’s ahead of schedule…and no wonder she wasn’t eating and was fussier than normal! Poor kid! So these are the two new teeth breaking through on vacation:
Playing at the lake
A friend of the family invited us out to their place at the lake to go swimming since her granddaughter (about the same age as Owen) was going to be there, too. We’d been wanting to take Owen to the lake, so it was the perfect opportunity.
Amazingly, Katie stayed in my lap the entire two hours. I think she was just tired enough to be content—I wanted her to fall asleep for just a little bit but it just didn’t happen (she’s not the type to fall asleep outside her bed so I didn’t have much hope). But I really enjoyed the calm cuddles that I NEVER get.
Venturing out with daddy, Alice, and our friend Terri.
He and Alice got along smashingly.
Owen managed to play in the sand without getting dirty:
Daddy found a crawfish…and a HUGE snapping turtle:
I felt REALLY old because Alice (who is just a few months older than Owen) is the daughter of someone I used to babysit. Egads. But as the mom said, it’s cool that 30 years later our kids are playing together.
Then we saw the rain approaching from across the lake so we quickly packed up and headed home.
Our daily dose of sibling fun
Katie’s Teeth
I’ve been meaning to post her chart like I did for Owen…and am just now finally getting around to it. She’s had the red Xs for awhile now, but both green Xs are about halfway in.
I wanna be outside, too!
Grandpa, daddy, Owen, and Maggie were all outside before dinner (they were grilling). Katie really wanted to be outside, too.
Helping Grandpa and Gramma cook dinner
Fun with Grauntie Marge
Grauntie Marge took Katie for a walk and they both enjoyed it!
She also brought Katie some animal crackers…
…but she was more interested in feeding them to Maggie.
Monkey see, monkey do.
Katie is very good at copying noises. I finally captured some of it.
Just my luck.
Katie has never really had diarrhea.
Until today.
When I took her to visit my mom and her friends at someone else’s house.
Without a diaper bag because we were only going to be there for 20-30 minutes.
😐
Needless to say my mom had to run me home, I sent her back with carpet cleaner, I had to give Katie a bath (first one by myself!), and then put all of our clothes in the laundry.
We didn’t attempt to go back because with my luck it would happen all over again—or worse. At least all the people there have had kids of their own (or had enough experience with kids) that it wasn’t really a big deal to anyone.
Post-nap Crank
She usually screeches when she gets up…but today it continued through her diaper change.
Calmed down…
Helping gramma curl her hair
A Happy Daddy
Owen was sitting on Tom’s lap watching him play a game on his phone…so of course Katie had to get up there, too. 🙂
At Grandma Marsha’s
Looking out into the countryside
We went to Kalkaska today so we could go with Grandma Marsha and Uncle Rob to see some relatives who live out in the middle of nowhere. Katie enjoyed standing in the breeze and looking out the front door.
Sharing his B
Katie was getting a bit cranky on our way home from Kalkaska (after dinner in TC) so Owen threw his B up to her and she loved it.
“We’re sharing!”
Katie is the same as Owen—she has to find the corners with the strings.
Dinner in Traverse City
We took Grandma Marsha and Uncle Rob out for dinner to Traverse City and we picked Harrington’s On The Bay. It was quite yummy—and while Owen was really good, Katie was pretty good but got a bit antsy/squawky towards the end. Owen was a MUCH better diner than Katie is so far…but she’s a MUCH better eater (tonight she ate calamari, French fries, asparagus, filet mignon, yogurt, and chocolate cake).
Outside, after dinner:
Katie’s New Old Doll
This doll was Gramma Jean’s when she was a little kid…and she’s saved it all these years in case I had a baby girl. 🙂
She’s still a little young, so Gramma will hold onto it for a bit longer.
Katie likes corn on the cob!
The Monkey Shirt
I remembered to get out the Monkey Shirt in plenty of time with Katie…and Gramma Jean dressed her in it while we were out and about with the boy.
This is a tee that Grauntie Marge made for me when I was little that says “Auntie Marge loves Jenny” on the belly…and it got saved all these years. I forgot about it/had it well put away for Owen, so he didn’t get to wear it until he was a little too big for it.
And Owen, from September 11, 2011 (which, interestingly, I SWORE I blogged about, but it’s nowhere to be found).
Happy Early Birthday, Katie!
Her second first birthday onesie!
Her birthday balloon and bib at the hotel for her party!
Making faces with Papa.
Amazingly, she didn’t dive into the cake.
Singing Happy Birthday and big brother helping blow out the candle! (Yes, it’s a little blurry. I have a FAIL every now and again.)
Also amazingly, she didn’t make much of a mess. Yes, SHE got messy, but she ate the whole piece and none hit the floor!
Her new suit and coverup from Grauntie Rose!
Up and out completely on her own!
She would have dove in had Tom let her.
It was impossible to get all three looking at me at the same time.
She kept trying to drink the water!
She loved playing with Papa’s toes!
Drying off with Grandma Marsha.
Waiting to open presents!
A fun game Katie had with some grandparents…
Playing with the grandparents
I want to go outside, too!
Playing music!
I’m free!
No fear!
Papa and Grannie taught Owen croquet today!
And of course it turned into a gun!
He likes the tractor now!
The last time we wanted Owen to sit on the tractor he was scared of it (May 2011). This time, he loved it and wanted to ride around with Tom.
And Katie didn’t mind it at all!
Katie’s first birthday shirt
Since we were on vacation with access to all the grandparents (and Uncle Rob and Grauntie Marge) we decided to celebrate Katie’s first birthday a little early (just three weeks!). She has a few “first birthday” shirts to wear so we started with the same onesie Owen wore for his first birthday:
With Gramma Jean…
Then hanging out and watching TV with Owen:
Then outside in the backyard with the really nice grass—one of my favorite shots of the day! 🙂
