I started out taking photos of Katie in this cute outfit…I think the shirt came from Grandma Marsha or Grannie Lin and I think I got the skirt—but they match perfectly. And how cute is the little skirt?!
And then Owen got involved… Well, he just sat there and she LOVES to crawl on him so off she went.
Then back to Miss Katie.
We had to run some errands on the far side of town around nap time…
Oh my goodness he was SO excited watching Tom get it ready and start filling it up…
I love the feet here.
And the face here.
Tentative first step…
Hey, this is fun!
Posing for mom’s request.
More splashing around.
“Can I take my shorts off?”
“I have to go potty!”
I tried to get a cute shot of his face with his butt blurry in the background…but for as scary smart as he is sometimes, he could NOT grasp that I wanted him to move his legs around. 🙂
Tom working on the walkway.
She LOVED the water and wanted to GO GO GO!
When she first got in, it was pretty shallow so she could kinda crawl/float around…and boy did she scoot quickly!
But since it was filling as we were in it, it obviously kept getting deeper…
…and she started taking on water!
And of course big brother was RIGHT there the whole time. He wanted to play with her SO badly!! And we taught him that if he sees Katie go under, the first thing he has to do is pull her up then scream for us if we’re not right there. 🙂
I sense a very wet summer for me…
On a sidenote, we’re trying a saltwater system
NEW CONTENT:
Another 9m summer outfit that we had to get on at least once before it doesn’t fit (though we have the same thing in a 12m ready to go)! I’m pretty sure Gramma Jean got both of them!
Owen LOVES to get in there with her. Silly kid.
Trying to appease the hungry beast without hauling out the high chair while still being outside and enjoying the weather… Of course, it was also a test to see if she’d leave everything (or most everything) on the plate. Ha. HA. HAHAHA. I think it lasted a minute or two at most. I did not, however, get a picture of the food scattered across the entire blanket!
Trying to keep her happy while Tom is working in the garden and pool and I finish unloading and reloading the dishwasher.
Don’t you just want to pinch those cheeks?!
Otherwise known as “trying to poop on the potty” time. 🙂 This is what we do about 3-4 times a day.
And this is what we usually see under the door. Sometimes we let her in but of course she wants to be right in the middle of things so it’s easier to just keep her out.
Normally I feed her when it’s messy food (and she lets me), but today she was more interested in feeding herself…so I let her go crazy.
Her onesie won’t fit for too much longer so I had to try and get them in a picture together! Note I said TRY. And didn’t say GOOD picture. 🙂
Wow. Just wow.
Today was one of those rare North Carolina days where the weather is perfect, there’s a nice breeze, there’s no bugs, and it’s perfectly glorious to be outside…so we took full advantage of it!
I got out the kid enclosure our friends loaned us to put Katie on the deck under the umbrella (so I didn’t have to worry about sun) and she didn’t mind it too much.
And then he climbed in with Katie.
Meanwhile I was catching up on some of my big ol’ stack o’ magazines.
And Owen was running around playing with/snapping his Indiana Jones whip (something he’s not allowed to do inside), running around the yard, climbing on his playset, and playing with his army men* that he earned this morning for pooping. 🙂
And here you can see him in all his adorable action:
We came inside for a little bit because after her nap, Katie was NOT having it…but when daddy got home, we decided to eat dinner outside!! By then it was a little cooler but still definitely worth staying out to enjoy it.
Ahhh, spring!
* The army men were an unplanned surprise. They were a gift from Grandma Marsha probably two years ago (in a Diego backpack) that we just tucked away until he was old enough to play with them. And I had kinda forgotten about them as they were in Katie’s closet (Owen’s old closet). But today, Owen happened to be in her room with us and the closet doors were open and his inquisitive eyes glommed on to Diego RIGHT away: “What is this?!” 🙂 Then he opened it and found the army men…which I then immediately used as a potty training bribe!
Within the past few days, Owen has tried:
And while I was composing this post, he asked for a big grape. Which meant a plum! Yay! I’m really excited about that since its another “P fruit” his GI doc recommended as being great for him!
Oh, and it goes without saying that Katie loves all of the above…plus hamburger as well. She LOVES the noodles…
Every so often while playing Katie will just put her head down (usually on a pillow). It’s not usually at nap time so I think she’s just taking a little break. It’s something Owen never did so we find it terribly cute. She did it twice today.
Morning:
Evening:
She had a blast…but it’s exhausting chasing her all over and preventing her from eating everything she touches (all while trying to take pictures)!
Trying her damnedest to drink from Owen’s sippy cup! And somewhat succeeding!
I took Katie down the slide today for the first time! She loved it! Owen waited at the bottom saying “I’ll catch you!” and then he climbed to the top and said “I’ll push her now!”
Of course, I held on to her the whole way down. 🙂
Katie doesn’t like being left alone so this is what usually happens while I’m getting dinner ready…or going to the bathroom…or walking into another room. Pretty much whenever she gets left alone.
She’s cute but it gets old. 😐
Katie just ate her first dog food. Or attempted to anyway. 🙂
And I didn’t have my phone on me (silly PJs don’t have pockets) so I missed the photo op. Though, really, it was mostly just a lot of drool.
Well, technically, a televised scrimmage. But it was MSU and it was TV so we all wore our green and white!
She did it all by herself and was SO proud! Like brother like sister!
Katie napping on the way to Wilmington:
And on the way home:
