Katie has learned how to say Charlie…and it’s adorable.
Category Archives: Pets
Maggie and the lizard
You rarely see a lizard turn brown—they’re usually bright green. But he obviously doesn’t understand windows and thought Maggie was a threat.
I’ve never seen a lizard move so slowly.
Both of them want the stuffed pig.
I had their attention because I had a new stuffed animal…
But it was for Maggie!
Boxes, bags, whatever.
Boxes are fun!
This is what happens when I leave the cabinet doors open.
Charlie snuck into Maggie’s crate today.
What you can’t hear…
…is the cat screeching loudly in protest because Katie is sitting on her. 🙂 I missed the better picture when you could see Charlie’s head on the other side.
Owen loves Charlie loves Owen
I can’t believe I got the shot!
Charlie laid there JUST long enough for me to get out my phone, start the camera app, and snap one pic…then she bolted!
She’ll lay anywhere there’s sun…
What a morning.
I’ve been up since 6:30 when Katie started screaming.
The cats have barfed three times.
Katie made a terrific mess out of bananas and granola bars.
I discovered my kitchen sink has been leaking for who knows how long and I haven’t the first clue how to fix it (so am hoping a friend can come over). All the towels stored underneath were soaked.
Owen pooped his pants (the first time since the hospital) and then filled the toilet with about a half roll of TP trying to wipe (zero success, BTW).
And Katie won’t stop screaming when I’m out of her sight.
/cry
There IS a dog under there.
Patient Dog
Usually it’s a round-robin: Maggie lays down, Katie notices and heads over and gets in, Maggie begrudgingly leaves, Katie gets bored and leaves, Maggie returns, Katie returns, Maggie leaves…
But this morning Maggie stayed. 🙂
One of these things is not like the other.
Pool Day
We had an invite for the beach today, but I just am not ready to take Katie and Owen to the beach. Owen would be fine, but I have no idea if Katie will be a content to sit and play in the sand baby or if she’d be a run up and down the beach baby—and didn’t really have the energy to find out today…so I passed…but invited others over for the pool. One mom came over (the same one who went out to dinner with me on my anniversary) and it was great.
Getting ready for the sun:
This is what happened when I asked the kids to pose. She did and Owen looks like he’s attacking her! 🙂
Unfortunately, Katie was a total crankypants—the first time since she’s started this recent teething episode. But she liked the watermelon (and wanted to share, as you will see in the video).
I finally got out the baby pool we had when Owen was little (Tom just found it before he left):
And it was HOT. And with the running around with the kids and getting the air compressor out of the shed, yada yada yada, I really wanted to go in the pool. Ruth said “Sure, go ahead!” So I did! I spent about 15 minutes in with the kids—and Ruth even got Katie into a swim diaper and then brought her to the pool with us! Then Ruth even got in up to her knees to cool off. It was really, really great and I appreciated it immensely!
Maggie!
She loves Maggie and crawled right up with her.
Hanging out with Katie
Hanging out with Maggie:
Hanging out with Owen:
Hanging out with Charlie:
The best pic I could get of her new outfit from Gramma Jean:
As soon as she sees me toss clean laundry in the chair, she’s over there like a shot. Usually she pulls everything off the chair but today she just played with stuff.
And hanging out with Owen again:
Katie saying Maggie
She also calls the cats Maggie, too, so she’s not THAT smart. 🙂
New window seat…and desk.
Someone is happy that we rearranged the office and she has her window seat back.
And I guess this is as good a time as any to show pictures of the new desk Tom built… I’ve been meaning to post them but then it got later and later (and you know how I like to have posts on the day they actually happen) until I kinda gave up. But today works.
Though the desk has been a work-in-progress for months (he started with gusto and then took a long break and then finished with gusto!) we finally got it put together on August 1.
Ahhh, so nice and empty. I still REALLY miss the orange. 🙁
The three-piece L-shaped desk! That white cabinet (aka old printer stand) is now placed at the end of Tom’s section of the desk (which is just out of frame). It now has the scanner sitting on it, unplugged, since we rarely use it (I have a Fujitsu ScanSnap
Tom did a really great job and it’s SOOOO much better than the [two-year] temporary desk we had in there. (We used to have an L-shaped desk in here, but after a few PCS moves, it was a little shaky.)
Cheerios on Charlie
But I don’t wanna get up.
Someone really loves her new bed…I almost had to physically pick her up out of it for her last potty break.
“Maggie’s” new bed
So while we were out running a few last-minute errands, we bought Maggie a nice new fluffy bed. As soon as we set it down, someone else found it (I told you she’s just like a cat).
Then Maggie found it.
Then Katie decided SHE wanted to be in the bed…and Maggie wanted NO part of that. So it was round robin for a bit…Katie out, Maggie in…Katie back, Maggie out.
Then Owen got involved and Maggie gave up and went back to her stack of blankets on the hearth.
And BOY did the kids have fun in there.
Princess Maggie
No, she’s not spoiled. 🙂
In Maggie’s House
She kicked Maggie out…or, rather, Maggie got irritated enough to leave.
Enjoying herself.
Katie petting Charlie
So they were all on the couch when I hear Owen say: “Good job, Miss Katie…you’re being gentle.” And I look over and see this:
Katie + Outfit + Hat + Charlie
Here are the skorts in another color!
And later that day…
I wanna see out there!
As soon as you open the blinds, she’s RIGHT THERE trying to climb up and over the couch to see outside. Especially if her brother is out there!
Me, too! Me, too!
And a great picture of her mis-matched jammies. It’s what happens when you have three-piece sets (one top, shorts, and pants)—you end up with odd pieces for a night here and there!
Katie got bit!
So, Katie loves playing with Charlie. For the most part, Charlie doesn’t mind—but every once in awhile she’ll have enough and give Katie a swat (she has no claws so it’s not dangerous). Sometimes Katie stops…sometimes she doesn’t. Once in awhile Katie gets a quick nip and it shocks her but doesn’t really hurt her.
Until tonight.
She got bit HARD. At first we didn’t think too much about it but she was screaming harder and louder (and longer) than normal…so I took a peek…and saw blood. Yep, Charlie bit her hand so hard it drew blood. Poor kid. ((A day later you can still see the teeth marks and bruising.))
Katie + Chips + Maggie
She was having a ball eating chip crumbs out of the bag. We tried to take it away by setting it out of reach on the couch…and she immediately climbed right up to get them!
And of course Maggie wasn’t too far away…which led Katie to feeding her.
