Bedtime snugglesSlurping a bottle of shampoo
Grabbing a steak knife out of the dishwasher
Sucking on a bottle of lotion
Eating a marble magnet
Grabbing a steak knife out of the dishwasher
Sucking on a bottle of lotion
Eating a marble magnet
That crazy little critter! I just don't think there is any hope for a poor 3rd child when there are 4 people to remember to close doors AND 4 people to forget to close doors. And 4 people to load and run the dishwasher AND 4 people to get distracted part way though and leave it open. Lindsay has started calling Kate the vacuum cleaner. No doubt it is the truth! Not walking...cruising and crawling faster than we can keep up with though!
newborn Kate - 9 lb 9 oz - our biggest baby - oh, she was so rolie polie!
And now this:
Meredith and Kate at her 1st birthday party
A year ago we had this:
newborn Kate - 9 lb 9 oz - our biggest baby - oh, she was so rolie polie!And now this:
Meredith and Kate at her 1st birthday partySo my plump newborn baby who has struggled to gain weight all year long tipped the scales at her 1 year check up at 17 lb 14 oz. Aren't babies supposed to double their birth weight by 6 months? At this rate, I don't know when she will reach that bench mark. But at least she is on the charts and made it from the 3rd percentile to 5th percentile. Way to go Kate!
Her feet - we were able to get her much awaited a follow-up the same time Lindsay's arm was seen by the ortho doc. Great news! Kate only has to wear her braces on her legs at night and naptime...when I remember! LOL. The PA was thrilled with how well she has done. Honestly, she said, she thought we were heading to at least one leg needing a cast. A cast would have been a straight leg cast from toes to hip. In the summer. For several months. Yuck. So, hopefully the overnight splinting is enough to maintain her foot correction. if not, well, then we will cross that bridge in 5 months.
The big girls planned a birthday celebration for Kate. We went to a fun dinner out at Johnny Rocket's Diner and had burgers, fries, onion rings and milkshakes. Kate loved it and the staff even brought over a sundae and sang to her - the big girls LOVED that!! They wrote little notes inviting Kate to Build A Bear to pick out her own new guy.
She ended up "choosing" between a pink lamb and a brown bunny. Kate chose the bunny and the doting big sisters loved helping her build it and chose Hello Kitty jammies. The bunny was called cinnamon swirl so she was named Cinaminnie Minnie. really, she is cute.
That's my little critter. Love our little monster! Now if I could just get that monster face documented so I can blog about it...
Need to blog about other stuff...my camera and computer are not getting along - I keep trying to empty my card onto my computer and there is a hang up somewhere. I guess this may be why I have not had much to blog about...but so much has happened like end of preschool and 2nd grade festivities, the beginning of summer break and "campouts" in the back yard and Memorial Day BBQ's and play dates and swimming lessons and my wishing I owned stock in any number of Popsicle companies! Getting ready for Girl's Camp next week is keeping my mind busy. I am already tired of all the neighborhood kids! But really, if dealing with piles of wet towels from happy playing kids and making bug collection jars (and helping to host a funeral for a fly) and stocking a freezer with Popsicles is all it takes to keep the kids happy, then I guess it is OK.
Her feet - we were able to get her much awaited a follow-up the same time Lindsay's arm was seen by the ortho doc. Great news! Kate only has to wear her braces on her legs at night and naptime...when I remember! LOL. The PA was thrilled with how well she has done. Honestly, she said, she thought we were heading to at least one leg needing a cast. A cast would have been a straight leg cast from toes to hip. In the summer. For several months. Yuck. So, hopefully the overnight splinting is enough to maintain her foot correction. if not, well, then we will cross that bridge in 5 months.
The big girls planned a birthday celebration for Kate. We went to a fun dinner out at Johnny Rocket's Diner and had burgers, fries, onion rings and milkshakes. Kate loved it and the staff even brought over a sundae and sang to her - the big girls LOVED that!! They wrote little notes inviting Kate to Build A Bear to pick out her own new guy.
She ended up "choosing" between a pink lamb and a brown bunny. Kate chose the bunny and the doting big sisters loved helping her build it and chose Hello Kitty jammies. The bunny was called cinnamon swirl so she was named Cinaminnie Minnie. really, she is cute.That's my little critter. Love our little monster! Now if I could just get that monster face documented so I can blog about it...
Need to blog about other stuff...my camera and computer are not getting along - I keep trying to empty my card onto my computer and there is a hang up somewhere. I guess this may be why I have not had much to blog about...but so much has happened like end of preschool and 2nd grade festivities, the beginning of summer break and "campouts" in the back yard and Memorial Day BBQ's and play dates and swimming lessons and my wishing I owned stock in any number of Popsicle companies! Getting ready for Girl's Camp next week is keeping my mind busy. I am already tired of all the neighborhood kids! But really, if dealing with piles of wet towels from happy playing kids and making bug collection jars (and helping to host a funeral for a fly) and stocking a freezer with Popsicles is all it takes to keep the kids happy, then I guess it is OK.
