April 2, 2009

Kate has a hard time waking up in the morning.
It takes us a while to get going so we decided to
do a photo shoot.

Kate loves big bear. They are buddies and do
everything together. This is how I found her.

Grandma made Kate an apron. She loves to help
me cook, do the dishes and clean up the table. If
only that would last forever.


We started Teeny Weenie swim class this week.
Kate loves the water. She wants me to let her go
and tells me "no" a lot. She doesn't get the whole
drowning thing yet. We go 3 days a week. Funny
thing is it has snowed each day we have gone. So
we bundle up to go swim.


Have you ever seen the show toddlers and tiaras.
I saw it for the first time and freaked out. WOW,
crazy moms. This hair is as poofy as it gets for
Kate. No spray tan, hair pieces and $1000 dollar
dresses.

Big Brown Bear says hi.

Updates and stuff.

Sometimes, well a lot of times, I just don't have much to say. So I am forcing my brain to try and recall memorable things to say. Pretty much this will all just be random ramblings.

Lets start with Troy. He got a job, a new road bike, and a cold from all of the stress. He is really liking his new job at Control4 they do home automation. Someday if I disappear it is probably because the computer controlling our home has taken over and trapped us or Troy has lost it and locked me in the house all by using his iphone (he doesn't have one yet.)

We got called to be nursery leaders. Basically babysitting for about 2 hours kids 18 months to 3 years of age. Troys dream job, not so much mine. We have learned about the peepee dance, snacks, germs, singing time and 2minute lessons.

I have been coaching a club volleyball team of 15-18year-olds. We took first place in the Las Vegas Classic 18 club division.(164 teams) They were great! In system almost all of the time. The rest of the time is spent with Kate. I have learned how to make rolls from scratch by hand, literally no Bosch involvement at all. (thanks Luisa) I am looking forward to spring and getting my garden plans fired up.

Kate is 19 months on thursday. She runs, climbs, jumps, and explores everything. The other night as she was crying to stay awake in her crib I watched her take a bottle and feed her bear-bear. She has a good imagination developing. We bake cakes in her play kitchen, color with crayons, ride around on the plasma car, feed Mac, feed the fish, FEED OURSELF, do the dishes together, get snacks and love to bounce on the horse and the jonny jumper. We are getting ready for swim class the end of March and thinking about dance/tumbling classes. Do they even do that for toddlers? Who knows?

Kate is starting to say a little more, NO is still the favorite, dada, moma, ma (mac), bow (elbow), toe, na (knox) and Bear. The words are coming but it is still easier for her to sign so she does that. Kate still plays with Ashley and Krissa. Her new playmates are Eden, Malia, and sometimes Carter and Cooper.

Presidents Day Weekend/ Valentines Day.

Kate got to stay with her Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Raegan this weekend while I went and coached volleyball in Las Vegas. Her is some of the fun.

Hans, Knox, and Kate

Even Fairies have Morning Hair...

Happy Holiday Report

Here is Kate and BFF Ashley playing with Kate's new kitchen she got from Mom, Dad... and Santa? Her aunties gave her a wooden smoothie maker, and pots and pans. This present came in 2009 after we had recovered from the trip. She loves playing with it. She even went and washed her hands with out any encouragement from me. She is such a smart girl.


We had family pictures at Troys house. It was a zoo and so fun. Crying kids, cussing dads and toys flying across the grass. I was laughing inside the entire time. When you ask Kate to show you happy this is what you get. We are working on emotions. I swear she does this just to perturb me. But it is so funny and cute. Except when you are taking family pictures.



Kate loves her Daddy. Lately it is who she yells for when she wakes up. But she still wants her mommy to put her to sleep at night. She is very jealous of other kids and even throws tantrums if I pick up another kid, or feed her cousin cheerios in church. The terrible twos are already here. I am scared.
There are 14 total. 2 have yet to be put on the wall.


Kate wanted to play inside the sack. Who knows why. She also loves to get into the big box the diapers come in from costco.


Bathtime fun with the cousins. I asked them to stick out their tongues and they did.

This is how Kate rides. She travels really well. And makes sure she is comfy the whole way.
Christmas morning Kate is opening G-ma's gift.

This is the Christmas program at Grandma and Grandpaws house. (not a mistake that is how he signs it on paper, grandpaw.)


We have a group of mini pianist in the making. Kate loves the piano. We really need to get her one sometime.
Kate has watched her dad pump up the bike tires and now tries to do it herself when she can get her hands on the pump. This is before church in her christmas dress.

We survived! Driving about 23 hours total for the trip. 16 cousins, 10 aunts and uncles, 2 grandmas, 2 grandpas, and 1 girls night at the movie Twilight. Whew. It was a lot of fun. Except for driving in 40 mph head-wind all the way to AZ.

Kate was in heaven the whole time, loving the attention and playing with the cousins. It was good to escape reality for a while.


This is my Happy Holiday Report.

Holidays and fun.

The first official all day lasting hair-do. Kate actually asks for hair clips now. They only stay in a minute, but hey that's progress. If only her bangs would grow.
Aunty Bri was here for thanksgiving.
Family photo op.
Our only holiday tradition pre-kate was to go see the lights on temple square on Christmas Eve. This year we will be at Grandpa and Grandma's house so we went with everyone the day after t-day. Kate had to walk everywhere herself. And I in rushing to get everything forgot her coat and gloves on the couch at home. Luckily it was not too cold that night.
Maybe getting a picture with Santa can be a new tradtion. Kate wouldn't even walk up to Santa. I wouldn't either he wasn't very jolly that day.

We do have a new family tradition for thanksgiving. This is the FIRST ANNUAL PUMKIN LAUNCH
We chucked the pumpkins over the yard and into the canal that runs behind our home. After we ran out of our own pumkins we decided to go steel the neighbors. Barb and I hit two houses but we knocked on the door and asked to take them. We are not criminals. These new pumkins were huge and mostly landed in the back yard with two people trying to throw them at a time. It was super fun. Kate slept through the excitment.

Catching Up

Halloween is our favorite. Kate was a good witch. She was so cute and her and Troy had fun together.



Kate wasn't into her hat.

A few Saturday's ago we went to our Aunt Sharon's to deep clean before they returned from their mission. Here are the cleaners. Everyone worked really hard.





My first big Hike 4 miles round trip!



When I got home I gave bunny a ride in the baby Bjorn.


I really love Pa.