Out of the mouth of babes...

This week my mom has been in town enjoying her grandkids. More than once she has remarked that we needed to find the baby book to write something down that one of the kids said or did. So, since I am terribly disorganized right now with 3/4 of my earthly possessions in one state and the rest crammed in a small condo with four people and a dog, I am going to attempt to capture some of the recent zingers here.

One of my current favorites is how Katherine shortens the word pretend to just "tend" as in, "Mama, tend your name is Sarah." A favorite of my moms: "yesternight." Last night we were in the car and James tried to join her in the ABC song. She preferred to sing it on her own so told him, "Daddy, I need you to concentrate on your driving. Can you do that for me?" Talk about hysterical - we all laughed.

The other night my mom was sewing new hair on an old doll (a doll from when I was little who Katherine has adopted as her own). Katherine was monitoring the progress and as my mom picked up a glass of tea to take a drink Katherine said, "Grandma, you either drink your tea or fix Molly's hair." Apparently we are big on having Katherine focus on one thing at a time!

Also noteworthy this week: Jack took his first steps! He has taken three in a row on several occasions over the last few days. I am excited that it happened while a grandparent was here to witness! So far he has a couple of sounds that resemble words: dada (and sometimes daddy) and something that sounds like Hunter. He has six teeth (four on top and two on bottom) and I think he is working on two more on bottom.

They are growing up so fast!

Sweet moment

Looks like a sweet moment with Katherine reading to Jack. In reality she wrestled him into a seated position so she had an audience!
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Is a kanary a songbird?

Katherine's school has an auction each year to raise money for the school. The week before the auction there is a preview at which each class gets up to sing a few songs. Here is Katherine's class singing:



How funny are they? We have come a long way from the Christmas program from her other school where her finger was in or near her nose most of the time!

"bath"room

Ok, one of the major issues we had with our house in Cincinnati was the lack of even a half bath on the main floor.
This shortage was especially painful during both of my pregnancies when I had to pee all the time.
Our current place in KC has a small half bath off the kitchen area. Awesome, right? Well, as you can see - between the dog bowls, the hockey equipment, the potty seat, and the two stools there isn't much room for an average sized human to use it for its intended purpose. Oh well, it works in a pinch.
Can you tell we are feeling a little overcrowded in our temporary accomodations?
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First Day of Her New School

Here is a video we took dropping Katherine off for her first day at the new school she is attending here in Kansas City. This is the second week she has attended and she really seems to love it! She comes home with lots to share every day, new songs to sing, new things to talk about (last week they did a unit on transportation), and new library books to read. We are happy to have found such a great place!

Lunch

Here is a video of Katherine helping Jack eat lunch last week. So cute. I apologize for the shaky camera work, next time I'll put it on a tripod!

Baking cookies

We had to drop James off at the rental car place early this morning, so it has been a long day.
We needed an activity to occupy ourselves, especially after a post office fiasco. Baking cookies was the perfect distraction!
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Moving day #1

Well, we are on our way! So far the weather is cooperating. No snow, just cold.
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Almost walking!

He is so mobile it is scary!
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Happy New Year

We wish you a very happy new year. The new year comes with a variety of changes for us, one of which is a move. In a little over two weeks we will be moving to Kansas City to allow James to take on a new and exciting role within the company he works for.

Moving means many things, not the least of which is leaving behind many close friends and family. So, in an effort to allow those close to us in spirit, but not in proximity to see the kids grow and change, we got a little video camera for Christmas.

Here is a video of Katherine and Grandma baking cookies at Christmas...