I am officially caught up, almost 3 months in one night! I might have forgotten a few things along the way, but that's too bad! Now let's see if I can avoid falling behind. We all know what comes next.....Katie's birthday! Technically, today is her birthday as I sit here at 12:40 a.m. Happy Birthday my sweet little girl! We love you so very much!
Read more...Gosh, I feel like we've been lucky so far! Although they do their best everyday to injure themselves in one way or another, we have managed to avoid anything major. We've had scraped knees, busted lips and a chipped tooth, but this one is by far the worst. Somehow we managed to avoid the emergency room.....barely. Ryan was out on the driveway running with his digger and it slipped out from under him with nothing to catch the fall but his sweet little face. Ouch! This one had me pretty worried because he hit his head so hard on the pavement. The pediatrician had me watch him closely for an hour and thankfully no signs of a head injury. We'll just chalk it up to the first of many, right? I know I can't make him wear a helmet 24/7, but I want to :) This is what he looked like the next day. My poor baby!
This Spring Kyle started playing Rec Soccer and he is loving it! I think Daddy is loving it just as much! I must admit, after the first day, I got a little worried that he would be frustrated. Let's just say the team wasn't exactly gelling on the field. I'm not sure half of them realized a game was going on. Anyway, that all changed the following week. They rocked! I don't know if everyone went home and practiced, but they truly rocked and they played really well as a team. Rick is helping out with coaching the team and Katie, Ryan and I cheer them on. Daddy gave Kyle a few pointers at home on how to play defense and man the kid is GOOD! I'm just so happy that Kyle is having such a great time with this!
We took our yearly winter trip up to Nana and G-daddy's to get our fill of snow. Who knew we would have already had two snow storms of our own. Well, at least I had help getting the kids dressed this time :) We had a great time. We built a couple of snowmen. The boys built one and the girls built one. I won't say which one was better, but I think Katie built a pretty mean snowman :)
Here are my three little goofballs! Just some silly pics of them together.
It's official! We now only have one in diapers! Yippee! Ryan stepped up to big boy status. It was actually fairly easy. I knew he was ready and 4 days later, we were completely trained. I had my doubts on day 3 and then something happened and it was blissful after that! Only a mom can call peeing in the potty blissful. I used sticker charts like I did with Kyle, but I thought Ryan might need some additional encouraging, being how stubborn he can be sometimes. So, a friend of mine suggested that I fill Easter eggs with little surprises. Brilliant. So, although, Easter was about 3 months away, I dug into my bin and got out a basket and a bunch of eggs. I filled each egg with a sticker for his chart and a little surprise: sometimes candy, sometimes money, and even sometimes a new matchbox car. Well, the kid never had so much candy in 4 days, but it worked like a charm. We are so proud of him and I think he's pretty proud of himself :)
Seriously, who would have thought we'd get two good snows this year! The kids were super excited. I must admit, I'm good for one snow and all of the excitement it brings. However, with the second snow, all I could think of was how much effort it was going to take to get all three kids dressed. A lot! I did it though. We actually were able to go sledding down the street, so they thought that was pretty cool!
Here's Miss Katie wondering what all of that white stuff is :)
We took the kids to the new Discovery Place in town. It. Is. Awesome. They had so much fun! They could pretend to be anything from a fireman, to a veterinarian, to a cook, to a race car mechanic. They can milk a cow, climb a rock wall, or load bricks up a conveyor system. They can work in a bank or a flower shop. They ran from place to place not knowing what to do next. Check it out! The best part is that we have a membership, so we can go back again and again!
This seems to be a bi-monthly update on our little Katie. Let's see if I can remember all of the new things she's been doing over the past two months. She now pulls up to stand on just about anything and everything and is cruising the couch these days. Now that she's reached a new level, she likes to destroy the boys' train table and tear our magazines to pieces.
Check out those chunky little legs! She'll probably hate me later for pointing them out, but I will miss them one day! She is just so lovable!
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