Katie finally went to the dentist for the 1st time. It was during school so I wasn't able to take her but Andy said she did great.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Drivers Ed
Katie LOVES her new jeep but we've got a lot of practicing to do.
Taking Dora for a ride
Keep your eyes on the road, Katie.
Happy 3rd Birthday Katie!
Three years ago Andy's and my life were blessed with our 1st baby girl. I always knew I wanted to be a mommy but I never imagined it as great as it is. I have loved every minute of time with my sweet little Katie bug. She amazes me all the time and makes me laugh every day. I'm so proud of my little girl and so thankful that God chose me and Andy to be her parents.
Because of Hannah's baby dedication, we had Katie's birthday party the week before her actual birthday. So on her "real" birthday we took her to Gattitown and Build A Bear. She LOVED Build A Bear!
Because of Hannah's baby dedication, we had Katie's birthday party the week before her actual birthday. So on her "real" birthday we took her to Gattitown and Build A Bear. She LOVED Build A Bear!
She loves her bear already.
Stuffing her bear
Cleaning her bear
Hannah got a toy too
And then it was time to pick out some clothes for her bear
And then we filled out the birth certificate for her new bear "Sparkle"
After picking out Sparkle's clothes, she wanted to clean her off again
Oh and I forgot to mention while we were out at the mall we decided to get her some new shoes. We knew she was growing out of the shoes she had. She had been wearing a size 7 shoe. They measured her feet and said she's an 8 1/2 and recommended we get her a size 9 so she can grow into them. Oops. We got her some "twinkle toes" (they light up) and then Build A Bear just happened to have the same shoes for Sparkle!
Can you tell why she named her bear "Sparkle"?
We finished off her birthday celebration with the "Happy Birthday Song" and her Junior cake.
And a little play time with her new toys. These are her My Little Pony barretts.
This year was the funnest birthday celebration yet. It was the 1st year she really "got it". She was so excited to celebrate her birthday and turning 3 years old. She's growing up so fast. I love my sweet little Katie bug so much!
Daddy's Little Girls
Playtime with Daddy
I love those hugs. So sweet.
Sleepytime with Daddy
Sleepytime with Mommy too.
Hannah's Baby Dedication
The day after Katie's birthday party we had Hannah's baby dedication at church. On September 19, 2011 we made a promise to God that we will raise Hannah in a Christian home.
With Pastor Chuck before the service...
Katie loved listening to the orchestra before the dedication.
Sweetie pie!
Playing with Memaw at lunch after the service.
And Aunt Allison too.
The girls hanging out at home that afternoon in their pretty little dresses.
Playing with Becky and Mimi (and Sandy too)
Katie 3 Year Update
So what is our sweet little Katie bug up to these days? She's growing up so much and I thank God every day that he chose me to be her mommy.
Katie just turned 3 years old and she's mostly wearing size 3T clothes. She can still fit into some 2T stuff though. She weighs 29lbs 8oz (50th percentile), and is 36"tall (25th-50th percentile).
She's so sweet and cuddly. She loves reading books. She would let me read to her all day long if I was able to. I love reading to her. She's beginning to comprehend stories I read to her and ask questions or tell me what's going on in the story. She is also starting to memorize some books and retell or make up her own stories by looking at the pictures in books. She sleeps with almost every stuffed animal she has and about 30 books. We try to take some of her books out of bed but she has a huge meltdown when we do and ends up getting out of bed after we leave the room to put them all back in bed anyway. It's kind of cute so I don't make a big deal of it. She's a pretty heavy sleeper. After she goes to bed each night, Andy and I go back up and tuck her back in on our way to bed. We've completely redressed her before and she had no idea we were there, but after redressing her when we tried to take some books out of bed (so she wouldn't have to sleep on top of the tons of books in her bed), she woke up and said, "Don't take my books." Ha!
Most nights we get to read books (usually a devotional book, prayer book, or one of her kid Bibles). We always say our prayers. I usually ask her what she wants to say to God tonight. What should we thank him for, etc. Then as I say a prayer, she repeats each thing after me. Lately she always wants to thank God for her yellow Bible and thank God that the Bible is true. I love it. Makes my heart melt.
When I was little, every night I told my mom, "Good night. I love you. Sweet dreams. Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite." Now I've continued that with Katie. If I forget to say it, she says "I want to say it mama." So she repeats each thing after me as I say, "Good night. Sweet dreams. Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite. I love you. See you tomorrow. Marshmallow!" I think when I say "See you tomorrow" it is so fast that to her it originally sounded like "Marshmallow." So now we've added marshmallow to the end of it all. She cracks me up.
She doesn't alway nap. When she does it's a very late nap. She plays (looks at books) for a long time before falling asleep. But she sleeps really good at night and unless it's a school or church day, she will sleep until about 8:00 or 8:30 then usually stays in bed looking at books until me or Andy goes and gets her up. I let her sleep with me one night while Andy was out of town and found out that she talks in her sleep. Ha!
She is getting more into the pretend play thing. She likes playing with her dolls and ponies. She likes playing with her kitchen set. She loves listening to or watching Veggie Tales.
She loves school and talks about her friends all the time now. She's learning so much at school. She knows all her shapes and colors. She knows all of her capital letters and some lower case letters and sounds. She counts to 20 (except she skips 16 every time). She recognizes her numbers to 10. She spells her name (orally, she can't write it yet). They have a letter and a word each week and show and tell every Friday with the letter of the week.
She started dance class this fall (ballet and tap) and LOVES her class, her new friends, and her dance teacher.
She loves her sister and is so helpful. Hannah's starting to play with toys so Katie helps Hannah with her toys, making them play music, or handing them to Hannah so she can reach them.
And she is finally completely daytime potty trained! Yea! No more Katie diapers (except for nighttime).
She's definitely 3 and has mastered whining and throwing fits about as good as I did when I was a kid. But she's so sweet and loving. I'm proud of her every single day and love her more than words can say. Happy birthday sweet girl!
A Very Veggie Birthday! Part 2
It was very windy, but great day for a park birthday party. After bubbles, we had pizza and cake!
Birthday girl enjoying her pizza
Amber and Brooke, "the twins" from dance class
Lillie and Maddy from play group
Brody from school
Caleb and Micah from church
Zaina from school
Dalani from school
Bella from school
We were so glad to have family there!
My sweet red head Hannah girl...
Daddy Hannah time
We couldn't get all of them to stay in 1 spot long enough for a picture but this is most of the crew.
We finished off with a little play time on the playground.
Then we came home along with some of our family for family presents. Here she is all decked out in her "Fancy Nancy" gear.
Her Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber stuffed animals.
And her new jeep! I was a little disappointed. It's supposed to ride in grass and I guess it does, but our yard is sloped so she can't just go ride it in the backyard anytime she wants to. We have to go out to the sidewalk to really ride it. But she loves it.
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