Chicken Dance

Easter Present from our SC Family.

as promised...

Kaitrin walking on Easter morning.

OOOPS

A bit ago I posted about my serious earring fetish...but like a dingus, I posted the wrong website, well not really a website at all. So, if you liked the earrings that I posted, please visit www.anneholman.com instead of the email address that I originally posted. (and the rest of her stuff is pretty cool too)

Chocolate Addiction Starts Early

Kaitrin's first chocolate oreo!

...and she walks

Kaitrin loves to cruise around the furniture. She has even taken to cruising around the walls. Her favorite is grabbing your hands and walking anywhere. After the awkward, stiff leg walk, she actually gets pretty good at balancing from one foot to another. You would think that she doesn't even need the hand that she is holding, because her balance is just that good. So, Mike and I have been trying to slowly remove our hand and let her walk...but the little stinker feels the slightest movement and drops to one knee!

Last night we were in the playroom and Mike was walking with her, towards me, with the same game plan...she took three freakin steps by herself! Mike let go and I was reaching for her but continued to back up and three whole steps came out of her!

Snow Bunny

She hated her hat.
She wasn't sure what the scarf was.
She didn't understand why the white stuff was cold and wet.
She wasn't even sure why it was so bright out.
Overall, it was a pretty confusing experience, but she sure did not want to go back inside!

Snow Man

Jacob has been waiting "like, 100 days" for it to snow! Bundled in any clothes we could find, Jacob got to help shovel, use his snow paints, and play with the neighbor kids. He is a little worried that there may not be enough snow for a snowman, though.

Winter Wonderland

For those of you with no TV or windows, this is what the mid-west looks like right now. That's a whole lot of white!

Big Chair

Kaitrin and Jacob have started a new school. Kaitrin is in an early intervention program for OT and PT. So, in the spirit of change, we decided to put her in a booster chair at the table with us. This picture is Kaitrin at the table for the first time. She was using her spoon, which she does for the first few bites, and then decided that her hand was much faster.

Besides trying to take my food off of my plate and throwing her own food when she decides she is done, it has been working out pretty well.

Into Everything

Kaitrin has learned how to open doors...all doors. It's actually an activity of hers. Open. Close. Open. Close. The pantry door, Daddy's office door, the cabinet doors...

After Kaitrin was done banging the stainless bowls together, she decided to explore the cabinets. I think that she just loves being small...she fits anywhere!

Time to Make the Donuts

As some may know, I was a Dunkin Donut girl back in the day. I filled 'em, I iced 'em and I sold 'em...and ate a bunch too. This is Kaitrin's first cream filled donut (or Pittsburgh Creme as they are known in PA). She managed to eat most of it even though it's as big as her face!

Earring Fetish

Are these not the cutest earrings that you have ever seen! I found them as I was searching for jewelry one night. They are hand made by a local artist here in Columbus...Anne Holman. Check out her website at www.anneholman.com She has some really neat items!

SHE SPEAKS!

Kaitrin said her first meaningful phrase! It has been a long week with Kaitrin being sick and Jacob being attention starved and us working...crazy week! After the trip to the hospital and getting Jacob, Mike and I sunk into the couch in the family room and watched the kids play. Kaitrin was playing with Jacob's Rock em Sock em game. Jacob was running around...probably ready to break something as usual. As Kaitrin was playing the game, she was sliding it closer and closer to the edge of the table...and pushed it off and onto the floor. What came out of her mouth, in perfect timing, and perfectly sounded out? "UH-OH" After a moment of 'did that come out of our child?', we just laughed and laughed.

And my mom thought my tatoos were bad...

It's a tatoo craze! Jacob used to be into stickers. Stickers were everywhere in our house: walls, carpet, all the way up the stairs...
We have now evolved into tatoos, and TONS of them! It all started with a trip to the Reading Festival where he was lucky enough to get a Columbus Police Badge tatoo. Then, his new friend Jake C had some. These two events have led to two armfuls of tatoos - spiderman, spiderweb, police badge, cars, batman, spongebob, and a mask. He is so very colorful...and really needs a bath!

The Toughest Job - Being a Father

And Mike found out this week that the toughest job isn't running the largest region in the mid-west! Poor Kaitrin had a 104 fever all week. Fever's are scary to begin with, but on top of not knowing why and for five days AND dealing with Jacob too...bless the man's heart for still being sane. Kaitrin had blood work and urine cultures only for her fever to break Friday night. But Mike hung in there like a trooper!

Texas Hold What?

I'm not really sure how I missed the beginings of this, but here goes my recollection. I was putting Kaitrin to bed and heard Jacob and Mike playing a game. I figured it was Clue Jr or Candyland...to which Jacob is a fabulous cheater. As I came down the stairs, I hear Mike saying, "No, it goes Jack, Queen, King." Huh? "Hey guys, what are you playing", I ask as I round the corner. "Texas Holdem, Mommy", Jacob says proudly, "And I have all of Daddy's chips." Yeesh, he can read, he can add, and he can play Texas Holdem and Five Card Stud. He will be the hit of Kindergarten!

Are you ready for some football?

Well, Kaitrin sure is! She has two phrases ready to yell at the TV during the Super Bowl. For the bad plays, she has a version of Uh-Oh which really comes out It-Oo. For the good plays, she raises her arms straight up in the air and says Touch for Touchdown...and then she claps. Too bad the Steelers aren't playing cause she has the wear and everything. Oh well, kickoff is past her bedtime anyway!

There is a sick one among us.

When the phone rings and it's the daycare, I usually assume that something is wrong with Jacob. He is the one with the phantom fevers and ongoing ear infections. But this time it was Kaitrin. Is she wheezing? No, she just has a fever of 102 and is acting uncomfortable. Well, this was lovely enough to last for four days...high fever, green boogers, not sleeping...all the fun things that come along with a call from the daycare. So Mike, being the fab hubby that he is, played stay-at-home-dad for four days (including a long drive home from Kentucky). And following suite, it was a reoccurring ear infection with a well needed but totally unwanted shot of antibiotic.

FINALLY! After four days of being red, hot, and crying, Kaitrin is happy, laughing, and back to her old self.

Kaitrin Roo Update

Kaitrin is just growing like a weed! She has hit the big 20 pounds. She has started to finally mumble a resemblance of ma-ma, although it isn't directed towards me at all. She will point to objects if you ask her where they are: Mickey Mouse, Kaitrin's juice, Kaitrin's nose, Kaitrin's hair, Jacob, Kitty, and food. She is even putting together some puzzles that Santa brought her...she either points or puts the shapes/animals back where they belong. And of course she loves her books!

Her strange thing right now...she bites my toes. Yes, she bites. And yes, my toes. Not really sure, but I hope it stops soon!

And the walking thing...she is getting the hang of it but still holds onto one hand. She loves her little walker. I think she likes it more because of the lion on the front than actually walking around with it though.

A Whole New Education

I love, love, love taking Jacob to Whole Foods! He learns so much at the usual grocery store: reading words, colors, etc. But at Whole Foods - we learn really cool stuff! So I decide to pick out a salmon pinwheel for dinner and as we are waiting for them to package it up, Jacob asks what is that Mommy? Well Jacob, it's a stuffed chicken. Well, where the heck is it's head!, he yells. You can't eat the head of the chicken, so they cut it off. He responds...to me and all of the other customers awaiting his hysterical 4 year old response...'that sucks'. We also checked out the whole fish and crabs...I thinking that he won't be eating seafood anytime soon. Then the big question of the day...what about beef mommy? Well, beef comes from cows. We eat cows! Gross!

If you ever need a giggle, just come food shopping with us.