The Park Revisited

Jackson and Katherine had one of their many grandmothers come for a visit today!  Mrs. Linda made the trek down to visit with William, Jackson, and Katherine.  I'm sure she went home and told Mr. Gary that those people are nuts and that she will never set foot in the city limits of Hattiesburg again!  Well, maybe she'll come back, but skip eating out with three little hooligans kids!  After lunch, we headed to the park!  I'll let the pictures do the talking!

I think this sums up most of Mrs. Linda's experience--CHAOS!!

Thank you for coming to visit us today and we hope you'll be brave enough to return!

The Park

We had beautiful weather today, so after Jackson got out of preschool, we headed to the park to meet up with Leslie and William.  Once we were there and running around, it was actually a little warm in  long sleeves!  The weather is supposed to be great all week and we're excited!

On our last trip to the park, Jackson acted like he was afraid of heights and eventually started sliding down some of the slides before we left.  This time was the complete opposite.  He started playing with another little boy, who was a tad older and a bit of a daredevil, and they ran around together.  I wanted to get a picture of Jackson and William, and the little boy Jackson was playing with jumped in the picture as well! 

Jackson, William, and Dillon (aka Daredevil)

Leslie and I were talking and all of the sudden I saw my baby climbing up this . . . 

 I about fainted!

He was following Dillon and had no fear.  The top of this ladder is at least 6 feet off of the ground.  I ran over to him, but he got up the ladder just fine and afterwards climbed up it numerous times.  I'm not so sure I'm ready for him to be this big.  Each time he does something new like this, my heart jumps out of my chest.  {Right before we left the park, Dillon jumped off from the top of this thing . . . I quickly and firmly told Jackson he would not be jumping from the top.}

And here is Katherine enjoying her first trip to the park!

 Today was the first time I've gone to the park with both Jackson and Katherine.  Thankfully Leslie was there and helped watch Katherine during the times I had to chase Jackson down to make sure he and Daredevil weren't going to break any bones.

Sweet William going down a slide 

Jackson actually got on the swings today!
In the past, 2 seconds is about the most he has ever stayed on a swing!

 Katherine had her first taste of a swing today!

William, Leslie, and Katherine

 We caught a picture of Katherine's new tooth that is coming in!

{This picture is mainly for her Grandpa Vaughn who called the other day requesting a picture of her newest tooth . . . I think it was actually just a subtle hint that a week had passed with no post and he wanted to see some pictures, tooth or no tooth!}

Before we left, Leslie was able to get a picture of the three of us!  I don't have too many pictures with both Jackson and Katherine, so I'm excited to have this!



2.14.11

Yes, this is the best we could do

Just for Size

We're only 2 months away from Katherine's first birthday! 

  

One moment, the time seems to have crept by, but then with the next moment, the time has passed at lightening speed.  Either way, she is a sweet little girl that makes us smile.  And when I say little, she still is.  She can still wear 3-6 month clothing, but is slowly moving into 6-9 month sizes.  She still has only three teeth, but just today we felt her other top tooth breaking through!  She is finally starting to crawl some with her belly off of the floor (she has been crawling army style), and we think she is starting to "bye bye"!

Anyway, she is a busy lady and doesn't have the time or patience to sit still for these monthly pictures.  We had two photo shoots today just to get one picture.  The next two are more reflective of every other picture I took.

 This last picture was actually taken yesterday, but who can resist a little baby booty sticking up in the air while sleeping (or those little toes)?

Bowheads

Zach may never speak to me again

Hello!

Over the last few days, I have thought I have heard Katherine saying, "Hello!" but really just chalked it up to me wanting to interpret her babble as being "Hello!"  Yesterday, however, it became clear that she is definitely saying hello, especially when you hand her a phone or anything that she thinks looks like a phone!  I caught her on video this morning and in the video she says it at the very beginning and it's pretty soft, so listen carefully!  I don't remember her voice being scratchy when she said it, but it sounds like it is on the video.

Also, she's been saying "Uh oh" for about 3 weeks now and loves saying it and uses it correctly when she drops something, but of course, she won't say it when I'm taping her!  Anyway, here she is saying "Hello!"  I'm sure just the grandparents will enjoy this since there isn't much else exciting in the video (except K, of course)!

Ganging Up

Today was one of those days where the minis got together sometime this morning and agreed that neither of them felt an afternoon nap would be beneficial.

While trying to get Katherine to stay asleep and after listening on the monitor for about an hour to rustling in Jackson's room, I walked in to find him trying on hats and reading The Little Engine that Could.  I told him to go to sleep (after I took his picture, of course).  Then I heard Katherine stirring around, tried to get her back to sleep once again, and at some point I just threw in the towel.

 What, me?

Not take a nap?

Noooo.

After we drove around for a while (so Katherine would have some nap--it's a long time until 7 p.m. rolls around) and were back home, Jackson found some gloves and decided that if you wear gloves, you must play football.  So, we found his football and played catch. 

 Meanwhile, Katherine raided Jackson's toybox undisturbed.

 And then I walked out of Jackson's room and saw one of his shoes 
sitting high up on the window.

I didn't dare ask.

Duck, Duck, Goose

Jackson came home from preschool today talking about Duck Duck Goose, so Zach and I sat down and played with him! 

{He loves watching himself on the camera, so he runs over to it a couple of time trying to see himself!}

Grandparents, get ready 'cause you're up next for a few rounds!

#3

I mentioned in the last post about not having a picture of Katherine's newest tooth, but she let me catch this sweet shot this afternoon!

 Yes, that's tooth #3! 

Bet you thought baby #3 was on the way!
Zach and I really don't need to be outnumbered around here!

Katherine and I were playing in her room this afternoon while Zach and Jackson were out of the house and I thought I would play with camera settings while in her new room. 

Watching in amazement as a car passes,

and then Kitty Cat popped up in the window!

Still excited over Kitty Cat

I guess it's obvious since I've posted consecutive days, that Katherine is feeling better and we're starting to get a little more sleep!

Catch Up

We've had a little absence over the last week between all of 4 us being sick at some point.  Katherine has been the worst, but is finally starting to feel better and we're hoping she'll start sleeping at night.  In the meantime, however, she hasn't let being sick or no sleep slow her down.  She is becoming a pro at pulling up and has discovered the dvd player and loves trying to pull it off or push all of the buttons.

If you look closely, you can see her new tooth on her top left.  So far, this is the only picture I've been able to get that even has a glimpse of that tooth!

"Playing" together

 Jackson is not thrilled about her being able to pull herself up and get into his things.  He has started making her sit down (below) every time she starts reaching for his toys.

 Jackson thinks all of Katherine's toys are his and every so often, he takes a spin in her walker.  On this day, he found himself in quite a predicament

Monkeying around after nap time

Here's to hoping we all stay well and get some sleep so we won't be gone for quite so long next time