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Latest Katherine Pix

Per recent requests :), here are some long-awaited pix of Katherine over Easter. Isn’t she cute? Anyway, it didn’t take long for her to figure out the egg thing, and to figure out how to get Mom to pick up the eggs while she sat in the trike. I’ve also posted pix from the Easter egg hunt.

Anyway, Katherine’s been having some real toddler moments:

  • Apparently she pulled another girl’s hair at Kindermusik because the little girl wouldn’t give Katherine a stuffed monkey. Steve and I are committed to trying to have Katherine say please and thanks. (peeasse, tanks)
  • She tries to put on her own clothes – albeit unsuccessfully. She will take her socks and try to put them on her feet. She also assists with taking clothes on or off.
  • She knows when her diaper needs changing. She grabbed a diaper from her bag the other day, ran into the family room, flung herself down and waved the diaper at us. (Change me!)
  • We can reason with her now. If she buys what we’re saying, then she will be very accommodating. Otherwise, she can be very stubborn.

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter!!

Katherine is still talking upstairs and calling us. She’s been very difficult to put down lately. Tonight we went thru 6 or 7 books and then she clung to me like a monkey when I tried to put her in the crib. I had to detach her before she went down to sleep. Her naps have been equally as difficult – with her crying a good 10 minutes or so and saying “dadadda” before drifting off to sleep.

We had a fun Easter – two egg hunts. We went to brunch with friends and Katherine tried to play with them. This ended up with Katherine and one other friend standing in a plastic house looking around :). She figured out after a couple times that the key was to pick up a brightly colored plastic egg and stick in one of her fuzzy baskets. Funny enough, she wore her beautiful velvet pink dress which got ink on it after she played with stamps (her eyes just lit up when a friend said “lets play with stamps!”) and she must have stuffed down a dozen blueberries and a handful of grapes at lunch. By the time we headed home it was 1PM, which is very late for a nap, and she finally fell asleep after a good cry at 1:40. She woke at 4:10 and then we went to a family Easter celebration. Katherine hung with her cousins Will and Grant – played with the toys including a trike and xylophone. She ran around the back yard and Steve would follow her, scooping her up before she could reach the sand play area. We must have spent half the time running after her and keeping her from playing with sand and then sticking her thumb in her mouth! Nevertheless, she wore herself out and ended up asleep by 9:35 or so.

Animal Fun

Yesterday, we showed Grandma Bush the nearby animal farm. The pig at the farm had just had 10 or 11 piglets and the goat was extremely pregnant. Lots of exciting things to see at the farm. Katherine spent time staring at the duck (“ducg”) and saying “baa” at the goats and sheep. The ponies were exciting as well. She’s really learning her animals – she can now say “woo” for dog “ducg” for duck “baa” for sheep and “whabbt” for reader rabbit program and “moo” for cow (I think). She says “buss” for the wheels on the bus book and I think she even said “egh” for egg today. She’s definitely picking up words, although she’s not what I would call conversant.

Katherine’s Traumatic Night

Katherine’s Traumatic Night

Katherine’s been having a rough couple nights. She’s got a runny nose and not able to sleep through the night. So, we’ve been waking up at least once or twice to hold her or drag her into our bed for the rest of the night. Tonight, she had an even rougher experience. We sat down to dinner as usual and I saw her squirm in her little booster chair. I figured she was being squirrelly, until she started crying a few minutes later. Within a few more, we’d figured that something was up. She wouldn’t stop crying for Reader Rabbit (PC program), for milk or anything she typically loves. So, Steve took her upstairs and called for assistance. Poor Katherine had gone to the bathroom, but because she had been drinking diluted orange juice, it had caused massive irration. We tried to convince her to take an oatmeal bath, but Steve ended having to get in the bath to reassure her. Actually, her skin had been burned a bit – and I had to put Cortizone and Neosporin on to make her feel better. Finally, after a bath and singing and reader rabbit, she was back to her relatively sunny self.

Learning her Animals

Katherine is learning her farm animals. She can say “baaaa” very confidently, “woo” for woof softly, “zzzz” for buzzz and occasionally “cheee” for cheep. we ask her “where is the X” and she can usually point to the animal, so this is very exciting.