Uhh?

Dear Cate,

Today you sang "let it go" while raising your arms.  You do that each day.
You also say "Uhh?"  Uhh means binky, let it go, and food.

You like everybody's toothbrush better than your own.

Olivia loves to trip you, but does not want you to break a bone.
Olivia wants to be a doctor someday so she can give you shots.

You pat our backs when you want yours patted.

things you love:  books, Olivia's things, climbing, smiling.  

Love, mom

1!

Dear Catey woo woo, (Olivia's nickname for you)
You're 1!

If you don't know already, mommy and daddy went to Disney World and Port Canaveral without you.  I know you're thinking that sounds cruel and unusual, but we did that with good intentions...we scoped it out so we could plan our family vacation here someday.  Someday you will actually THANK us for going on this planning-for-the-future-vacation.  I did not include any photos with princesses, so you wouldn't feel bad:(

When we got back, it was 3 degrees outside.  We came back to Christmas with the family.

HoHoHo Nana:)

Great grandpa Hal won the gold medal in senior Olympics basketball this year. 

You went right to him:)

Uncle Brian, cousin Ava, puppy, and you

Now that you're almost 15 months old, you are (cautiously) walking.  

Love my snotty-nosed, snuggly, smiley, and blue-eyed cautious baby.  

Love,

Mommy

crazy-haired ballerina bunny chicken

Sweet Cate,
You have added lots of smiles to our home in the year that you have been with us.

Hobbies include:
Clapping and bopping your head
Air piano
Ball
Chasing Olivia
Escaping from Olivia after she pins you
Climbing up stairs but angry going down

Crazy hair day

 This year you sort of got 3 halloween costumes...

1.  Excited ballerina

2.  Happy-but-getting-tired-bunny

3.  Chicken that looks like it laid too many eggs

More to blog sometime, but now it's time for me to clean up the bottles, nipples and lion statue you left on the kitchen floor.

Love,

mom

Dear Cate,
Today you climbed a flight of stairs.

Move over Honey Boo Boo

Dearest Cate,

In my wildest dreams I could not have imagined having such a blue-eyed, army-crawling, binky-sucking, gummy-smile-munchkin. 

Cate, you had the cutest baby mullet.

A braided mullet is so Honey Boo Boo.  So we cut it off.

It's not unusual for you to have a poop diaper, runny nose, spit-up all over...and still smiling.  I have a lot to learn from you.

 

Love,

mom

 

 

a thug with a sock monkey

Dear Cate,

Today you're 6 months old!  You are such an easy-going baby, with a smile and a dimple that make mommy's heart melt. 


We still do not have photos of you with all your cousins, aunts and uncles...we have many reasons for not having our camera on and ready for action...
So sorry about this, but you're the second baby (just like mommy was), so we may have fewer photos taken of us.  It's not because we're loved less or any less cute than the first kid...it's just because.  That is all.

Paige, Alaina and auntie Awesome came to visit after Olivia spent the week with them.  And I got to bond with you and you got a week off from being tickled and tackled by a curious 3 year old.

This made auntie Awesome even Auntie Awesomer.



"Baby cuz I'm a thug." 

Us.

Sears did a pretty good job.  Nothing out of the box, but we all smiled at the same time for just long enough. 

You.

Catey bug and Livey bear...I will call you a bug until you make me stop

 



 

 

Blessed to know you,

mommy



Dear Cate,