You say tomato, I say tomahto

Well folks, I think I have our little Kate's colic episodes figured out. A friend of mine (THANK YOU LINDA) recommended that I avoid tomatoes. It's been over a week and I haven't had a tomato and she is a different baby at night.

WOO-HOO!!!

I didn't think it would be difficult, but I have to consider the things that have any kind of tomato in the ingredients. Like ketchup (any recommendations how to eat french fries??), spaghetti sauce, steak sauce, and basically everything that I love... Ok, so it doesn't but you know the saying "you want what you can't have"? That's how I'm feeling right now.

Sayonara tomatoes, I hope I can include you back in my diet soon.

Family Pictures

We went to a nearby park with two other families and took each other's family pictures. Here is our family, fall of '09:

Yay! I don't have to worry about family pictures for another year now...

Kate 2(1/2) months

If you're Marc you call her K-dog, if you're her me you call her Kate-inator (like terminator), or if you're her sister you'd call her baby didster. Any way you call her our little Kate is getting so big. It seems that these past months were gone in a matter of a blink. We all are in love with our 2009 addition and can't imagine life without her. Addie can't get enough of her, seriously. Some of the normal sayings I say now are:

• Please don't jump over Kate
• You're too close
• Was that nice?
• Please get off of your sister
• I don't think she likes that

There was a time when Kate was lying on the floor and she had a pacifier in her mouth, I hear grunts and I look over and there is Addie pinching her nose shut. I hope that is the only time I catch her doing that.

Our little Kate is such a happy girl. She has the cutest smile and does she sport it. She is also a little chatter mouth. She coo's a lot and I love the conversations we have (you know when you talk and wait for her to respond with some coo's).

We were having a rough couple weeks of crying at night. It wasn't a fussy time, it was a painful scream and it would last from an hour to three. She would be so tired she would fall asleep in between screams and there was nothing we could do to keep her calm. We've been lucky and we're going on three nights of not screaming. I hope the crying nights are gone.

Here are her stats for two months, well 2.3 months is when we went to the doctor (10/22/09):

Weight: 10.88 pounds- 39%

Height 23 inches- 56%

Head Circumference 15 inches (21%)

Here is what she's up to:

Big smiles

Lots of coo's

Big squeals

Falls asleep on her own

Will nurse and a bottle

Grandpa claims he got her to giggle...

Preschool

We decided to put Addie in a pre-preschool (ok, a couple girls and the mom's take turns "teaching"). We only have three girls in the "class", but they all love it and do surprisingly well. Addie loves preschool and looks forward to preschool. We focus on the alphabet and do a letter per week.

A- apples and airplanes

B- Books and Bananas

C- Caterpillars and Cookies

D- Drums

E- Elephants and Eggs

F- Fire station, We made a "field trip" to the fire station. The girls loved it until a fireman put on the fire gear. Addie was not a big fan and was pretty scared.

The girls.

G- Garden and Giraffes

Kate's friends

Addie decided that Kate needs friends, so she took the liberty of using her babies for her friends. I guess if you were to tell a sibling that you need friends, this would be the way to do it.

Kate does have friends her age. Here are two of them:

Kate and Gavin Rencher

Kate is a little jealous of the hair.

Kate and Wyatt Decker

Those two boys are super cute. It'll be fun to see them play when they're a little older.

Why?

Addie has started it. The head aching why's. Yesterday was her first day and she can never be satisfied with the answer I give or she likes the response of my frustrated look when that three letter word comes out of her mouth.

The first time she said it to me:

We were reading our scriptures last night and it was about Nephi building the boat. She asked me "why"? I replied with "well, they needed to cross the ocean". Then she asks "why cross ocean"? and it goes on from there, until I asked something like Don'tchyou think it was a smart idea Heavenly Father had? Then the why's ceased. SO, I have to ask a question to get the why's to stop.

This little two year old is full of questions. Let the fun begin!

Welcome home!

While Marc was in Utah he planned a little getaway for our family. I've always been the type that I can't handle surprises, I ask question after question till I'm satisfied that I have enough information. This time I really wanted to be surprised so I was really good about not asking questions.

Marc planned everything, from the food to the entertainment. Our trip was to hocking hills. Here is the cabin where we stayed:

Addie thinks this is our second home and keeps asking to go back to our other home.

Our camera died after the second day so I couldn't capture everything but here are the pictures:

Kate chilling on the couch. She was actually really hard both nights, so much for relaxing.

Addie and Marc enjoying the hot tub. This and the fire was her favorite part.

Helping dad with breakfast.

We were totally secluded in our cabin. Marc and Addie went exploring a couple times.

Walking around Hocking Hills.

Check this out. Marc's holding both girls and I'm holding the camera. I have it rough...

This little get-away trip was well needed for all. Marc was so sweet and has been helping me as much as he can. We both could use another get-away...