Videos and stuff

A quote from Katie, "When you was a kid, and I was a mom, like 3 months ago?" (she really likes for us to trade places, so she can be the mom. The other day she wanted to be a mom so she could take a nap. "Cause mom's tired all the time." Uh-oh. Guess I better be more energetic. :)

Speaking of energetic, this is my two girls dancing: Katie freezes up when she sees the camera, and this is pretty tame for Elayna.


We played doctor this week. She was the doctor first, and asked concernedly, "What's wrong? Does your throat hurt?" Then she put a movie on for me, of my choice. (interesting to note, most of the time, the first movie that was requested was usually not available. Like she feels that no matter what she asks for first, it just won't be there?) Then, she dropped some pretend eye drops in my mouth for my throat. Next I got a pretend shot on the neck. And then, at the end, 2 pieces of pretend candy. We then switched places. We did this for about an hour. Lucky for me, Ryan came home, so we could stop. During lunch, she said, "How you feel guys? I did heal you cause I'm Jesus."

Ryan really wants to teach Katie to speak correctly. "Say Bio. Now say physics. Biophysics."(Not really a word we have worked on, but I can't think of a suitable example at this point.) "Speak clearly, Katie." Anyways, Katie was trying to tell Ryan and I about the movie "Fox and the Hound" that she had been watching at Buppa Irma's house. She said the dog's name was "dofur". This is the conversation that followed:
Katie-Doughfur
Us-gopher?
K-No. Dahfur.
Us-Dahfur?
K-no... say Dah
Us-(laughing uncontrollably at this point) caw?
K-no. speak...
Us-clearly? Katie, we just don't understand. The fox is named Tod, right? What is the dog's name? Can you say it again?
K-I don't remember anymore.
So I came home and looked it up. It is Copper. Close to Dahfur. I think we might have made her feel bad about it, but it was just so funny.

This was supposed to be a video of Katie opening presents, but I switched to filming Elayna halfway through. She is really moving all over the place. I'm reminded why crawling is such a hard stage of a parent's life.


Elayna is pulling herself up on anything she can grab. Including Katie's legs, drawers, etc. She likes to hold fingers and walk, as long on when you walk with her, you go in the direction SHE wants.

This is some phrasing that Katie uses when she prays. It is so cute! "Thank you for we can bless the food." "Thank you for we can go to Daddy's Mommy's house."

Elayna waved at Ryan today. Opened and closed her hand at least. And, I think she might have said "Mommy" at me while I was changing her diaper. Plus, I've got to get a recording of her saying "Hi Katie!". It is so clear. It's amazing that she is talking already at 10 months.

Katie's 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday Katie!

Katie had a fun birthday. It actually lasted about 3 days, just because schedules didn't match up. On Friday, she spent the morning with Ryan, Elayna, and I. Then Ryan and Katie went to lunch with some of Ryan's extended family. (I didn't feel well, so I stayed home with Elayna.) She came home and took a nap before Ryan's 2 softball games that night, and that was pretty much the whole day.
On Saturday, Katie opened some presents from us. The first was a backpack with books in it.Then my parents came and brought her a set of Littlest Pet Shop animals. Then she opened 2 Barbie dolls, with extra clothes and shoes. (Sidenote: So, apparently all Barbies are not the same. The first one I bought her had ballet shoes on, so normal shoes won't fit her. The 2nd Barbie has wide "normal" feet because she is a Beach Barbie. So the normal shoes won't fit her either! It's a conspiracy!) We went to Gigi's and Grandpa Joe's and she got some CD's of children music, and a baseball cap. (just like daddy, and Grandpa Joe, and David, and Uncle Ryan, etc.)

This is a video of her opening the Barbie clothes, and then the Barbies. It makes me laugh every time I watch it.

I love how she compares the clothes and shoes to herself. When Katie pulled the 2nd Barbie out of the box, the Beach Barbie was in a package. Katie just looked at the back of the box and said, "It's a beach." We got her to turn it around and look at the doll, but she acted like she had never seen a Barbie before. Odd, considering her response to the first one.


Then we had a party in our backyard. Cupcakes and ice cream. Katie loves her cousins, so it was great to have some of them there to help her celebrate. Irma and Jerry got her a fun pool thing, and some cute, cute clothes.
As if that wasn't enough, on Sunday, Clarissa, Ryan, and Ryot gave her a bag full of paint, paper, snacks, foam letters and numbers. This girl has way too many people that love her! (As if that could ever happen.)

This is Katie's little Mexican dress that Irma and Jerry got for her. She looks so cute! Her hair is getting so long. It is so beautiful! It always looks good, even if it is messy. It's just so curly and soft.
We are so glad we have Katie in our lives. She is such a joy to us. She has the sweetest smiles, she helps me with everything, and her giggle melts my heart. Katie is smart, has a great sense of humor, loves to pretend, tickles and entertains Elayna, and is just a good girl.

There is no way to adequately express how much we love her.