Gramma comes for a visit

What a nice little break! Kathryn was in dirt heaven! I helped Gramma make a rag throw while she and Kate cleaned out my flower bed and helped with the housework. I even got a night off of cooking! I'll trade sewing for housework any day :). When Kate got up from her nap, Gramma was gone. She was so sad. She looked everywhere, then held out her arms and said, "Where's Damma?"

Olivia LOVES to play with the phone. Any phone at all. She does particularly love this Pooh one from Nana and PawPaw, though.
Kathryn poses while helping mom make "tooties"
Kathryn and Mommy

Kathryn looking very stylish in mommy's "dasses"

The Hunt

Yesterday was quite an adventure for Kate. We drove to Gramma and Grampa's house for the annual Petty family Easter egg hunt. Kate had discovered last week that there was "tandy" in these special eggs. That was all the incentive she needed. By yesterday, she was a pro. She had to shake every egg she picked up to make sure she wasn't tricked into wasting precious basket space on an empty egg.

Thanks to Kate, we now have a basket full of candy. Thanks to her milk allergy, I have a basket full of chocolate all to myself...

Olivia's best bud Naomi
The whole gang

Now I know why husbands and wives call each other "Dad" and "Mom"

I kinda knew, but mostly thought it was silly. Kathryn has started calling me "Hon" and "Honey". She started doing it yesterday, and I couldn't figure out what she was saying until I heard Brad call me that, and she repeated it. She has been consistently calling me that today. "Honey, more dink, pease?", "Honey, more dum (gum), pease?", (then from the top of the stairs) "HOOOON? R YOUUUU?" Even after two days I still laugh every time she says it. What a funny little girl.

Oyia learns to sit alone

"Mom, I'm doing it!!! Nobody touch me, I need full concentration."

"This is not that hard. Look at me! I'm already a pro!!"

"Whoops!" (Kathryn's favorite word of the week) The Domino Effect "That's okay. I can reach those fruit snacks better from this angle anyway."

First Feeding

BeforeAfter
I think she likes it.

Is that a Brad face or what???

Fun times with cousins...

This is a very feeble attempt at "catching up" on the last month. Due to time constrains, there will be mostly pictures and not much journaling.

Kathryn & Corbin watching "Race cars"

Corbin taught Kathyrn how she was really supposed to use the Vaseline. Thanks, Corb ;)

Truman and Kate

Kate, Taylor, & Ella

Olivia & Jack

Our new discovery

On Saturday afternoon, Brad took a study break and we all piled in the car to go to the Discovery Center. What a discovery! Kathryn had the time of her life! Her favorite things were the sand pit (which was actually pea gravel - not exactly authentic, but much easier to clean out of clothes), the play house, and of course, the water.

Brad discovers a fossil... Yes, he had just as much fun as Kate. In fact, at one point I actually had to remind him which "kid" we brought to entertain :).

Kathryn did not at all want to relinquish this doll when we left the playhouse.

Olivia enjoys the "stroller view"

After the Discovery Center, we stopped by to see Kate's best friend "Tare" and her freshly painted bonus room. What a full day!Brad: "Outta my way!" (yes, he really did say that.)

Sleeping baby...

Purses, Teeth, and Tick-a Tick-a

Kathryn loves her new purse that Gramma gave her for Valentine's Day. She puts it on her shoulder, says, "Okay. Bye. See you.", walks to the door, walks back into the room and says, "Hiiiiiiiii!!!!!" (using the exact same inflection that I use, of course). This would go on for hours if I continued to respond
e-v-e-r-y t-i-m-e.
Just being silly...

Kathryn just popped three more teeth through. Who would have thought we would go from 4 to 15 teeth in 1 1/2 months!!!! Let's hope Olivia is a more *typical* teether :)

Olivia has discovered the joys of being tickled. Kathryn loves to "tick-a tick-a" her. Thankfully, she loves it too :). If someone grabbed my foot and pushed my toes into my mouth, I am pretty sure I would scream for my life. For some reason, Olivia thinks this is hysterical. Unless she is starving or exhausted, this is practically a guaranteed laugh (which in turn is a guaranteed smile from Daddy and me :).

It happened again...

Obviously I didn't learn my lesson the first time and forgot to strap "Oyia" into her swing again, and she rolled over (see below post). It worked out well, though, because this time I was able to get a picture of it. I still can't figure out how she can do this without falling out.

This is Kathryn's new favorite hiding place. She is really into closing the door behind her these days. Thankfully, this one will not close all the way :)

"Quiet Time" Isn't she looking like such a big girl???

Olivia is 4 months old!!!

Olivia really is a bundle of joy. She smiles non-stop... even when Kathryn is sitting on her head. I had her in her swing this evening while I was cooking dinner. I glanced over and she had rolled over, and was laying on her belly, in her swing! Needless to say, she looked less than comfortable, but didn't even make a sound (still not sure how she didn't fall out). As soon as she saw me, her face just lit up with the biggest grin.

Here are a few shots of her enjoying her Excersaucer. This is where she spends most of her day... Still not sure why, but for some odd reason, Kathryn feels compelled to sit on her, no matter where she is... Olivia LOVES it, so who am I to stand in her way!

Kathrynisms

If you point to her and ask her who she is, nine times out of ten she will say, "Elmo"

Her favorite things to do with Olivia are: "burpa" (burp her), Sit on her, or lay down beside her while she is having tummy time and put her arm around her.

When Olivia wakes up from her naps and Kathryn first sees her, she always says, "hi, Kate!". If you correct her and say, "No, it's 'hi, Olivia!'", she will still respond with, "hi, Kate!"

She says "no" alot. The only way to tell if she really means it is if she says it in a really high pitched voice.

If Olivia spits up and I am not in the room, she will come find me and say, "Uh oh, spi-up".

She LOVES to talk on the phone. And when I say phone, that means anything even close to the shape or color of a phone. Her "conversations" usually go something like this:

"O?" (hello)

"I" (hi)

"oh to tomi no, no bae " (not sure, yet)

"K. Right" (okay, alright)

"Bye"

If you say, "One", her face lights up and she responds: "twwwwooo, treeeeee!"

She likes to say prayers. alot. At various times throughout the day she will come over to me, say "pay", grab my hand, say some jibberish, then say "men". If I don't follow her lead, she will reach up to my head and push it down and say, "pay, es".

What sweet little girls the Lord has blessed us with...

Kathryn sporting her new Elmo slippers

After enjoying an ice cream sandwich, courtesty of Aunt Rosie

Two Words

GO COLTS!!!

Superbowl, HERE WE COME!!! Woohoo!!!

Little Livie

This is Olivia's new thing. Sucking her last two fingers and rubbing her ear. I think Claire has been a bad influence :o)

"Forget tummy time, Mom! I'm way too sleepy!"

No, she didn't really fall asleep, but almost!

These are the latest burp cloths I did. I just got these new patterns with some of my Christmas money. I thought they turned out so cute!

I never would have believed it

Baby Micah
Baby Olivia

From the minute Olivia was born I thought I was holding Brad. She was his spitten image! Brad even said when he would look at her he thought he was looking in the mirror. The only person who didn't think she looked like Brad was his mother. Well, I guess of all people, she would know, but I still didn't believe her... until Brad and I pulled out the baby pictures the other day. Pretty crazy. Although, that baby picture doesn't really look a thing like me. That's my consolation.

Frustration

Brad has been working late hours lately getting ready for year end. Last night when he called to say he was on his way home he asked if he could pick up something for supper. He is always good to ask this when he knows it has been a long day. I am always good to say no, but last night was an exception. Both of the girls have been sick, Kathryn with strep and Olivia with a cold, and it had been a really long day... so we agreed on Papa John's pizza - my favorite. I got online to get the specials and hurried to place the order so Brad could stop on his way home to pick it up.

There were two specials:

1. Large one topping and Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks for $11.99

2. Large five topping Perfect Pan for $12.99

We agreed on the large five topping. When I called, the guy speedily rambled something like, "would you like blah, blah, blah" as quickly as he could, and I readily responded with my order. He then proceeded to tell me they are out of the crust that makes that pizza, therefore that special is void until they get more in.

Okay.

I'll go with the other special.

Great.

"It will be ready in 15 minutes." Thirty-five minutes later I called Brad to see where he was. Still waiting for our order.

When he does finally get home this is what our "New- Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks" looked like:

Yes, I really did take a picture. I have every intention of sending this picture in to Papa John himself.