Before I forget...

I think I forgot to mention that I can say "Elmo"! I just love my Elmo dolls. In fact, I just got a new one this week that is small and cuddly enough for me to carry everywhere.

I am really good at giving kisses now. Before if you would ask for a kiss I would give you my cheek...now I give kisses on the lips and even make a "Mmmah" sound like a kiss!

I also now say "Woe!" - it is pretty cute!

Love,
Kate
xoxo

Our trip to Omaha

I am so glad that Daddy had the wonderful idea of our family going on a little vacation to Omaha. At first I thought "Nebraska? What in the world is in Nebraska?"...but it was such a fun time! We went to the Children's Museum where I played with water and got all wet, played on the slide and in a firetruck and got to meet all kinds of kids! I love other kids...I am not even afraid of the big kids...I just go right up to them to play! Sometimes I even touch them or give them hugs (if they let me). The museum had a giant room full of fun balls to play with and I thought that was really cool! Every kid rushed to fill the buckets up with balls and every few minutes all the balls in the buckets would go up into the ceiling and all fall down right on top of us...really neat stuff!

We got to eat out a lot...they even have mac and cheese and chicken fingers in Omaha! We went shopping and Daddy bought lots of stuff..not mommy this time!

We also got to go to the #2 zoo in America! It was cold and rainy, but luckily most of the exhibits were indoors. I got to see lots of fishies at the aquarium..I loved the bright colored ones. I also loved all the birdies. My most favorite animals were the monkeys!! The orangutans were just hilarious...they were trying to make us all laugh! One was even rolling around in a bucket! They would come right up the glass and scare me...but then I would laugh like crazy! All the kids loved the monkey's the best...so did mom and dad! The gorilla's were pretty cool too...but too big for me...I prefer the little monkeys!!

We got to swim in the hotel swimming pool and play around the hotel. I especially loved bed time...well, I made sure there really was not a bedtime on this vacation! Since mommy, daddy and I were all in one hotel room I could see that we did not have the same bedtimes and that was just not fair, so I decided to stay up until their bedtime. What they did not know is that I really wanted to sleep in the comfy big bed they were in, so I would wake up every few hours and they would let me lay with them! It was so cool! I wish every night was vacation!

We are going to Florida in a few weeks for a really long vacation...I can' t wait to party!! I will keep you posted!
Love
Kate
xoxo

Here is a picture of me waiting for the balls to fall out of the big bucket over my head!

Chceking out my favorite Monkeys!!

Here one is!!!

Update on me!!

I am now 14 1/2 months old and am up to so many new tricks...I am surprising myself with all the fun things I learn and do everyday! I can now put together (and take apart) my blocks! I can do all the actions to the song "if your happy and you know it", I can scribble on my magna doodle..which is so much fun! I can say "nay" like a horsey, and "moo" like a cow. I say up when I want up (and when I want down)! I say "juice", "baba" for bottle, "wa wa" for water. I love to sing the graduation song with mommy and daddy and love to sing "la la la"...I have such a pretty voice! I give lots of hugs and kisses...even on the lips! I no longer have to say "Fa" for Murphy....instead I call her "MUR!". I can say "Elmo" and just love to play with him...he is one of my favorite toys!

I have been really busy sprouting new teeth and they hurt! I have 3 molar's now, but am cutting another right now! I love to sit on the big girl chairs and couches, but have to obey the "sit on your bottom" rule or I get taken off the big girl chair! I get in trouble with trying to play with our plantation shutters...it is just so much fun to move them up and down! I make a really funny "pucker" face that everyone thinks is just hilarious!! I say "uh oh" when I do the pucker face and get an even bigger laugh!! I like to "chill" and sit back and relax with everyone.

I'll keep you posted on all my upcoming tricks!

I love you!
Love,
Kate
xoxo

Here I am playing wtih Murphy's food...I get in trouble for this, but do it over and over again!!

Here is me doing my "pucker" face and saying "uh oh"

"Chillin" in the big girl chair!

Chillin again!

I love Elmo!

Sleeping is overrated!

Well, I decided I was not at all tired last night! I had such a fun night because mom and dad played with me and held me all night long. My teeth are really hurting me and I just could not stay asleep! I am sure going to be tired tonight when Grama Vicki is watching me...maybe I will nap all day and then play with mom and dad all night long. That sounds like a fun plan!! I am sure mom and dad will love it too!
Love,
Kate
xoxo

The Easter Bunny Came!!

I have been waiting for so long and he FINALLY came! I had so much fun on Easter! I woke up and mommy and daddy took me downstairs and I saw the Easter bunny visited our house. I searched for big eggs and got a basket full of treats. After church we all went over to Grama and Pa's house where EVERYONE came to celebrate! Grama and Pa Fimmen, Grama and Pa Horton, Aunt Jenny, Uncle Rob, Peanut, Aunt Carolyn, Uncle Tom, cousin Tom, Miss Nancy, Michelle and Mary! It was so much fun! The Easter Bunny came to their house too and Tom and I got to dress up in bunny costumes and hunt for eggs...there were millions of them! It took us some time to get into it, but we got some of the eggs. It was a bit rainy and cold out so Tom and I decided we would let all the adults finish picking up the rest of the millions of eggs when we were tired. We were sure surprised and excited when we got inside and got to open those eggs though!!! They were filled with all our favorite things...Goldfish, Nilla wafers and Teddy Graham...there were even a few Elmo eggs filled with Oreos!!! I had never had an Oreo before, but they might just be the best things ever invented. It is really cool how my mouth gets all dirty when I eat them too! I kept saying "more" over and over again for those!! Mmm!

Thank you everyone for making my Easter so special! I love you!

Love,
Kate
xoxo

Video...playing around!

Here is a video of me, dad, mom, murphy all playing tonight before bed time! Murphy makes me laugh so much! I think it is funny to give me my socks, babies or anything she can whip around in her mouth. When Murphy takes what I give her I pretend she took it from me and say "uh oh"!!! Then I crack up like crazy when she whips it around in her mouth!!! Murphy is the BEST!

Love,

Kate

xoxo

Playing with my dolls

Before bedtime tonight I played with my Baby Bella and other toys in my room. I have a stroller, a rocking cradle and lots of other fun stuff for baby Bella. I love to say "rocky rock" when I put Bella in the cradle and rock it back and forth. I really love the stroller...I play with it for long period of time trying Bella in it and strolling her across my bedroom!

After we played house with Bella mommy and daddy read me my favorite book, I had my milk and went nye-nye!

Love,

Kate

xoxo

Fashion Show!

Tonight was so much fun! Mom helped me put on a fashion show for Daddy! We tried on some of my new clothes and we wanted to try to figure out which of the 2 Easter outfits mom got me I would wear for the big day so we had a fashion show!

Mom and I would go to my bedroom and I would pick which of the outfits that she had layed out I wanted to try on. She would help me get dressed, then we would go downstairs and I would walk over to daddy and show him my new outfit! I had so much fun...I let mom put 6 outfits on me and I did not fuss at all. Mom tried to teach me to spin in my dresses, but I did not really understand. She would put me in front of my bathroom mirror so I could see myself and I looked so pretty (I say "Pa" for pretty).

Thank goodness mom bought more than 1 Easter dress because one of them was so yucky!! See the picture below with me in the ugly bonnet! What was she thinking?? I look crazy and it was itchy!

Hope you like the pictures!
Love,
Kate
xoxo

I like to play in drawers - here I am in my drawer!

What was she thinking...luckily we still have the receipt!!

Monkey Bizness

Last weekend mom and dad took me to a really cool place called Monkey Bizness. It is an indoor play place for kids just like me. My favorite thing to do was to go down the slide. They would count to 3 and on 3 I would push myself from the slide and slide down as fast as I could. When I hit the bottom mom or dad would throw me up in the air! It was so cool...I did it over and over and over and over again. I just giggled like crazy!

My other favorite thing to do was to watch the other kids. Some bigger kids were so nice and would come and talk to me. I would wave at them and say "hi "until they got close...then I got a little shy, but when they would walk away I would say "hi" again!! One bigger boy (he was about 8) would watch me and laugh at how funny I was. I liked him a lot!

I went back with mom, Aunt Carolyn and cousin Tom the past week and had some more fun! I did trip over my feet though and bang my nose really bad...it got all swollen and is now bruised. That is okay though...I am still pretty cute!

Did I mention my big cousin Tom is in town??? We have had so much fun playing together! He is so fun to watch...I just cheer him on, and steal his stuff! They are trying to teach me to be nice and share...I am learning! We went to Deanne Rose Farm this week too! I love the ponies and Tom loved the goats!!! I can now nay like a horse and moo like a cow! I saw horse and cows there! Cool! We will send you all pictures of us playing together soon!

Love,

Kate

xoxo

1,2,3...WEE!!!!

It is such a big place...and I am such a little girl:

Daddy is showing me the ropes!

The Easter Bunny's Coming...

I am really excited for the Easter Bunny to come Sunday! Grama Fimmen and I always sing the song together and she has had her decorations out for us to get all ready for the bunny! Last weekend mom, dad, Grama and Pa Fimmen all took me to an Easter egg hunt. It was really cold though...I had to bundle up to stay warm! I had never hunted for Easter eggs before, but boy did I get a lot of them!!! Once I got the hang of it, I grabbed as many as I could find! I might have even been the winner in the kids under 2 group....heehee!!! :)

Guess what? The Easter bunny was there and I got to meet him. Mom and I got our picture taken with him. He was much bigger than I imagined, but I loved him so much. I wanted to have lots of pictures taken with him. I was really disappointed when everyone told me it was the other kids turn with the Easter bunny. I wanted to talk with him all morning long!

Love,

Kate

xoxo