A Little Bit of Everything

If you're up for a fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants kind of post, keep on readin'! This one features some fun pictures and cute stories that showcase what we've been up to lately. Enjoy!

Last weekend as we were heading off to Lowe's (a girl's gotta dress the part, ya know!), Michael spotted a turtle creeping up our driveway. Katelyn loved seeing the turtle and kept saying hi to it. The following morning, we had a wild turkey sighting out our front window across the street. Katelyn later told me it was a tiger. Turtle, turkey, tiger - apparently she didn't want the other "t" animals feeling left out ;)

Later that day after dinner, every time I said, "Okay, Katelyn, it's time for bath time." She responded with, "Two minutes... I snuggle Daddy" as she cuddled in close. This back and forth happened about 6 times. Aww! Melt a mama's heart! This girl does love to snuggle - every morning and upon waking up from every nap, she takes about 5 minutes to snuggle/wake up.

This past weekend, Gramma Kathy and Papa came to town for a visit. We played outside, went to an indoor park (on the rainy day), sang songs, danced, and shopped. We also had our picture taken... with some tummy exposure ;) ... and as much as it probably could be right now, it's not me.

The indoor play area we went to had a toddler spot for up to 3 year olds, which is where I thought we'd spend most of our time. Wrong. The slides below were right outside the toddler play area and they had Katelyn at hello. Michael worked up a good old fashioned sweat climbing up the maze-like stairs to get to the top of the slide (a million and one times). He arguably loved the slide as much as Katelyn did though!

Someone loves their Papa and watching the Cubs...

It usually takes Katelyn a day or two to get used to getting the names right, and by that I mean, she'll say, "Thank you, Mommy" to Gramma on accident and then laugh and laugh. Or "Bless you, Daddy" after a sneeze by Papa. She also is keenly aware of when someone is not within eyesight and will say, "Where'd Daddy go?" or "What's Gramma Kathy doo-nin'?" 

We closed out the weekend with a finger puppet performance - who doesn't?!

It's been fun to see Katelyn's imagination develop. She likes to play "cookin'" in her kitchen, take special care of her baby doll (appropriately named "Gramma Debbie" since she gave it to her ;) by covering her up with a blankie and rubbing her back (she also has been known to say, "Quiet please, Mommy. Baby sleeping."), and she's been especially fond of her Dora doll and Ernie doll lately asking both of them various questions, "Dora, do you want a ponytail?" or "Do you want to sit on my lap, Ernie?" The characters must reply quickly to her because Katelyn almost immediately responds with "Okay!"

What a joy this little lady is!!