Kate's 2nd Birthday Party

As a personal request, Kate had a Dora cake.

She loved her Dora in the Flowery Garden cake.

Kate loved all of her presents she received. She loves Dora and got a lot of Dora presents.

Great Uncle Pat and Great Aunt Terri gave Kate the Dora Doll that sleeps.

Kate was showing me how her doll goes to sleep.

Kate's 2nd Birthday

Happy Birthday Kate

We got Kate a playhouse and picnic table for her birthday. She was very excited to see her presents in the yard.

She immediately called Nanny and had a serious conversation with her while looking out the window.

She loved her party dress that I made her and loved twirling around in it.

Spring Break 2008

Thanks to Aunt Becky for a "GOOD" picture at the Atlanta Zoo.

I loved riding the carousel.

I loved riding the train around the zoo.

Spring Break 2008

We were really quite lazy this spring break. We stayed in our pajamas a lot, watched t.v., played, and prepared for Kate's 2nd birthday. We did get out of the house and go to the zoo. Kate's favorite animal was the panda bears and she liked the kangaroos too.

Hunting for Eggs

After we ate a delicious Easter dinner, we went on an egg hunt at Nanny's.

I had so much fun finding the eggs. We left Nanny and Papaw's house and went to another egg hunt at the Stanfield Easter Reunion. I missed my nap with all the egg hunting and was absolutely exhausted by 7:00 p.m.

McKinley was too busy opening the eggs while I gathered as many as I could find. I was just excited to find eggs, but I guess McKinley knew there were yummy treats inside.

Easter 2008

The Easter Bunny

Aunt Becky bought Kate a key to leave for the Easter Bunny. The special key lets the Easter Bunny in so he can leave the Easter basket. I'm glad she's not old enough to ask questions about our house alarm or why not use the lock box on the door!

Her favorite gift was a pink Bunny that hopped around the house with Kate today.

Here is a snapshot of Kate sitting on the lion in the nursery this morning.
The Easter Bunny also stopped at Nanny's house.

Dr. Katherine Stanfield

Kate became sick with virus and ran a fever last weekned. She was not a very good patient when trying to get her temperature taken. She would put her hands over her ears and and kept saying, "No Mommy, take it away"! I tried playing "doctor" to get her temperature taken, but that didn't work either. She did enjoy being Dr. Katherine Stanfield.

I decided to let Kate try McDonald's for the first time because we were near a new McDonald's I thought would be clean. She loved the fries and chocolate milk, which are her favorites. She even ate some of the hamburger. She loved getting the Sleeping Beauty tiara and insisted on wearing it while eating her lunch.

Play time

If you are familiar with Kate's recent posts of pretending to be animals then she has another one for you. This week she said she was a kangaroo hopping into the SUV and carseat.

Do you think TSA would notice me if I try to fly in this?

Kate loves playing in Miller's new crate. She plays house pretending to look out the windows and going to sleep in it. We must get her a real playhouse for her birthday!!!

Kate new favorite game is to pretend to be a baby... sometimes with corrective lenses.

She also loves playing dress up with any kind of hat or shoes available!

McKinley's Birthday

I had a great time celebrating McKinley's 3rd birthday party. We had a visit from Cookie, the horse. Mommy was a little nervous about me riding Cookie, but Daddy sat me on the saddle and off we went. I even wanted a second ride on Cookie. The video clip is not the best quality, but at the end I turned around and waved to Mommy happily as we went on another ride.

I'm a bird...a plane...a crab..

On the last update, I mentioned Kate was a frog and wondered what she would be next. Well, here lately she's wanted us to hold her in the air so she could fly like a bird saying, "Tweet, Tweet". She's been an airplane flying through the sky. In fact, she's been asking to fly to bed at night like a bird or plane. She noticed crabs for the first time at Publix. Therfore, she's been a crab "snapping her claws". Last night, she was a whale swimming on a stored pack-n-play. I finally had an opportunity to grab the camera quickly to capture the moment.

Just a quick update

I had to get Kate out the house today to burn off some energy. This afternoon she pulled an old bunny and bear that we did not mind getting dirty in the wagon. She then decided to crawl on a 8" width rock wall while proclaiming she was a frog. She'd crawl along the wall and say, "Ribbit, Ribbit". When she'd fall off she would say, "Try again...Ribbit, Ribbit". Last week she said she was a fish while at the dinner table and this week is a frog. I wonder what she'll imagine to be next week!

Until I can figure out how to take out this picture, the background on the t.v. is a lady in a halter top getting her hair done for her wedding day.

Kate and Everett were both exhausted by the time I got home Thursday after work.

They had a fun day together while I was at work.

It's snowing!

This is my first time seeing snow! Ms. Holly said I noticed it first at her house, so then we went outside to play. Mommy had to get some quick pictures once we got home, but the beautiful snowflakes started turning into sleet. We're hoping for accumulation overnight.

It's been quite a busy day. I'm exhausted after the excitement of snow and playing with McKinley after I got home. I think I'll relax on the couch and watch Max and Ruby.

Happy New Year

Kate was exhausted by 10:00 p.m., but she had a great time getting ready for 2008.