Rosemary Beach

Everett turned Kate into a mermaid with the sand.

Kate decided go make a bed with the sand. She covered herself with sand and made a pillow to lounge on.

Kate is pretending to call Nanny and is telling her all about the beach.

Rosemary Beach

We had a relaxing vacation at Rosemary Beach. Kate was very excited to see the ocean and the beach for the first time. She loved the Flat we stayed in. She was very excited to have her own bedroom with a queen size bed (with bed rails). She felt so grown up to have her own bedroom on vacation and bathroom. She called the Flat we stayed in her "playhouse". She didn't even need toys. All she needed was her babies and her imagination!

She watched "The Little Mermaid" on the way for Florida. She was quite concerned about the little fish swimming away from the shark. She asked over and over and over where the sharks were in the ocean. We assured her we would not see a shark and we would not let one get her.

She LOVED the water splashing on her.

Aunt Becky gave Kate ice cream money, so after spending the morning at the beach we went to the town square for ice cream.

Pigtails

Kate finally has enough hair to put into pigtails!!!!!

Dress Up

We played Dress-Up today after Kate's nap. She loves Cinderella. We pretended she was "Cinderelli", which is what she calls Cinderella. I asked her who her Prince is that she will marry. She replied so sweetly, "Kinley"! I explained that she loves McKinley, but he's family and you can't marry family. That explanation was too abstract and she still wanted to marry McKinley!

Memorial Day 2008

We did not go anywhere for Memorial Day this year. Everett had to work and everyone in the family wanted to just rest. I wanted to grill out and do something fun with Kate even if it was just the two of us.

I've never attempted to grill out with Kate by myself, but it went rather smoothly. She was so excited when she awoke from her nap to see all the fun things to do from the kitchen window for our cookout. She ran to get her flip flops and said she was ready to go to the "beach" because she saw the swimming pool. She really won't know what to believe when she really sees the beach. She was very excited to put on her new bathing suit and take a swim in the warm pool.

She played in the sand box for a while, but was ready to get back in the pool.

We decided to eat on the patio since it was such a nice day and Kate was still soaking wet. Southern Living had a great idea to keep away bugs while you eat if you can't use citronella or pest repellant on toddlers. Plug up a fan!! It keeps you cool and works great to keep bugs away from you and the food.

After our dinner, Kate decided to do a little yard work.

Sprinker Fun on Memorial Day

Kate had a blast with the sprinker ball she received for her birthday from the Kanners. She ran to get the hose sprayer as soon as she realized the ball was spraying her. I guess she thought she would pretend to spray it back. She had so much fun!!!!

Stanfield Family Fun Day

After Everett being in Cincinnati for a week, a dog bite incident, and Everett nearly getting his finger crushed in a panel on an airplane on Mother's Day, we decided to have a much needed

"Stanfield Family Fun Day"!!!

First, we had a picnic at the park.

Then we went swinging.

She loved playing on the airplane.

She found a tunnel and loved crawling through it. When she got to the end of it she told me Dora likes tunnels too.

Her favorite was the preschool playground. She had so much fun sliding, climbing, and just running around.

More pictures from the park

I'm getting married!

Kate has noticed our wedding pictures for quite some time and talks about Mommy and Daddy getting married. A couple of weeks ago, she ran down the hill to me with a flower in her hand yelling, "I'm getting married"! I thought it was cute. Everett, on the other hand, thought he had at least 20-30 years before he would ever hear those words.

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.