Katie will be turning 3 soon....

I took Kate out yesterday to get some "nice" pictures of her, so I can have them printed and sent out. And she did fairly well, of course we had use chocolate, "can you see the monkey in my camera?", and the "tell me a story" tricks to get eye contact. :) BUt it worked and they are super cute. Here's the link to all of them. She is growing up fast now. She started a gymnastics class last week and she is really enjoying school. She wakes up every morning asking if it's time to go to school. She is very verbal and very opinionated. She loves her baby brother and loves to help me with him. I am very proud of how she is developing and I hope that her 4th year brings us and herself as much joy as her 3rd year has.

An evening in the park

We took Katie to the park on this beautiful day to learn to ride her bike better. And she did. She nailed braking. Thankfully. Now she needs to learn how to follow the path without getting distracted. Tall order for an almost 3 year old. We also had a nice picnic in the grass while we were there. It was so nice and relaxing. I love our park. I'll post more pictures from today later. I posted the one above because I really really like it. Katie is so a Daddy's girl. :)

Guess who's 2 months old today?

Why Sam is of course. :) He is growing by leaps and bounds, as they all do. He is WAY chubbier than Katie ever was, but maybe that's a good thing since Katie is such a slight little kid. He can confidently roll over when on his stomach. We haven't yet mastered the back to front roll yet, but we try. He loves kicking his feet and trying to swing them over to get to his side. Sam can sit for about a minute or two when propped up by something and then he inevitably falls over onto his side or worse his face. He coos and talks to us. He is finally getting into somewhat of a good daytime sleeping pattern. And even better he is sleeping fairly well at night. I believe that 3 or 4 out of the past 5 nights he had a 7 hour stretch. Typically from 11pm-6am or 10pm to 5am. With the exception of last night which was 10pm to 6am. I love it! It may or may not continue but one can only dream. There's your update on our little man. He's doing well, and we just love him to pieces. One day soon he's going to be running around with Kate, getting into who knows what trouble. :)