although, really, this is more of a glimpse. And a photo-dump. Which I love, and is really more at my pace on these days where there is ne'er a moment to spare for writing.
Kateri generally wakes up laughing.
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| Or maybe she's just REALLY excited about food |
Our routine lately has been:
me: sleep in as late as possible . . . every. last. second. counts.
Pat: wake up earlier, take a shower, make breakfast for himself and Kateri (eggs), wake up Kateri, change her diaper, and get her a bottle, leave for work
Yes. Pat is a saint. Maybe I should think about starting his cause for canonization right now.
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| Looking at Daddy |
Kateri loves eggs, which is a huge blessing. Boiled, scrambled, over-easy, she isn't picky!
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| Saying goodbye before Daddy leaves for work |
Yes. In case you were wondering, that IS a Chicago Bears lunch bag over Pat's shoulder. Football Dreaming over here, folks!! (though still enjoying the baseball, too)
Kateri loves to help me with all sorts of chores. Sweeping, folding laundry, removing every bit of clothes from her drawers and dispersing it all over kingdom come *wait* that's not helping, you say??!! please do me a favor, and explain that to my daughter!
She is usually ready for a nap by ten or eleven. The other day, she stayed awake for about two hours, in her crib, not crying, no books, no toys, diaper stayed on (yes! true story). Then she fell asleep for 2.5 hours. That is a LONG time. She was in her room FOUR AND A HALF HOURS. Crazy. Finally I broke the cardinal rule of 'Never disturb a sleeping Toddler' and went in to check on her.
She was so cute! And sound asleep! So I came back out and grabbed a camera and went in again (yes, treading on some seriously thin ice here). But guess what?! WORTH IT!
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| How is it possible to actually sleep in this position? |
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| love those crossed ankles. |
And, what would you know, she stayed asleep and I didn't even wake her up!
One of Kateri's favorite non-toy toys is rabbit water bottles. Why this fascination? I have no idea. But she loves them. We have some extra bottles we keep on the deck, and as soon as we're outside, Kateri makes a B-line for them and picks up as many as she can. Usually this involves a lot of picking up and dropping and trying again.
She then attempts to carry them down the five steps off the deck. This is a feat, as she has to go tummy-down herself to get down. But she will go carefully, step by step, picking each up and moving it down bit by bit.
She is then free to carry the bottles all over! Which, in her mind, is apparently on par with something like skydiving, in my mind. BUT I am glad she can get her kicks that easily now, because I'm sure it won't be like that for long!
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| Determined to get another bottle |
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| She's got this! |
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| Score!! Now off to conquer the world! |
Kateri also helps Pat whenever she can.
The other evening, Pat thought it would be fun to take Kateri out to feed some geese.
At first, we ran into a logistical problem. The geese would not be fed. They had no interest in us or our food! Despite the tantalizing delights of pieces of gourmet white out-dated hot dog buns, they quickly turned up their beaks and waddled in the opposite direction.
The Nerve!
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| dejected and rejected |
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| Kateri demonstrating what she is supposed to be doing right now. |
Eventually, though, they saw the error in their ways and decided that yes, after all, they would like a delicious morsel of refined and processed wheat bread.
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| Wait! Are those bird brains approaching?? |
YES! They are!
"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag . . ."
This song was stuck in my head for days after this trip, by the way.
On the way out of the park, a little boy caught a fish. Fish are one of Kateri's favorite things, after birds, dogs, and cows. When the little boy's dad was releasing the fish, he was kind enough to show it to Kateri. She was completely awed. And she even got to touch it!!!
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| Whoah!!! |
So that's all for now, another dirty diaper is calling my name loud and clear.
So we will keep on enjoying all the fun summer activities
Maybe one day, if she is very VERY lucky, her mom will fill that pool with WATER! ;)
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