So I've been bored and tired lately so I haven't been blogging much. Here are some random things from the last few weeks.

It's another ABC video...but this is from last wednesday just a week after the first ABC video. I was impressed at how much better she got!


Kate was really sick all last week. So I didn't even leave the house all week long. Here she fell asleep on the couch one day. (It turned into an ear infection for anyone who cares. So she's on an antibiotic now and doing much better.)


Kate's surprised face


We had Christmas this past weekend with my sister. This is the Valentine's dress and elmo toy my niece got for Kate.


I'm sporting my niece's new boots to see if they are the look for me. Sexy?? I decided not!


Snuggles with Daddy


Kate loving her Dora "tunnel" (as she calls her tent) And sleeping in there with her babies



Somehow we got Kate excited to go back out in the snow. She's getting all ready here. She actually liked going down the hill once we were moving but she was still really scared.

Jumping on the trampoline with Uncle Phil


We had a Steelers' party at our house 2 weeks ago and when they scored the last touchdown to win the game Dustin jumped out in the snow face first in excitement! What a nut.

This girl knows what she wants

This morning I was picking out Kate's clothes. I asked her if she wanted to wear her heart sweater to which she quickly said no. I said "No? Why?" Kate says "No, I no like it."
What??!! Is is so bad?

She then picked out a different sweater to wear which made her very happy to wear. Okay...whatever gets her dressed easily. (don't mind how rough she's looking tonight! or the gloves!) Oh my opinionated little girl.

ABC's

I missed the beginning (her best known part!) but Kate loves to sing her ABC's.

Snowed in and Locked out

So today involved several things: being snowed in and being locked out. First we can start with the snow. It snowed 10 inches here between last night and this afternoon. I went outside before Dustin got home from work to shovel the driveway so he could get into the garage. That was NOT going to happen. I had no idea how much snow was out there or how hard it is to shovel that much snow! The plow truck had plowed our road leaving about 2 feet of snow blocking our driveway. I bundled up Kate and myself and headed out! To no avail...it was very hard work and Kate HATES the snow. She cried nearly the entire time.
Backing up to breakfast around 8:15 this morning we get to the locked out part of my day. Kate is eating her breakfast (her second bowl of cereal) and I'm getting bored so I decide to go downstairs in the basement and turn the computer on so we can go down there after breakfast. I shut the door behind me like a cautious mom so she doesn't fall down the steep wooden steps. She is crying because I left her and is trying to open the door to come down. I get back upstairs and try to open the door to get back into the kitchen and the door is locked. She must have turned the lock while turning the handle. So my mind races. I don't have my cell phone or anyone to call for that matter. No house keys downstairs. Kate won't cooperate in turning the lock for me! But this story obviously has a happy ending...as of course I'm not sitting downstairs blogging while Kate is upstairs by herself crying still! I remembered this house has a keyless entry into the garage. And I remembered the code the owners set for it since we haven't changed it yet. Then I trudged through 10 inches of snow in my pj's, barefeet with slippers to get in the house. Happy ending.

Some pics of the snow today:
Here Kate is desperately saying "all done" and "uppa". This is our driveway by the way...the snow is up past Kate's knees.



This is how bad Kate hates to snow. She even hates Dustin out sled riding in it!

Christmas pics

I'm finally getting around to posting some Christmas pics:
Kate's new guitar...she loves to be like her Daddy.

Kate's favorite toy: her baby and stroller. She screamed when she opened it and has been wheeling it around ever since. (And notice the Elmo slippers!)

A family picture with all of our Christmas jammies. Santa brought them to us on Christmas Eve. Pictured: Justin, Melissa, my dad, me, Dustin

Seriously the prettiest little girl I know!

We had a nice visit from our friends Justin and Erica! Here's Kate and her BFF Brooklyn.


This is what I get when I ask Kate to pose for a picture these days!