Another shameless braggy post about my Kate

You read the title, so consider yourself warned. I haven't dedicated an entire post to her in a while and I have taken some fun pictures of her as of late. Actually having a camera affords that luxury. Anywho, she is doing really well. She continues to amaze me with the things she knows. She has said some really funny things lately that I will share. Some of you may have already heard these stories, so bear with me.

Lately she has been asking me to wear panties. That should probably thrill some parents, but she will have nothing to do with sitting on the potty for longer than 30 seconds, so it just gets old following her aroung and making sure she doesn't pee on my floor. Anyway, one day last week, she insisted on wearing panties. I got her to sit on the toilet for a minute and nothing happened. She wiped anyway. Later that morning she wanted a bath and when she took her panties off and climbed in this is what I saw...



I laughed alot. Also, later that day, I forgot she had panties on and I sent her to the naughty step for something and after 2 minutes I called her to me. She never came. After 5 or 6 times calling her I went over to the step and she wasn't there. I am not proud of this, but I proceeded to yell at her about how we don't get up from the step until mommy says. She stuck her bottom lip out and burst into tears and said, "Mommy, I wet." I felt like the worst mom ever. She peed on the step and I yelled at her for it. Yeah, I know. She forgave me, fortuneatly.

She is still doing well in her bed. She has, however, realized that she can get out of her bed and mess around, so naps have been interesting lately. The other morning she never made any noise and I wondered why she was sleeping later than usual. I found her in a very funny position. Obvioulsy, she had thought about getting up and then realized she was too tired.



She has gone swimming a few times this summer. I would post pictures of her at the public pool, but those jerks decided that I am not allowed to take pictures of my own child. So stupid. Last weekend we were invited to go swimming with some good friends in the ward (Thanks Motts!) and Kate had a great time swimming with daddy.





She has started to get a little attitude and get real snotty with me lately and talks back. Yesterday I was not even talking to her, I think I was on the phone with Jason and she came up to me and put her hands on her hips and said, "Mom, Don't talk a me!!". I said, "Don't talk to you?". And she said, "Yeah, Don't talk a me". And then she proceeded to walk away. I couldn't believe it. Such a brat.

Another funny story. I know, I know, but this is a braggy post about Katelyn. Recently, after she took a bath I wanted to do her hair, but she wouldn't let me. I asked Tyler (my neice) if I could do hers instead. I put Tylers hair in a cute little bun and Katelyn saw it and of course turned green with envy. She then said, "I want ballet hair, too". I died. I have no idea where she connected a bun with ballet. Here is a pic.



One more picture and I will end this post. Maybe. Yesterday morning I told her I needed to change her diiaper and so I got one and she got another one. She went and got her dog that she carries around 24/7 and laid it down and started to put a diaper on him. So cute.



I love my baby. I just realized that this will not be the only braggy post about her fo awhile because she turns 2 on Monday the 4th. I am sure I will dedicate another post to her then. But thats all for now.

Happy Anniversary!

Ok, so this will probably be a lenghty post, just telling you now. If you want to skip around, I won't be offended. First and foremost- I FINALLY bought a new camera!! It't the exact same as the other kind we had but we found it for $50 dollars cheaper. We were way excited! It's just the Kodak easy share that they come out with every year, but it takes pretty good pictures and given my camera history, inexpensive was the way to go. But anyway, that is that.

Anywho, yesterday was July 16th. Just an ordinary Wednesday to the rest of you, but for Jason and I it was our 3 year anniversary. All of you who have been married for 10+ years are probably laughing, but it's an accomplishment for us so back off. Well, unfortunately our computer does not contain any wedding pictures of us (I need to take care of that) so I am going to post a picture of us on our honeymoon 3 years ago. Yes, thats temple square. We went to Park City, okay. What else was there to do?



Much thinner. Oh, right. Okay, back to last night. Last year I planned our anniversary so this year it was Jason's turn. He planned a couple of things and told me to be ready by 4ish. When he came he had a dozen of the Southern Belle cupcakes from the Cupcakery that I heart so bad. We left and drove for a while and ended up here.



Mini Golf holds a very special place in our hearts. We love it. We played it twice on our honeymoon and once on our anniversary get away last year. I suck but I love to play. Anyway, I really liked this place for a couple of reasons. First, it's indoors. Whats not to love about that in July? Second, it is all under black lights. What's not to love about that? Also, it had an Egyptian theme. Here are a couple of pictures.



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After mini golf, we went to Target. No pictures, sorry. Just had a few minutes before dinner and needed a couple of things. We headed down to the strip for dinner. When I saw Jason turning into the Fashion Show Mall, I knew we were going to Ra. My favorite sushi bar. To be clear- Jason HATES seafood in any form. But he took one for the team and got chicken teriyaki while I ordered my favorite foods.


That's the edemame (sp?) that I ate. Serioulsy. I ate that whole thing.

I also ordered a california roll and my favorite, the Viva Las Vegas roll. Here it is in all its glory.



After dinner, we went to the wax museum. I had never been there before. It was a little expensive, but very entertaining and I would highly suggest it. I mean, the golden opportunity to take amazing pictures alone is worth it. We took many, but here are some of my favorites.












There were many, many more. I think every now and again I will just include random pictures with wax celebrities. Bottom line, that was a fun date and Jason is the best. We missed our baby and I think next time we mini golf, we will take her. I will do another post soon with pictures of Katelyn's bed.

Thanks for sticking with me. This post was almost unbearably long. I love you Jason! Thanks for 3 great years!

Just a little update...

I just wanted to do a quick update on how the big girl bed has been going. I didn't actually start putting her in it until last monday, so it has been just over a week. Let me just say, I love my baby. She is amazing! She hopped right in on the first night and never got out. Just went right to sleep. We thought it must be a fluke and so I was expecting a fight at naptime the next day, but again she went right down and fell asleep. And such was the entire week. The only problems we are having are that all last week she woke up once each night and wanted milk. The last two nights, however, she has slept all the way through. She loves her bed!!! I find her in there all the time reading books to her baby and her doggy and telling them to go night-night. In short, I love my big girl and she loves her bed. Here's a question, though. Am I a terrible mother if I turn the monitor down or off at bedtime? She is on the complete other side of the house from us so it makes me nervous, but if I don't hear her then she just goes back to sleep. Also, I have a dark blanket up over her window to keep her room very dark. Is that wrong? Just asking.

In other news, after cleaning and de-junking I still never found my stupid camera. I can't even imagine what has happened to it. It makes me ill. We are going to buy another one next week. Then I will post pictures of her big girl bed. I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th. We did. My parents have the carpet stains to prove it. Later on!