Oh "no!"

Katherine has understood the word "no" for several months now. She heard "No, no" most often when she would try to get up from her highchair in the middle of a meal, or whenever she would crawl towards the electrical outlets (always protected with outlet plugs, of course) and try to play with them. Sometimes Katherine even repeats "No, no" back to Mommy and Daddy-- shaking her head and her finger.

Katherine's newest trick is initiating "No, no" whenever she doesn't want to do something. So far it has been quite cute-- Mommy: "Katherine, do you want bananas or cheese for lunch?" Katherine: "Naaah."

Or as you can see tonight at bath-time... Mommy: "Katherine, do you want to get out and go night night?" Katherine: "Naaah!"

We know plenty of toddler tantrums are just around the corner as Katherine masters her "No's," but we'll enjoy them for all their sweetness now. :-)

Happy Birthday GG!!

We enjoyed a wonderful birthday celebration with GG tonight! Katherine is getting more confident with walking all by herself, and showed off a bit for GG by taking some steps to her. We have yet to catch Katherine walking on video, but we promise a post of her "baby steps" soon.

Katherine was also excited to help sing, blow on candles, and of course-- eat some delicious cake!

Happy Birthday GG! We are so blessed to have such a loving (Great) Grandma, and we pray that this year is filled with joy and fun!

Happy Birthday Oma!!

Happy Birthday Oma! We hope this year is filled with joy and blessings. 

Katherine was disappointed that we couldn't celebrate with you, but she still wanted to share a special treat with you on your birthday:

Katherine is working on getting her shoes on and getting ready to go so she can visit you as quick as she can!

Spoonful of Sweetness

We're very fortunate that so far, Katherine has almost always enjoyed meal time, and will try almost anything offered to her. She definitely has favorites (for example-- she recently learned the word "cookie" and now says "cookie cookie cookie!" when she's hungry), but for the most part, she's been pretty adventurous.

 One of Katherine's new favorite meals is cereal WITH milk. As you can see, she insists on practicing her self feeding skills with her spoon. She certainly needs a bit of help, but it's fun to see her learning and having fun with food:

Jesus Christ is Risen Today, Alleluia!

Happy Easter!!!

We had a wonderful celebration this morning as a family with breakfast and Mass. 

Katherine was excited that the Easter Bunny visited too! She had no trouble finding her basket, and was thrilled with the "chocolate cookies" in her eggs.

We look forward to celebrating with Mommy's family at the Koes' tonight. We pray your family also has a happy, holy Easter! Alleluia!!

so sweet!

Our neighbor across the street from us recently celebrated her 5th birthday, and Mommy was quite impressed that Daddy not only remembered her birthday and suggested we bake her cupcakes for it, but he even baked the cupcakes!! The best part was the delicious extras. :-)

 Katherine has also been quite the little chef lately. She loves playing in her toy kitchen she got for her birthday. Here she is playing in her "kitchen" while Daddy takes great care of her!

Thank you, Daddy, for all you do!

Happy Birthday Aunt Kari!

What?! Aunt Kari is HOW old??

Katherine certainly can't count to 29, but that didn't stop her from joining in the birthday fun today!

We hope Aunt Kari's year is filled with joy, and we look forward to "officially" celebrating her birthday this Friday!