Bikini Season

 We had a gorgeous day today so Katie dawned one of her bikinis for some backyard water time.  She loved playing in the water with her brother.  I think she is going to love playing in the pool in a few weeks!

First Flavor Ice

Bikini Car Wash

surely this is some yoga pose

She learned to ring the bell on the tricycle and this is the smile she had when she rang it!

One more summer

Will has been looking a little too grown up especially since the Snip Its hairdresser took a little too much off the top.  I just looked at him and thought he suddenly looked like he was 4 instead of almost 3.  He is tall so that contributes, but I had to find a way to get him to look his age...the jon jon.  I am going to enjoy one more summer with him in these!  I just adore them and think he looks his age again.  He will be 3 two weeks from today!

Smitten

I am just so smitten with Katie.  She loves to be held and prefers that I am close by at all times.  Even if I just across the room, she will move closer to be with me.  This might be a normal thing for most moms, but Will wasn't like this.  He was so busy playing all the time that he didn't want to come sit in my lap unless I was reading him a book.  Katie will get a toy and then come over to sit in my lap and play with it.  She'll hop down to get another toy, and then she will want right back up.  It is so wonderful to spend time with her - she keeps a smile on my face!

love this face!

St Patrick's Day

 We had a fun St Patrick's Day here in Dallas.  My parents came up for a visit and we had a fun Saturday that exhausted the kids so much we missed a birthday party we had been looking forward to for weeks!  Swim lessons and visitors can wipe these kids out!

Here is my pre-St Pat's picture before the kids had haircuts.  Will looks like a different child to me here!

St Patrick's Lolipops - Will loves to try anything Katie has...even if it is the same thing he has.

With cousin Andrew!

Buried Feet

 Will and Katie enjoy playing in the sandbox together.  They both enjoy filling up dump trucks, digging for treasures and burying their feet! 

After he buried her feet, he said "her feet are gone!  How will she walk?"  And he looked at me and smiled as if to confirm he was pretending. 

Here is Will trying to find Katie's feet under the sand.

Swimsuit!

 This little girl loves the sandbox!  We just got a swimsuit back from our monogrammers (Sweat Shop Monograms - aka the Kerrs) so we had to try it on.  Katie definitely appears to be beach ready... with the expection of her love to eat the sand.

pointing to an airplane

We just love her little wave!

Baby Proofing

 If Katie were our first or only child, I am not sure we ever would have baby proofed our house.  We wouldn't have latches throughout our kitchen and desk area, we wouldn't have outlet covers or the special outlets with sliding covers.  I would have understood the moms who didn't do much baby proofing when we were baby proofing for Will. 

Will was curious about all things to be baby proofed by 7 or 8 months.  He would crawl towards cords, open cabinets and climb the stairs.  We had to baby proof everything we could.  We even tethered furniture to the walls due to his love of climbing.

Katie is just content.  She can sit and play with a toy for quite a while.  If you redirect her, she is fine with doing something new.  It is amazing how these two can be so different!