Assessment

Kate had an assessment at school earlier in the week to see what she knows and she did great on it. She got 3's in all the categories. The grading scale is 1-beginning, 2-developing and 3-proficient. Her teacher thinks she may be ready to start reading and is going to start introducing sight words to her. She is learning so much, she can tell you the days of the week, the months of the year, she knows what sound each letter in the alphabet makes and can write all the letters. To sum it up, my child is a genius-hahaha.
I am so proud of my baby girl.

Happy 1st Birthday Brody

Our little Brody bear turned one today!!! We celebrated with a SMALL party. Small meaning Justin, Kate and I. It was perfect. After lunch, Brody(aka Kate) opened up his presents and had his cupcake. I think he liked playing with the cupcake more than eating it. I probably sang Happy Birthday to Brody 20 times if not more to him today and by the afternoon as I was singing, he was humming it. So cute!!
My baby is no longer a baby baby. He has been off formula and bottles for a week now, he is in a front facing car seat-which he still hates and is starting to walk more. I can close my eyes and remember everything that happened the day he was born including the pain. Which I will remind him of for the rest of his life.
I am so very grateful and blessed for the life and family that I have.

Halloween

For Halloween Kate wanted to be Jessie and she wanted Brody to be Buzz Lightyear. What Kate wants, Kate gets. She was so excited to go Trick or Treating, she kept asking all day, when we could dress up and go.
I got them both dressed a little after 4 as we were going to our block party, I got a couple pictures of them and then it went from fun to disaster. Brody didn't like his hood that went with his costumes, so after pictures I took it off but it was still velcroed to his outfit. He was sitting in the kitchen(you know where this story is going) pulling on the hood, he was pulling so hard, that his hand slipped and he fell back. At first I thought he fell back and hit his head on the floor-he has done it numerous times but when I went to pick him him up there was a blood on the floor and it was dripping from his head. I went into total panic mode. I was carrying him outside yelling at Justin(he was doing yard work) that Brody was bleeding, freaking out. We came back inside, Justin applied pressure to his head and within minutes the bleeding stopped as did Brody's tears. My poor baby had 2 cuts in the back of his head from hitting the corner on the kitchen island. Since the bleeding stopped we decided not to take him to the hospital.
I wanted Brody's first Halloween to be memorable but not in the give me a heart attack memorable.
Kate on the other hand, had fun going up to the houses and saying "trick or treat". This is the first year, I have actually let Kate eat some of the candy.

Kate's Birthday Party

This year for Kate's birthday party, I decided to keep it small and girly. I made fairy wings for all the girls to wear and sent them home with pink crown cookies. Even though her party was small, she still seemed to get alot of presents.

Happy Birthday Kate

Kate turned 4 yesterday and I am still unsure how the last four years flew by so quickly. I can still remember the first time I held her, changed her and nursed her like it was yesterday. We are so lucky to have a sweet, kind little girl. It is so much fun to watch her use her imagination when playing with her dolls. Since watching Toy Story this past summer, all she has wanted is a Jessie doll for her birthday. The morning of her birthday, I woke her up early and gave her the Jessie doll. It was love at first sight. She hasn't put Jessie down since. She even pretends to be Jessie and will only answer to Jessie. She is too cute.
Happy Birthday Kate, you are our favorite baby girl and we love you so much!!!

New School

Kate started going to a new school this week and so far I really like it. This one is actually a school and not a day care. The teacher student ratio is 1:9, which I love. She has Spanish everyday for 45 minutes along with computer lab, music and art. The only thing I don't like is they have to wear a uniform which consists of a blue shirt with khaki bottoms. Kate loves picking out her clothes for school and usually wears dresses everyday. She wasn't too thrilled when I showed her her new clothes for school but seeing the other boys and girls wearing the same thing made it better.

11 months

Brody turned 11 months on the 7th. It's hard to believe that in a month he will be off formula and in a front facing car seat. He is completely on table foods now. For breakfast he usually gets toast, pancakes, or a muffin. For lunch and dinner I cut up small pieces of chicken nuggets, fish sticks, hot dogs or a grilled cheeses sandwich plus I will give him fruits and vegetables.
He took a step on Saturday by himself but hasn't done it again. He has added "ball" to his vocabulary but says it more like "baw". Brody loves to play with balls and can throw them pretty well. With a name like Brody Burnett, he is destined to be a pro-athlete.
I usually take Brody's monthly pictures on the couch but these days he wont sit still, so I had to put him in the high chair and even then he wouldn't stay still.