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.

Recall?!?

So, I guess I have been living under a rock because I had no idea Similac recalled their formula. I honestly don't watch the news. It seems like everything on the news is sad and horrible and I just don't want to know about it. Ignorance is bliss in some cases. Not so much in this case. I went online to the Similac website and put in the numbers on the 3 containers that I had. All of them had been recalled. I did this last night at 6:20, both kids had had their bath and were in the night clothes. Since Justin is out of town, I had to make a mad dash to the store with both of them. I ended up buying Enfamil and thankfully Brody drank it with no problem.

No, No!!

I am constantly saying those words to Brody. In the last 2 weeks, he has become all boy. He is becoming more of a dare devil-which scares me, he gets into everything and is just plain crazy. We have 2 staircase in our new house. One is by the front door and the other is by the kitchen. We put a gate on the kitchen one because we are always in the living room or kitchen. We have yet to put one on the other one because it has a wide opening and not sure if I can find one that fits plus we don't want to drill any holes in it. Brody LOVES the stairs!! When it gets quiet and he is not in eye site you can find him going towards the stairs. He waits near them until he sees us and then takes off towards them. Justin and I will say "Brody, no no" and shake our head. Brody then will shake his head and laugh. Its pretty funny and we try not to laugh in front of him.


Going grocery shopping has become crazy. We usually go first thing in the morning before it gets crowded and Brody would sit perfectly in the cart. Now, it is torture going. He is constantly trying to stand up-even with his strap on and starts throwing fits. I guess, I will have to wait for Justin to get home and then go.
The car seat has become the enemy. Just this past week he has started throwing fits when I put him in. It's not a quick fit either. One day he cried for 30 minutes while in it. I have no clue what is going on with my sweet, lovable baby boy.



About 6 weeks ago, Brody got a severe case of diaper rash. I couldn't figure out why he was pooping so much. He went from 1-2 dirty diapers a day to 6 or 7. He poor little hiney was raw, he screamed when I would wipe him. He refused to sit down in the tub and when I made him, I felt like the worst parent ever because it hurt him so bad. Several oatmeal baths and some stuff called Bag Balm(its used on cows utters-best stuff ever!)cured it. I finally figured out he was teething and soon he had 3 more teeth. I think we are about to go through the same thing again as his dirty diapers have increased and has had a snotty nose the last two days.

My little dare devil

Using his car to get on the fireplace

Super busy

We have been super busy the last two weeks. We are finally getting settled into our new house which is still a work in progress. Kate started attending a new school which I'm not too sure I love. I keep comparing her new school to her old one. I LOVE her old school, there were 8 students per class with a teacher AND an aide. It was very structured and I just felt comfortably leaving her everyday. Her new school can have up to 18 kids per class with just one teacher and a floater aide. When I drop her off in the morning, there are kids running everywhere and yelling and not to mention it seems like pee. The new school takes babies as young as 6 weeks old, her old school wouldn't take babies younger than 12 months. Everyday when I pick Kate up, I ask her if she likes school and she says yes which make me feel a little better about it. I am going to continue to look at other schools in hopes I can find one with smaller teacher-student ratio.
I just look at today's date and realized in 1 month I will have a FOUR year old. Bring on the tissues!!