Counting

Cate has so many new toys to play with, but after leaving her for a second to put Timmy in his crib, I found her playing her favorite game...counting barrettes. She loves to dump them all on the floor and then imitate the intonation of counting while she puts them all back in the bag. This can keep her occupied for 15 minutes.

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A new look, a new name

I have finally started working on the much needed changes to this blog. I mean really, Timmy is 3 months old; he is sick of living in Cate's pink world. I'm not sure that I'm really happy with this new layout but it will have to do for the moment. I decided to keep the web address the same for the sake of simplicity, but change the title of the blog to include Timmy.

When I started this blog when Cate was born, I wondered whether or not I would keep it updated. I have found though that this is the easiest way for me to keep track of milestones and now that I have two babies, I really do not have time to keep up with a baby book...or two. I am hoping to periodically have this blog printed into some sort of book (on my long list of things to do) so that Cate and Timmy can look through it someday and not only see all of the pictures we took of them, but be able to read our thoughts on the events pictured. Thanks for reading with us!

Christmas and Sledding

It is really hard to take care of two babies and get great pictures at the same time. I'm kind of disappointed with our Christmas pictures this year, but oh well. We had a great day and tried to take some video of Cate and Timmy too.

My smiley little guy. He loves to sit and look at people. He just talks and coos until he's hungry or tired.

Cate in her adorable pink hooded vest from Aunt Mary. It is so warm and cozy and she didn't mind modeling it for us. Of course she was trying to let the two dogs in who were a nuisance while we were opening gifts.

Opening gifts with Daddy

Not a great shot, but she really loved this slide that we got for her. It's a good size for Cate. She loves slides and when we showed it to her after her nap, she went down a million times yelling, "Pie, pie pie pie" I guess that's sort of like slide...

Last night our friends, Tom and Allison, came over with little Elizabeth who is 2 1/2. We have a huge sledding hill right behind our house so the guys took the girls out. They came back with really chapped cheeks but had a good time anyway.

Cate's new snowsuit...it's a bit big... but ever since last night, every time I go to the closet to put her coat on, she wants the snow pants on too.

Breakfast with Santa

This past Saturday we took Cate and Timmy to see Santa and Mrs. Claus. We sat with our neighbors and their 2 year old daughter, Haley, and everyone had a good time, ate pancakes and colored pictures. Then it was time to take pictures with Santa.

Here's a picture of Cate on Santa's lap last year:

and here's a picture from this year:

I guess it would be scary to sit on some strange man's lap. She would have nothing to do with it. After Santa left, we got her to sit in the chair and hold Timmy for a few shots, but she was already mad.

The last Few Weeks

We had a great, relaxing Thanksgiving last week. It was so nice to have Tim home for four days and to be able to do a few fun things with the babies. Cate got to see the Christmas tree at my parents' house after her Thanksgiving nap. She just kept saying oooohh, ahhhh. We told her that it was hot and not to touch it....so far it's working. We decided not to put our tree up this year because Cate is just into everything and we have enough going on with the construction in the house.

Grammy bought Cate and Timmy the cute, matching Christmas pajamas in the picture, but getting a good picture of them is next to impossible. I thought of trying to use one for a Christmas card, but I've now moved on to a new plan.

Cate was very excited to hold Timmy, but Timmy never really feels the same way, so the expression on his face is not as adorable as it could be!

Christmas card photo attempt

Watching football with Pop

Attempt #2...doesn't Timmy look thrilled?

Admiring the tree

A visit from boyfriend Casey...I think that this was the only moment that Cate smiled during his entire visit...not one of her better mornings!