Kathryn was sick and very clingy and wouldn't (couldn't?) sleep in her crib so she napped on me all morning. Then she threw up all over me and felt better! I wasn't happy to be wearing my PJs for this picture, but I was when she puked on me because they wash up really well.
Here is a very grown-up looking Patrick!

I couldn't decide which, so I posted both!

After over 3 years of knowing eachother, Anna and I finally met! We spent the morning together at Vaughn Mills Mall, along with our kids and my mom. It was a nice time and I hope to do it again in the future.

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Patrick's friend, Michael, gave him some of his birthday cake. I gave it to him for his post-nap snack. Patrick decided that using the fork was too much work and took too long, so he gave up and used his hands. MmMm deliciously messy!

Kathryn got her 4th tooth! Now she has 4 chompers - 2 up and 2 down.

CONGRATULATIONS KATHRYN!

Here's our little stander! Isn't she cute in her faux lepard print trimmed jeans and adorable lepord print kitty shirt??? TOO CUTE!

THE APPLE ORCHARD!

We went 'apple picking'. Shaun's mom had mentioned the orchard was now open, so we decided to go on Saturday. It was a GORGEOUS day - almost too nice for picking apples which is more of a fall activity. We didn't stay long, and we didn't actually pick any apples (but I bought 4) but we did have some fun in the kids activity area and took lots of pics!

This is Kathryn's first ride in the wagon. She did GREAT!!!

Patrick at the hay maze:
Patrick walking ON the hay maze with help from Daddy:
Walking across the "twister" board - they had set up a "harvest version" of the game.
Kathryn watching EVERYTHING:

We didn't stay long at the orchard because of the bugs, and because Shaun was too hot in his jeans! We went home quickly so Shaun could change into shorts and we could pick up some water bottles, and then we went down to the beach to walk along the peer.

This is Patrick chillin' in his seat while we wait for Daddy:
And a lovely shot of our gorgeous kids down by the water:

We really did have a great day yesterday, which was good, because it will be 19 days before we have another day together.

Kathryn got her 3rd tooth today! Upper middle left! And on her 8th month Birthday too!!

CONGRATULATIONS KATHRYN!!

Movement:

Kathryn can move!!! She bum shuffles. She hasn't gone far, or is fast, but if you leave her for a few minutes and return she is 1-2 feet from where you put her, and often facing a new direction.

WAY TO GO K!!

Kathryn has learned how to 'stand' - or rather how to hold on and play at the same time without falling down! The kids both love the leap-frog playground!! I'm so glad they can play from either side.
And, from the creators of "sibs in a chair", here is "sibs in the tub"! Their first bath together was ... interesting. Patrick is a stickler for routine and this was different so that caused a bit of a fuss from him. Of course, it WAS his idea... he wanted to get in the tub with her!
Kathryn had never been in such deep water before. Poor kid's toosh was floating up everytime she leaned forward to grab a toy!