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!

Shaun's mom & dad came over to help Shaun mix and pour what ended up being 65 bags of concrete to fill in a garden along the west side of our pool area. Patrick thought the mixer was lots of fun and had a great time watching.

Here he is being a big helper by holding Grandma's gloves and sitting on the concrete bags:
Helping Grandma measure out water for the mixer:
And playing in the sandbox - which was also helpful because we didn't have to worry what he was doing! I love the effect of the afternoon sun on this picture.
This picture was taken earlier in the day. My Aunt & Uncle in BC gave Kathryn this outfit and I wanted to get a picture to send to them. I love the way the kids are making eachother laugh!

I'm done back-dating with photos and videos for now. The furthust back is Kathryn's first swim in the pool.

I'm going to upload some of Patrick's cute baby footage - but I'll let you know where to find it when I do.

Here's my big girl! She loves to stand up. She has really strong legs too! And here is her lovely 'old man face'. She's not upset! Its just a face she knows how to make :)

Patrick got new shoes yesterday - size 7! He is growing up so fast. He also weighed himself yesterday morning and is 28.8 lbs. And he's getting really tall - he finally fits into 24M pants, although the waist on most are much to big for my skinny boy and have to be taken in! Thank goodness for those adjudtable waist pants and for easily-adjusted elastic waist pants!

CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHRYN ON GETTING YOUR 2ND TOOTH!!!

Now you have a matched set of bottom chompers.

Way to go!

Milestones.

Kathryn is graduating to size 4 diapers! The 3's just aren't doing the trick anymore, so as soon as we're finished with them, we'll be moving forward.

Speaking of growing, it was finally cool enough yesterday to break out the fall clothing! Kathryn wore a gorgeous "classic pooh" overall set that was a gift from my Aunt and Uncle in BC. She also wore a pant set I got for her when Independent cleared out their kids clothes. I am so sad that BOTH OUTFITS fit snugly. This likely means that most of her fall clothes are going to fit NOW which means I will have to get more! Its not so much the shopping...but I am sad that she won't be able to wear these cute things for very long :(.

Patrick's vocab is growing all the time. He speaks in sentences - most of which we still don't understand - but he's got quite a collection of words to help us all understand eachother. He's also getting better at 'starting the conversation' so to speak (haha) and will ask for what he wants instead of making us guess.

Patrick is starting to show interest in being potty trained, although we're not quite there yet. He now announces when he's pooping, but still doesn't want a bum change! I figure by the fall, when he's wrapped up in more clothing, he'll be really interested. At least I hope so. I'm getting really tired of dealing with 2 sets of diapers and I'm ready to train him now. When I bought him diapers yesterday, I got the uber cheap ones and I'm hoping they're not as comfortable - a bit of an incentive! We already have a collection of underwear... so all we need is the right timing!

After potty traning will be big-bed training. Oy. Hopefully by then Kathryn will actually sleep at night (instead of getting up 2-4X).

CONGRATULATIONS KATHRYN ON GETTING YOUR FIRST TOOTH!!!!

I discovered it this morning after breakfast. My little girl is growing up! Its her bottom left middle and not the one we were expecting to be first! Her lower left eye tooth has been trying to poke up through the gum for quite a while now. Perhaps it will be next.

The car seat situation is working out well. I do not miss the bucket seat at all!! Kathryn sits up very well in carts, so it hasn't been a problem at all, and now that she's sitting up unsupported, its easy to sit her in the front hall, get P and I ready and then just pick her up and tote her out.

Kathryn is also now eating solids with much less fuss. We're up to 2 times a day - breakfast (cereal and water in her sippy) and dinner (cereal, veggie mixed with cereal, and water from the sippy). She eats with us, which she enjoys, but it does make meal times quite ... crazy.

Patrick's vocab is improving every day! He's such a parrott and can be a chatterbox. The other day he expressed interest in using the potty so we got it out. He has since announced that he's going to use the potty and sat on it to pee in his diaper. Next step - underwear! Wish us luck.

I am so excited that blogger has video upload!!! YAY! Now I can share all my cute videos! Check for back-dating!!!

K is blowing us raspberries in this one. Super cute!

Patrick is getting interested in his potty. Here he is figuring out how to sit on it all by himself! We have yet to try using the potty for its actual use... but for now, its a fun 'toy'.