Play Time

Kate recently had a playdate with Joey, Adam, Gabe, Sam & Leona (see "The Prairie Triplets" & "Joey Cooper" links to your left). All of the big kids showed Kate how play time is really done - and I think she was rather shocked at the level of activity (and noise) that can happen at her house. In the end, Kate tried to get Joey to play, but he isn't interested in her antics - yet. (Turn up your volume!)

Happy Birthday, #2!

It was time once again to celebrate the bonus years Uncle Brad is experiencing after his near-death Lake Michigan incident. Peter and Kerry were generous enough to volunteer their home for a party location and #1 had Portillos beefs and hotdogs flown in from Chicago. Also, our great friend Tiana spent some time with us and stayed in town for the party. Good times! And check out that Packer jacket! Thanks Peter and Kerry!

Turn turn turn...

Fall is here! At least that's what I hear. It is still pretty hot here. The neighborhood pool is now officially closed, but we got our last swim in with our friends Bailey and Katie just in time. The nice part about swimming at the close of the season? You get the pool to yourselves! Bailey did a great job swimming with Kate. Thanks for swimming with us, Bailey! (turn up your volume!)



Along with the season, Kate is changing every day, but I suppose that goes without saying. She is less than 1 year old after all. September has already brought all sorts of new things,... mainly more teeth, but she's also standing without holding on to anything - and she's becoming a lot more bossy! But today was special - she took some drunken-sailor-steps while holding on to my finger. Little did she realize that my finger wasn't providing an ounce of support. No no no, I'm not saying she walked, I'm just saying things are about to get even more fun around here. Hopefully I'll be able to catch some of this "fun" on camera soon and will be sure to share it with you.

We hope that it is fall wherever you are and that you are enjoying cooler days and even cooler evenings.

Climbing Kate

Kate's (current) absolute favorite thing is to react to the threat, "I'm gonna get you!" Please enjoy a clip of one of our games.

The Zoo!

Kate took her first trip to the zoo and the rose gardens with Auntie Kerry and #1. It was our last week with Kerry before she started her Boise career (BOO!) so we spent some quality time out and about in B-Towne - and actually stopped to smell some roses. Although Kate didn't really get the full zoo experience one remembers as a child, she did, "ohhh!" at the penguins. And here we are with the butterflies, although they didn't bother to join us in the photo...