school is cool

katers: 

school has been really good for you. 

you get to make awesome projects, play on the playground, eat good food and learn so much more than i could ever teach you. 

some days i'm a little taken aback at the things you know. 

see example below: 

ff




gosh kid, you're cool.

love your guts.


[sorry if the video quality is bad, youtube is not being my friend today]

someone is 3.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ!!

we love you and miss you everyday.
can't wait to see you this summer!





ps. kate is down for the count today:: a temp of 103 that tylenol couldn't cure forced us to walmart for some ibuprofen. it was there that kate puked all over herself, the cart and my purse. it was awesome. she's feeling better now but she's still exhausted. she was up all night crying and sweating and peeing the bed [that happened twice. didn't know the flu made you pee the bed....] hopefully this is just a 24 hour bug. although i do love hearing 'mama snuggle me please'.
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new toy

to my new best friend [iphone 4S]-

oh boy do i love you.
thanks for all your awesome apps-
like the 8mm camera app that i used to shoot this video.
i think i'm just a tab obsessed with it.


now if only i could put you down at night and get some sleep....


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kate singing to no one

for mom, who is dealing with her aging mother.
for dad, because he needs to laugh.
for bb, who said she hasn't seen the real kate in awhile [and because she's enduring those last few looong weeks of pregnancy]

and for everyone else who wants to see kate stand on an egg carton [and see our messy front room]




why yes, that IS the same shirt she's had on for the last week or so- we kinda love it.
and yes, that IS a roll of toilet paper laying on the ground- i have a toddler. enough said.
hope she made you smile....

happy saturday.

we heart sleep

my beloved:

nope, not you mr jancers. (although i do love you). tonight my affections are directed towards the afternoon nap that kate took. now normally miss kate takes her daily nap at 9 am. about an hour or so after she wakes up, she's ready for a 2-3 hour nap. i know it's weird. i've tried to figure it out and i can't. so i'm just enjoying it. especially since i don't fully wake up until 11 am. plus, this way i get to enjoy my morning shower without kate underfoot.

i promised myself when i started this blog that i wouldn't just write about the good things. i wanted to document life, with all of it's ups and downs. i feel that i have done that. the readers of 'letters to...' know far too much about scrubbing bodily fluids out of my carpet, rude ER patients and my complete inability to function with less than 6 hours of sleep.

that being said, it's so much easier to write about a good day than a bad one.

but bad days happen...
molars start to come in.
husbands do rotations that last well past the stated time.
you realize you need government assistance to survive the final year of grad school.
yada yada yada.

but then you blog about it and somehow you feel better. (thanks everyone for listening)

so after a day full of loving kate despite numerous temper tantrums, this was my reward.

this doesn't even do the craziness justice.

favorite part? the remote control throw at the end. yep, it hit me. 

(sorry for the crappy footage- forgot to use the video camera... again)

katers was exhausted this afternoon so i attempted (3 times) to give her nap number two. finally (FINALLY) she succumbed and at one point was sleeping with her left leg hanging out of the crib. she slept for 2 hours and woke up sweaty. a sure sign of a sound nap.

then she released all the happy energy she had been storing up today in about 20 min. i'm pretty sure she was visibly shaking because she couldn't control her joy.

don't know if i want to spend everyday waiting for this kind of enthusiasm (it makes for a looooong day) but i'll gladly accept it today.


thanks afternoon nap. you were marvelous!

new moves, new couz

good morning katers!

you now walk.

you picked up your new skill this past weekend. more specifically in sunday school while your daddy taught about stuff that was really interesting- truly! no sarcasm present.

i promise i listened to him talk about king solomon but you were stealing the show with you frankenstein-y new moves. it was really hard not to clap and yell "YEAH!!" but i refrained. i think the class might have frowned upon that kind of input.

it was awesome.

then later at the hansen's you were just trucking around like you'd been doing it for months. the video camera wasn't charged so i used the camera which means the quality isn't very good. but it's still proof that you rock. check you out- you're so cool!

you seemed a bit hesitant this morning so you resorted to your "mowgli" crawl. a walk/crawl that you have perfected this past week. makes me giggle every time i see you do it.

you also have a new cousin.

welcome miss jaiden skye to the world.

i covet your head of dark hair.

5 pounds 11 ounces

18 inches

a big thank you to all the drivers who got out of matt's way so he could make it to the delivery of his baby girl.