Tea Party at Grammy's!

The Little Show-Off

Annaliese's new favorite game is climbing onto the rocking chair at my mom's house. Usually she stands up and rocks "no hands" style. Today she's showing off the headband she stole from Kathryn and put on by herself. She's very proud.

The Curious Case of the Bedwetting

Thus far in my almost 4 years of parenting, nothing has frustrated me quite as much as coming home to find that for the 5th consecutive day (not counting three at school in the middle), Kathryn has had an accident during her nap. Under normal circumstances, this might not be such a big deal. Wash the sheets, move on. Unfortunately, we are not living under normal circumstances and she is sleeping in my (non-plastic sheet covered) bed, which is wedged into a very small section of a room, making changing the sheets extremely difficult. Added to that is the fact that we only have one set of sheets for the bed, so we can't just put on new ones. 3 of the 4 previous days, Annaliese has been asleep--and consequently woken up--at 8 o'clock when I can finally put the sheets on again.

Strangely enough, as I mentioned, this did not happen on the days that she was at school. Think they would take her 7 days a week, just for nap time???

We're Back....

We've entered 2009 with a camera that takes real pictures and have now learned how to upload them to the computer. To celebrate, meet my new 1-year-old.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANNALIESE!!

The Effects of Hurricane Ike

And we live how many miles from Texas???











Almost 1300 miles from Houston, we got hit with unbelievable winds. My parents siding started to blow off their house. Evan was up on the roof trying to nail it down before the whole thing went. In the 90mph winds. It was crazy, but I kind of liked it. Kathryn and I even went for a short walk in the wind to look at all the "dancing trees" before the rain came. Whole trees were uprooted all over our neighborhood and through town. People were still without power today. Crazy.


If you look just above the garage toward the right side, you'll see the spot where the siding fell off. It was too windy to put that piece back on yesterday, but Evan nailed all the pieces around it down so the whole side wouldn't go.

Introducing the Redhead to the World's Favorite Sport

She didn't actually seem too excited about Uncle Andy's soccer tournament this weekend, but Annaliese certainly loved being outside. Guess who else loved it? Kathryn & Drew. Kathryn was actually a little more excited about the soccer, but not enough that she sat and actually watched it. She was too busy picking on Drew and Aunt Rachelle. Luckily she was so distracted that she missed seeing one of Andy's players fall and break her collar bone--which did nothing to convince me that soccer is the best sport for my kids.

Labor Day '08

We spent Labor Day in Michigan (as many of you know), visiting our newest niece, Meren, and hanging out in Romeo for the Peach Fest. We had a great time seeing our family and some of our friends, but Kathryn's favorite part was the fair. Here's proof:


Riding the carousel.


On the kid's train--by herself.


Taking a turn on the ferris wheel. You can't see her once she sits down, but this ride was her favorite.

Annaliese had a good time, too. No rides for her, though. She's too little.