TWO!

Our sweet Katie turned 2 last week.  We are so proud of her and the little girl she is becoming. We personally (like all parents) think she is a genius:)  She can sing a variety of songs, can count to 20, excluding 15, and have hysterical conversations with us.  Tom is especially proud because she is telling her own version of jokes, such as "The ball went to kitchen and get snack." She then laughs at herself and her little joke.  She will say it over and over!  She is such fun and we love spending time with her!

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

We had a great Yo Gabba Gabba themed party for her.  Here are some pictures from the party. She had a great time playing with her friends.

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Snow Day!

Today we got the gift of a snow day! It is only the 9th time since 1978 that NYC schools have been closed and we have gotten A LOT of snow lately!  In Queens, we got about 19 inches of snow last night...that is on top of the other 20 inches we had this month. We went out this afternoon to "help" dad dig out the car.  Here are some pictures.

 

Christmas

The old saying "It is better to give than receive" rang true for us this year!  It was AMAZING having Christmas with an almost 2 year old who understands presents, Santa and Baby Jesus. We had a great time with Katie this Christmas.  We left a note, cookies and milk (in a sippy cup :)) for Santa, food for the reindeer and waited patiently to see if he would come...and boy did he come.  Santa came to see Katie in NYC, in Kentucky and in Alabama.  Now Katie often looks out the window and asks "Where's Santa?"  We also taught her about Baby Jesus and Mary and Joseph, so now every baby in pictures is Baby Jesus. 

Here are a few pictures from our holiday season.

 "Writing" Santa a letter.

 Playing the piano at Grandmas.

 Looking at Nana's tree.

 Playing babies

 My new tricycle

 Yo Gabba Gabba

Christmas is Awesome!!!

Ok...we will try this again. We have been very busy over the past 5 months trying to keep up with our 22 month old and have not been updating our blog enough.  Katie is at such a fun age. Tom and I spend our last waking moments each night discussing the adorable things she said and did that day.  She is now loving day care and her teacher Miss Eimy. She has a little friend there and they do everything together. She is learning a ton there also. She can sing her ABC song and The Wheels on the Bus.  She is talking like crazy and is pretty good at saying please and thank you. Here are a few photos from the last few months...Enjoy!

 Katie's first day of school.

 Bumble Bee for Halloween. She wakes up almost every morning yelling "Happy Halloween!"

 Fun day in Central Park.

 Loves to play with her "babies."

Thanksgiving in Murray, KY.  She loves her cousin Emma!

Bronx Zoo

We took Katie to the zoo for the first time last weekend.  We had a blast seeing all the animals...she loved the monkeys, polar bear and tiger most of all.  They also had a little children's zoo where she was able to pet and feed different animals.  Here are a few pics from the day.

In the car on our way...

Mama, Papa and Katie

Prairie Dogs

Everyone smile!

Just a sweet picture with Papa