Katrina Family

9/09/2008

I just have to note that Liv has mastered Imitation. Today I had Charlotte over my right shoulder burping her while I was on the phone. The phone was pressed against my left shoulder and left ear. I glanced over on the other couch......and Liv was holding her baby over her right shoulder burping her with the phone pressed against her left shoulder, chatting away....... Too much.

9/08/2008

Kudos to Grandfather.

Tomorrow is Grandfather's birthday. For some reason I think he is responsible for my two little angels. Is it possible for him to be giving me a gift on his birthday? I mean, these girls have really been behaving themselves lately. Thank you, Grandfather.

5 weeks old.

9/07/2008

E-A-G-L-E-S

Liv's courage.

Everyone who knows Liv knows she has to warm up to situations rather slowly. But once she warms up she is all about it and doesn't want to stop. Liv didn't want to go down this slide by herself and cried her first time coming down with a Kangaroo U helper. Then Daddy went down with her on his lap a few times. Then he got her to go down beside him a few times. Finally, she built up the courage to go down without him. It worked out great because by the time she warmed up to it all of the other party goers were over it. So she got the slide all to herself for a good 15 minutes.

Holly's Birthday Party.

On Sunday, we all woke up and went to Holly's 3rd Birthday party at kangaroo U. Liv had a blast and Charlotte was an angel.

Aunt Chrissy and Uncle Brian.

We had a fun visit with Aunt Chrissy and Uncle Brian on Saturday.

What is the catch?

I keep waking up everyday wondering what the catch is........Charlotte has been such an amazing baby. And Liv has been an amazing big sister. I do have a few moments here and there where being a mother of 2 under 3 are stressful. For the most part,I say to Ryan, I feel like I should feel overwhelmed but I don't. I mean, the thought of what I deal with on a typical day is stressful, but when I do it, it is automatic. Afterall, I would do anything for my girls.
I owe all of the credit to the girls. Liv loves her little Sis and has accepted her with open arms into our family. I almost feel like the timing of having Charlotte could not have been anymore perfect. Liv is potty trained, in a big girl bed, can dress herself, and can entertain herself for a good amount of time too. Her imagination has sky rocketed in the past few weeks. She can look at a bucket and decide to turn it into a prop for a magic show (she did this at 5 and below the other night with Ryan).
And Charlotte, is incredible. I can actually put her down i her crib wide awake and go back in 10 minutes to her sleeping. I NEVER could have done this with Liv. I blame myself completely for that. I guess with Liv I could lay around and have her sleep on me throughout the day.
I am so in love with Liv and Lo. I actually wake up in the morning with a jolt of excitement. I can't quite put my finger on a specific thing I am excited for. It must just be that I am excited to have another day filled with so much love and laughter (with a sprinkle of tantrums.......it is interesting that no matter how many tantrums or tears I deal with throughout the day, I always rest my head on my pillow at night with a smile.)

9/04/2008

Yea. She's advanced.

Haha, kidding. Here's Liv pretending to read.. so sweet.
She gets off to a slow start, but after that she's good to go.

9/02/2008

just what I needed today...

Being born and raised as a jersey shore girl, I have to say labor day is kinda sad. It is the official end of the summer. Even though we haven't been down there much, I still have that same feeling I had every year growing up. Charlotte knew just what I needed to cheer up :) She talked to me and smiled like she wanted to tell me she loved me. I only caught the second part of the conversation,but by the end I had tears dripping down my cheeks onto hers.

9/01/2008

Being Goofy.

G-Pop hair do

After charlotte's bath, I decided to style her hair and try and keep it from sticking straight up. As soon as I combed it to the side, Liv decided her hair looked like GPop's. Ry and I agreed.

spilled the beans.

For the past two yearsthe ice cream truck has driven down our street at 6 pm. We always called it the music truck because I didn't want daily battles with Liv. Well, tonight for the first time we told her it was the ice cream truck. We ran out and she bought a dora popsicle. We told her the truck only stops at our house on special days and today was one of them. That way she won't beg for it EVERY DAY.