Swimming.. "By myself"

Katie loves the water and has really enjoyed being in the pool. She likes to jump off the side and can kick, but would not let go of me to swim.  Kendall and I were able to get her to swim between the two of us.  Today I am not sure what clicked, but all of a sudden she realized she could hold herself up in her vest and "swim" on her own. My goal was to have this happen by the end of the summer.

Birthday Party

We celebrated Katie's 2nd birthday and  Julia's almost 1st birthday.  We will be away for Julia's 1st birthday.  Thanks to all our family and friends who helped to celebrate.

Grandpa's

Katie, Julia and I drove up to my dad's to see Mike, Patti, Will and Elly who were in from Toronto for a visit. We had a great time. Katie thought it would be a great idea to pick up one of Grandpa's cactus.  The day ended with lots of fun with a bucket of water.

Fourth of July

We went to Kendall and Glenn's on Wednesday night for dinner before the fireworks. No fireworks for us this year. Katie isn't big on loud noises and it was way past their bedtime. On Thursday we went to Suzie and Jeff's for a picnic and swimming.

Katie's rendition of Happy Birthday!

Katie seems to have picked up some musical ability somewhere.  She loves music. You have seen her moves when it comes to dancing. Here she is doing a little karaoke of Happy Birthday.

Katie's 2nd Birthday

We had a great day, weather wise for Katie's birthday. She had a great time celebrating with family. She really enjoyed her cake this year.

Simone's Visit

Simone came to visit this weekend from California.  The girls all had a great time together. Katie loved that she had someone else laughing at her antics.

I asked Simone to say "cheese" for the camera, this was her face!

They wore me out!