Kate @ Eight

Kate turned 8 months on February 24th. She's perfected the art of sitting up, but isn't crawling yet. She can usually get where she wants to go by way of rolling, however. She's a great eater - by that I mean she isn't very picky (much unlike her brother at this age). I am stunned that I have a child who will willingly put broccoli and other vegetables in her mouth without gagging. We'll see how long this continues!

Lately she has discovered the fun of cardboard boxes. Here are some pics of Miss Peanut/Miss Silliness/Baby Kate on her 8-month birthday.

Our little guy

It's hard to believe Ben is now three years old. Here are some pictures taken of him every year on or around his birthday.

February 1, 2007

February 1, 2008

January 31, 2009

February 2010

Disney World

Ben spent his 3rd birthday in Disney World and had a wonderful time. It was fun to watch him experience everything. I think it was a bit overwhelming at times, but he handled everything really well. The highlights of the trip seemed to be 1) the gorillas in the Animal Kingdom, 2) Goofy's roller coaster and 3) the carousel in the Magic Kingdom. He was not a fan of the shows like the Lion King & A Bug's Life and we had to make early exits from those. Kate was terrific as well and made life easy on us during those long days at the park. She even got to ride some rides. Even though I was fairly exhausted, I was sad to leave and can't wait to go back.

Outside the Nemo ride. This ride was a hit the first time, but not the second. Not sure why.

He thought this hat looked funnier on other people than on himself.

Princess Kate

Ben was really excited to see Chip & Dale, especially since he thinks they live in our back yard.

Family photo (minus Kate who was asleep in her stroller) with Mickey.

Ben's 3rd birthday breakfast

Pluto saying hello to Baby Kate.

Nothing clever to say about this one - it speaks for itself.

Cupcakes for breakfast!

Safari ride in the Animal Kingdom. Ben thought it was funny when a rhino crossed the path next to our bus and when a silly ostrich held up traffic for about 15 minutes because he wouldn't get out of the road.

Checking out the gorillas. Ben was very concerned about a baby gorilla and kept telling the mommy and daddy gorilla to go pick it up. In reality the baby gorilla was a full-grown female and the mommy and daddy were silverback males.

We had a little bit of rain while we were there. At first it was annoying, but as soon as we realized it cut the crowds in half and made the lines disappear we were o.k. with it!

Magic Kingdom

Daddy & Ben on the Dumbo ride.

Riding the Carousel for the millionth time.

Baby Kate decided to take a turn as well.

Too much excitement for a 7-month old.

Ben & Daddy on Ben's favorite ride - Goofy's Barnstormer.

Mommy & Kate resting & having a snack.

Breakfast at the Animal Kingdom.

We finally saw the sun! Snapping a few pics while Ben was on a ride.

Playhouse Disney show

Playhouse Disney was one of the only shows Ben would tolerate. He also sat through the Finding Nemo show, but slept through half of it.