some fun stuff

Katie is starting to try new foods again, she went through a time where she wasn't eating so much when she was sick and then stopped trying new things but she is back at it and today we had chicken nuggets. she is so cute, she watches me cut them up and then blow on the pieces and so she picks them up off her tray and blows on them. smart cookie, copying me! she has stopped wearing bibs for the time being. she doesn't like them around her neck so she pulls them off before i even get food on the tray. now occasionally i trick her and have her start without a bib and then sneak one on her mid-meal before the sippy cup because frankly thats what makes the most mess! We tried green beans and katie ate almost a whole small can of them. she really liked them, but the only trick is you have to give them to her alone. she can't have anything else on her tray or she won't eat them so the past few days i gave her beans first and when she was done i would give her whatever else i had for her. she had half a can of green beans the other day and then had 2 scrambled eggs. now i know katie wastes a lot accidentally by throwing it on the floor but 2 whole eggs, thats a lot!

she has been talking up a storm lately in her high chair, she isn't eating as much as i would like cus she sits there and plays with her food and talk, talk, talk! its really cute and i tried to catch some on video the other day but ended up just making her excited when she saw that camera.


this was katie a few days ago, we had finished dinner and i cleaned her tray all up but then i went to take the tray down and she had all this food stored up on her lap! this photo was actually after i picked up a bunch already, but the sippy cup water on her pants just made me laugh and her expression like... mommy look at my pants! so we ended up just stripping her down before even lifting her out of the chair.

Laundry is getting tricky cus i don't do it after every meal but i almost need to cus she spills so much food and it gets stuck on the clothes and i just take them off and put them in the basket, or throw them down to the laundry room however food caked onto clothes... i don't care how much u wash it if it dries on there, its not coming off! so we have started to permanently stain some clothes which makes me crazy but it all comes with a 1 year old! a ONE year old!!! wow! I can't believe Katie will be one next weekend. How did time time go so fast. I am already starting to decorate, and i totally stole the idea of a photo banner hanging in the window from my girlfriend Mandy, who did it for her twins' 1 year birthday and ever since i saw it I just HAD to have it. Since I take an obscene amount of photos, i couldn't choose one from each month like she did, so i just printed out a bunch and ended up making two banners, one in front of each of our big windows!
That along with the decorations i have already gotten that match like the table cloth, Happy Birthday Katie banner to match, napkins, plates, and even a yard sign announcing Katie's birthday are all coming out of the basement this week to set up and get ready! I can't believe it's almost here! Well we have to get through Easter first on Sunday and then I have to scramble to put away all the easter stuff and get out all katie's birthday stuff in a matter of 5 days. I have the food ordered, catered sandwiches and sweets from Bittersweet, who did Katie's baptism back in August, the cake all picked out and special ordered from the pastry shop down the street (complete with a smash cake full of tons of butter creme for katie to smear around) and her gifts all put together, we just need to assemble a few of them before next weekend. Oh I'm getting so excited!!!!