Changes

A lot has changed since I was last posting on this blog.

First off Katie and I bought a house:

This is from when we first bought it, the tall juniper trees are now gone. Last month it snowed.

We also got a dog, her name is Olive:

Olive was a rescue. She was in a shelter with her puppies and all of them were going to be put to sleep when they were rescued. They kept her and puppies together till they were weaned. A few of the puppies went to new homes the same day Olive came with us. They think she is a poodle/schnauzer mix and is a little over a year old. She and Katie love to terrorize each other but she is a welcome addition to the family.


And Katie is now all grown up having turned two in December:

She loves music, playing instruments, singing, having people sing to her and playing cds since she can do that by herself now. This is a keyboard I had when I was little, some new batteries and now its hers to play.

Katie also likes to sit at the table with her babies to eat and drink. Elmo is pretty much always invited. The felt food I found at Ikea and it has been pretty popular, we just have to keep it away from Olive.

Katie likes to call Grandma, this usually occurs around 7am.

We are also learning to cook. Katie seems to prefer to do it naked when we are making pancakes in the morning. Usually she does wear clothes, she likes mixing, pouring, scooping and basically anything else she can do to help.