Bad, Bad Blogger

I guess I got my answer for how I'd keep up with blogging once school started! I haven't done very well at all with it!! We've been busy with illnesses at our house. Luke and Kate both went to the doctor last week. Luke had pneumonia and Kate had croop. In other words, there's lots of coughing going on at our house. Luke is quite the man to take his Augmentin without flavoring...he has been awesome! Of course, he gets m&ms whenever he takes it...bribery always works. We've been spending out time really enjoying being together as a family. Kate is more independent everyday and such a little lady. She loves clothes, shoes, and purses. It cracks me up. Right now, Luke loves all things baseball and Star Wars related. You'd think he'd be all about Luke Skywalker since they share the same name...but he is all about the dark side for Halloween. We already have his Darth Vader costume hanging in his closet. I've hidden the new lightsaber that goes with it because I know it would be worn out or broken by Oct. 31. Since Kate doesn't have much of an opinion yet on costumes, she will be decked out as Princess Leia...buns and all! Her costume came in the mail today. I will definitely have Halloween pictures to post!

The Oasis

We also had some pool time at the Oasis Hotel. Luke swam all over the pool in his floatie suit and enjoyed running around "the jungle" with the girls.

The Zoo and the Fountains...again!

We had so much fun at the fountains that we took everyone to check them out. We had a great time!

Labor Day Weekend 2008-Couchful of Cousins!

This Labor Day Weekend we had great fun with Mimi and Papa and the Pack clan in town. We managed to get all seven cousins on our couch for a picture...of course, not everyone was happy about it. They are Caleb, Camryn, Sam, Lauren,Kate, Luke, and Makenna. You can probably look and tell which child belongs to which family.

Matt's Big 3-0

Matt's 30th birthday is this Tuesday the 26th. I'm glad he'll finally join me in the 30's. We had dinner last night at his parents' house for his and Rebecca's birthdays. Rebecca will be 20! Luke helped blow out the candles and Kate helped with the presents. Kate is also very into posing for the camera with a big smile and holding out "cheeeeeeese" for a very long time.

Kate-18 months

Kate had her 18-month check up on Friday. It was a good one because there were no shots. She weighed 23 pounds and was 31 1/2 inches tall. Her head circumference was 48 1/2 cm. This placed her in the 25th percentile for weight, 50th percentile for height, and 90th percentile for head circumference. Boy, that girl has a big brain!! She is right on track for her language skills also. She says sooo many words and she'll try to repeat just about anything. Some words of hers that I like are "oh-koe"/open, "me-me"/binky, "nigh-nigh"/blanky or night night, "muh-mee"/monkey, "buhbee"/puzzle, "boof"/book, "woooh,woooh,woooh,woooh,woooh"/dog, "Beh-puh"/Becca, "yeah-you"/thank you and "bye-bee"/diaper. Of course, if she is still saying them like this when she's five, I won't think that it's so cute and I'll have to offer her my professional services.

Springfield Zoo

This Saturday we went to the Springfield Zoo. The weather was beautiful and breezy. Luke and Kate got to feed fish, goats, and giraffes. It was a perfect day! We left the zoo at 1:00 to get lunch at Burger King. Kate was immediately asleep in the car and missed out on chicken nuggets. She had an almost 4 hour nap! Actually we all had what we like to call a "family nap" until 4:30. Then tonight, Luke and Matt headed out to the Springfield Cardinals game for a guy's night out. Kate is at home with me playing with any toy she wants to in the house.