*** This accidentally got posted while I was drafting it... so, if you got this the other day in your inbox, this one is the final version. If you have the energy to read a novel about Kate Rileigh, read on, baby.***
We are still trying to wrap our minds around the fact that Kate is two years old. Even though it's hard for us to believe, she just acts like a two year old now. She has grown up so much, it seems, just in the past few months.
So, what's Kate up to these days??
- She weighs 30 lbs. 14 oz. (90th percentile)
- She is 33 1/2 inches tall (95th percentile)
- She wears size 24 months or 2T clothes & size 4 diapers
- She is such a girly girl... LOVES her babies!! She dotes on them, rubs their heads, burps them, and puts them to bed. She calls them her "badees".
- Calls herself "Tate Wilee". At her birthday party, she would open a gift, and then say, "Ohhh, Tate Wilee!" just like we say to her.
- She loves to be tickled, which she calls "telay".
- She is SOOOO funny! She has the best sense of humor and keeps us laughing. We were waiting in the McDonald's line the other day because I told her I would stop and get her some apples while we were out running errands. There was a really long line and she kept saying, "Go!". I told her I couldn't go because there were cars in front of me and she yelled, "Moooove, Beep! Beep!" (Like, just honk at them, Mom!)
- She talks on the phone and begins every conversation with a huge, expressive, high pitched, "Hi!". Then, after about two minutes, she hangs up on the person.
- She can count to ten, but leaves out the number four most of the time.
- She loves to sing the alphabet.
- She sometimes calls us Mark and Jen... if I'm in the other room and I don't answer her right away, she'll yell, "Jennnn!"" (I tell her I'm not answering her unless she calls me Mommy! ha!)
- She loves to sleep in our bed. This happens about once a week because we are total suckers. The other day around five in the morning, she rolled over and said, "Mommy" in the cutest little voice. Then, she scooted over to share my pillow, put her arm around my neck, and started rubbing my face. And then drifted back off to sleep. That's why I don't mind being a sucker for letting her sleep in our bed.
- She loves being out and about. She likes going to Target with Mommy because she gets "lemade" and "pocorn".
- She has started using the potty, but not consistently. She is so proud of herself when she goes, though. And, if she sits there, but doesn't go, she says, "Omo" (almost). She can tell us when she already went potty in her diaper, but not before. The conversation usually goes like this:
Kate: "Mommy/Daddy, poooo".
Mommy/Daddy: "Kate, did you go poopy?"
Kate: "Yep."
(Then, she runs to the bathroom to put the potty seat on the toilet and we take
five minutes to convince her that it's too late for the potty. She finally
understands and lets us change her diaper.) And the conversation usually ends
like this:
Kate: "Big poooo?"
Mommy/Daddy: "Yes, Kate, big poop."
- She has a HUGE vocabulary. It blows us away sometimes. She told me the other day when I asked her what she did at Miss Mary's (her sitter two days a week), that she "hep pick up badees toys" (help pick up baby's toys). I was amazed that she put that phrase together!!
-Some of her favorite phrases are:
"Sorry Charlie" "No way" "Toooool" (cool) "Cheese!" (when taking a picture)
"Tu down" (touch down when watching football with Daddy or Papa) "Weed book" (read book) "Mommy, watch!" "Look!"
- She leaves off a lot of ending sounds and just adds, "eee" to the end. So, an apple is an "appeee". Jacket is "jackeee". Makeup is "makeee". Ryan is "Ryweee". Trevor is "Treveee". It's pretty funny!
- She is a little sponge. She is ALWAYS watching and then imitates... she said "Shut up" the other night because she heard one of our friends say it in conversation. She repeated it then and we told her not to, so the minute she said it this time, she burst out into tears.
- She loves to dance!! And we love to watch!
- She is a little lover. Loves to give hugs and kisses and squeeze REALLY tight!
- Her favorite food is probably grapes, or any fruit for that matter. She still loves her "mik" (milk) and loves to drink out of big girl cups with no lids.
- She loves "makeee" (makeup). She loves to put on lip gloss and chapstick.
- Likes to do EVERYTHING herself, and if you try to help, she screams, "Tate!!!!" (Kate). It takes us about 10 minutes to get in the car because she has to crawl in all by herself.
- If Mark and I hug or kiss, she yells "Tate!" and holds her arms up because she has to be in on it. So, we pick her up and she gives us a big group hug and kiss. This happened the other day as we were both waiting for her to get in the car. We were standing outside her side of the car watching her make her way in, I laid my head on Mark and put my arm around him. So, she screams at us, and climbs OUT of her carseat that she had just worked for like 5 minutes to get into so that she could hug both of us! Then, the process started all over again. And, ten minutes later, we were ready to go. :)
- If she accidentally hurts us with her crazy jumping or throwing (she's crazy, remember?) , she'll say "Sar Mommy" "Sar Daddy". Then, she'll kiss that spot she hurt.
- Calls the new baby, "Bay Jack". When asked where he is, her response varies. Sometimes he's in my boobs, sometimes he's at Wal-mart... very rarely is he actually in my belly.
- When we tell her we love her, she says "Oh tay".
And, oh, how we love her!!! She is absolutely our world. She keeps us on our toes, wears us out, makes us laugh, makes us cry, makes our hearts burst with joy, and causes us to thank God every day for the amazing blessing that she is.
So, what's Kate up to these days??
- She weighs 30 lbs. 14 oz. (90th percentile)
- She is 33 1/2 inches tall (95th percentile)
- She wears size 24 months or 2T clothes & size 4 diapers
- She is such a girly girl... LOVES her babies!! She dotes on them, rubs their heads, burps them, and puts them to bed. She calls them her "badees".
- Calls herself "Tate Wilee". At her birthday party, she would open a gift, and then say, "Ohhh, Tate Wilee!" just like we say to her.
- She loves to be tickled, which she calls "telay".
- She is SOOOO funny! She has the best sense of humor and keeps us laughing. We were waiting in the McDonald's line the other day because I told her I would stop and get her some apples while we were out running errands. There was a really long line and she kept saying, "Go!". I told her I couldn't go because there were cars in front of me and she yelled, "Moooove, Beep! Beep!" (Like, just honk at them, Mom!)
- She talks on the phone and begins every conversation with a huge, expressive, high pitched, "Hi!". Then, after about two minutes, she hangs up on the person.
- She can count to ten, but leaves out the number four most of the time.
- She loves to sing the alphabet.
- She sometimes calls us Mark and Jen... if I'm in the other room and I don't answer her right away, she'll yell, "Jennnn!"" (I tell her I'm not answering her unless she calls me Mommy! ha!)
- She loves to sleep in our bed. This happens about once a week because we are total suckers. The other day around five in the morning, she rolled over and said, "Mommy" in the cutest little voice. Then, she scooted over to share my pillow, put her arm around my neck, and started rubbing my face. And then drifted back off to sleep. That's why I don't mind being a sucker for letting her sleep in our bed.
- She loves being out and about. She likes going to Target with Mommy because she gets "lemade" and "pocorn".
- She has started using the potty, but not consistently. She is so proud of herself when she goes, though. And, if she sits there, but doesn't go, she says, "Omo" (almost). She can tell us when she already went potty in her diaper, but not before. The conversation usually goes like this:
Kate: "Mommy/Daddy, poooo".
Mommy/Daddy: "Kate, did you go poopy?"
Kate: "Yep."
(Then, she runs to the bathroom to put the potty seat on the toilet and we take
five minutes to convince her that it's too late for the potty. She finally
understands and lets us change her diaper.) And the conversation usually ends
like this:
Kate: "Big poooo?"
Mommy/Daddy: "Yes, Kate, big poop."
- She has a HUGE vocabulary. It blows us away sometimes. She told me the other day when I asked her what she did at Miss Mary's (her sitter two days a week), that she "hep pick up badees toys" (help pick up baby's toys). I was amazed that she put that phrase together!!
-Some of her favorite phrases are:
"Sorry Charlie" "No way" "Toooool" (cool) "Cheese!" (when taking a picture)
"Tu down" (touch down when watching football with Daddy or Papa) "Weed book" (read book) "Mommy, watch!" "Look!"
- She leaves off a lot of ending sounds and just adds, "eee" to the end. So, an apple is an "appeee". Jacket is "jackeee". Makeup is "makeee". Ryan is "Ryweee". Trevor is "Treveee". It's pretty funny!
- She is a little sponge. She is ALWAYS watching and then imitates... she said "Shut up" the other night because she heard one of our friends say it in conversation. She repeated it then and we told her not to, so the minute she said it this time, she burst out into tears.
- She loves to dance!! And we love to watch!
- She is a little lover. Loves to give hugs and kisses and squeeze REALLY tight!
- Her favorite food is probably grapes, or any fruit for that matter. She still loves her "mik" (milk) and loves to drink out of big girl cups with no lids.
- She loves "makeee" (makeup). She loves to put on lip gloss and chapstick.
- Likes to do EVERYTHING herself, and if you try to help, she screams, "Tate!!!!" (Kate). It takes us about 10 minutes to get in the car because she has to crawl in all by herself.
- If Mark and I hug or kiss, she yells "Tate!" and holds her arms up because she has to be in on it. So, we pick her up and she gives us a big group hug and kiss. This happened the other day as we were both waiting for her to get in the car. We were standing outside her side of the car watching her make her way in, I laid my head on Mark and put my arm around him. So, she screams at us, and climbs OUT of her carseat that she had just worked for like 5 minutes to get into so that she could hug both of us! Then, the process started all over again. And, ten minutes later, we were ready to go. :)
- If she accidentally hurts us with her crazy jumping or throwing (she's crazy, remember?) , she'll say "Sar Mommy" "Sar Daddy". Then, she'll kiss that spot she hurt.
- Calls the new baby, "Bay Jack". When asked where he is, her response varies. Sometimes he's in my boobs, sometimes he's at Wal-mart... very rarely is he actually in my belly.
- When we tell her we love her, she says "Oh tay".
And, oh, how we love her!!! She is absolutely our world. She keeps us on our toes, wears us out, makes us laugh, makes us cry, makes our hearts burst with joy, and causes us to thank God every day for the amazing blessing that she is.
2 comments:
As I'm reading this, I'm picturing Kate doing all the things you talked about and it just makes me smile. WE are so blessed to be apart of Kate's life growing up. We love her too!!!
You are SO sweet!! I love that our kids are growing up together. Kate just adores her "Trevee". We love you guys!
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