Fun with Katie's baby doll

Happy Birthday Mom

We miss you!

EEEEWWWW!!!!!!

To see the Tales of the Puking Child post go to Katie's Blog "It's all about ME!!!!!!"

Thank you for the music

Dan Fogelberg 1951-2007

I will admit I'm not up to speed with the new music of today. I guess I'm getting old and I don't want to hear someone screaming at me, how to get back at someone who cheats, or how some guy should be with me and not their girlfriend. So I listen to an oldies station. It's also one of the few things that "The Spud" and I can agree on when we are in the car (besides "The Lion Sleeps Tonight").

There are few songs that I can say where the lyrics made me stop and say "Whoa. That was cool!"

Dan Fogelberg did that with "Same auld lang syne" A true story about him running into his ex-girlfriend at a store Christmas Eve. They play the song a lot on New Years Eve.

Even with my ADD and Pregger brain I still remember where I was when I first heard that song. It was November 1981 and I was reading "the splinter of the minds eye" (one of the first Star Wars books) and this song came on. I was living in Liverpool, New York. The song stuck with me all these years.

In 2004 he announced that he was diagnosed with advanced prostrate cancer.

Monday morning at 7:00 our alarm went off and Jodi Dean was playing one of Dan's songs. I knew that something happened. I turned on Good Morning America and the ticker at the bottom said it all. Dan Fogelberg died Sunday morning at the age of 56.

On the way home from taking Katie to Mom's Day out Monday morning Jodi signed off saying "Thank you Dan" playing "Same Auld Lang Syne" I blasted it in my car and cried. Yeah I'm old...and I really don't care.

Thank you for the music Dan you will be missed.

Katie on a Blog

Gift from Uncle Bill, Aunt Ana, and Cousin James
Originally uploaded by FlipSide3

Katie is getting some more publicity thanks to her Uncle and his family. Seems the scooter toy they bought for her is all fancy pants or something. At any rate it got her a mention on another blog besides ours.

Katie at Gymboree

Katie at Gymboree
Originally uploaded by FlipSide3

Here's a moment of Zen... Classic Katie as it were. This would be pre-teeth and just over 10 months ago. Oh how much has changed. Now she's running all over the place and flashing her big toothy grin.

I just love all the green and the big baby cheeks in this picture!

Katie went to see Santa lastweek......

and as you can see from the picture she cried. Out of the 8-10 pictures they took this one was the ONLY on where she wasn't crying. Because she was gathering all of her energy (and breath) to go for another round of SCREAMING, CRYING, and giving Mommy the look of 'how could you do this to ME?????

Katie the Reindeer

Katie the Reindeer
Originally uploaded by FlipSide3

Happy Holidays everybody!

Katie here is styling in a very festive set of reindeer antlers. They didn't stay on her head very long though. Guess we're lucky we caught this picture when we did.

It is going to be a blast watching her open presents this year!

Vader's Runny Nose

Vader's Runny Nose
Originally uploaded by FlipSide3

Bridget and I ran across this Vader candy thingie while looking for Christmas gifts at Target. Doesn't it look like he has a runny nose? Anyway we spent all that time at Target and left with only a set of sippy cups for Katie.

I was just looking at the calendar, and we really need to get the Christmas shopping done. Santa's big day is right around the corner and there is still so much to do. Not that we can buy much being the poor parents that we are... but then limitations breed creativity.

It'll be a great Christmas, you just wait and see!