Update 1 of 3 for Wednesday, February 28

Okay, so before I let another month expire, let me beg again for your understanding! I have been terrible about keeping up with the blog. So, without further ado, I will attempt to catch up with three posts today... the first of which is a few photos from mid-December. It's clear that Katie's just another normal kid who loves to play in boxes:

As a special vocabulary lesson for those of you not in touch with a toddler on a regular basis, I present to you - the Katie decoder system:

Bailok ...................... Broccoli

Nessie ..................... Necklace

LaWa ...................... Water*

Moak ...................... Milk

Bank ....................... Blanket

Wa Hans ................ Wash Hands

Stoop ...................... Stool (stepstool)

Polly ....................... Potty

Muckin .................. Monkey

Sai .......................... Outside

Toas ....................... Toast

Deli ......................... Jelly

Nunas ..................... Noodles

T-an ........................ TV on

Dog T-an ................ Dog TV on (Animal Planet channel)

* funny story here... Katie's Grandpa was visiting us, and continued to correct her pronunciation of the word water...so again, and again he tried, and finally over the dinner table he strongly said WA-TER! To which Katie even more firmly shouted LA-WA! Nice to see the genes passed down without much alteration!

Thanks for your continued support. I'm on to the Christmas post!