Snow Day

Kate "played" out in the snow for the first time today. She actually stayed very stiff, motionless and with no expression on her face the whole time. I'm pretty sure she wasn't too excited. I think she thought if she acted like a statue, we would get bored quickly and take her back inside the house. If that was her plan, it worked. She looked so miserable the whole time, we only spent about ten minutes out in the snow. I'm sure next year she'll have a blast.

Baby Steps

Kate took her first steps today. Here's the proof. Her gait is reminiscent of Frankenstein...

All By Myself

Kate's newest trick these days is standing up without having to pull up on anything. She thinks it's very cool that she can now stand whenever she wants to stand. This makes it very difficult to get good pictures of her, because she is constantly moving now. In other Kate news, her two top front teeth look like they will be coming in any day now.

Day one of skiing in Utah. Great city view from my hotel. Great Skiing. At 30 (or almost anyway) I'm realizing I need to get active. After one day I can tell a difference from skiing at 18 and skiing at 30. Thank God for hot showers and icy hot. Haha. (It's actually not that bad. it just makes a better story). MATT

Boys Clothes Again...

Kate inherited some of Linden's dinosaur jammies. So here she is wearing boys' clothes again. We miss you daddy! Hope you're having a good trip!

The Big 3 - 0

Thanks for all of the calls, cards and birthday wishes!! I am now officially a thirty-something. Matt took me to Stoney River for dinner and then we went to see Avatar. We had a very fun evening. It's his turn next month!

Future Ornithologist

Kate has taken up bird watching. She even has her own bird feeder outside the window, beside her crib. Her favorites are Black-capped Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers and Tufted Titmouses (uh ...Titmice?). She thinks the binoculars are a little too heavy though. Also, the field guide would be much more user friendly if she was able to read...

Progress

We drove by the new house on Friday. It's actually starting to look like a house. So far, the weather hasn't seemed to slow them down at all. They have been working on it about one month now, so hopefully only four more to go!