Mr Mom

Jenny has gone back to work, so I'm Mr. Mom here. Hence, not a lot of time to post pics or stories. To be brief, Catherine is infinitely more portable and she loves excursions of any kind.

Here she is in the back yard, playing in the grass before we went out. "Hurry up, mummy!"


At Point Pleasant Park, watching the dogs play


Getting ready for her first trip to the beach! Lots of sunscreen for fair-skinned babies.


"This is so much fun, dad!"


"What is this neat brown stuff? It just floats away in the wind."


"That was fun, can we do it again tomorrow, Dad?"


That's a quick summary of what we've been up to. She's also doing other interesting things like

1) passing things back to us - sharing objects
2) putting objects into containers
3) pseudo-crawling. Not really crawling, but kind of wiggling/grappling along the bed to get to where she wants to go. I have a video of this, which I will post later

One more reason why Ellie is the best:

because she is infinitely tolerant of little, probing hands. Nothing makes Bean happier than playing with her fur-sister Ellie.

So much tail-grabbing and ear-pulling.... I think kids and dogs are made for each other.

(and Ellie is 5 years old today)

Pics

Happy Father's Day

Well I hope all you fathers out there are having a most special day. In honour of the day, here are a few pix of Catie and her Daddy from this weekend.

They kicked off the weekend on Friday afternoon by taking Catie on her first ever run (I think Catie is already starting to get sleepy).


On Saturday morning we had a yard sale, where Catie drew in the crowds with her cuteness.

Saturday afternoon was filled with pure laziness. (Thanks Aunt Nic for the cutest outfit ever!)


The best part of Sunday morning is snuggling.

Then, Catie and Mommy took Daddy out for brunch - ok - who are we kidding... breakfast. Our days start way too early to be considered brunch.

Just Being Catie

Those eyes just melt my heart. (Please ignore the lentils and squash on her face!)


A rare smile to the camera captured because Ellie walked in her line of vision. (Usually she's staring intently at the camera wondering what the heck that thing is that I keep holding up.)


Standing on her own (ok, not quite, but we're getting there!).

7 1/2 Months

Catie Clover continues to grow in leaps and bounds. She's been doing lots of rolling (not so fun when she sometimes gets "stuck" during the middle of the night and mom has to rescue her) she's using her leg muscles to start standing, she got her first tooth, and she is learning how to clap! It seems like something new every day. Here are a few pix of the sweet little girl.



Her first serenade from Daddy



Do we have a guitar player in the works?



A very very rare nap outside of her crib



Catie and Daddy hard at work



Showin' her love for her Daddy

Just for Nan and Gramps

They've been going through withdrawal waiting for new pictures.
(and I messed up the font on this post, don't really feel like wading thru HTML code to fix it)

Playing with one of her many new toys:


Readin' the fliers, checkin' out the good deals:


That look. She's so good at giving that look:


Listening to some classic rock & roll:


One of the best times of the day - book time with mom: