Free on Fursday!

That's what Katie's been saying this week, and it's finally thursday!

Happy Birthday Katie!!!!!

I can't believe she's three.

She started her day early, and had a tootsie pop for breakfast. She found it somehow, and came and showed us, she was so proud of herself.

When we got to work, she wanted cereal, so I stuck a candle in it, and Erica and I sang happy birthday to her. She thought it was fun, so we did it at lunch too. And she got a cute baby doll that she likes a lot.

We're going to Grandma's later to have a tiny party, and she watched a movie, so she should be pretty happy :)

Katie and Aimee both have news!

Katie is now pacifier free! And we managed it before she turned three. She still steals Aimee's at every opportunity, but she's getting better. If only potty training were so easy.

Aimee is officially a crawler. She started about two weeks ago, but just got really fast in the last week. She also learned how to pull herself up at the same time, so she spends most of her day crawling to different things and pulling herself up on them. She's getting more steady now, and lasts about a second standing before falling down. She is just so happy to be able to get around, and she follows me around all day.

My news is not nearly as exciting- I'm getting a root canal on Halloween.

Tagged

I was tagged by Katie!

1. I can't really smell. I can smell things if they are really strong and right under my nose. But, if I think about something I make myself smell it. If someone talks about pizza I start smelling it.

2. I get extreme satisfaction from buying things. Well actually, going shopping. I love shopping, and I buy stuff all the time. This is not good for our budget, so I also return about half of what I buy. I know, it's retarded, but I do it.

3. Since I love shopping, I always go SLOW. This drives people crazy I'm sure, but I like to think about every purchase I make, so I avoid returning more. The longer I take, the less I buy. Jae should never go shopping with me :)

4. I'm always surprised when I look in the mirror. I generally think I'm cute, then I look at myself, and think wow, not that cute.

5. When I eat up chicken there can't be any fat or veins or tendons on the part I eat. I waste a lot of it that way, but I can't bring myself to eat it if I can see it. I don't buy it that often now, because it takes forever to get all the fat off, and I throw away at least 1/3 of it. I think my mom would be horrified.

6. Dead fish freak me out. I literally will scream if you come at me with a dead fish. If it's alive it's ok, but I can't deal with dead ones. It totally grosses me out that people cook a whole fish and serve it to you like that, with the head STILL ON!! If it is still in the shape of the animal it came from, I can't eat it!

7. When we watch the Incredibles, I cry when the mom is on the plane with the kids and they're about to get blown up every time. I've seen it at least 15 times, and I've cried every time. Even if it's on and I'm not watching it, if I can hear it I cry. Not sobbing, but definitely tears. Also, I cry when people clap at the end of things. I think it's mosly standing ovations. I have no idea why this is, but it's embarassing!

I am pretty sure no one is going to want to be my friend after all this! I am weird! But it was fun anyway. I tag Emily, Andrea, Jessica, Molly, Kendra, Carly and Kara. And if you don't do it I think 7 random bad things will happen to you! Within 7 minutes of each other. Each lasting 7 seconds. So you better do it.

Pictures

Aimee standing up! She can do it for a while now, as long as she's leaning against something. She's still not really crawling, but almost.
Please ignore the huge stain down the front of her coat, it was a bean burrito tragedy.

Aimee loves swinging.
And "tater-totting" as Katie says.These veggies, plus green beans and bok choy and some noodles and pork became...
This. And it was good if I do say so myself. Greasy and yummy like Chow Mein should be.

Friends!

A couple weeks ago I went to dinner with a few friends I've known for a long time. It was really fun to catch up, and feel like I was a kid again for a couple hours. The only difference was a few husbands and 5 kids. (plus one more coming soon)
Anyway, Jessica's daughter Kadee and my Katie had so much fun together, they were little partners in crime. As I was watching them play I thought, wow, I'm pretty much my mom. I'm sure she and Jessica's mom watch us play together as little girls.

The girls coloringIt's hard to see Kadee, but she's in there too. They had so much fun hitting the balloons around. And then I had to have a waitress hold Aimee while I untangled Katie from the balloons. She wrapped herself all up, and it took a few minutes to get her out.

Jess, Ange, me and Em. I'm the only one without a good nickname!

I was going to scan some old slightly embarassing pictures, but the scanner isn't connected right now, and that is a job for Jon, not me. So you lucked out girls!