tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282734779602789462024-03-06T01:13:46.060-08:00sage and dan's family blog<a href="http://lilypie.com"><img border="0" alt="Lilypie 2nd Birthday Ticker" src="http://b2.lilypie.com/8UMHm5.png"></a>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-46879741994273332952011-08-26T19:56:00.000-07:002011-08-26T19:56:07.220-07:00cool shutterfly card<div class="sflyProductPreviewWidget" style="height: 494px; width: 425px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetTop" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/top.gif); height: 6px;"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetCenter" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y; height: 482px; padding: 0 6px 0 6px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewLogo" style="height: 34px; padding: 14px 0 0 14px; width: 105px;"><img src="http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/logo.gif" style="background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none; padding: 0;" /></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewContainer" style="height: 350px; padding: 0; text-align: center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0CasWrRuxbs34Q&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=118"><img src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/prs/v1/0CasWrRuxbs4/0CasWrRuxbs4fa/p/67b0de21b3127d902548/JPEG/1314413719000/0/" style="background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none; padding: 0;" /></a></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewMessageContainer" style="background-color: #f4f4e9; height: 55px; line-height: 19px; padding: 15px 0 15px 0; text-align: center;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewTitle" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">5x7 Folded Card</div><div class="sflyProductPreviewViewCollection" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px;">View the entire <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery" style="color: #6666cc;">collection</a> of cards.</div></div></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bottom.gif); height: 6px;"></div></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-16992514050041505422009-11-19T20:13:00.000-08:002009-11-19T21:11:00.241-08:00Pumpkin bears missing!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Almost all of the Halloween decorations Katya was so attached to until last week (see "Pumpkin Knife") have dissapeared. I know we didn't put them away...so...where are they? Well, I found a pair of grey socks neatly laid on the top of the trash in the garbage can today, I'm pretty sure that is where the much beloved pumpkin "mommy, daddy, baby" bears and the smiling pumpkin candles went. Sigh. Bye bye dinky bears, we loved you.</span><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhksJexFSVA_RU7WWyQV3ovvMNIiDIeHHXEb_L0jYdaS2Sy4XuWSooej4Q3OHpRCYU8BlBh14ocV2I-M8beLJvXOYWe2ZnkVQkst0_qo5iO3cPQBaQpi499qjA9zzEzBuJfKV3-V9jf8/s1600/IMG_7200.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhksJexFSVA_RU7WWyQV3ovvMNIiDIeHHXEb_L0jYdaS2Sy4XuWSooej4Q3OHpRCYU8BlBh14ocV2I-M8beLJvXOYWe2ZnkVQkst0_qo5iO3cPQBaQpi499qjA9zzEzBuJfKV3-V9jf8/s400/IMG_7200.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjx0PZSAbfeEFI23frMiAUrgp4dsO_gDx5QRNmb7YQ3YiE5DPs_SFF6LXKLo-VaOB42sR_WP4BiSaB6oqu1Zc_9y7bZgp5ukGJG8m6J1aMgDiZuCv1_qYsEpxrM1ZieWiDh4mED1bWBo/s1600/IMG_7205.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjx0PZSAbfeEFI23frMiAUrgp4dsO_gDx5QRNmb7YQ3YiE5DPs_SFF6LXKLo-VaOB42sR_WP4BiSaB6oqu1Zc_9y7bZgp5ukGJG8m6J1aMgDiZuCv1_qYsEpxrM1ZieWiDh4mED1bWBo/s400/IMG_7205.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-73585504073162849562009-11-16T18:35:00.000-08:002009-11-16T18:35:35.736-08:00November 1Alexander asleep on our bed.<div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFFA2wUHXQqcsMcWmL3K-yQp95KABTKAVILo1y0V5X9PND1DaA4xJnhLntkK0xMGmXUIoDIilH9CHuGYIC-fn3iY8g16tp_K5dNDb2K6cFiO6ymA7PDycCY2D0p3MZ5V_aORkpZeNWjc/s1600/IMG_7376.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFFA2wUHXQqcsMcWmL3K-yQp95KABTKAVILo1y0V5X9PND1DaA4xJnhLntkK0xMGmXUIoDIilH9CHuGYIC-fn3iY8g16tp_K5dNDb2K6cFiO6ymA7PDycCY2D0p3MZ5V_aORkpZeNWjc/s400/IMG_7376.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-85778164691620935062009-11-16T18:29:00.000-08:002009-11-16T18:34:15.142-08:00Halloween<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">First Halloween for "Einge-singe". Katya is dressed as a "lady skeleton", as her music teacher said, with shiny black shoes and tights. Alexander as a giraffe. Thank you mom and Lib for the awesome costumes!<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We were planning on going to an event for little kids but didn't realize it was the day before Halloween. So we went for a long walk on the bike trails and then out for smoothies at starbucks where we watched other kids in costume come in so their parents could get a coffee break. On the walk Katya heard Cicadias for the first time and told me "scared bugs". A few days later she was telling me "baby brother scared bugs" which I think was her processing it and being less frightened. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We also heard church bells which she loved and asked me about. Last night she was saying "church bells" over and over. I told her that we would hear some later and then looked at the clock, it was 6 o'clock. We went out on the back porch and could hear them faintly. They ring every night at that time, I don't know from where, probably St. Clement's. I don't know how she heard them from inside the kitchen with the window closed. She must have really wanted to hear them.</span><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUojrdyUoXVrLkG4zaXv4xqjYsikJvmobpr4t_72d2N0CcCuwydTi6H0mBJ7TZfbqhE2FBot2Dw4DJ3BeeM6xiHVqEkKGX_yzRdHKRBByNZ_LsK5kfbw6CscEz-GD2WwhijjUFN8-8Os/s1600/IMG_7291.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUojrdyUoXVrLkG4zaXv4xqjYsikJvmobpr4t_72d2N0CcCuwydTi6H0mBJ7TZfbqhE2FBot2Dw4DJ3BeeM6xiHVqEkKGX_yzRdHKRBByNZ_LsK5kfbw6CscEz-GD2WwhijjUFN8-8Os/s400/IMG_7291.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96L0-xXcnJdxKka-DinmCncZ7uttgEX1CDeyCHTIVGzT9PZ3hYizXE1J0TAXY4pG_IXqp_3JgJMzzaW5Q4XPm6Azc1ZZBlQVYXUH-TR9xjCx0_4I5zZ42xZI8kTgTTB1qxsXmH3toaWc/s1600/IMG_7295.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96L0-xXcnJdxKka-DinmCncZ7uttgEX1CDeyCHTIVGzT9PZ3hYizXE1J0TAXY4pG_IXqp_3JgJMzzaW5Q4XPm6Azc1ZZBlQVYXUH-TR9xjCx0_4I5zZ42xZI8kTgTTB1qxsXmH3toaWc/s400/IMG_7295.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUffMx7mVMnaMPAlvWHRDsFBoLoE7leAQecr6uQg2MggvmpjFosu9W1t8pKrg6Tk8ouHpWgr8Qg2irl7CGKGL27iwz2M6sAssNIyKKyPjZ2TLDBYgBMH3v12lEXu1RqXhnQxU3LPgas4/s1600/IMG_7296.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUffMx7mVMnaMPAlvWHRDsFBoLoE7leAQecr6uQg2MggvmpjFosu9W1t8pKrg6Tk8ouHpWgr8Qg2irl7CGKGL27iwz2M6sAssNIyKKyPjZ2TLDBYgBMH3v12lEXu1RqXhnQxU3LPgas4/s400/IMG_7296.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ua3Q1C1J2ZE7tO9fGjMsxf-C9V35Hk8bWLcUYmpqHcMfd1Wer8yFyggQxvtPs0EY2Vwsa8XKrL_LvI89StzPhOvi9p4ok_aSEuElL_aIY-yOZS2V2xPMtyhYzPmZezah-pMSnpKIcNU/s1600/IMG_7297.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ua3Q1C1J2ZE7tO9fGjMsxf-C9V35Hk8bWLcUYmpqHcMfd1Wer8yFyggQxvtPs0EY2Vwsa8XKrL_LvI89StzPhOvi9p4ok_aSEuElL_aIY-yOZS2V2xPMtyhYzPmZezah-pMSnpKIcNU/s400/IMG_7297.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-3523878457844624662009-11-16T18:25:00.000-08:002009-11-16T18:25:58.569-08:00Halloween<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_sXOdHLt6mo-5B01eOpicmNjkM3zFOUf36urg0gxZdXPQU9G7bxXkVUshEgPF5eHO1rNPA7zLn5psFq3wTwphDfQ2-dmpCKU_qJTotvTxdX08tM9H2F-dIITzN8Txu4XgvWU0FlZ1Q4/s1600/IMG_7301.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_sXOdHLt6mo-5B01eOpicmNjkM3zFOUf36urg0gxZdXPQU9G7bxXkVUshEgPF5eHO1rNPA7zLn5psFq3wTwphDfQ2-dmpCKU_qJTotvTxdX08tM9H2F-dIITzN8Txu4XgvWU0FlZ1Q4/s400/IMG_7301.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3Y9sU4RnhzT5csbZzcV36aoLI5xVyh_X8A5rRgn9vdHMoxUXaa8MOH9g41izhfBi_aDQ70466BCdlAa1EORRCS9GQeAnULz9jOJ_MeRkWDxcG5FT4gRaLkqKRGK7EJi4HzFrHw1_64s/s1600/IMG_7302.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3Y9sU4RnhzT5csbZzcV36aoLI5xVyh_X8A5rRgn9vdHMoxUXaa8MOH9g41izhfBi_aDQ70466BCdlAa1EORRCS9GQeAnULz9jOJ_MeRkWDxcG5FT4gRaLkqKRGK7EJi4HzFrHw1_64s/s400/IMG_7302.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzF-I19V1WZ7VolxlsnG0AaTYQgHXrdSIZjwV45-2gh_RaRlpJTD3B61iKnNcdV6MpegtSgm0p8jwYRjWpvCuxYZZB3S42jx2GuUz_EjmsAebMAqWqA_R6f-G2LMk1mKZU3SdBBH283Ss/s1600/IMG_7303.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzF-I19V1WZ7VolxlsnG0AaTYQgHXrdSIZjwV45-2gh_RaRlpJTD3B61iKnNcdV6MpegtSgm0p8jwYRjWpvCuxYZZB3S42jx2GuUz_EjmsAebMAqWqA_R6f-G2LMk1mKZU3SdBBH283Ss/s400/IMG_7303.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;">Katya in her pink wig and skeleton suit.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-57619471683375300102009-11-16T18:22:00.000-08:002009-11-16T18:23:00.351-08:00Wow<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrOmLxZERNOTxbWXyuEvKZ33-P0X5U_CkGrCt6fw4WsVxA7XnVBULWDL2F-1m2Vbi22V1mmHY5V7M90N7ut_RXGaCC9ZOcWiplYY2KHKXXIcsPTvNveSA0slKyJ8CoJed8GyoQKaT-Pc/s1600/IMG_7278.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrOmLxZERNOTxbWXyuEvKZ33-P0X5U_CkGrCt6fw4WsVxA7XnVBULWDL2F-1m2Vbi22V1mmHY5V7M90N7ut_RXGaCC9ZOcWiplYY2KHKXXIcsPTvNveSA0slKyJ8CoJed8GyoQKaT-Pc/s400/IMG_7278.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrOmLxZERNOTxbWXyuEvKZ33-P0X5U_CkGrCt6fw4WsVxA7XnVBULWDL2F-1m2Vbi22V1mmHY5V7M90N7ut_RXGaCC9ZOcWiplYY2KHKXXIcsPTvNveSA0slKyJ8CoJed8GyoQKaT-Pc/s1600/IMG_7278.JPG"></a>This kid is game - for what I don't know - but she looks like she's about to bolt out of that chair</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-81273966177041858902009-11-16T18:20:00.000-08:002009-11-16T18:20:50.987-08:00Flying baby<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXPCczIS8WmuVKtwGHOANOJYc3NvwQLIC4Ca_fzK13uw8Am31AWlmJ7p4GJ_cd_LbhuMVE9YIPDZnAVDw4DuC9vn4_SEnGJk9NGHvt2xuWnOUUF29HsD3WS_wC4ZQzgGFqrbL4wosa1s/s1600/IMG_7283.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXPCczIS8WmuVKtwGHOANOJYc3NvwQLIC4Ca_fzK13uw8Am31AWlmJ7p4GJ_cd_LbhuMVE9YIPDZnAVDw4DuC9vn4_SEnGJk9NGHvt2xuWnOUUF29HsD3WS_wC4ZQzgGFqrbL4wosa1s/s400/IMG_7283.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRIOdKjv8nlEjY1DGXnT_ZgOhhwrGmJD4CW1H9pYzlIZSouxCvfVm1Ytz37vKGrcaQ5Yr6d4wpLRLqoa0bo8cYoVh2Pid4ltHe5n2LtaozGFuhG_GrD84kh5z86UorWWRroPoHMYcOq4/s1600/IMG_7285.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRIOdKjv8nlEjY1DGXnT_ZgOhhwrGmJD4CW1H9pYzlIZSouxCvfVm1Ytz37vKGrcaQ5Yr6d4wpLRLqoa0bo8cYoVh2Pid4ltHe5n2LtaozGFuhG_GrD84kh5z86UorWWRroPoHMYcOq4/s400/IMG_7285.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgTf5M13KG4JJvtfSYUCD1yJr-ZOwur9m_nFY_MHkqWVIkbkzWsNoA0_FhfFSr4W48dHZj0zneYqCQHFWG9mjCLCquK4kWwg3UF1_6bxqKkZLNPapIIwSK7JL09nhjnxPFS9tOzmdT7g/s1600/IMG_7286.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgTf5M13KG4JJvtfSYUCD1yJr-ZOwur9m_nFY_MHkqWVIkbkzWsNoA0_FhfFSr4W48dHZj0zneYqCQHFWG9mjCLCquK4kWwg3UF1_6bxqKkZLNPapIIwSK7JL09nhjnxPFS9tOzmdT7g/s400/IMG_7286.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBMMO_4QC03XI76gJDBv0ube8qo_VRTn70vDYT8UCh_A4nji_IygeYrv73jdAM6xkqPA1JPsBHhg9LYf_glLP-uXzA_w-XYmBCXMrqCllw3N_xrrrwDooD-t3dikPW-hC25YdnTiqUWg/s1600/IMG_7290.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBMMO_4QC03XI76gJDBv0ube8qo_VRTn70vDYT8UCh_A4nji_IygeYrv73jdAM6xkqPA1JPsBHhg9LYf_glLP-uXzA_w-XYmBCXMrqCllw3N_xrrrwDooD-t3dikPW-hC25YdnTiqUWg/s400/IMG_7290.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-61792663479402864332009-11-16T18:09:00.000-08:002009-11-18T10:53:21.844-08:00Boston winter clothes, tv and giraffes<i>I</i> know it's winter in Boston...could somebody tell my daughter.<br />We are having serious issues with clothes, which boil down to my wanting Katya to wear all her clothes and her knowing how to take them off. Here she is, yes, at the end of October in her fashion choice which she took off a pile of clothes to sort and give away (snffle). <div><br /></div><div>She probably changed into it while I was nursing baby brother. She has defeinately figured out that I can't enforce much with my hands full. </div><div><br /></div><div>Dan told her today that her hands were like icicles and she looked at them and said "bicycles?"<div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">This is Alexander in his giraffe suit from Lib. We were amazed that Katya came downstairs, took one look at him and said "giraffe" even though he doesn't have a long neck like a giraffe.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Third picture. She <i>must</i> be watching t.v. look at that zoned out look.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLZ5FjoXd6oUeu5xI8r0Fm_wBj3PKU28a4IrBz7ObRI-oNsRtIpe26Dyp_ZRNj7Bnank3od1IR3nbpNvZqEW5XF9WhnGgzE6Sl3yL4Q4hHqS2xJnPMZqeqNdJETVfSVYmjvu10qjYkJg/s1600/IMG_7225.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLZ5FjoXd6oUeu5xI8r0Fm_wBj3PKU28a4IrBz7ObRI-oNsRtIpe26Dyp_ZRNj7Bnank3od1IR3nbpNvZqEW5XF9WhnGgzE6Sl3yL4Q4hHqS2xJnPMZqeqNdJETVfSVYmjvu10qjYkJg/s400/IMG_7225.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoAi7mO15iE3gjgmfuXoE4NaVhzwqW0cNALGdMlyS-QeS8cboWTjl8StTtau5y20KFAksb64DnHZveNCZ0rOzMvXU09LM2w_2H5KFD8_b8gC6g-MmeBvEAvnNEiuIlADvSVcjZVAltkU/s1600/IMG_7251.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoAi7mO15iE3gjgmfuXoE4NaVhzwqW0cNALGdMlyS-QeS8cboWTjl8StTtau5y20KFAksb64DnHZveNCZ0rOzMvXU09LM2w_2H5KFD8_b8gC6g-MmeBvEAvnNEiuIlADvSVcjZVAltkU/s400/IMG_7251.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcl5XukGdtpwzpr4Rrq_iCckZ5Ub9JOxgGq1uYVsetXuirFCT6wtlMJUlDHmdIRGtnmXKY1lYB7yriomP92xqTGfRh5KCxukDPmSVPkUbHxinYHeMwHkbrGnLVA74N6j7BS3fEO91G88/s1600/IMG_7266.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcl5XukGdtpwzpr4Rrq_iCckZ5Ub9JOxgGq1uYVsetXuirFCT6wtlMJUlDHmdIRGtnmXKY1lYB7yriomP92xqTGfRh5KCxukDPmSVPkUbHxinYHeMwHkbrGnLVA74N6j7BS3fEO91G88/s400/IMG_7266.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLO2_wepbW6Xbjhe3SNuKyiJvMNUymU5fhRsbx-NJHuCQbCMxHSXcRoOb-z3y6mOV7yFBTjF_yS76FKqyAuPZ8jOoj-XhwHr1ahSa5m4VNa4ujGz5Yam-879g80PYDl453V0jkUknBF0/s1600/IMG_7270.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLO2_wepbW6Xbjhe3SNuKyiJvMNUymU5fhRsbx-NJHuCQbCMxHSXcRoOb-z3y6mOV7yFBTjF_yS76FKqyAuPZ8jOoj-XhwHr1ahSa5m4VNa4ujGz5Yam-879g80PYDl453V0jkUknBF0/s400/IMG_7270.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /></b></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:LEFT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-75810680688975849832009-11-16T17:58:00.000-08:002009-11-16T17:58:49.645-08:00"Pumkin... knife"Katya has some elaborate game going on with these Halloween ornaments (so I will never ever be able to put them away.) Dan moved them around the other day when she needed to another activity and she threw a fit. Like everything right one bear is a mommy, one a daddy and a there is a baby. All of them have pumpkins on them too - a bonus since she loves pumpkins.<br /><br />A few days ago we were in the kitchen together and she was on the other side of the table playing with the ornaments. I heard her say "pumpkin... knife" and ran over to her. She had a red crayon and a little glittered pumpkin which she was playing at carving into a jack o'lantern like the one she had made with Grandma a couple of days earlier.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjng03wp1NLTT8tKVW3K3uc0G62_lHE-lpZFigUTnMdv_DkaZWedz0NoE0mfmq9OEglxxFMr_yltXwRVqZCFTHZGGU5-gozoS5CV1ipRKQMjzHxw4MTxzoCyAt6J6143gVrO1vuKbRMo/s1600/IMG_7195.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjng03wp1NLTT8tKVW3K3uc0G62_lHE-lpZFigUTnMdv_DkaZWedz0NoE0mfmq9OEglxxFMr_yltXwRVqZCFTHZGGU5-gozoS5CV1ipRKQMjzHxw4MTxzoCyAt6J6143gVrO1vuKbRMo/s400/IMG_7195.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /></b><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-68924822204221564652009-11-13T22:45:00.000-08:002009-11-13T22:46:02.583-08:00hat and boots happy 2nd birthday<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdniHmJSyydrave56oSq9c67tr1um2g1l4JLzVVp7LAlEKMly6QC9_CEAwhwpAcd0z98kyxYBSbJtiY3iKgIBHizebP-9AN2bWDiVYC0cQUein6TXZJb4vE-bqhJWi_2g3Nabm8ZTyi3w/s1600-h/IMG_6968.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdniHmJSyydrave56oSq9c67tr1um2g1l4JLzVVp7LAlEKMly6QC9_CEAwhwpAcd0z98kyxYBSbJtiY3iKgIBHizebP-9AN2bWDiVYC0cQUein6TXZJb4vE-bqhJWi_2g3Nabm8ZTyi3w/s400/IMG_6968.JPG' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-70789417706672172402009-11-13T22:32:00.000-08:002009-11-13T22:44:19.799-08:00More birthday and why we love Peter Sís<div style="clear:both; text-align:LEFT"></div>She has now memorized almost every page in this Cat book. "Cool cat, copy cat...swish swish swish."<br /><div><br /></div><div>Her<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">e she is with a book by our new favorite </span>author <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.petersis.com/">Peter </a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.petersis.com/">Sís</a></span></span></span>. We also have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall:_Growing_Up_Behind_the_Iron_Curtain">The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain</a> and <i>The Three Keys</i>, which is about his childhood in Prague and his subsequent exhile from it. Of course we love the whole Eastern European history thing (with kids named Katerina and Alexander that can't be too much of a surprize). But we love the way he tells a story and how one book can be appropriate to a wide age range. <i>Madlenka</i> is on one hand a simple story about a little girl and loosing a tooth. But the captions add a whole level of multi-cultural content as she travels around her neigborhood and describes the people she meets. The Wall really is for older kids (us) but like all of them you can pick and choose whether to read just the story line or the story line and captions or even a part of the additional text on each page. The drawings work the same way. I looked for a long time at the page in The Three Keys where there is a ghostly image of tanks rolling on Prague in 1968 and when I found it it only added another level to the story. I wish I wasn't so tired or I might write this more eloquently. Seriously, check him out. 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margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" />><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-42617066199669577642009-11-13T22:04:00.000-08:002009-11-13T22:05:10.167-08:00still more 2nd birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8hYQJiPqkawljW1gRVC6-CAoZdRvRLx0JMgp_91XmJEiIVdtfVpP6dGstx0l1xpq09LVhzG6ix8iW8jt2WqRR4SGkSR5k3RWgCgzpUZgpzklkMeLc5SjuyKRiTGs37WCLYGPt9M4irM/s1600-h/IMG_6937.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8hYQJiPqkawljW1gRVC6-CAoZdRvRLx0JMgp_91XmJEiIVdtfVpP6dGstx0l1xpq09LVhzG6ix8iW8jt2WqRR4SGkSR5k3RWgCgzpUZgpzklkMeLc5SjuyKRiTGs37WCLYGPt9M4irM/s400/IMG_6937.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; 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margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> She loved the candles sooooo much. We have a new family tradition. Between every gift we lit them again so she could blow them out and she ate a couple of bites of cake! By the time we were done I was relighting them on the tiniest stubs of cake and had to hold them up with my fingers.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4m1gd8BwehBl70VuhvhRLPwLRhbdh_vptv0lXRDGST1cXxrI2XIOsH8y9w7_j_5eJSzy4FZAa3AbWHcu2Q0kPGC6ewlTdf9tFPltmijqGtZVY1p7SoAJ9naHtw_-N5fEgNx9L1Vdd30/s1600-h/IMG_6934.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4m1gd8BwehBl70VuhvhRLPwLRhbdh_vptv0lXRDGST1cXxrI2XIOsH8y9w7_j_5eJSzy4FZAa3AbWHcu2Q0kPGC6ewlTdf9tFPltmijqGtZVY1p7SoAJ9naHtw_-N5fEgNx9L1Vdd30/s400/IMG_6934.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-50211157997851317632009-11-13T22:01:00.000-08:002009-11-13T22:01:36.916-08:00More 2nd birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilY_qMRcJ_hdNbjzgZMsoNS7xARBRupCwq_3vzCrzUMwVGV3uNTKSDYw3Naq_6KqnQ-FUrFSvfrGhyEMGNNxMF2qIAtD2k-kg1OZz5h6qo9FqqvEycySSGYIn9f3Ax2Wua257HUS5OgQ/s1600-h/IMG_6915.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilY_qMRcJ_hdNbjzgZMsoNS7xARBRupCwq_3vzCrzUMwVGV3uNTKSDYw3Naq_6KqnQ-FUrFSvfrGhyEMGNNxMF2qIAtD2k-kg1OZz5h6qo9FqqvEycySSGYIn9f3Ax2Wua257HUS5OgQ/s400/IMG_6915.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbXCs2VTWdAK7ILgaqNpkhruHw9ElqsdTj_xXtlHYk-EZcPrWsMDj58gI9GdBdSFxe4iww1RsxVCN1ixeIHlCwyk0x1OLfiFcqc1h1MH61ijLNic3ypGu0qiJP-nxylD7JSyJ22PwSqc/s1600-h/IMG_6918.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbXCs2VTWdAK7ILgaqNpkhruHw9ElqsdTj_xXtlHYk-EZcPrWsMDj58gI9GdBdSFxe4iww1RsxVCN1ixeIHlCwyk0x1OLfiFcqc1h1MH61ijLNic3ypGu0qiJP-nxylD7JSyJ22PwSqc/s400/IMG_6918.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPeou-7_tSCJ6N2NNwZG_L-f8wy7JEU0X_104bw8o7_lhx78Bst8z-wjzVVWSTN5aOxLZRESi6zayafInjTxQrSoTopbaaBPEmgEzG4sYRgmSJybwA8U0tMvM3GsKpRJFv1IZparSAIE/s1600-h/IMG_6922.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPeou-7_tSCJ6N2NNwZG_L-f8wy7JEU0X_104bw8o7_lhx78Bst8z-wjzVVWSTN5aOxLZRESi6zayafInjTxQrSoTopbaaBPEmgEzG4sYRgmSJybwA8U0tMvM3GsKpRJFv1IZparSAIE/s400/IMG_6922.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxcB4mmJ-kHfd6LC5lyjcxtdhB0nuFecezo1W1QhYNmM82TRTvxU4Kmy2Xeqjbgm2hsHPHl2EaGd2qr2Ef8XMRV-peExEQmwetdLht3LHHDQ56oYo-GQ3H6Iv_-SZrAkdUSo1XIPlHRw/s1600-h/IMG_6925.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxcB4mmJ-kHfd6LC5lyjcxtdhB0nuFecezo1W1QhYNmM82TRTvxU4Kmy2Xeqjbgm2hsHPHl2EaGd2qr2Ef8XMRV-peExEQmwetdLht3LHHDQ56oYo-GQ3H6Iv_-SZrAkdUSo1XIPlHRw/s400/IMG_6925.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> These pink cowgirl boots were such a hit that I recently had to drag them off her before putting her in the crib.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-8576399513585944182009-11-13T21:59:00.000-08:002009-11-13T22:00:18.336-08:00Happy Day Day Katya<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRFQUysXlIDPeqLGEa6JAg5YA9NLRm5M2iSxrj0jsw_onywY87ekOxT4wZLBLY68V55NBJvubcvNwES8Xuw5_Cvgz8q9Wu-EZWnSuKtg7drKYkONqN2l8IJDP2BKROE6qspCEiA1DSvSg/s1600-h/IMG_6892.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRFQUysXlIDPeqLGEa6JAg5YA9NLRm5M2iSxrj0jsw_onywY87ekOxT4wZLBLY68V55NBJvubcvNwES8Xuw5_Cvgz8q9Wu-EZWnSuKtg7drKYkONqN2l8IJDP2BKROE6qspCEiA1DSvSg/s400/IMG_6892.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFIMT10qBXUDoVtUmzVn5zo5EgrLc-zHzcL-L0XnktlLHK85Mlr1yU99s7FjGBUoPCnyxT_bLoFOXPeNcK4bBtwTkwiPjwG5rRcuxNdAxF6buLEI6cv2OHRtNwwjSAz4RkoLNHRPtDgc/s1600-h/IMG_6893.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFIMT10qBXUDoVtUmzVn5zo5EgrLc-zHzcL-L0XnktlLHK85Mlr1yU99s7FjGBUoPCnyxT_bLoFOXPeNcK4bBtwTkwiPjwG5rRcuxNdAxF6buLEI6cv2OHRtNwwjSAz4RkoLNHRPtDgc/s400/IMG_6893.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0w7o4Quxgr9KZqP7A9O_bfn186vZ-nUsqyA_bWsIctCkh00XQPww63yw8rmhbKV8W3TvJlu2kUeUDyLWi6fhhTckJSOo1SOuI6AR4Bvw6LAE2AyUBZd0cLdkwJkwMJAHZkAgWLfRvww/s1600-h/IMG_6908.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0w7o4Quxgr9KZqP7A9O_bfn186vZ-nUsqyA_bWsIctCkh00XQPww63yw8rmhbKV8W3TvJlu2kUeUDyLWi6fhhTckJSOo1SOuI6AR4Bvw6LAE2AyUBZd0cLdkwJkwMJAHZkAgWLfRvww/s400/IMG_6908.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> Two years old!!!! She is so big. We had a good time getting the dining room all ready for her birthday cake and presents. This is her new birthday placemat which she's been asking for at dinner.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspMOEUEHu6Hbx6OvJS-e6hsUZYSWtVpFb3ygcIkVNx8Ha6FD5z3LcDlEix1kvZhoJMw30mOmvYzAKrI4Yeb-98-XDJIJYO7DS4r_aHmyMPJl9T4AgFKTFT2NWDoOPNwYjQnellfHdnlo/s1600-h/IMG_6911.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspMOEUEHu6Hbx6OvJS-e6hsUZYSWtVpFb3ygcIkVNx8Ha6FD5z3LcDlEix1kvZhoJMw30mOmvYzAKrI4Yeb-98-XDJIJYO7DS4r_aHmyMPJl9T4AgFKTFT2NWDoOPNwYjQnellfHdnlo/s400/IMG_6911.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> The one where her foot is on the table - she got a pair of socks as a gift and instantly wanted to try them on. A kid who <i>likes</i> to get socks as a present, now that is amazing.<br /><div>On the bottom is the way cool diaper cake Maria made us for baby boy. ("Guy" as Katya sometimes calls him.)</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-37679678692054712552009-11-13T21:55:00.000-08:002009-11-13T21:55:57.815-08:00Pink computer might just save mom's powerbook<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi357ZBnzHeqLs9HcH2cieJxDcP9P-qr27UT4UC3dwweSAc_pX1f3yi3JtK5Yyn5Wrw2W____d5J1uRo-b2S1XG9vFclbqVr4qWxCRTF_v2030G5KqPPP7odWmah7inifXXM5jhVjcEKhY/s1600-h/IMG_6901.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi357ZBnzHeqLs9HcH2cieJxDcP9P-qr27UT4UC3dwweSAc_pX1f3yi3JtK5Yyn5Wrw2W____d5J1uRo-b2S1XG9vFclbqVr4qWxCRTF_v2030G5KqPPP7odWmah7inifXXM5jhVjcEKhY/s400/IMG_6901.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoNCeOVtFr8McQEK1TM24TJa-sqyjCvyU3G9pl1Gz9NqI3oH9IXrOU0gcwtl2D7IxoCCqgibQYZ3JT4jkeHpdOyqVj2Bn4nn46pQgRmZZ45f05HL6B7Wh8pkLEV0Pf6Ve9p29OEEqr7s/s1600-h/IMG_6903.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoNCeOVtFr8McQEK1TM24TJa-sqyjCvyU3G9pl1Gz9NqI3oH9IXrOU0gcwtl2D7IxoCCqgibQYZ3JT4jkeHpdOyqVj2Bn4nn46pQgRmZZ45f05HL6B7Wh8pkLEV0Pf6Ve9p29OEEqr7s/s400/IMG_6903.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> We are letting Katya open Alexander's presents at the moment. He's too little to object, though it might be hard to get her to stop opening them when he's old enough to do it himself. We have to tell her every time that his new clothes are too tiny - since she always wants to try them on.<br /><div><br /></div><div>In the foreground is the absolutely brilliant toy laptop from Grandpa Bill and Grandma Carolyn. It might just save my computer from applesauce crusted hands trying to find the "Count's Countdown". (We listened to that every night at dinner for at least two weeks before I started pretending I couldn't find it on the ipod.) The pink computer is wonderful. She instantly knew it was hers "Katya pink 'puter" and the other day when she started to go for mine I asked her to go find her computer and she carried it proudly into the kitchen. Whew! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-59881386243845780832009-11-13T21:49:00.000-08:002009-11-13T21:49:54.989-08:00Last photos with the old camera<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUmuf8yJ2XtqThS0XBb_KwCYTGevA7ZPvHKtzw6hOGijnlBo7KBJKS7MZhxB5BTWnVTq0xOe2FYknOJXi_stR4vIc57TwIBZTwjTvZ2hlKrdLB_boUacCSZom7uSHRrPLAdFN_lGnI7w/s1600-h/IMG_6908.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUmuf8yJ2XtqThS0XBb_KwCYTGevA7ZPvHKtzw6hOGijnlBo7KBJKS7MZhxB5BTWnVTq0xOe2FYknOJXi_stR4vIc57TwIBZTwjTvZ2hlKrdLB_boUacCSZom7uSHRrPLAdFN_lGnI7w/s400/IMG_6908.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R34CRbFZAKkCUz0OW6ShgQOQDbCa2r6kRJV4Qk8PsKiL538LEuUCy7-QYbv6FJcyEK-EQRegak3wYAsbMLz4vegigM1Ez9YQ2t8LyacWTsd6k-_Iil_jtKC9nXuZ3dy_J-JwOjavyZo/s1600-h/IMG_6911.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-R34CRbFZAKkCUz0OW6ShgQOQDbCa2r6kRJV4Qk8PsKiL538LEuUCy7-QYbv6FJcyEK-EQRegak3wYAsbMLz4vegigM1Ez9YQ2t8LyacWTsd6k-_Iil_jtKC9nXuZ3dy_J-JwOjavyZo/s400/IMG_6911.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> A note for later: Do not hold a toddler, drink a cup of tea, and try to show pictures on the camera to the toddler. My camera went into the cup of tea and fried it. At the time the memory card with all the birth pictures was in it and none of them were on the computer yet! I called Dustin crying at 11p.m. and he assured me it was probably fine. Dad said the same thing the next morning. Turns out it was! But there was a lot of crying before I figured out my computer couldn't transfer the photos because the old card reader couldn't read high capacity cards. Thank God! We got them all back.<br /><div>New camera, basically the same model, but the snazzy silicone case doesn't fit it and why does the newer camera focus more slowly?</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-69436840817608068382009-11-13T21:44:00.000-08:002009-11-13T21:45:05.017-08:00Going home together!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmaIebDhFUwXQZ0yCEE2PBtHauvxykArFn7Jjz8r51rGBYj2Lg4-t9VCGN5VA78xjry7X2gxL6P5_7kRJtbGgrInMtugeJWyAmJfX15_lElKanEtQTjKbCyvdA5lGni-xFqG4FudWLn0/s1600-h/IMG_6869.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmaIebDhFUwXQZ0yCEE2PBtHauvxykArFn7Jjz8r51rGBYj2Lg4-t9VCGN5VA78xjry7X2gxL6P5_7kRJtbGgrInMtugeJWyAmJfX15_lElKanEtQTjKbCyvdA5lGni-xFqG4FudWLn0/s400/IMG_6869.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; 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margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwHcmEs9xLgdKQlKEkBFCA3dmcfKKt_jVion3akBfWwa1bOulbQNook7cT7lMXJ2MvWIyyJl0BQfq3necWpaadKJv6nUSoKHv70sN05TVlMSS1vB6fps4InrrKG8bujSc21PFkhGrZRE/s1600-h/IMG_6847.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwHcmEs9xLgdKQlKEkBFCA3dmcfKKt_jVion3akBfWwa1bOulbQNook7cT7lMXJ2MvWIyyJl0BQfq3necWpaadKJv6nUSoKHv70sN05TVlMSS1vB6fps4InrrKG8bujSc21PFkhGrZRE/s400/IMG_6847.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a>Dad is never so happy as with a baby in his arms.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-68746363279341914532009-11-13T21:39:00.000-08:002009-11-13T21:40:14.441-08:00A few more hospital pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhto9Byv8zS0cT0wAMqWIzlB0BBxngyscOGy-okdBfiXJI-_ETwhO43gri_vDPY_0Af42ezmLknu_tBc7Pg-Flp_xwfj8Z7D49VQiJ5W0RsVGfYKzvNuYp2FWmJqR7yiQQmnWoKIuGIxm4/s1600-h/IMG_6830.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhto9Byv8zS0cT0wAMqWIzlB0BBxngyscOGy-okdBfiXJI-_ETwhO43gri_vDPY_0Af42ezmLknu_tBc7Pg-Flp_xwfj8Z7D49VQiJ5W0RsVGfYKzvNuYp2FWmJqR7yiQQmnWoKIuGIxm4/s400/IMG_6830.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; 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margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezKEXkJEqqq0yFxJfFxGXVAeKEto1gpjKZ5yLjW_jeYKvycEkiwKve6bD4eBYoW_nIEx5-6jcasKxprgA359T358NJpTvLT5dMfGI6mYLevcK1_evjQ2O6Pr76G9ApB_YUjSdey-DmOQ/s1600-h/IMG_6837.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezKEXkJEqqq0yFxJfFxGXVAeKEto1gpjKZ5yLjW_jeYKvycEkiwKve6bD4eBYoW_nIEx5-6jcasKxprgA359T358NJpTvLT5dMfGI6mYLevcK1_evjQ2O6Pr76G9ApB_YUjSdey-DmOQ/s400/IMG_6837.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> So tiny! I'm looking at him 6 weeks later and can't believe it.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-5028807876253898052009-10-11T13:41:00.000-07:002009-10-11T13:41:12.510-07:00Katya's last night night as only baby<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/invalid.jpg"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/invalid.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> Here's Katya's last story time with Mom and Dad as an only baby. Pardon the crap*y photo -- Is there any such thing as a <i>good</i> photo taken with the automatic timer?<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-72076353677777607922009-10-09T18:58:00.000-07:002009-10-09T18:58:31.597-07:001st day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-6d7JUMg3tqi1-iYpXVDUxCdwlnOrrPoSXTwXnJocb950E31yae_k6wAzwYmI3eXyKfBTSJto_qm_Jb4ythbsBTWFIw4X-ZIsoR2zOME21AmmZLljgCHO0o6y2uM6R26Zvjfj7cWwfk/s1600-h/IMG_6788.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-6d7JUMg3tqi1-iYpXVDUxCdwlnOrrPoSXTwXnJocb950E31yae_k6wAzwYmI3eXyKfBTSJto_qm_Jb4ythbsBTWFIw4X-ZIsoR2zOME21AmmZLljgCHO0o6y2uM6R26Zvjfj7cWwfk/s400/IMG_6788.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; 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margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphoTjrM6TRZ7kvR-TcS0UD1odF4VvsLuPZuAx1BQGJxSKMi9mnONaSBtvusBzWs6ztHstAtmDnUVyJNnbSyZxdpQ234Pe9JhyphenhyphenLEfzkvymiNC_0nYP3Vz_XAWbu0rX-h2l7embob6EyS4/s1600-h/IMG_6858.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphoTjrM6TRZ7kvR-TcS0UD1odF4VvsLuPZuAx1BQGJxSKMi9mnONaSBtvusBzWs6ztHstAtmDnUVyJNnbSyZxdpQ234Pe9JhyphenhyphenLEfzkvymiNC_0nYP3Vz_XAWbu0rX-h2l7embob6EyS4/s400/IMG_6858.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> The day we took him home, still in the hospital.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>cup of cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12179370706379506721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2328273477960278946.post-69207811052996465202009-10-09T18:55:00.000-07:002009-10-09T18:55:37.113-07:00More pictures of going home<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GQ1_qkri9rSmKdgTmFfPcINxlptX5XuEC63xNGdBiJxLKji4Ybxq7VEP3gqLFobMF9Eh1ziYLHS-BZ4_o8KPzOtILJxEQoFvrSqcZuRp7z8sqbzyfdxqu2Ut9u7wxEVDGdXpvHM8H6E/s1600-h/IMG_6846.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GQ1_qkri9rSmKdgTmFfPcINxlptX5XuEC63xNGdBiJxLKji4Ybxq7VEP3gqLFobMF9Eh1ziYLHS-BZ4_o8KPzOtILJxEQoFvrSqcZuRp7z8sqbzyfdxqu2Ut9u7wxEVDGdXpvHM8H6E/s400/IMG_6846.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; 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