Christmas is coming so fast so I thought I should post a few of our pictures before we miss it. Katrina is really enjoying the festivities this year. She drops her jaw in awe as we pass houses all lit up. She giggles and starts dancing when she hears the Christmas music and has decided she is quite fond of the cookies of the season. So, far her favorite seems to be the sugar cookies that are covered in green sprinkles!
Last weekend we took advantage of the warm December night and went out to Redmond Lights with Auntie Laura. The city of Redmond does a big tree lighting at one end of town and set up some light displays along a bike trail lit with luminaries through town to the mall. Throughout the walk were varying musicians and Katrina enjoyed listening to them all. Especially the hand bell choir. This was one of the better light displays, it's a train, Katrina's picture was taken and it may appear in the Redmond newspaper.
When I started decorating the apartment Katrina had to be involved. I would hand her a non breakable decoration and she decided where it went. Here she is putting a little nativity in the bathroom. Apparently she felt I was not decorating an important room or something because she was adament that it had to go in there!
She also enjoyed these wooden carolers. They were so cool that they had to go on top of her toy shelf.
She couldn't make up her mind if they should stand together or on opposite sides of the shelf. here she is trying to tell me that the carolers don't close there eyes. She was a bit confused by this and kept touching the eyes to see if they would close.
Rock a bye baby......
Sometimes katrina even sits down to sing to her as she rocks. It is so cute!
Even while riding her car baby has to be with her... (baby rides under the seat)
Katrina loves crawling into tight places and "hiding" a new skill she has learned from the boys at work. She was getting frustrated here because she couldn't fit in and I apparently didn't count long enough for her to hide better.
Last weekend we took advantage of the warm December night and went out to Redmond Lights with Auntie Laura. The city of Redmond does a big tree lighting at one end of town and set up some light displays along a bike trail lit with luminaries through town to the mall. Throughout the walk were varying musicians and Katrina enjoyed listening to them all. Especially the hand bell choir. This was one of the better light displays, it's a train, Katrina's picture was taken and it may appear in the Redmond newspaper.
When I started decorating the apartment Katrina had to be involved. I would hand her a non breakable decoration and she decided where it went. Here she is putting a little nativity in the bathroom. Apparently she felt I was not decorating an important room or something because she was adament that it had to go in there!
She also enjoyed these wooden carolers. They were so cool that they had to go on top of her toy shelf.
Katrina really enjoyed the squash (not sure how it made it on the menu since I hate it!) and was so pleased to have some of the monitors disconnected so she could sit with me and read books.
We were so grateful for the real food after 3 days of little to no hospital food. Katrina was trying to convince auntie Laura to feed her the last bites on her plate.
This was not the Thanksgiving we had planned but it could have been much worse! We are hoping that the list of Holidays we have spent in the hospital is now complete and we can enjoy the rest with our friends and family!
Leah demonstrates that no mtater how old you are it is always better to "get a push" while Gary proves that if your wife is small enough you can do the ever tiring one arm push to gain great height!
Ethan is so great playing with Katrina and Avery. I'm not sure if he was trying to hold her back to get ready or if she was just not in a good position, none the less, they enjoyed the slide!
