Kathryn cracks me up!

Kids say the funniest things! Kathryn has a whole bunch of funny things she says and does....

1. When someone yawns, she says "Tired, tired, tired"
2. When someone sneezes or coughs, she says "Goodness"
3. When we are getting her ready for bath time and once her clothes are off, she lets us all know "I'm naked, I'm naked" which is then followed up with "My booty" as she points to her bottom
4. When she does something and she is proud of it, she shouts "I did it, I did that"
5. When she wakes up each morning as we open the window blinds she says "Good morning sunshine"
6. At very random times, she calls me "Mary" and calls Kyle "Kyle"
7. She already says the word "Yall"
8. When something is out of the norm (for example, when her Papa buckled her in the carseat the wrong way...another funny story), she says "Oh my goodness, Oh my goodness"
9. When Bailey is doing something that he shouldn't be doing, like trying to take food off of her plate, she yells "No, no, Bailey"...she says it so seriously and in such an authoritative manner that I laugh every time.
10. Instead of saying yes, she says a good ole' Southern, drawn out "Yep"

These are just a few of the things we hear daily. She is quite the talker (not sure who she gets that from) and when she speaks she is very matter of fact. Many people say that even though she looks like Kyle, she sounds just like me. Kathryn is such a blessing, and we love her so much, and we especially love her funny sayings!

2 Year Pics

These are a few of Kathryn's pictures taken by Stacey. I loved them all (it was very hard narrowing it down to blog)!!!!

Kathryn is movin' on up

We celebrated Kathryn's 2nd birthday this past weekend. I cannot believe she is two. This year, we did a small birthday breakfast with mostly family. It was really nice. Kathryn LOVED opening presents and was equally excited about each gift she opened. With turning two, that meant it was time to start transitioning to her new class, the Lambs class. After 3 days of transitioning, she was ready to spend full days in her new class. While I was sad about her moving up (her 2 teachers in the Chicks class are AWESOME!), I am also excited about her new class. I know she is ready for the change, and she is still in great hands. My little girl is growing up way too fast!!!!!

All about Bailey

I decided to write a little note about one of my best friends...Bailey! Bailey is the best dog ever. I love him so much. I tell him all my secrets, and he doesn't tell anyone. For those of you who don't know, I have had Bailey longer than Kyle. Kyle knew when we met that Bailey and I were a package deal. As a matter of fact, Kyle proposed to me on Bailey's birthday. Kyle loves Bailey almost as much as I do.

This year, Bailey celebrated his 11th birthday. His age is starting to show. It makes me sad to think about his "slowing down." However, he is still just as sweet as ever. As great as he is, Bailey is not perfect. He has severe separation anxiety (he freaks out when we leave him) which has worsened in his old age. To help him deal, he takes Prozac everyday, and it truly does help him.

I will have to say that during my pregnancy with Kathryn, I was a nervous wreck about how Bailey would deal with a baby in the house. I thought about this non-stop, as Bailey is not a dog I could just give to another family...he loves me too much (and I love him too much). Bailey really stepped up as a "big brother." He is so great with Kathryn, and he always has been. All that worrying for nothing! And, Kathryn loves him just as much. Everyday when I pick her up from daycare, she asks about him. Kathryn shares her toys with him, "cooks" and "feeds" him, and gives him loving all the time. They are so sweet together, it makes my heart smile!

His pic is above...his eyes are not scary/evil like this shows...this was taken with a flash in a dark room. Instead of him having "red" eyes like people get in photos, they turn out like this.

And, we have a diagnosis

Kathryn has battled a series of sicknesses over the last year...H1N1, RSV, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, etc, etc. So, our doctor decided to refer us to an allergy specialist. All of her sicknesses (except the Swine Flu) starts out with a runny nose, coughing, watery eyes, but then develops into her chest creating bigger problems. We have done a series of medicines and breathing treatments and nothing seems to keep "the funk" away for long.

Today we were able to do the prick test on her back (it was a total of 32 pricks). First, I have to say that Kathryn was excellent. She never cried or flinched. Kyle and I were so proud. After all the testing, the results showed that she has seasonal allergies (spring and fall...tons of stuff from trees to grass to a lot of things I have never heard of that we have in our area). She also has an allergy to dust mites. What little I know about dust mites is that everyone has them, and they live all over us eating dead skin. Since there is no way to get rid of them, we just have to do things to try to lessen them. The doctor was surprised she showed as big of a reaction at such a young age. We are hoping it doesn't get worse. And, let me say here, I am so glad she was not allergic to Bailey...not sure what I would have done there.

For the last two weeks, we started breathing treatments back up. Once in the morning and once in the evening. I was DREADING this due to previous experiences with Kathryn and this machine. Much to my surprise, Kathryn now loves her treatments. She sits on the couch, holds the mask up all on her own, and will take an entire treatment without a fuss. What a big girl we have!!! We are to continue treatments like this for the next 6 months. Hopefully it will keep her normal. If so, we may be able to do the treatment just once a day...keeping our fingers crossed!