Seasonal Blogger- Fall 2008

OK when I said my blogging break was over I guess I lied! For now I blame it on being tired and pregnant but truly I have turned out to be a seasonal blogger only blogging once a season! I am sure that is really boring so it is going to be my New Years Resolution to be better about blogging. For now here are some pictures from this fall.

Kate's first monorail ride.
Her school took the Monorail to the Pacific Science Center to see "Where is the Green Sheep?" Now everday we drive under the monorail she gets very excited! She also loves seeing the Space Needle and Street Car.

The Pumpkin Patch we went to had no pumpkins this year! So we picked apples and visited their petting zoo.

Kate was very interested in leaves this fall! She loved picking them up on walks.

Kate and Preslie "tickoteat"

Kate was not too happy about dressing up for halloween this year. "No bum bum bee" she would say everytime we tried to get her to try it on. When halloween came we fought her to wear it and started out on her first real trick or treating adventure to U Village! It only took her one trick or treat lesson to realize she LOVES halloween! Each time she got candy she would ask "open pease" to anyone near her. She still asks to "ticko teat wid preslie?" at least weekly!

Kate's First "lolapop".."mo pease?" all the way home...

Nastics

Kate and Preslie have been taking classes at Little Gym this fall. Kate calls it "nastics" and asks to go almost daily. She loves doing "monkey jumps" (she cannot actully jump- her feet do not leave the ground yet) and "winging" on the bars. At the end of class teacher Allison gives out stamps and Kate makes sure to be first in line for that if she is not she will usually cut in front of all the kids or push her way to the front.

"Bobbbles!"

"winging on the bars"

"I do it"

Blogging Break is Over

I took the summer off from blogging I think the last entry was our trip to Arizona in the spring. We had a great summer! We went to greenlake, the fountain, the pool and of course the dog park. We also enjoyed the Zoo and the Locks and spent time in San Juans and Leavenworth.

Check out our web albums if you want to see some summer pics.

Now fall is here! We have another baby on the way, I have a new job, we are remodeling our kitchen (YEAH) and I am back online! Today Kate and I went to the Ballard market to get fruits and veggies and she picked out some dahilas- it was very cute!

Discovering the flowers

"want dat one"

"petty"

not so sure if she can carry them

So happy with her "fowers"

O is for Olympics, S is for...

Its been a while since our last post, but we having been busy with the Olympics, the week (or two) of Summer, and everything comes along with trying to cram all of your summer activities into a couple of days in fear that you will missed out. With that in mind Jamie and I dashed off to the San Juans over the weekend. Roche Harbor is awesome and I strongly recommend it for a family vacation or parents weekend away. Prior to leaving we dropped Kate off at Grandma's and sent Sam (the dog) to Jamie's Aunt Shelly's. The McCombs are looking to add another dog to their family and we could benefit from four less paws in the family as we have our hands full with the pitter patter of two little feet. But it turns out that S isn't for Sam as the McCombs decided that she wasn't the right "fit" for their family. Shocker.

Kate had her last swim lesson this evening. When we got home she ask for a banana which sounds something like "nanna peas". She was happily enjoying her "nanna" when it slipped out of her little hands like a popsicle and splashed onto the floor. She stared at the ground is disgust and belted out "shit" clear as day. Yes, that's right, S is for Shit. She must have learned it at daycare.

Well with that accomplishment behind us we off to Leavenworth for a family "staycation" and vocabulary cleansing. Should be fun! Here are some pics of Kate this Summer. As you can see she likes corn. A lot.

Poo

We took a trip to sunny Arizona to visit grandma and grandpa Bergman. Dad and grandpa played lots of golf while Grandma, Kate and Mom played at the pool! Kate loved the "poo" she called it, she loved putting her face in the water to blow bubbles. She was quite the waterbaby!

Whoaa!

Floatin

Obsessed with the "poo" stairs

Poolside snack

Wobbly Walker

Kate started walking! It all happened mid march and she has not stopped. She picked it up very quickly and now she is running! She falls about 20 times an hour and has had more bumps, blood and bruises in the past 4 weeks than she has in all of her 14 months.

Very wobbly

So proud

Whoa! I am falling!

I am big girl now

Bye Bye

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We got to watch Daddy's basketball for his birthday
(Kate and dad also wore matching hoodies)

Afterwards we took Dad to DQ! His fave place for cool treats!

Kisses for Daddy!

February 2008

I have been very bad about blogging! Here are some pictures of February so you can see what we have been up to. Kate got sick and sassy this month! Throwing tantrums is her new favorite way to pass the time.

Kate's best friend is Sammy or as she calls her (Daaa-G!)
Kate even loves spending time in Sam's crate

We took at trip to Leavenworth during the massive snow storm!
Snowshoeing

Kare and Preslie tried out their moves at Baby Disco!
Mr. Valentine brought Kate a stroller for her baby Hayley

High Five!

Kate and the park with her friends Emmie and Lauren

Four little monkeys playing in the bath

One Year Check-Up

Kate had her 1 year appointment this week. Her stats are below and it is confirmed, she is a Bergman! She is all over the place and into everything. She is also throwing fits and being very Sassy!

20.13 lbs (5oth percentile)

Head is 48 cm (95th percentile- taking after her mom!)

27 1/2 inches tall (30th percentile)

Happy 1st Birthday Kate!

Kate turned 1 year old on Sunday! It is hard to imagine a year has already gone by! She had a great time at her party but she would not try her cupcake!

Birthday Girl

Kate and her GIANT cupcake

Birthday Girls Kate and Preslie

Kate is Moving

Finally 50 1/2 weeks and Kate is Mobile! We were not sure if she was ever going to do it but she did! She has only been crawling 30 minutes and she has already taken Sammy's bone and found lots of cords to chew on.