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Chasing the cats with her stuffed kitty ("tee-ee") and saying "mmmm" trying to make the cats kiss her stuffed animal. In this picture, she had noticed that Gabby was going "nigh, nigh" and laid her stuffed cat next to her. very sweet.

Took a face plant in the sandbox...
For our anniversary, my mom was gracious enough to spend the night so John and I could go out. Caitlin had a great time with Grandma Pam and did awesome! She got her favorite breakfast, eggs, in the morning.

Just being smiley...

Father's Day

Darnit! On Father's Day and no pictures of Daddy or Grandpa! They were out on the water catching some walleye with Uncle Don. Caitlin LOVES her hat and sunglasses..finally..after many issues earlier in the season, she cannot leave home without them or her shoes.

Mom, Grandpa and Aunt Rebecca went to the pool with Caitlin to try out the new floating..ummm...rhino? dino? any ideas? we couldn't figure it out. All I know is that the box said "blue whale" and that is NOT a whale!

Happy Fathers Day!

this is my current fav pic of caitlin and daddy....

More fun outside

Caitlin loves being outside. If we say "wanna go outside?" she will run and get her hat and shoes and run to the door saying "sigh, sigh" (translation: "outside, outside"). Since I'm kind of a spaz about sun protection, you can see she's got (??too much??)sun gear on--and lots of sunblock (she's NOT a fan of the sunblock).

CHOO-CHOO

I caved at Target last week when Caitlin got so excited about this ride-on toy, but it's OK b/c she LOVES it. She rides it around the kitchen and says "choo-choo."

Back to School?

Just wanted to let everyone know that John got accepted to the Eastern Michigan University today (YAY! no surprise, though). He is enrolled in a program to pursue a Specialist Degree in Educational Administration (a specialist is a dissertation shy of a PhD). Congrats to my wonderful hubby!

What are we up to???

Playing in our brand new fabulous one-of-a-kind sandbox made by the best daddy EVER!

Playing in the Sprinkler. This is fun because Caitlin LOVES it but it scares her at the same time, so she always asks for us to turn it on, then once it gets going, she runs away laughing.

Dancing with Daddy. Caitlin LOVES music, always has. Now she runs over to the CD player and signs for "please" for music. She bounces and lays on the floor and does these crazy moves--she, of course, will not perform on camera--fortunately, she equally loves John spinning her around and dipping her.

Coloring. (not pictured: eating crayons--other favorite pasttime)

Chatting on the phone
Being cute (yes, the brown on her face is sand--she eats it regularly)

Harrassing Daddy. This is her new thing--if either of us is laying on the floor, she will come straddle us and bounce up and down on our bellies or backs. She also LOVES the mechanical horse ("Sandy") at Meijer.

Kissing Daddy. Caitlin is such an affectionate, sweet girl. She loves giving kisses and hugs and makes the "mmm" sound everytime she gives a kiss or blows a kiss. She is our little sweetie.

I actually do spent time with her too, by the way...I'm just always behind the camera.