She's getting too smart for us

Yesterday, Catherine and I were amusing ourselves by putting bracelets on Bast's tail. This morning, Catherine and I were sitting on the foot of the steps, and Bast came sauntering over. I said to Catherine, "Maybe if you ask Bast nicely, she'll let you put bracelets on her tail again." At that, Catherine stood up, walked into her nursery, and returned with two link-a-doos, which she proceeded to attempt to put on Bast's tail.

Pretty amazing how she understood exactly what I was saying to her!

Thanksgiving and the Dance

So I know this is terribly dark, but if you look closely there is a crazy, dancing baby! The song playing is one of her favorites from a Baby Einstein CD that came as part of a bath gift set we got when she was born. Her bedroom gets so dark in the evening, and our camera doesn't seem to think there is enough lights to take a good video. Unfortunately, evenings are her favorite time to boogie.

We also posted some Thanksgiving pictures to our Flickr site, along with some photos of what we call The Fennel Seed Incident. Here are a few to tide you over until you click the link!



Lets just say that there is a good reason they make locks for kitchen cabinets. Too bad for us we've been procrastinating!

What a difference a year makes...

I know, two post in one evening is silly, but I keep forgetting to put these two pictures up. What a difference a year makes!

Dinner at Grandma's House

Grandma took this picture and it was too cute not to share. Fyi, dinner was yummy.

Catherine meets her Grandpa

Last weekend Bill's dad and wife stopped by our house for a night on their way to South Carolina. Catherine was quite excited to finally meet her paternal grandpa. It was nice visit, and we took these priceless pictures to complete our family album.

Halloween...Finally!

So I have finally taken the ten minutes to get this post up! Halloween was so much fun. We tried taking Catherine Trick or Treating, but although she can walk, she's not very good at following parents, and didn't really understand that she was supposed to go to the doors to get candy. Instead, she kept trying to sit in people's driveways to collect leaves and rocks. Oh well, maybe next year! We took her by car to our friends' homes, and stayed for a little party at the last stop. Miss C was up way, way past her bedtime because she insisted on getting a bath when we got home. I'm sure the Reese's Cup and KitKat bar Jacob fed her did nothing to help her settle down! All in all it was a great night. There are more photos on the Flickr site. Notice the one where she is trying to make off with the entire cauldron of candy on our front porch. Also, the photos with the hat are a rare treat since we couldn't get her to keep it on for more than five seconds at a time.

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