Bouncing Baby Boy

Zach doesn't quite know what to think of his new jumping contraption. His poor little feet barely touch the pillow under him. I TOLD mom he was too small, but she put him in there anyway and he liked it, but he has to grow some more before he can really play with it.

I had a pretty mundane week and have no exciting news to share. Mom is taking off for Chicago tonight. She said she needs a break...whatever that means! I think dad and I will have fun and I think dad is really going to have the most fun getting up to feed Zach at night. Mom is looking forward to her first, full night of sleep in 3 months and an uninterrupted shower at Nicole's house!

I better go take a snooze. Have a great weekend!

Katherine

Turn off the Smoke Detectors

I didn't know you could put that many candles on a cake! I had to help Dad blow them all out so he didn't get too tired...you know he is 30 now and probably can't handle all that huffing and puffing. Just kidding, Dad! You know I still love you. Mom is just scared because her day is coming and she's probably going to lock herself in her bedroom all day.

I had a great weekend at Grandma D's. I really wanted to plant the corn, but the planter wasn't ready yet, so I got to ride on the tractor and help Grandpa get the field ready. Zach had a fun first visit there as well. He was a good boy and really liked being someplace different.

Mom and I have colds....AGAIN! So we are stuck at home today and had to skip Monday playgroup. I am pretty miserable, so I have plans to take a nice, long nap and veg-out.

Hope you had a lovely weekend!
Katherine








Time to bake the cake















Make a wish!















Smirky.

Sacrebleu!

We've been hacked! Mom just realized it. C'mon Dad, that video is pretty lame. Don't get me wrong -- Zach is cute, but that is definitely not his prime footage. We really do need to buy a new camcorder - sigh!

Well....I was just checking in to say hi and share some new pics, but I am still quite taken aback by the hijacking. Time to change the passwords. Let's see...I had playgroup here yesterday and then we played outside a little later. My weekend was nice, but nothing too exciting to write about. Today is storytime at the library and then school. We are heading to Gma D's this weekend. It is Dad's birthday on Sunday and he is going to see some of his friends and family. I am looking forward to helping farm and baking dad's cake with Grandma.

Zach has been hamming it up a bit more. He was really flirty at playgroup yesterday and now he is starting to "talk" or squeal to get our attention. He is getting to be so much fun! I better go make mom a latte, she had a rough night. Hope you are having a good week and loving the weather!

Katherine






Arrrgh, I'm gonna eat your nose

A new Guy in Town

Your probably expecting little o cute Katherine but not this time.... The stinky girls went to the store and Dad and I hijacked the blog. We were just hanging out in my play gym and I said hey look at me I am cute get the camcorder. Oh yeah that's right Dad left it at the hospital. OK quick grab the next best thing get the digital camera with the cracked LCD. You will have to excuse dad he did try his best and missed the best shots. But hey all my shots are good shots. So check out my first video on the web. Got to run I have a "special" project for Dad.

Click here to see me

Doggone Cute

Even I must admit Zach deserves the cuteness trophy for the day. Although, I think we are both pretty cute in our dino jammies. I was teaching him how to do some morning stretches and shake the sleep off.


I tried to keep busy over this week of spring break. Yesterday, we kept mom company on her trip to get the oil changed -- I know how much she *loves* taking both of us somewhere, so I was extra good. Although someone had to alert her that I was sucking on my lollipop with the wrapper still on. All this while Zach is crying and mom is just trying to keep it together. Oh frazzled mom! Your time has finally come to become one of those women you always made fun of!

Today, we went to the library and I picked out some reading material for the weekend. I'll bet you are suprised to hear that most of the books involve dinosaurs and curious little monkeys. No big plans for us this weekend. Just hanging around and spending some time together. Our family time seems to get shorter and shorter these days, so we're taking advantage of it when we can.

Have a great weekend and have fun!
Katherine

29 Days?!? Is that doing the backstroke or frontstroke?

I was curious today how to get back to France, should I ever feel the need. So we looked on Google Maps. Check these directions out and note step number 26:

	1.	Head east on CR-25 toward Hickory Point Rd 0.5 mi 1 min
	2.	Turn right at Hickory Point Rd 1.0 mi 2 mins
	3.	Turn left at IL-116 E 3.1 mi 6 mins
	4.	Continue on E Mt Vernon St 0.1 mi
	5.	Turn left at IL-89 9.8 mi 16 mins
	6.	Turn left at IL-89/Jefferson St 0.5 mi 2 mins
	7.	Slight right at IL-89 8.4 mi 10 mins
	8.	Turn right at IL-17 9.2 mi 12 mins
	9.	Turn left to merge onto I-39 N/US-51 N toward Rockford 23.5 mi 23 mins
	...
	10.	Take exit 59A to merge onto I-80 E toward Chicago Partial toll road Entering Indiana 100 mi 1 hour 41 mins
	...
	11.	Take exit 16 for Toll Rd/I-80 E/I-90 0.8 mi 3 mins
	12.	Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Indiana Toll Rd/I-80 E/I-90 E/Ohio and merge onto I-80 E/I-90 E Toll road Entering Ohio 277 mi 4 hours 11 mins
	...
	13.	Take exit 142 for I-90 toward OH-2 E 1.3 mi 2 mins
	14.	Merge onto I-90 E Partial toll road 27.0 mi 27 mins
	...
	15.	Take exit 170B for I-90 E/I-71 S/OH-176 S toward Cleveland/Columbus 0.7 mi 1 min
	16.	Merge onto I-90 E 17.2 mi 19 mins
	...
	17.	Take the exit onto I-90 E toward Erie PA Partial toll road Passing through Pennsylvania Entering New York 448 mi 7 hours 0 mins
	...
	18.	Continue on I-87 S/New York State Thruway S (signs for New York Thruway S/I-87 S/New York/Boston/Mass Pike) Toll road 14.6 mi 14 mins
	...
	19.	Take exit 21A toward I-90 E/Mass Turnpike/Boston Toll road 0.9 mi 1 min
	20.	Merge onto New York State Thruway E Toll road 24.1 mi 22 mins
	...
	21.	Continue on I-90 E/Mass Pike/Massachusetts Turnpike Partial toll road Entering Massachusetts 134 mi 2 hours 9 mins
	...
	22.	Take exit 24 A-B-C on the left toward I-93 N/Concord NH/S Station/I-93 S/Quincy 0.4 mi 1 min
	23.	Merge onto Atlantic Ave 0.8 mi 3 mins
	24.	Turn right at Central St 0.1 mi
	25.	Turn right at Long Wharf 0.1 mi
	26.	Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 mi 29 days 0 hours
	...
	27.	Slight right at E05 0.5 mi 2 mins
	28.	At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto E05/Pont Vauban 0.1 mi
	29.	Turn right at E05 Partial toll road 17.3 mi 22 mins
	...
	30.	At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto A131/E05 heading to A131/Rouen/Paris/Evreux Partial toll road 9.1 mi 8 mins
	31.	Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie Partial toll road 20.3 mi 17 mins
	...
	32.	Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie Partial toll road 66.6 mi 57 mins
	...
	33.	Take exit 5 to merge onto A86/Périphérique de l'Ile-de-France 4.1 mi 3 mins
	34.	Take the exit onto A86/Périphérique de l'Ile-de-France 8.8 mi 11 mins
	35.	Take the exit onto A6b/E15/E50/L'Autoroute du Soleil toward Bordeaux/Nantes/Lyon 1.2 mi 2 mins
	36.	Take the exit on the left onto A6/E15/L'Autoroute du Soleil toward Evry/Lyon/Chilly-Mazarin Partial toll road 182 mi 2 hours 30 mins
	...
	37.	Take the exit toward Genève/Lyon/Chalon-sur-Saône Toll road 1.1 mi 1 min
	38.	Merge onto A6/E15/L'Autoroute du Soleil Toll road 79.3 mi 1 hour 4 mins
	...
	39.	Slight right at A46/Contournement de Lyon (signs for A46/Marseille/Genéve/Grenoble/Lyon-Est) Partial toll road 16.4 mi 15 mins
	...
	40.	Take the exit onto N346 toward Marseille/Grenoble 8.7 mi 11 mins
	41.	Take the A43 exit toward Chambéry/Grenoble/A43/Grenoble/Chambéry 249 ft
	42.	Keep left at the fork to continue toward A43/E70/E711 0.3 mi
	43.	Keep right at the fork, follow signs for A43/Chambéry/Grenoble and merge onto A43/E70/E711 Toll road 21.2 mi 22 mins
	...
	44.	Take the exit onto A48/E711 toward Rives/Voiron/Grenoble Partial toll road 32.3 mi 27 mins
	...
	45.	Take the exit toward Grenoble-Centre/Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux 0.5 mi
	46.	Merge onto A48 2.5 mi 3 mins
	47.	Slight left at N75/Place Aristide Briand 217 ft
	48.	Slight right at N75 0.1 mi
	49.	Slight right at Place Hubert Dubedout 171 ft
	50.	Turn left at D590 0.5 mi 2 mins
	51.	Slight right at Quai Claude Brosse 276 ft
	52.	Turn right at Place de Lavalette 305 ft

To:

38000 Grenoble France Change destination

Edit

Thanks to Addie and Jen for the fun link. More pics to come tomorrow.