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| This picture makes me happy!!! |
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Why isn't it Christmas?
And when will it be Christmas again?
These are constant questions posed to me by ever-inquisitive Ryan. He will notice a left-over ornament not packed away, or remember a gift he received, and mull over the sad fact that we have to wait a l-o-o-o-ng time for Christmas to come again.
I do love Christmastime. Here is a nostalgic little walk down memory lane:
These are constant questions posed to me by ever-inquisitive Ryan. He will notice a left-over ornament not packed away, or remember a gift he received, and mull over the sad fact that we have to wait a l-o-o-o-ng time for Christmas to come again.
I do love Christmastime. Here is a nostalgic little walk down memory lane:
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| Cute girls cuddling |
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| What could be cuter? |
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| Ice skating adventures |
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| Look at that happy boy! |
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| Mary and Angel |
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| Christmas Eve gifts |
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| Our own little elf |
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| Showing off new jammies and slippers |
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| So happy with new dolls |
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| Love the Christmas morning sleepy faces, bedhead, and happy anticipation |
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| So excited! |
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| This little guy LOVED the fact that we all sat around on the rug with him. So many new things to touch and play with! |
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| Tough guy |
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| lovingly admiring her new friends |
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| Best Christmas present ever |
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| Big Christmas surprise: a trip to Nannie and Opa and the SNOW |
Monday, November 25, 2013
Classic Ryan
Our Ryan is so much fun. And he is so silly. In this picture, he is making a face that we see often - anytime he dances, sings, or is generally in a crazy mood, he loves to do this funny face. It always makes me laugh!
He and Sophie are such great little friends. They love each other so much! Sadly, the older they get, the more they fight - but thankfully, they always default back to becoming the best buds that they are.
He and Sophie are such great little friends. They love each other so much! Sadly, the older they get, the more they fight - but thankfully, they always default back to becoming the best buds that they are.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Fall
Happy Fall! Since we do not really have a backyard, we brought a rake over to the park a couple of weeks ago so that our children could jump into a pile of leaves. I love how they each enjoyed the leaves in their own way - of course Baby Will had to taste the leaves; Sophie relished the experience of the leaves falling around her; Emmy examined their individual beauty; and Ryan left the leaves for a bigger thrill.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
In the bag
Today I pulled a bag off of a hook in my bedroom that I have not moved in 7 months. The last day that I used this bag was March 10 - the day I went into labor with baby Will. That night, I pulled out my new bag - a sweet gift given to me by my best girlfriends here in Palo Alto - and I packed it with little baby blue treasures and new mommy essentials.
It was fun to see what remnants I'd left behind in the old bag: a church program from that Sunday, a protein bar to stave off hunger pains, several of my favorite mints (I suffered from a bad taste in my mouth through much of my pregnancy), chap stick, an IKEA receipt (evidence of our last nesting project), a note from my Dr. giving me permission to fly across the US when I was 36 weeks pregnant, and a business card for an acupuncture therapist (I thought I might go late and was considering acupuncture as a possibility for inducing labor).
Now my bag has diapers, wipes, binkies, and lots of little odds and ends that baby Will likes to suck on: a toothbrush, a bell, a big fat rubber band, a ribbon, and a string of beads.
In Sophie's Kindergarten class, her teacher starts off each day by playing the guitar and singing a song. Ryan and I always stay to listen to the song. A couple of weeks ago, the song was "I'm Changing." The chorus says, "I'm changing . . . a little bit every day." As I sang along, it hit me that I'm changing too - just like those Kindergartners. Four kids has been a joyful but TOUGH transition! I often feel I am running uphill, grasping at my last shreds of patience, and trying to keep all of my ducks in a row. I take comfort, though, that hopefully all of these little challenges are changing me for the good -- a little bit every day.
The Katie I was 7 months ago was full of anticipation and excitement (and thankfully, a healthy sense of the reality of how hard it would be) for this new chapter. And now I'm in the thick of it - and it is HARD. But I'm glad to be here.
It was fun to see what remnants I'd left behind in the old bag: a church program from that Sunday, a protein bar to stave off hunger pains, several of my favorite mints (I suffered from a bad taste in my mouth through much of my pregnancy), chap stick, an IKEA receipt (evidence of our last nesting project), a note from my Dr. giving me permission to fly across the US when I was 36 weeks pregnant, and a business card for an acupuncture therapist (I thought I might go late and was considering acupuncture as a possibility for inducing labor).
Now my bag has diapers, wipes, binkies, and lots of little odds and ends that baby Will likes to suck on: a toothbrush, a bell, a big fat rubber band, a ribbon, and a string of beads.
In Sophie's Kindergarten class, her teacher starts off each day by playing the guitar and singing a song. Ryan and I always stay to listen to the song. A couple of weeks ago, the song was "I'm Changing." The chorus says, "I'm changing . . . a little bit every day." As I sang along, it hit me that I'm changing too - just like those Kindergartners. Four kids has been a joyful but TOUGH transition! I often feel I am running uphill, grasping at my last shreds of patience, and trying to keep all of my ducks in a row. I take comfort, though, that hopefully all of these little challenges are changing me for the good -- a little bit every day.
The Katie I was 7 months ago was full of anticipation and excitement (and thankfully, a healthy sense of the reality of how hard it would be) for this new chapter. And now I'm in the thick of it - and it is HARD. But I'm glad to be here.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Moments
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| Music lessons start early in the Steiger house |
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| These two are a kick! |
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| Just an ordinary afternoon, Ryan sampling Will's babyfood |
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| Just bein' cute |
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| This marks the first time in my 8 years of being a mom, that a child has fallen asleep while being read to - what a poor sleep-deprived little sweetheart of a 3 year old |
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