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i haven't taken any pictures lately, so i guess this post will be void of them.

i also haven't posted lately, so i keep feeling the need to do that everytime i walk past the office.

life:

weston is in full work mode. it's lovely. i know the novelty will wear off, but i have been loving the last couple of weeks when evening rolls around and i start thinking, "what should we have for dinner?" or "better start defrosting chicken, etc." it's been fun, who would have thought? not me, for sure. plus, summer cooking is fantastic because everything gets grilled - very easy. he is still working on his moral minority project and still squeezing in skateboarding and live music when he can.

i am in full mom mode. it's lovely, as well. again, i know this novelty will wear off, but the last couple of weeks have felt so good. some days i hop out of bed when kate gets up, she eats, we take off for our daily walk. other days, like today, we eat breakfast in bed, watch a movie, then think about getting dressed to leave the house for the day. speaking of walking, though, i am loving it and have managed to keep up a pace of 5 out of 7 days for a good couple of weeks now. i'm not much for the exercise, but i can definitely enjoy the walks. and the best part about it is the asking kate part:

me: do you want to go for a walk?
kate: thinks about it, shifts her eyes while thinking, then nods her head vigorously up and down and says, " 'kay "
is pretty much adorable

some days the house is very clean when husband gets home, some days (like yesterday) it is frighteningly messy... ah, at least baby girl is fed, dressed, clean, and happy right?

kate is in full blown 16 month old going on 2 year old mode. temper tantrums have nestled in and made a quite comfy home. kate, so far and knocking on wood, has yet to throw one in public where she actually falls to the ground, but she is a big fan of that one at home. she stomps her feet in protest and knocks things over when her wishes aren't quite met. or when the word "no" is thrown out there, that will do it anytime really.

she is a jibberish chatterbox. she has periods of the day where she is spouting off genius thoughts i'm sure, but none of us can understand her. she knows a lot of words, should i list some? haven't thought of that before, here are a bunch:

dada (both weston and me are dada.... i keep trying to get mama in her vocabulary, but to no avail) she may also growl this one for you
grandma/grandpa (gaga)
home
horse
dog
duck
kitty
outside (side)
walk
shoe (although she says sock for this one, even though she knows the difference if you hold them both up)
sock
book
okay
milk
yogurt (gook)
bread
water
this/uh-oh (pacifier)
uh-oh
woops/oops
tree
bird
baby
ball

she knows where her ears, eyes, nose, teeth, hair, hands, toes, legs, and belly button are

okay, that's enough of that, i'm sure. i was also going to list all of the words she knows but doesn't say - don't worry, i'm not going to do that :)

and to round off how kate's doing, here are her stats (from a month ago, anyway)
29 inches and 19 lbs 9 oz - so she's still a little thing, which we love :)

thanks for reading!