Happy 4th Birthday Catherine!

It's so hard to believe that 4 years ago I gave birth to my sweet little Catherine Marie. She brings us such joy. She is a morning person, much like Jenna. She gets up early and is ready to tackle the day with much happiness and enthusiasm.

She makes us all laugh a lot. She loves to color, write, dance and sing. She always wants to be my helper, which I love.

I am so thankful for you, Catherine.


Here are the cousins. They love being together.
Catherine asked fora flower cake. If you look closely you'll notice that her hair caught on fire. Thankfully Dennis was close to her to snuff it out.
Catherine didn't want to come back and blow out her candles, so her cousin J did it for her.

I love that Lauren is wearing the dress that Jenna wore when she was one.
Sometimes it's hard to get cousin D to smile at the camera. He prefers his serious face.

Uncle Jim took the girls out to breakfast and then to the store to buy Catherine a gift. She picked out this new Elmo doll that talks.

Tiny Talk Tuesday

Tiny Talk Tuesday helps parents focus on one of the many joys of parenting - the funny things that our little ones (and sometimes big ones) have to say.

Join in the fun and record the Tiny Talk overheard in your house!

Publish a post on your blog and link us to the laughs.
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Catherine has a bad habit of coming into our room in the middle of the night. We're not sure what wakes her up. Sometimes we let her stay and sometimes we send her back to our room (bad habit!).
Everynight we put her to bed we remind her to stay in bed all night.

Her response: "I'll see what I can do."
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Jenna (8): Can I have some applesauce?

Mom: I'm going to cut up some apples.

Natalie (6): Can you cut up some pear?

Jenna : (Before I can respond) Go easy on her, she just washed the apple.
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Catherine: Daddy, you and I are a lot alike. Except I'm a girl and you're a man. I'll grow up to be a woman...but you'll be dead.
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Catherine likes to come into mommy and daddy's bed at night, but only likes to cuddle with mom. One morning she came in and mom was already in the shower.

Daddy: Now you can cuddle with me.

Catherine: No, I'll go on the other side of the bed and cuddle with my pretend mommy.

Daddy: Who's paying for college, kid?
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Happy Valentine's Day

It's our tradition to have a Valentine table set for the girls when they wake up. Dennis buys all of us flowers and cards. The girls also get small gifts and candy too. It's fun morning and the girls look forward to it every year.

Snow Storm

I don't remember the details of this day, but I do know that the girls had lots of fun playing together.

Natalie is a big helper when it comes to Catherine. She's always willing to pull her down the driveway.


Dennis takes the girls for some nighttime sliding.

Tiny Talk Tuesday

Tiny Talk Tuesday helps parents focus on one of the many joys of parenting - the funny things that our little ones (and sometimes big ones) have to say.

Join in the fun and record the Tiny Talk overheard in your house!

Publish a post on your blog and link us to the laughs.
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Catherine (3): Mom, is your stomach big because we're going to have a new baby?

Mom: No!

Catherine: I know why, you had too much food.

Mom: LOL...Guess it's time to go back to the gym.
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Mom: Where do we go to find out what God wants us to do?

Jenna (8): The internet.

Mom: WHAT?

Jenna: You can read the Bible on the computer.
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Dennis was cutting up strawberries and cutting off the stem.
Catherine told Dennis that his mom (Mema) leaves the stem on.

Dennis said okay.
Catherine walked away singing, "Daddy does it different, Mema does it right."
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Dennis and Jenna were playing around and Dennis told Jenna that he would teach her how to steal. (I'm not sure why he said that)

Jenna: You're wife heard you and she's the cop in the house.

That's a new title for me.


For more Tiny Talk visit Not Before 7.

Tiny Talk Tuesday

Tiny Talk Tuesday helps parents focus on one of the many joys of parenting - the funny things that our little ones (and sometimes big ones) have to say.

Join in the fun and record the Tiny Talk overheard in your house!

Publish a post on your blog and link us to the laughs.
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Mom: It's cold out here. When we get home I'll start a fire.

Catherine (3): A fire would be delightful.

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Catherine (3): Can I watch a movie?

Mom: No, you already watched a show.

Catherine: Can you pretend to be dad and say yes?

Mom: Does dad always say yes when you ask to watch a show?

Catherine: Yes, when you ask him for a show he always says "sure".

Mom: Hmmmm
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For more Tiny Talk visit Not Before 7.

Tiny Talk Tuesday

Tiny Talk Tuesday helps parents focus on one of the many joys of parenting - the funny things that our little ones (and sometimes big ones) have to say.

Join in the fun and record the Tiny Talk overheard in your house!

Publish a post on your blog and link us to the laughs.
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Catherine (3): She's spelling....F E D E X

Mom: That says FedEx. It's short for Federal Express.

Catherine: Oh, like the pony express.
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Tonight at dinner we had cauliflower. I reminded Catherine that she likes it.

Catherine: After taking a taste ...I definitely like it. It's delicious and hilarious.



For more Tiny Talk visit Not Before 7.