Favorite Things

Katarina has a few favorite things. Her most favorite thing is her daddy. Whenever he is around she is captivated by him. When he is in the kitchen she loves to watch him. Sometimes I see her gazing at the kitchen and I think she is looking for him. She will also watch a doorway that he has just left, hoping that he will come back. Other things that she loves are extended family, attention, music, people, standing up, putting things in her mouth, sleeping on someone and two new ones we discovered yesterday, her toes and stake conference. (Stake conference was great because it had so many other things that she loves, her grandma, lots of people, music, her toes and she got to take a nap on grandma.) We all got to spend time with extended family this week. Zach and Jackie came down with the boys. We had a lot of fun with all of them. We took over the Wii fit and Keegan loved it. He probably ran a couple of miles with that thing. Jayme is still sick. His medication has made it difficult for him to sleep, as if it wasn't hard enough already with the coughing. Katarina and I have gotten into some bad habits because of it. The worst one is that I've been so tired I have just let her sleep on me during the day. Yesterday I decided that I had enough energy that it was time to break that habit. Keep in mind that the only nap she had in the morning was a 15 minute cat nap on grandma. I fed her at 1:00 and she fell asleep. I took her up stairs and but her in her bed. She woke up as soon as she hit the mattress. I let her cry for five minutes and then got her out. She was wide awake. I tried again at 3:00 with the same result. At 4:00 she actually slept for about a half hour but then was up screaming. She finally went to bed at 8:30. Needless to say, I followed in her footsteps shortly thereafter. As for putting things in her mouth, it seems like she has a process for it, and I have the pictures to prove it, enjoy.

1. Maneuver into Position

2. Test it Out

3. Go All In

4. Pose for the Camera