My Fish was THIS BIG!

Over Memorial Day Weekend, Grandpa and Grandma Greer took us fishing at Deer Creek Reservoir. With some help and coaching from Grandpa Greer and Dad, Katie caught her first fish!! It didn't take long before a beautiful rainbow trout came reeling in to meet Katie. Just so the "tale" doesn't grow with time, it was 14 inches long. Katie would only pet it a little, but did help me eat it later that weekend. We don't tell her it was her friend! Thanks Grandpa and Grandma!
Amanda hated the life vest but loved being rocked to sleep in the boat!

My New Alphabet

Katie is trying on for size many new words. Today, I told Katie it's time to get dressed. She asked if we're going to nursery today. "No, why?" I asked. "Aren't we getting a dress? When I wear a dress, I go to nursery!" Funny how we've put multiple meanings to words. We don't even notice the silly little nuances like that until a 2 year old calls us on it! Is a dress what girls wear or is it the act of putting clothes on?
I asked if she wanted to wear a new outfit. She was so excited and went to tell Amanda how she's going to wear a new "alphabet". This was a special new "alphabet" from Grandma Greer. (Princess skirt not included!)
I pulled out some summer clothes from last year for me to wear too (which is actually from 2 summers ago since I was wearing maternity clothes last summer). Katie, again, was so excited that Mom is also going to wear a new "alphabet".

New Tooth

It's official! We finally have a tooth!
Amanda barely cut her first tooth yesterday, exactly 9 months from her birth!
Poor girl hasn't really liked the process.
I don't have the heart to tell her how many more are
on their way! So exciting!

Trucks

For a long time now, Katie has been interested in many varieties of trucks. It started at our home in Holladay with Fire Trucks. We lived relatively close to the fire station, and very close to a major thoroughfare so whenever the sirens began, Katie would almost hyperventilate with excitement, and be nearly devastated if she missed seeing it. Many times, Katie and Daddy made sprints to the front yard to see the fire trucks go whizzing by. Well, sadly, now that we live in Provo, we rarely hear sirens, and even more rarely see the fire trucks. We've started watching for new trucks that come by. We watch delivery trucks, school buses, and sometimes city buses. Yes, you take what you can get. The new "regular" is the garbage truck. The problem is, in Provo, our garbage is collected between 5:30 and 6:30 AM!! Ouch! Katie has been waking up for a while now to watch our garbage get collected. In the past few weeks, however, she's let her excitement go over the top and she NEEDS to share it with someone. We have been awakened for at least 3 weeks now, on Wednesday morning about 6 am (give or take) by Katie, just HYSTERICALLY screaming for her Daddy!!! He made it in time this week to see the garbage truck, but last week he didn't. It caused quite the crying, sad morning. If you're ever bored on a Wednesday morning around 6 or so, just look out the window. It may be more exciting than you think!!