Our Week: Grandma and Grandpa in town

What a week!  We had snow and then 60 degree weather, great-grandparents visited, my Dad was in sunny Mexico so we had dogs, cats, goats, a horse and a parakeet to take care of....whew!  The best part of the week was having my grandparents over for several days in a row and getting to see them having so much fun with Katie.  Little girl was soaking up all the extra attention!

Katie's now famous "cheese" smile for the camera

On Sunday I made some spinach dip for my Dad's bday party.  Katie came up to the counter and said "mmmmmm" while reaching for the spoon that I was stirring with so I sat her up on the counter and we made the dip together.  Here she is sprinkling parmesan cheese on the finished dip.

Pops and Tina got Katie a book and stuffed animal for Valentine's Day.  We got some delicious russell stover chocolate.

It snowed a little bit on monday.  As soon as Katie was done with breakfast Rich ran outside and filled up a tub with snow.  Katie and her Daddy played for an hour in the snow....it melted super slowly and was really easy to pack and mold.

We got Katie an Elmo doll for Valentine's Day.  She carried Elmo around all day and if she would misplace him she would come up to us and say "mo-mo" and have us help her look for Elmo.

Baby girl painted a heart for her Daddy for his Valentine and...

...she colored on a huge card.

She loves putting on her Daddy's hats.

Knox and Julie came over for a playdate...Knox gave Katie her first Valentine...aaaaahhhhhhh, aren't they cute?

Grandma came with us for storytime on thursday and helped Katie make her craft.

We got some big pom-poms and Katie had fun putting them into different cups, bowls and tubs.

Every night that Grandma and Grandpa were here Katie sat on the couch after dinner and read to Grandpa.  She would pick up a book and start jabbering and talking and then look at Grandpa to make sure he was paying attention.

Aunt Vicki came over on Saturday and Katie got even more love and attention.

Ms. Katie got a hold of some of Grandma's curlers.  I remember playing with these when I was little.  Katie loved playing with them and putting the pin in and out of the curler.

We got some more pictures of our puppy.  She's 2 1/2 weeks old.