Marching Band!

Sorry about the orientation of this one but it's too good not to post as is!

Oh yeah, yeah.

Catherine loves chatting on the phone these days!

Happy 2nd Birthday!!

Catherine is chatting up a storm these days. The other day she walked into the kitchen and said, "Whatcha doin' guys?"

She's so so so in love with Mickey Mouse and his gang of buds.

She loves to sing, especially with her dad. They have just them duets that they practice each day. After the latest episode of Glee, I overheard Lady Gaga's Pokerface playing on itunes. Next was:

Scott: "Let's slow it down a little Catherine..." Catherine: "Ma..ma...ma...ma...ma my pokerface...."

She eats just about everything. Tonight: brocolli (begged for more), turkey, mac and cheese and when she saw my salmon and quinoa "Salmon! Salmon!"

Earlier in May she went to the Dentist for the first time and now makes requests for us to "do floss".

And...she loves baseball. Sometimes as night she rolls over and talks about "daddy watching baseball game..." and if you ask her who her favorite team is she does a fist pump and says, "Go A's!!"

Peas!

Fresh from the pod? Sold to the woman in yellow!

Well look who's here!

Alright, we've been a bit more than slack on the updates!

Here's what we've got: January was a month-long festivous of Sarah's Birthday. Nothing out of the ordinatry there. February brought Grandma Boland out for a quick visit. March took us down south to see our cousins Elle and Saylor AND to Disneyland. April's Easter Egg hunt was a smash hit and that brings us to May - and a lazy Sunday photoshoot.

See? You haven't really missed that much.

Taking it from the top:

The Zoo with Grandma!

TWO Grandmas makes Catherine VERY happy!

Mickey Mouse!!

The Easter Bunny found us!

(Alright, this was last year but I can't find those photos at the moment. Same child - just with more hair and slightly more chatty)

A Lazy Sunday in May...

English and North Pole Visitors!

Lee came to visit! After a comical arrival of errors, Lee landed on our door step on Wednesday evening. Friday was a beautiful day in the city and an important appointment with Santa was scheduled for Saturday. Catherine was decked out in her new duds. The whole thing went just about as well as the visit to the Easter Bunny last spring...afterward she settled for a costume change and a nice walk with her new friend, Lee-chan.

Two ladies...

A jaunt to Berkeley to see our ladies Laura and Bridget gave us a nice spot to warm up in the afternoon sun!


Following the lead of the Moes - a few things that Catherine is chatting about these days:

Tonight she said, "Pizza!" and "Banana" (although it sounded like "mana") She also says:

Mommy's shoes!

Daddy's seat!

Thank you! (Mostly in ASL)

Please

Nice!

Uh-oh!, Oh no!, and Alright!

Ball

Pumpkin

Book

Several animal noises including "arf!" and a monkey sound that comes with gestures.

Jack, Jess, Pete!

Matt

Missy

Elle (although, sometimes it sounds like eel - working on that one!)

The ever popular: Daddy, Mommy, Mimi, Poppa - we're also still working on grandma, rusty, christopher, aidan and daniel!



She also talks ALL the time about things that only she really should tell you about. Or, things that only she CAN tell you about!



Catherine also has some good new tricks: she can walk on the balance beam, swing from the monkey bars, kick a soccer ball and she and her dad check the mail together every day. She also knows the hokey pokey and if she's feeling frisky, will break it down to a little Beyonce!

We've come a long way...

Halloween 2008 was slightly different...

Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Catherine loved dressing up as a frog and hanging with her two friendly witches. She did great walking up to the doors and then would sit on the sidewalk to check her inventory.

Saylor

Christopher, Megan and Elle welcomed Saylor Kay Pierson to the family on October 19th. It hasn't been a typical first week of life outside of her mom's belly for little Saylor. Her little heart has needed some extra TLC at the hands of some wonderful medical staff at the Children's Hospital in both Orange County and LA. Saylor's heart is finally able to help her lungs. Prayers, thoughts, good vibes or whatever your gig is are all appreciated as she continues down and long road and to earn the nickname "Rocky".
Updates can be found:
www.saylorkaypierson.com

Locomotive Engineers

Elle and Catherine were pretty much in charge of the MetroLink last night in Irvine. Everyone got home on time and after work, Elle and Catherine relaxed by playing on the pirate ship and sliding down the tongue of a giant whale. WOW! Whatta day.

Wedding in Napa

A great weekend celebrating JD and Lauren Brosnan's wedding in Napa.


Photos by Mrs. Hoversen!

We have been busy! Grandma and Pappa Boland came all the way from North Carolina to stay with us for a short but very fun week at the end of September. We managed to makes stops in San Francisco, Los Gatos, San Ramon and Monterey! Catherine LOVES when she has all 4 of her favs with her to spoil her!

Busy Weekend for the Bean

What a fun-filled and action-packed weekend! On Saturday morning Catherine and Sarah got a green thumb and filled our yard with beautiful fall flowers. Then it was off to the gym, where the Bean couldn't get enough of the slide and the ball pit. On Saturday night we went out for pizza and then on a whim stopped by downtown Walnut Creek to enjoy the Walnut Festival parade. Today we headed to Oakland for the final time this season for a little tailgating fun with the Scheid family before watching the A's complete a sweep of the Indians. Go A's! After all that fun, the little one didn't have much left. She was asleep almost before we got out of the parking lot! All that fun is just exhausting!

A Blurry Monday....

Ahhh, and so we come to one of our final Monday FunDays of the summer. With school rapidly approaching, Cat and I took this last opportunity to share a new adventure together - and it went by in a blur! Mainly that was a result of Catherine not sitting still for a single second on this week's adventure to Studio Grow in Concord, and indoor activity center for kids 0 - 6. When we arrived, Cat headed straight for the baby dolls, grabbed two, and dragged them onto the dance floor with her. After we danced a few songs, it was off to the ball pit, where Catherine waded around and picked up virtually every ball in there, held them up one at a time, and proudly exclaimed, "Ba!" We slowed things down a bit in the reading room, but there were so many choices she had a hard time sticking with just one.... We ended our trip with the Bean's first rides down a slide! She had a great time, laughing all the way down and then immediately turning and trying to climb back up the slide. As you can see, Cat lived it up on this Monday, and the fun flew by in a blur.