What happens when your daughter is left home alone with her daddy and brother

Daycare costs WHAT?

Apparently even the H&R Block TaxCut program finds the price of childcare exorbitant!!

Quotes

I have a lot of books from my "youth" filled with random and various quotes that I liked. Here's one I found today: Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little. Marguerite Gardiner

Sick Days with Daddy

I was sitting at my computer (working diligently, of course, not posting on my blog...) when this photo came through on my email. Makes me TOTALLY wish I was at home with my little sick girl and her loving daddy!!! But at least I know she is in wonderful hands :)

Let it be known to all...

that on this, the twenty-fifth day of January in the year two thousand and nine, Andria and Trevor have at long last determined where they will vacation and it shall be here.

Broc Omama

Catherine has been listening to NPR a lot lately. She's formed quite a fondness for the next President of the United States (good girl!) and sings his name from her carseat on the rides home. Apparently, she thinks that he remembered her birthday. Max brought over a card from his brother (Broc) and when we opened it, I said to Cate "It's from Broc" to which she replied "Broc Omama!"

Tall, Thin, and Smart

Those were the words that Cate's doctor used to describe her at her 2 year old check-up this morning! She's 33.5" (50%), 24 pounds (25%), and is talking like a 3 year old. Personally, while it's always nice to hear someone say your child is "smart", I think the bars are set a little low for the assessments. Maybe that's just me. I would say Cate is towards the higher end of speech, but plenty of kids her age are speaking like she does! Oh, and when the doctor said "tall" I think she meant relative to her weight, but in the Staniec house, we'll take average height any day! So, in short, we have a normal, healthy 2 year old who is enjoying all of the "perks" of being 2, meaning she says "no" to just about everything, only wants juice in the cup that is dirty, doesn't want to wear her jacket outside, and insists on picking out her own clothes (although she'd rather not wear any at all!).