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February 26, 2008 by Kristin Leave a Comment

Katy and Chad came to visit us — and their old stompin’ ground of Murray — for a long weekend. We really enjoyed catching up with them and meeting their daughter Megan, who is three weeks and a day younger than Cate.

Here are some snapshots and a bit of commentary from the weekend …


Yeah, what a good host Cate was! Seriously, though, she got another runny nose, although it only seemed to sporadically bother her. Thursday night she especially seemed to be lacking energy, as you can tell. Usually she’s all about eating, but she passed up her bites from some sleep in the restaurant.


We had friends over Friday night for game night. Fulfilling his role as “Ladies Man,” Luke took a few minutes to play with Megan.


I just thought this was cute. She’s messy from having just finished eating and having a runny nose. Lovely combination, I know! But I like her smirk, and her little teeth that are showing. Speaking of teeth, she cut her sixth one last week and is working on at least one more. That’s four on the bottom and her two top “fangs.”


Cate and Megan really played pretty well together. Together meaning at the same time, in the same mess of toys, without really bothering one another. They did always seem to be most interested in the toy that the other had. This music table was a hit …


… although Cate tended to dominate. I guess it’s those three weeks she has on Megan! Seriously, though, it was neat to watch their personalities come out. Megan is a bit more reserved than Cate, who always has something to say and somewhere to be.


We took them to a Murray State game. It’s only appropriate that Megan be introduced to basketball in Kentucky, and we didn’t want to fail her! She seemed pretty content taking in the atmosphere. Katy’s picture from the game has a bit more action, with Cate enjoying the water bottle she had just taken from Megan, who obviously wants it back.


So Megan was ready for church and Cate wasn’t. But they’re still a cute pair!


Back to the popular music table. I must say, though, both girls are pretty good at standing up. For Cate, it’s a rather new thing, like in the last week. (Side note: She also learned how to sit up from laying down rather well — and consistently — last week. And, let me tell you, every day she’s finding herself in more places more quickly!) Megan even worked on holding something in her hand, in this picture a Nemo Pez dispenser, while she stood!


As you can see, Cate did eventually get dressed for church. Cute tights, huh?

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  1. Peggy says

    February 26, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    What great photo’s. It is so much fun to have friends that have children close in age to yours. I was looking forward to seeing some new pics and you didn’t disappoint me.

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  2. Shelley says

    February 26, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    They are adorable together. I hadn’t seen Katy’s little girl. She’s precious. I’m glad you all had a good weekend. 🙂

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  3. Anonymous says

    February 26, 2008 at 10:41 pm

    FYI-when babies cut teeth there is usually a runny nose that accompanies which lasts for a lenghty period of time!

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Telling stories is my therapy and I love sharing them with friends on my porch.

The main characters in my stories are my entrepreneur husband, our high school girl who never forgets, our middle school boy who has no fear, and our joy-filled first-grade girl. As we live out our stories, we seek God as the author of them all.

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