William Viktor Stejskal is here! "Baby Will" was born this morning at 7:52 am and was 7 lbs 10 1/2 oz and 20 1/2 inches long! He has dark curly hair and looks just like his daddy (including his hairline!) So far he is very mellow and a champion eater......I'm doing great too!
Pictures are coming....I can't get them to load here!
12.14.2009
12.13.2009
baby day!!
tomorrow is the big day.......
we will have "baby will" out of the belly and into my arms!
hooray!!
we will have "baby will" out of the belly and into my arms!
hooray!!
12.10.2009
31 (part 2)
i forgot to include this............
my favorite card!!
(sent from amber)
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31
this year i turned 31......now i really do feel old!
my cup"cake"s....yes, vic made them all by himself!!
blowing out the candles
kate stealing one.....which she didn't actually eat
my cup"cake"s....yes, vic made them all by himself!!
blowing out the candles
kate stealing one.....which she didn't actually eat(i think she licked it once, maybe!)
opening presents....
my cute nieces, kielee & kiera :)
(i don't know what happened to the pictures.....we'll blame the camera, not my mommy!)
opening presents....
my cute nieces, kielee & kiera :)
(i don't know what happened to the pictures.....we'll blame the camera, not my mommy!)11.23.2009
new sayings from our kate
kate is getting to be such a fun little girl......with lots of attitude and spunk!
some of the newest things she likes to say.......
1. "oh nuts!"
she started saying this a couple of weeks ago whenever something goes "wrong". i finally figured out its from monsters' inc.
2. "no (insert name...), right now!"
she said this the other night to vic and i about fell over laughing! she wanted a drink and he told her just a minute......she lovingly let him know she needed it that very second. (i can't imagine where she got this phrase from!)
3. "hang on."
she uses this one whenever she doesn't want to listen or follow instructions.....
4. kates "knows" there is a baby or her brother in my belly. when i ask her what's in her belly her gives me one of two answers.....its either, "my brother's in my belly," or my favorite, "my tummy's in my belly,"!
i took her to the doctor and he asked her how she was feeling. she lifted up her shirt and said, "my tummy hurts, its my brother...." he looked at me (and my big belly) and laughed!
5. not a new saying, but too funny not to mention. we are still trying to potty-train (it is going better, but not quite there yet!) kate was using the "potty" and had a little cup that she plays with in the tub. she kept holding this cup under her and i kept trying to move it away from her.....i finally asked what she was doing and she looked up at me (pretty much like i was an idiot) and said, "mommy, i peeing in the cup....." that's when it clicked! no more ob appts with kate! she was trying to pee in it like she had seen me do!
6. not a "new" one, but i still want to include it.....grandma & grandpa stejskal speak czech to kate when she spends the night with them (yes, how great is it that they not only watch her all the time, they keep her over-night! love it!) when i drop her off and she is ready for "me to leave", she says, "chow, mommy!" and will show me to the door (that is if she even lets me go inside!)
is it bad that this doesn't hurt my feelings? i love that my little kiddo doesn't have a fit when i leave her....she knows i'm coming back and "she'll make it"!
when she does miss me, she just asks grandma if she can call me :)
7. one more.....we were all at grandma stejskal's a couple of weekends ago and we were talking about the baby and i started to ask kate questions about how she was going to help......would she help feed him bottles.....yes! sing songs to him when he is crying......yes! put blankets on him to keep him warm.....yes! and what she was going to share with him......her toys....yes! her binkies........yes! her kitties......yes! her grandma......this is where she paused and then said......no!!
love my peanut!!!
some of the newest things she likes to say.......
1. "oh nuts!"
she started saying this a couple of weeks ago whenever something goes "wrong". i finally figured out its from monsters' inc.
2. "no (insert name...), right now!"
she said this the other night to vic and i about fell over laughing! she wanted a drink and he told her just a minute......she lovingly let him know she needed it that very second. (i can't imagine where she got this phrase from!)
3. "hang on."
she uses this one whenever she doesn't want to listen or follow instructions.....
4. kates "knows" there is a baby or her brother in my belly. when i ask her what's in her belly her gives me one of two answers.....its either, "my brother's in my belly," or my favorite, "my tummy's in my belly,"!
i took her to the doctor and he asked her how she was feeling. she lifted up her shirt and said, "my tummy hurts, its my brother...." he looked at me (and my big belly) and laughed!
5. not a new saying, but too funny not to mention. we are still trying to potty-train (it is going better, but not quite there yet!) kate was using the "potty" and had a little cup that she plays with in the tub. she kept holding this cup under her and i kept trying to move it away from her.....i finally asked what she was doing and she looked up at me (pretty much like i was an idiot) and said, "mommy, i peeing in the cup....." that's when it clicked! no more ob appts with kate! she was trying to pee in it like she had seen me do!
6. not a "new" one, but i still want to include it.....grandma & grandpa stejskal speak czech to kate when she spends the night with them (yes, how great is it that they not only watch her all the time, they keep her over-night! love it!) when i drop her off and she is ready for "me to leave", she says, "chow, mommy!" and will show me to the door (that is if she even lets me go inside!)
is it bad that this doesn't hurt my feelings? i love that my little kiddo doesn't have a fit when i leave her....she knows i'm coming back and "she'll make it"!
when she does miss me, she just asks grandma if she can call me :)
7. one more.....we were all at grandma stejskal's a couple of weekends ago and we were talking about the baby and i started to ask kate questions about how she was going to help......would she help feed him bottles.....yes! sing songs to him when he is crying......yes! put blankets on him to keep him warm.....yes! and what she was going to share with him......her toys....yes! her binkies........yes! her kitties......yes! her grandma......this is where she paused and then said......no!!
love my peanut!!!
11.19.2009
preschool?!?!
today was kate's first day of preschool!!!!
i'd like to say she missed me....or i missed her....but let's not kid ourselves....we both loved it!
i took her in & off she went to start playing on the horse. i told her good-bye and asked if i could have a hug. she said, "no, i don't want one!" you would think this would make me sad, but its her usual response....it just makes the few hugs and kisses i do get that much more special! when i turned around to leave, she did say, "bye-bye, mommy!"
off i went back home to enjoy my 90 minutes of freedom, quiet-time, no one climbing on me time, do whatever i want time.....i sat down and enjoyed a piece of vic's pumpkin pie....yum!
after my lovely 90 minutes (so looking forward to that every week!) i went back to get her. her teachers said she did a great job and is "such a cute little peanut" (she is the only little girl in the class!) in true "kate-style", she did not want to leave and i had to go get her!
she was so excited as we were walking out of the school, "mommy, i had fun!! i played!!" she also told me that she listened to a story and had a snack, "potatoes and juice! yummy! i wanted more!"
my little goof is growing up!
she did a little art picture...here is her very first school "masterpiece"!
i'd like to say she missed me....or i missed her....but let's not kid ourselves....we both loved it!
i took her in & off she went to start playing on the horse. i told her good-bye and asked if i could have a hug. she said, "no, i don't want one!" you would think this would make me sad, but its her usual response....it just makes the few hugs and kisses i do get that much more special! when i turned around to leave, she did say, "bye-bye, mommy!"
off i went back home to enjoy my 90 minutes of freedom, quiet-time, no one climbing on me time, do whatever i want time.....i sat down and enjoyed a piece of vic's pumpkin pie....yum!
after my lovely 90 minutes (so looking forward to that every week!) i went back to get her. her teachers said she did a great job and is "such a cute little peanut" (she is the only little girl in the class!) in true "kate-style", she did not want to leave and i had to go get her!
she was so excited as we were walking out of the school, "mommy, i had fun!! i played!!" she also told me that she listened to a story and had a snack, "potatoes and juice! yummy! i wanted more!"
my little goof is growing up!
she did a little art picture...here is her very first school "masterpiece"!
11.10.2009
gus
some of the interesting places that our strange little gus can be found.......
when i do the dishes......he likes to sit in kate's kitchen!
while i get ready.....he waits in the bathroom sink!
he also falls asleep during/after he eats with his head or paws in his food dish!
he really is the weirdest cat!
he spends 1/3 of his day chasing/cuddling/getting in the way,
1/3 trying to take a nap in whatever room we are in,
and the remaining 1/3 pooping in his box....kate will tell you all about his "stinky bum"!
we love our fuzzball!!
when i do the dishes......he likes to sit in kate's kitchen!
while i get ready.....he waits in the bathroom sink!
he also falls asleep during/after he eats with his head or paws in his food dish!
he really is the weirdest cat!
he spends 1/3 of his day chasing/cuddling/getting in the way,
1/3 trying to take a nap in whatever room we are in,
and the remaining 1/3 pooping in his box....kate will tell you all about his "stinky bum"!
we love our fuzzball!!
11.05.2009
Aunty Ollie $100 Gift Card GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!
couldn't resist this one! i love that someone is making clothes for children that don't have to be covered in cheesy cartoon characters or have silly animal prints on them! love it!!
Aunty Ollie $100 Gift Card GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!
Aunty Ollie $100 Gift Card GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!
11.02.2009
trick-or-treating 2009
we had such a fun halloween this year! a couple of parties, lots of treats (have you seen my belly lately??), and a great night of trick-or-treating!!
last year, kate wasn't really sure what was going on! we put her in her silly outfit & made her walk up to doors around our neighborhood (only about four people even answered!) she wasn't interested in the candy she did get....i think it was mainly for mom & dad...ok, really mom!!
this year, totally different story!!
several weeks before halloween i kept asking, "kate, what do you want to be for halloween?!?" (of course in a overly excited voice)....she would just look at me like i was crazy!
so then i would ask, "kate do you want to be a witch for halloween?" i think to humor me, she would answer (in an equally excited voice), "yeah!!". i wasn't convinced, so i would ask, "how about a ghost?....a princess?.....a monkey?" pretty much every costume i could think of & her answer would always be, "YEAH!!"
so next we went to wal-mart (visual-aids are always helpful!)
we went down the halloween aisles to look for ideas......the only costume kate would even look at was the scooby-doo one! (this is because the only thing she watched with her cousins in georgia was scooby-doo!) at first i was worried that she wouldn't actually wear the headpiece because when i took it out (i couldn't find her "right" size & was worried about it fitting) she refused to put it on. so i carefully folded it back up & told her that if she wouldn't wear it, i wasn't going to buy it.....no problems after that!!
kate loved her "scooby-doo"!! each time she wore it, she also insisted that i paint her face with make-up! she would sit perfectly still (well, as best as a two-year-old can) while i smeared her face with the brown goop! she was so funny.....she would turn around & say, "my face is messy!", but she did a great job not touching it & keeping it on!
halloween night finally came & into her "scooby-doo" she went again! my dad came over and off we went to hit the neighborhood! kate did such a good job, walking up to the doors, holding her bag open for her candy, and saying, "thank-you". we ended up with a group of our friends which made it fun for kate (and for us!)
kate had such a great costume.....everyone thought she was a boy! about half-way though, her sleeves kept sliding up, so i pulled out her pink sleeves and stopped worrying about her pink pants that were poking out the bottom! but it was also dark at this point, so she still got called a boy!! (oh well, i'm sure the only person that really cared was me!)
towards the end of our night, kate was getting tired & started riding in the stroller. her bag was also getting heavy so she found a little spot that she could hang it up on in between houses (what a smart girl!)
we made it home safely and with more candy than one little child should ever eat....i think i know two people that can help take care of some of it for her!!
last year, kate wasn't really sure what was going on! we put her in her silly outfit & made her walk up to doors around our neighborhood (only about four people even answered!) she wasn't interested in the candy she did get....i think it was mainly for mom & dad...ok, really mom!!
this year, totally different story!!
several weeks before halloween i kept asking, "kate, what do you want to be for halloween?!?" (of course in a overly excited voice)....she would just look at me like i was crazy!
so then i would ask, "kate do you want to be a witch for halloween?" i think to humor me, she would answer (in an equally excited voice), "yeah!!". i wasn't convinced, so i would ask, "how about a ghost?....a princess?.....a monkey?" pretty much every costume i could think of & her answer would always be, "YEAH!!"
so next we went to wal-mart (visual-aids are always helpful!)
we went down the halloween aisles to look for ideas......the only costume kate would even look at was the scooby-doo one! (this is because the only thing she watched with her cousins in georgia was scooby-doo!) at first i was worried that she wouldn't actually wear the headpiece because when i took it out (i couldn't find her "right" size & was worried about it fitting) she refused to put it on. so i carefully folded it back up & told her that if she wouldn't wear it, i wasn't going to buy it.....no problems after that!!
kate loved her "scooby-doo"!! each time she wore it, she also insisted that i paint her face with make-up! she would sit perfectly still (well, as best as a two-year-old can) while i smeared her face with the brown goop! she was so funny.....she would turn around & say, "my face is messy!", but she did a great job not touching it & keeping it on!
halloween night finally came & into her "scooby-doo" she went again! my dad came over and off we went to hit the neighborhood! kate did such a good job, walking up to the doors, holding her bag open for her candy, and saying, "thank-you". we ended up with a group of our friends which made it fun for kate (and for us!)
kate had such a great costume.....everyone thought she was a boy! about half-way though, her sleeves kept sliding up, so i pulled out her pink sleeves and stopped worrying about her pink pants that were poking out the bottom! but it was also dark at this point, so she still got called a boy!! (oh well, i'm sure the only person that really cared was me!)
towards the end of our night, kate was getting tired & started riding in the stroller. her bag was also getting heavy so she found a little spot that she could hang it up on in between houses (what a smart girl!)
we made it home safely and with more candy than one little child should ever eat....i think i know two people that can help take care of some of it for her!!
10.31.2009
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