Bekah's "birthday"

Bekah has been talking a LOT about her 4th birthday, which won't be here for nearly 5 MONTHS.  Yesterday, she requested gift bags, which she filled with her own toys as gifts for herself.  Today she wanted to make decorations to take with us to CA for her party.  I think all of this might spring from the "If you give a pig a party" book that she got from Great Auntie Joan.  She's been into bringing her books to life lately, and those books are her favorites right now.  Hence her making her own books for school the past couple of weeks ("If you take a mouse to school").  Today she wanted to pull out the streamers and give herself a birthday party, and I thought, "What the heck?".  One less thing to pack, right?  So, we had a pretend birthday party after naps.  She repeatedly told me how "awesome" I was as I hung streamers.  Her "friends" joined the party and she and I played a rousing game of Scrabble as well.  Let's be honest, she just picked out the letters to spell our names.  But it was a lot of fun. I need to pretend with her more often. 

You may also notice a picture of Cate in the laundry basket.  I needed to carry both her and the clean clothes upstairs.  She slept away in there and was so super cute, I didn't have the heart to move her.  I just kept a really good eye on her.  She's been sleeping for a few hours now and it's making me nervous she won't sleep tonight.  At 9 weeks old, she's had a couple of 5-7 hour stretches at night.  Not too shabby. 

We celebrated our 7 year anniversary on Monday.  Wow!  I am continually struck by what an amazing man I married.  He is so good to me.  It is not at all uncommon for me to be sleeping at 9am while he is up with the kids after I had a rough night with Catie.  He's more than I could ask for in a husband and also an intentional father.  I think I hit the jackpot 7 years ago. :) 

Our friend Darin watched the girls and we got to go on a date Curtis planned-to a cute French restaurant in Brookside (crepes...yummm) and out to coffee and a little competitive board game playing.  It was so good to be alone and have fun together. 

Ok, pictures!

I cannot HANDLE that little face! 

Cate's hair is HILARIOUS right now.  Long on top and in back, and balding like an old man on the sides. 

This dress from Ang is Bekah's FAVORITE, as I may have mentioned before.  She'd wear it every day if I let her. 

She's such a proud big sister.  And she repeats EVERYTHING I say to Cate in a little high pitched, sing-songy voice....wait, do I sound like that???  Oh dear.