The Morrill Times

You may have noticed a recent lack of postings...this is mostly due to a major lack in recent pictures of Kate! It might be a couple years before she comes back out of hiding... 'sigh.'

You'll just have to take my word for it--she is REALLY cute. She has kind of been going through a terrible two phase (right after she turned two, actually), but has been a little more "normal" lately. She loves to give kisses--it is hilarious to watch her try to kiss Andrew. She puts her hands on each side of his face, straightens his head, and zeroes in on his lips. He always turns his head to the side, so she'll kiss him on the cheek instead, but this drives her crazy. She does not give up until she plants one on his lips! She'll grab him firmly and persistently try again and again. It is so cute! The other night before bed, she even told Andrew for the first time, "I love you, Daddy" (at my prompting--but still!).

One of my favorite things that she does is put her hands on her cheeks, furrow her brow, and exclaim with all the angst she can muster, "What do we do?!" She does it when we can't find something, I'm changing her poopy diaper, etc. I have no idea where she got this from.

She calls nursery "boys and girls." I'll ask her if she's excited to go to nursery, and she'll respond with hope in her eyes, "Boys and girls?" She loves to wear a dress on Sunday, and tells me over and over when she sees me in my dress, "So cute! Pretty dress!"

She's really been honing her sales techniques lately. I don't know where she got this from either, because I'm pretty sure I've never done this (and I know Andrew doesn't)...but she'll say something like, "Snack?" Then she'll raise her eyebrows at me and nod up and down while continuing to say (all the while smiling sweetly), "Snack?" Followed by--"Come, Mommy." Then she takes me to whatever she wants. When Andrew did summer sales, they taught him to nod when you're trying to get people to agree to something. Weird, right? It totally works on me, though!