Disney Pictures - Katie's Birthday

The Tree of Life

The battery started acting up and I couldn't get any more pics of Goofy but I do have where they took some for us. Once I figure out how to get them I will e-mail you all pictures. I got a hug from Goofy too!!

As you can see; Logan adores Mickey! (So does Ryan; the only way to keep him calm while waiting in line was to pick him up and show him Mickey!!)

The Birthday girl!

Ryan; the Super Fussy BOY!

I was trying to get a picture of the deer but it was nice to catch something else in the frame!

This is supposed to be a picture of Mount Everest but as you can see I didn't do a good job!

Slow updates

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted but as usual it's crazy here! Katie turned three today and we celebrated by taking the kids to Disney. I was prepared early yesterday; packed all three bags and everything else in the morning after making my list (and yes, checking it twice). I remembered everything but forgot to charge the portable DVD player and the camera. Luckily the camera had enough juice to get most of the shots I wanted so it wasn't a total bust. (I don't feel so bad, Curtis forgot his cell phone so had to use mine to check in at work!)

I have to say, this trip was the most non-stressed trip with the kids that we've had in a very long time. I just decided I would make sure to take pictures so that we would have something to show and to not stress when the kids started to scream as all the kids do it. Good thing I decided that ahead of time; Ryan screamed for the first hour or so every time we stopped the stroller to look at something. We had to stop to change diapers so Curtis let him out to run and once that happened there was no putting him back in a stroller. It was quite funny and it sure helped with the nap later when we left! I love the camera I received for Christmas; I was able to push a stroller and take pictures at the same time. (Although, a few did turn out a little fuzzy most of them were super!)

On the way home, Katie, Ryan and Marie (YES the nine year old actually fell asleep too!) while Logan watched Boo Bahs on the DVD player. Lord, but I can't stand those stupid things!! They are more annoying then the other pink, purple, yellow and red "blobs" that came out before them. Of course, now Logan has decided he really REALLY wants to watch that DVD and listen to them sing so it's on continuously!! What in the world was I thinking?!?!?!?!

Tons of fun!

Wow, what a week we've had! Marie got off the bus last Friday with a note from the school clinic. It just said that she had a stomach ache but no fever and she had rested and then went back to class. If I had only known what I was in for.....

She didn't want to eat at all Friday which is very very unusual. Saturday more of the same and complaining of a stomach ache still. She then admitted that she had vomited on the way back from P.E. but didn't tell the nurse. We did finally get her to tell us that she had eaten a gummy worm off the floor in the classroom YUCK! She ate some ramien noodles with broth and a few saltine crackers on Saturday but that was it. On Sunday, only wanted water but I made her eat some crackers so she'd have something in her stomach but by lunch time the yucky stuff started.

She would vomit two to three hours after eating something. She could keep some water down but not much else so by Monday when it didn't improve we made a trip to the doctor. She gave us something for vomiting and nausea and warned me that she could continue to vomit for another 24 hours. If she didn't improve her liquid intake we would be making a trip to the E.R. for some IV fluids. Those stupid pills they gave her cost over $10.00 each. The first one came back up but by the time she took the 2nd one she was able to keep enough food and liquid down to start improving. On Wednesday morning she woke in the best of moods to announce that her stomach didn't hurt anymore and that she was ready for school. Of course, I couldn't let her go in so she stayed home trying to get caught up on homework all day.

We skipped all of Ryan's therapy because I couldn't bring Marie into the hospital while vomiting or while her immune system was a little low. (Lord knows what she would have "brought" home after one visit!) We made a trip (between vomiting episodes) to the school on Tuesday to get some work for her to do once she was feeling better. By the time Thursday rolled around, I was so looking forward to taking Logan to therapy it wasn't even funny! Usually by that day I'm dead tired and still have another day to get through before the week is over.

Lesson learned this week: Marie will NEVER EVER pick up food off the ground and put it anywhere near her mouth no MATTER WHAT! If she does it again; we go directly to the E.R. to get her stomach pumped (or at least that is what she thinks. We went into great detail about how they do it and what it's like so that maybe JUST MAYBE she will never do it again!)

The kids are home from school today as it's a teacher duty day and off again on Monday at it's Martin Luther King's birthday. That should give Marie plenty of time to get all of her homework caught up. (She's already starting the "Mom, Ms. O'Donnell said I didn't have to do all that reading work". First it was because "it's the beginning of a four day weekend so I don't have to do it." then it became, "it's the end of the grading period and she said I don't/can't make it up" My how the stories change!!)

A little something about Ryan

Ryan has been progressing with leaps and bounds lately. The other day we were at the hospital waiting for the therapist and I was trying to distract him from getting irate. Katie and I started counting on our hands. Ryan decided to join in by moving his fingers around and counting from one to ten. He is now saying all the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse characters too. (Mind you, Daisy sounds like Sissy and Micky sounds like boogie but we all know what he's saying)

Yesterday we were relaxing and playing waiting for Marie and Logan to get home when he did something that surprised me. He put his hands over his eyes and started counting. "1, 2,3, 4, 5; ready or not here I come." Of course it's not as clear as that but it was so close I knew what he was saying. I had him repeat it several times then I thought to go grab the camera to try to get it on video. Needless to say I lost that opportunity because when he saw the camera he started saying "cheese!" as he thought I was trying to take his picture. I will do my best to get him on tape and post so you can laugh with me.

I tried again to get him on "tape" doing this but he sat there and said cheese and proceeded to run over to Katie and steal her toy. Katie is now allowing him to play with her little "computer". She's such a good and loving big sister. Now if we can work on her attitude about eating.....

Katie and Ryan napping

Mommy's little angel all tired out.

He was playing hard and then decided to lay down to watch Mickey Mouse. Next thing you know.......

Back to school day

Well it was back to the old grind today as the older two were off to school first thing this morning. I had made lunches last night and done a few things so I wouldn't be so crazy this morning. I'd really like to continue doing these things in the evening so I can relax a little in the morning. This morning Ms. Katie was very clingy and I know it's because she knew Marie and Logan were going back to school.

Ryan went back for therapy and did okay. It had been two weeks since he'd seen his Occupational Therapist and I thought he was going to be a little cranky. He was so ready for her; he said Hi and when I asked if he was ready to go see her he said a very loud YES! Katie was very happy to see Ms. Cheryl; as soon as she came out of her office Katie dropped her dolls and went over and put her hands up in the air to be picked up. These kids adore Ms. Cheryl.

Ryan fell asleep on the floor with his butt up in the air about an hour ago. I set Katie up in the highchair so she could have a sandwich but it wasn't enough so she demanded some chips. She's asleep with her head on her hands. I want to get her down but I'm thinking I should just let her be. If I try to get her down she will wake up very cranky. I have a picture of each and will post in a minute or two. I'm enjoying the quiet time since it will only last about another 20 minutes until Logan and Marie hit the door. It will then be time to make some bread and bake Logan some cookies and start bugging Marie to do her homework.

I have now become my Mom; I now know why she (and all the other Mom's) looked forward to school starting back up!

Holidays are over

Well, the holidays are over and the kids are ready to go back to school. Okay, not really but I am ready for them to go back to school so does that count?? I made it past midnight on New Year's Eve which for me is a miracle. Don't think I've done that since.....since....I really can't remember! I actually stayed up until after 1:00 as I had found a funny show on TLC around 11:00. It's called Jon and Kate plus 8. It's hysterical! It's about this family that had twins through invitro and then decided they wanted one more. Well instead of one they got six; three boys and three girls. We don't have to deal with anything compared to what this family does which makes our crazy life seem almost normal. Curtis watched the episode that came on after midnight and we laughed and decided we will make it a must see for Monday nights.

We got up at a respectable 8:00 on New Year's Day and decided to go ahead and take the decorations down. I was getting really tired of tripping over all the stuff we had to remove in order to get the decorations up inside. We stored it all in our room which was a little annoying as we had finally gotten that room organized. (We will be organizing it again sometime this week.) It took us all day to get everything down and organized in boxes. Curtis called himself the "pack master" as he was able to get all our decorations plus the couple of bags he purchased on Sunday into all the same boxes and still managed to have one empty box left over. Yes, I did say one empty box left over. I couldn't believe it either; let's just hope that it's worth it come next Christmas. I'd really like to have all the tree decorations to be in one or two boxes instead of scattered through out all of them again.

On top of all that I made us breakfast and got some blackeyed peas on the stove to cook for New Year's lunch. I had to stop in the middle of packing to throw some corn bread in the oven because what is BEP without cornbread??!! It was a very good lunch break and I even took about a 10 minute nap while he talked on the phone with friends and his Dad. I was very thankful for the interruption as with all that it still took us until almost 6:30 last night to get everything down, in boxes and put back up in the attic. I still had to vacuum up, do dishes from breakfast and lunch and make dinner. (I did take the easy way out on that meal; sandwiches with chips) We had good meals for two of the three meals so what the heck right?!

I was so tired that I made the BIG mistake of making coffee around 7:00. I took my last sip around 8:30 and it wasn't until Logan finally fell asleep at 11:00 that the stupid caffeine kicked me. I went to bed as my body was protesting it needed sleep. I tossed and turned until Logan came in to get me at 1:00. He was able to fall asleep rather quickly but I was still awake at 1:30 when Ryan woke up. I think I finally settled into a nice deep sleep sometime after 3:00 and I was up around 8:00 with the kids. Next time I decide I want coffee after 7:00 p.m. I'm going to just go to bed and say the heck with that! Yes, I'm drinking a cup of coffee right now as I'm having trouble staying awake and that's with all four children running around and making noise.

Christmas at the Cole's

Katie and her My Little Pony. Ryan has really enjoyed playing with this. My Little Pony has a walker and will move all around talking. Ryan will either follow her or let her bump into him. It's great that they all love each other's toys.

Logan's favorite toy: Ryan's talking Eeyore. Logan did get a new piano keyboard and he was loving it. He tried to smash at the box it was in. This boy loves his music!

Marie's wish came true, sort of; a Disney Princess laptop instead of a Barbie laptop. She's decided she likes this one a lot more!

Ryan and his very own Mickey Mouse! Katie's Tigger is almost as tall as she is and yes Logan grabbed him to play with as soon as her back was turned. Logan decided he liked all the big stuffed animals and took them into the recliner where he was sitting. He had no room left after he added Katie's Tigger, Ryan's Elmo and his own Batman!

The children chomping at the bit; ready to see what Santa brought them. Can you believe that they let Mommy and Ryan sleep until almost 8:30?!?!

Ryan and Katie

Ryan and Katie playing with an awesome toy that they bought with their gift cards from our friends Karen and Alex. Thank you!!!!!!!!! These kids love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so it was a no brainer on what they were going to choose.

A little funny

The kids all had a very enjoyable time at the Magic Kingdom yesterday. We took them all in (since Ryan was awake this time even he got to enjoy it) to Mickey's Philharmagic. It was a little too loud at times for Logan but he was a trouper. When Aladdin was on his magic carpet flying through the air, Logan was saying "AWEEEEEEE" and giggling. He refused to even try on the 3-D glasses so it wasn't as good as it could have been for him. Ryan kept his on for a little while and kept trying to talk to the different characters. Katie would reach for things as they would pop out. They all wanted to ride the carousel so we all jumped on once and then I took Marie, Katie and Logan back on a second time. Logan and Katie both loved sitting on their horses. Logan was smiling and saying "AWEEEEE" again while Katie gripped hers and grinned from ear to ear. At one point she said, "look at me Mommy, I'm riding a pony".

They were able to catch the end of one of the shows that the characters perform at the castle. I used that time to grab the little ones one-by-one to change diapers. They were able to see most of the show and Marie told me about everything I missed. "Mommy, you missed the fireworks while you were in the bathroom!" I believe we may have been able to get a picture of them on the camera but will have to load those few pictures a little later. They all (except Ryan and I) went on Buzz Lightyear. Logan's favorite Toy Story character. He was in total awe of the huge larger than life Buzz that was in the waiting area. When they came back from that ride even Katie was talking non-stop about it.

We left a little early as Ryan was tired and fussy as was Ms. Katie. On the way out of the park Katie was singing the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song. Only her version was just a little off. It sounded like, "Mickey Mouse Craphouse, come inside it's fun inside. It's the Mickey Mouse Craphouse." She said she wanted to take a picture with "Gooty and Puto". She had us in stitches for most of the ride home. When she wasn't being cranky she was cracking us up. She was able to get a nice nap towards the end of the ride. Logan didn't get a nap at all so he was a very cranky little man later on. He was fine when we got home but around 1:30 this morning he was not being nice Logan anymore. I think he had way too much feedback yesterday with all the neat rides and shows. I'm hoping that he will sleep better tonight so I can too.

Marie didn't want to miss school because she was afraid she was going to miss some exciting Christmas thing. By the time we got to the park she was happy she came. Who would have thought that anyone would rather be in school than go see Mickey and friends???

Is it over yet? or Are we there yet?

School only has this last week before they get out for the winter holiday. We are going to take the kids to Disney tomorrow so they can see Mickey and Pals in all the Christmas decorations. We can only go through this week and then it's blackout days until after New Year's. Our passes don't expire until the beginning of February so we will have a little more time after the holidays to take them. Sea World is having a nice Polar Express thing going on at their Wild Artic exhibit so we hope to hit there too. I believe those passes expire at the end of the year so we need to get there this coming weekend or next week. The Polar Express exhibit will only be there through Christmas Day so we need to go this weekend or miss out all together. Since they all love the movie (especially Logan and Ryan) we really need to try to get them there.

I have the sound track from Polar Express in our stereo. Whenever I turn it on the kids all come running. Ryan and Katie stand at the gate just staring at the stereo while Logan runs around saying "Po Spess". Marie always joins in the fun too singing at the top of her lungs and manages to get the others to follow suit. It's quite histerical to watch; I may need to tape it one of these times and put it on here. I laugh so hard my sides hurt. That's what kids are for; to make you laugh, cry and just about every other range of emotion.

Katie should (should) be just about out of her terrible twos as she turns three at the end of January. The other day they (Katie and Marie) were in their room watching a movie as it was too early to be up and out of bed. I walked by their room to hear Katie telling Marie to "go stand in the corner RIGHT NOW!" Apparently Marie had done or said something she didn't like. She also loves the word NO right now. She tells me that all the time especially when I'm telling her to go stand in the corner for time out. It reminds me of Marie at her age and I have to tell myself she should be growing out of that nasty stage soon. Ryan should be hitting that when she gets out of it. (at least I hope and pray he waits until she's done before he starts!)

I'm looking forward to Christmas and then it will be over and done with until next year. By the time it gets here I'm so tired of it all that I'm glad it's done and I know I can't be the only parent who feels this way. We still have to take them to get their picture with Santa. That's another stop I need to add to this week's list. Here I thought I was almost done with getting ready. Oh well, at least there are only 7 days 8 hours and 25 minutes left. :)

Outside; DONE!

Well, Curtis took the day off yesterday and spent it getting all the outside decorations up and looking pretty. (He had already put the lights on the house but he took a break from the yard decorations) I wanted to get a picture of everything last night but the dew pretty well obliterated anyone from seeing the snowmen in their snowglobe. He had everything on when Marie got home from school yesterday and she was so excited!! She had to go check everything out and make comments and say thank you to Daddy for putting them up.

Logan didn't go to school yesterday or therapy either. He was up like normal and dressed and just about the time I was going to put his shoes on he ran in and said "diaper". I grabbed a diaper and the wipes and knew we were in for something when I changed it and found just a "squirt". I bagged it up and had Marie take it to the garbage so I could wash my hands and here he is saying it again. I dried my hands and did it again. This time nasty stuff but I still thought okay, he went and now we can get him ready for Daddy to take him. (Daddy had volunteered to take them for me so I could have a break. What a great Daddy he was trying to be!) I start to wash up from that one and here he is saying it again. It happened one more time like that and I said forget it. I called the school, attendance and the therapist to say he wouldn't be going anywhere. Poor little guy! He wanted to go to school so badly; he came up and put his backpack on and was saying "bus!"

Of course, after I cancel with the therapist and call him out of school for the day, he went one more time and it was normal. I'm glad I kept him home as it would have been bad for Daddy to try to deal with that at the hospital or on the way to school. Here he was trying to help me out and he couldn't. I say it's the thought that counts. It made my day that he wanted to do this for me so I gave him a big hug and said thank you anyways. He was able to devote the rest of the day to getting the decorations done and all the kids loved that so it wasn't a bad day after all.

The poor neighbors woke up this morning to discover that all their belongings in their vehicles (that weren't part of the vehicle) were gone. Some lovely person took everything from them. They had left their vehicles unlocked and that is how they were rewarded for being very trusting people. What a horrible time to have it happen! It's a violation anytime it happens but it just seems so much worse during the holidays. We have always locked our vehicles; habit from where we used to live. It paid off for us this time but a year or so ago it didn't matter that we locked them. Some lovely bored teenagers went through the neighborhood slashing tires. They got both back tires to the van to the cost of $200 give or take. Thankfully the neighbors were missed that time.

What is wrong with people these days? Why do they have to do stuff like this especially at this time of year??!

Inside, done! Outside, not so done.

The very first thing to get put up was the tree. I almost gave up after that as it took a couple of hours to get it all done. Thankfully Marie and Katie helped me. (Ryan supervised)
Should have put a sheet down on the computer table so you don't get the background. Will remember this for next year (or this year if I can find a plain white sheet that's cheap!)

I love this sleigh set. Can you see where the reindeer's antlers are missing?? It's called check the box BEFORE you leave the store.

Our first Christmas decoration from when we were first married. It has issues but we still love it! (Notice girl at top of the stairs is missing her legs?!?!)

Our stuffed Christmas bear/Santa collection. (most of it)

Kids favorites; Mom's nightmares. (That's why they are the very top shelf where no child can get to them)

Our Disney sets that we have bought the day after (or whenever they go to 50% off) Christmas.

Need more batteries and another electrical strip to get these working. Marie likes the town on the left. (Ice skating)

Our stocking holders; note no stockings?! I had to pull them back off when we figured out Ryan can pull them down now. Will save the stockings for Christmas Eve.

More stocking holders and some singing Santas.

I love this set but I don't want to lose the little pieces so I left everything in the box.

It's not all that we have but it's enough for now. I'm tired just looking at the pictures. I was almost done when Curtis came home from work or so I thought. He did the Disney scenes all by himself and it took him at least an hour to get it all done. I love those; looks so real especially with the lights off. I did try to get pictures of the tree and those items the light up but I can't figure out how to get the flash to not work so it all looks like I took them during the day. One day I will learn the ins and outs of the camera and then we'll probably buy a new one.

Work, work, work and more work!

Curtis and I have been getting the boys room put together so that they can sleep in there every night. It has taken us two days to get it all done as it had become a storage room since neither boy wanted to stay in there. We moved our television in there so they could watch movies and pulled all the extra clothing and shoes out. We went through all the clothes and I ended up with two hampers full of clothes that Ryan, Katie and Logan can wear. This just made more work for me for after I get the laundry folded. I will need to go through their drawers and pull all the too small clothing out. In Logan's case I can box that up to save for Ryan but with Ryan and Katie I will be putting it all in bags for the goodwill or anyone I can find with little ones.

Curtis hurt his back this week so we still haven't cleaned the carpets and I was able to talk him into waiting until after we pull the Christmas tree and decorations down. I need to go through that area one more time so I can start that project on Saturday. Marie has been chomping at the bit to get everything up and take pictures. The neighbors have some of their outdoor decorations out already so every day I get a reminder to get my stuff in gear. It will take us (me) all day Saturday to get everything put up so I'm declaring Sunday my FREE day to relax and rest my arms, legs and everything else. Daddy can help me change diapers and cook on that day. I think he needs a break too; I've run him ragged this week with all the housework.

Katie

Katie after Thanksgiving dinner. No, she didn't have any turkey but she was very tired from waking up early and refusing to take a nap.

After Thanksgiving

Normally, I would have had all my inside Christmas decorations/tree up and the boxes put back into the attic by Saturday late evening. This year it didn't happen that way. We discussed cleaning the carpets first as we've been meaning to do this area for months now. I'm glad that we agreed to do that. I cleaned up the area where the tree goes so we can move one side of the room into that spot, clean, then move everything back to the other side and clean. I should be able to put up the decorations and tree by this next Saturday.

Marie was very disappointed because she loves to help with the decorating. She has been sick since Thanksgiving with a sore throat and swollen glands. Poor baby got that kind of stuff from me. Growing up; whenever I got a cold I also had swollen glands. Back then (okay, WAYYY back then) the doctors told my mother that I needed to get my tonsils out. (Dave and I had it done at the same time; the hospital never was the same again! I remember him riding a Big Wheel up and down the hallways and running/shouting at the top of his lungs before surgery. His tonsils were supposedly worse then mine but that didn't stop him; he wanted potato chips and pickles when we got home from the hospital. I was smart and stuck with the ice cream.) It would stop all the sore throats and swollen glands. Yeah Right! I still get them. A lot of good that did and I believe now a days they don't take them out unless it's absolutely necessary.

The rest of the children have been sickness free for the most part. I am trying my best to keep it that way. Today, Marie is reading for her November book report project which is due Friday. Gee, she is a procrastinator.... I wonder where she got that from?!?! The rest of the kids are watching..... you guessed it a Christmas movie and playing with their toys. It's a pretty quiet afternoon (as quiet as it can be with this group) so I'm going to sit down with a nice cup of tea and relax for a minute or two.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Pictures from this week

Logan and his "chippies"

Ryan watching Polar Express

Marie showing off her coloring - great job Ree Ree!

Katie in time out.....hmmmm don't think we're getting the point across

Best buddies - Ryan and Katie

Saturday Date Night

Curtis and I were able to celebrate our 6th anniversary (a week late) on Saturday night. We had Ann and Charlie come to watch the kids. We are so very thankful to have them in our lives. Not only does Ann take really good care of Logan at school, but she and Charlie volunteer to watch all of the kids so we can go out. When the doorbell rang, I opened the door and before I could say hello, Katie screamed, "Gamma!". Marie had put the gate up near the kitchen to keep all of them on the playroom side so Katie decided to stand on a box and about crawl over the gate to get to Ann and Charlie. Logan was screaming "Charlie, out" meaning he wanted to be let out so he could jump up on Charlie and Ann.

We had a nice dinner at Stonewood Grill and had time to run for a cup of coffee before heading home. We still were home by 8:30 even after stopping in at the grocery store for a few things. When we arrived back home, the kids were all settling down until we walked in the door. Katie was so tired she said she wanted to go to bed. Logan was whiney so we put his favorite night night movie on, turned off the light and he was out within 15 minutes. Ryan was fussy but finally settled down after about 45 minutes so we could go to bed. Pretty sad for a Saturday night but we were all in bed by 10:00. Give me a Saturday night like this anytime!!!

A little bit of everything

Logan has decided he likes the play telephone. He picked it up the other day and it really looked like he was talking to someone. I grabbed the camera and told him to say Hello and Bye Bye.

Katie wanted to get in on the fun. If you have a camera in your hand you will have Katie right next to you. Mommy's little cutie pie.

You know Ryan with his Elmo. He won't go to sleep if he doesn't have his Elmo in the crib with him. Elmo is bigger than he is but he doesn't seem to notice. He will drag him all over if you let him. I tried to get a picture of him with his head down just laying on Elmo but he saw the camera.

Marie had her friends over again on Monday. They spent a good part of the day outside playing in the back yard. When it was time to come in to get ready for the girls to go home, I told them to put the stuff away and come inside to cool down and relax. Marie was covered from head to toe in dirt. Jordan was fine with a little dirt on her feet from where she had taken off her shoes. When I asked Marie if she had been rolling around in the dirt, and why Jordan wasn't nearly as dirty as she was; Jordan replied, "I didn't dig in the dirt at all but Marie...." Once the girls left I had Marie get into the shower. She wanted to take a bath but I said No Way! Imagine what the tub would have looked like. As it was, she took two showers. Yes two, I had to make her get back in and wash her hair and body one more time.

Jenna asked if she could get another cross stitch project to work on so we went hunting in my stash. She picked out a very pretty and hard pattern of a horse. I did the other horse pattern for my dad at least ten years ago. I hope Mom still has it so I can snag a picture of it. I can't wait to see how Jenna does. I was able to lend her all the supplies she needed so I told her that all I ask is either show it to me when she's done or take a picture for me.

Ryan and Katie have been playing hard together lately. They have been chasing each other up and down the hallway. Today, when Katie was on the floor Ryan gave her a taste of her own medicine. He lay down on top of her and wouldn't move. (Exactly what she does me when I get down on the floor for whatever reason) He also wants to play ring around the Mommy a lot more too. He tends to try to do that when I'm changing diapers. I have to either go in the bedroom and change diapers on the changing table or back myself up against the couch so he can't get near me.) Between Katie and Ryan; they both head right for me when I'm changing a poopy diaper. Katie will ask me over and over (and over) "did he poop Mommy?"