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sorry for the light posting this week. work has been busy and with monday being a holiday everything has been compressed, making for a very hectic four days....
the rock 'n roll marathon is happening here this weekend and since our house is on the race route [after six months, the road construction was finally finished on friday!], we're hosting a breakfast on sunday morning to cheer on all our friends crazy enough to run. good luck heather, julie, jeremy, january and jess!! we'll see you at mile 18! [tasty tidbit, and maybe this is too much information, but marathon day last year marked the final time i had morning sickness. i remember like it was yesterday, running back to the house, booting in the backyard and then rallying for rest of the race. boy i don't miss that feeling.]
my sister asked for more video and since her birthday was this week, i planned to oblige. but i've been trying since yesterday and am not able to upload video, which is extremely frustrating. i'll add it to this post as soon as i can get it to work. sorry!!
i remember like it was yesterday, getting all dressed up, excited beyond belief to meet my new baby sister. i was at a slumber party the night katherine crews was born and we were watching this movie when the phone rang, my dad calling to tell me the news. i remember buying an 'it's a girl' balloon in the gift shop on the way up to my mom's hospital room, thrilled that i was now a big sister.
from that first moment until now, i've loved sharing life with you little katsky. i hope you have the best year yet. i love you!!
we won't reveal which year you are celebrating, just that it's KIND OF A BIG DEAL and we'll leave it at that. wishing you a very happy birthday from your west coast family and cheers to a wonderful year ahead! 
photo of zack and the birthday boy, 1975.
thea has two activity centers, one upstairs and one downstairs. the one downstairs has springs and allows her to jump to her little heart's content. this has been a lifesaver in the evenings [thank you grandma!] as we put her in it while we eat dinner and she's able to get all her energy out before bed. [plus the added bonus of remaining upright after she eats generally means less puking, though her maniacal jumping often counteracts this - i'll post a video soon.]
we call the contraption upstairs her "office" because it houses so many gadgets, buttons, widgets and iphone apps. [what is she doing with all those apps??] there's even a mock slot machine; thanks baby einstein for teaching our kid about gambling. i was wondering if five months was too young to take her to a casino but hey, i guess not!
nuggie's office is ground zero for the numerous high-level projects she has underway, most of them top secret. if i had to guess i'd say she's close to finding a cure for the swine flu but i can't be positive about this. she always concentrates extremely intensely when she's working [exhibit A and B below], so much so that her anterior fontanelle begins to pulse.
one might argue that it's a little creepy, though of course i think it's cute. whenever her soft spot starts to move, we tease her and ask her if she's receiving signals from her home planet. beep beep boop. beep beep. boop boop boop. she doesn't find this funny but i think we might be on to something here....
last week we delved into a whole new world of tastes and textures and i have to say, it's been pretty entertaining for zack and me. we added three different foods to nuggie's main staple of brown rice cereal: avocado, banana and sweet potatoes. i've really been putting my culinary skills to the test and even learned how to steam vegetables! we're all growing and developing here people.
a brief rundown of thea's likes/dislikes thus far:
avocado = total flop. it was met with shivers, gagging and head shaking which is strange since she loved guacamole the few times we let her taste it.
banana = lukewarm. she likes a few bites and then it, too, elicts gags.
sweet potatoes = outlook is sunny. this has been her favorite so far, but not without some prodding. i start by giving her a few bites mixed with cereal and then we progress to eating it solo.
below is video documentation of miss monker's histrionics. notice how she's pretending not to be interested in eating. don't be fooled, when the camera isn't rolling, she quickly resumes her little piggy impersonation. and some photos that zack took:
update: i have to admit that thea has gotten so much better about eating sweet potatoes since we took this video last week. whatever the reason, hunger or the fact that she's resigned to eating the 10,000 pounds i made and froze, she's gobbling them up now.
zack has been determined to get thea to say dada since the day she was born. in fact, i think he once guaranteed that it would be her first word. awhile back i attempted to launch my own 'mama' campaign but quickly realized i didn't have the strength or determination that he possessed. yesterday we saw the fruits of his labor and it was pretty amazing!
fast forward to 2:03 if you don't want to sit through the entire video. ps: thea sat unassisted this morning for almost a minute. so exciting and yet it makes me a little sad that my baby is growing up so fast!
