a little update on the kata clan.....
matt got home from spring training on the 28th. he was gone for 5 weeks total... and it went surprisingly quick! we are very glad he is back home, or as the kids say "daddy no work". tripp and gentry's talking skills have really exploded in the passed few weeks. GG is talking is small sentences like her brother, although there is still babbling thrown in there as well. i think that you have to be around them a lot to understand everything. most words are understandable, but some matthew can't even figure out! mama usually gets it.....
tripp has become absolutely glued to my hip. he freaks out anytime i leave him or a room. more than usual. it has gotten ten times worse than normal. GG seems to get along with anyone, and she loves to flirt. she is a little stinker still! she loves to get a reaction from doing things she knows are wrong. little turkey.
their favorite movie of the month is Cars. tripp wakes up in the morning and immediately asks for it. GG loves movies, but tripp LOVES movies. i am just glad that i finally got those beauty and the beast songs out of my head before i went crazy!

This is a bit long, but cute. They are having a blast with their new swing set. They love to play "choo choo" down the slide together....

On a different note, Tripp says "ah man" all day long. Every time he gets hurt, drops something, etc, he says it. It is really funny. GG has turned into a destructive little girl. She thinks making a mess and clearing off the table like someone does in a movie is funny. She is a little turkey! She walks around going "gobble gobble".....
They are both talking a ton, although, a lot is tough to understand. They are turning into little people!

It's been a while since I've updated........
Things have been quite busy lately with Matthew gone at spring training. He's been gone for 2 weeks now and it has actually gone by pretty quickly for me. There's never a dull moment with Tripp and Gentry! They have definitely become independent. Especially Mr. Tripp. He is constantly saying "I do it! I do it!" They both want and need to do everything themselves. If I go to pour them a drink, they want to do it. If I am cutting the top of their popsicle off with scissors, they have to put their hands on the scissors. etc, etc, etc.....
They fight every. single. day. Most of it is over the dumbest things. Gentry likes to tease Tripp and steal his toy and runaway with it laughing while he is screaming crying chasing her to get it back. She then proceeds to pull his hair and he in turn pushes her. I've gotten to where I just ignore it sometimes because they don't listen to me when I tell them not to hit each other! Standing in the corner for time out doesn't work either because they fight over who gets to stand in the corner. What to do?
On a better note, they are also playing with each other a lot. It is so funny to watch them chase each other screaming and laughing in delight. They run all over the house laughing and jumping on the couch or hiding in their Dora tent. Speaking of Dora, they are obsessed. Dora has to be on in the car. They are starting to repeat back during episodes. So stinkin' cute.
Tripp, by the way, is going to turn into a pretzel. He eats pretzels everyday. He can eat a huge breakfast and immediately runs to the pantry for a "snack". He needs his pretzels. GG loves snacks as well, but she switches back and forth between granola bars, pretzels, goldfish, and "andy" or candy. We give them a multi=vitamin that tastes like candy, so they love getting those. She is constantly asking for "uckers" or suckers. I think my kid's teeth might rot out.
So there's a quick update of what's happening with T&G!