New additions: the Fire Baby, B, and W

You have already met the Fire Baby--her name is Cate.
We were walking through the mall on Saturday. Chris was pushing the double stroller with the girls; all of a sudden he heard a guy say, "That's a fire baby!" Obviously the man saw Cate's hair :) But I like the term "Fire Baby" because it describes Cate when she's mad. She doesn't get really mad too often
(only when she's uncomfortable in her car seat, in fact)

but it's priceless. Cate the Fire Baby. We love it! Every time we go out, we get a ton of compliments about our little Fire Baby and her full head of red hair!

B and W refer to dear friends of ours, new members of our family. Perhaps you recognize them? They are famous, after all:

Valerie brought Buzz and Woody from Texas for Lizzie, Miss Toy Story fanatic. She was a little taken aback at first--we think she didn't expect Buzz and Woody to be life-size! But she warmed up to them quickly! Buzz and Woody join us everywhere (within the house boundaries, of course).

My mom is known as Mimi to the girls, and Chris's mom is called Granny. We were so lucky to have Granny with us for eight adventure-filled days!
We took the Metro down to the Zoo--


Cate's first Metro ride, we might add!

Checked out the panda--awesome!

This girl loves the misters!

Examining a little animal of some sort in the small mammal house


We went to the mall and played around;

Cate slept while Liz played ;)

Sunday before church: Granny and her matching granddaughters!


We also stopped by GW, where Chris will start school in a month (so soon--yikes!)


Here's my cuz, G-Dub (Really, he is my 1st cousin, nine times removed on my dad's side. Go George Washington!)

Reed came over to watch Winnie the Pooh!

Liz tested her Buzz-mobile,

And she danced in it, too!

Liz helped make chocolate chip cookies with Granny


We had a wonderful time with Granny and we miss her very much already! The girls were definitely spoiled with gifts and clothes, which is a grandmother's job, Valerie says :) THANK YOU, GRANNY! WE LOVE YOU!