Here's a couple of pictures from tonight. Katie never fails to entertain us with her silly faces. This first one was actually after Mom asked her where her ears were. Smart girl!
I don't know what Katie was thinking here, exactly. Perhaps she was sucking every last delicious morsel off her fingers. Dad actually cooked tonight. And he didn't even use a grill. Shocking!
I cannot tell you how much Katie adores her daddy. As you can see in the picture, she loves her little play session early in the morning before dad leaves for work. She never wants to see him go. Later, at about 5 or so in the afternoon, she starts to point to the door and screams "da-da" every so often. (Even if mom steps outside for the mail or something, Kate yells "da-da" when she comes back through the door!) Of course, her whole face just lights up when he finally makes it home. Yep, she's a daddy's girl already.
Finally caught the Kate-meister attempting to get up on all fours with this shot. You put the right thing near her (her toy balls, Geno's tail, some forbidden food), and she'll now lunge, slither, or get up on all fours toward it. Baby steps, right? It's kind of humbling to brag about these little things that our 13-month-old does after receiving an email from a friend in Chicago whose 6-month-old is crawling already...Go Gabi!
With our weather unseasonably warm, Kate and Mom spent the entire afternoon at an area park. They watched a pick-up soccer game, swung on the swings, and tried to cruise on some playground equipment. Unfortunately, our proper, little "lady" discovered how fun the dirt at her feet could be. She became so enamored with it that she was soon covered in dirt and wood chip shrapnel. And, of course, she demanded a snack not too long after, so she had dirt-covered grapes, cheerios, and milk. YUMMY!
Kate has finally started to "cruise" around our furniture. (For those out of the loop of baby lingo, that's walking by holding onto something.) Of course, she's decided that she will ONLY move right and ONLY at a snail's pace. Hey, she has to start somewhere, right? And, she doesn't discriminate as to where she cruises. This weekend, Traci placed her against a round shelf at Gap; and Kate proceeded to cruise around almost the entire thing, much to the amusement of some other customers.
Slowly but surely, we are trying to teach Kate how to be a more independent young lady. For example, we are trying to wean her from the bottle to a big girl cup. I think we're going to have to be quite patient with this one... Just look at what happens when she gets hold of a cup without a stop-valve! We're not sure if more milk ended up in her mouth or her bib.
