Fall '09 Update
Katelyn is really enjoying her new school. She has a number of new friends that she talks about each day after we pick her up. She went on her first field trip a couple weeks ago to a pumpkin patch and played in a jumper with her classmates. It was a lot of fun for her. She is getting really good at puzzles, and still enjoys doing art of all kinds.
She is also a great big sister!! She loves to get down on the floor or into the crib with Matthew to play with him. He has gotten very adept at grabbing her hair, at the base of her skull usually, and she keeps coming back for more. I think she likes being able to tell him not to do something. ;) She still likes to help feed him and offers him some of her foods, when they are things he can eat. She will smush her peas in her fingers and feed them to him, or break off some of her bread for him to munch on.
Matthew is 8 months old now and adores his sister. He lights up when she comes into view and gets upset when she goes away. He has fun playing peek a boo with her and has been trying to keep up with her chatter in the back seat each day. He loves to talk!
He has 4 teeth now. The first came through on October 16th and the other 3 were in within 1.5 weeks. He also has at least 1 more coming in, and he continues to try them out on everything. He has gotten his fingers good at least 3 times now...once even drew blood!! He likes to sit up and play but prefers for us to hold him up so he can stand. He was even cruising a little for the first time last weekend while holding onto his stroller. He wants to be able to keep up with his sister so badly.
Matthew is very big on solid foods. He eats most of the vegatable and fruit combinations available and even likes the meat meal medlies. Katelyn would never eat any of the meat ones. Chicken noodle and turkey with rice seem to be his favorites. He also will mow through Cheerios and Gerber poofs like there is no tomorrow. Bread has become a staple for him as well. He will yearn for ours when his is all gone. We are really looking forward to feeding him at Thanksgiving. So many good foods to eat!!!
