On the Move

Katelyn has started moving around the house all by herself. This first began on Saturday evening, when she was playing with her blocks. She threw a couple out of reach and then figured out how to get over to them. :) Here she is going after the car keys. She was very proud of herself.



Her version of crawling is a bit unusual, using one foot and one knee along with both hands, but it is working very well for her. She seems like she wishes she could get up onto both feet, which she still prefers above all else. She pulls up on us all the time and is getting more confident pulling up on the furniture as well.

It is an amazing thing to see her explore in this new way. She is so pleased with herself and gets very frustrated if there is something just out of her reach or moved there so she can't get a hold of it. She managed to get herself under the computer desk and was very upset when she got pulled out.

9 Months Update

Katelyn has reached the 9 month point and is doing great!!! She has started pulling up and is working on mastering the idea of balance as opposed to falling on her bum. She still does not seem interested in crawling but definitely wants to be moving on her own. We expect she will be cruising along very soon. She is also very attached to Mommy. It is very hard for me to leave a room at this point if she is not coming along too.

She has gotten a clean bill of health from the doctor at her check up. She now weighs in at 19 pounds 10 ounces and is 29.75 inches tall. Lucky for her, no shots were required this time around, so it made for a much more pleasant visit. She also seems to be cutting more teeth. The top left two teeth are on the verge of erupting any day now. She has been chewing on everything she can get into her mouth, including the cat's tail. ;)

We have moved her bed into her own room now. We will be getting her new curtains this weekend and have started decorating. Will post pictures when we get it all done. =)

8 Months Update

Katelyn is becoming more and more indipendant every day. She prefers to feed herself whenever possible and eats 3 big meals of solid foods a day now, plus snacks. She loves the rice cakes that Julia sent over from England for Easter. Thank you so much for the bottle as well. It is very easy for her to hold on her own.

She can sit up like a champ and has even begun moving around a bit, especially when she has stuff to push off of, like Mommy or Daddy's laps. :) She is bound to be crawling very soon. We also think she is teething again as there has been a bit of extra fussing lately and last night was extremely restless. She still loves people and playing with other kids. She also loves being outside and looking around at all the trees and plants around our house.

I think her favorite thing to play with, however, is our cat, Terry. Every time Terry comes in the room, Katelyn focuses all of her attention on her. She pets her whenever she gets within arms reach, sometimes a bit too roughly, but Terry is very good about it. She will walk away when she has had enough but has never retaliated in any way for all the yanks on the ears and tail. And she keeps coming back for more.

Vacation in Maine (Cont.)

Katelyn also got to go swimming for the first time while we were on vacation. She had a great time in the pool with us. We got her a play ring, which is a lot like her exersaucer at home, and she was able to kick around in the water without us having to hold her the whole time. She also got to experience going underwater completely. She didn't seem to mind it but was not completely taken with it, either.

Vacation in Maine

Two weeks ago we took Katelyn to Maine to see her grandparents and meet more of her extended family. This was her first airplane trip and she was wonderful. She was smiling and playful and many of the other passengers commented on how well she behaved. She loved having so many people to look at and interact with.

While in Maine, we spent a lot of time with Memere and Pepere both at their house and at the resort. They were both thrilled to see us and see just how big Katelyn has gotten in the past 6 months. They even babysat for an evening so we could could go to dinner just the two of us. Thank you for that. :)

Katelyn got to see her great-grandmothers for the first time as well. Both were very excited to finally meet her. We took each of them out to lunch and showed them lots of pictures.