First words and first steps

We have had an exciting week in our household. Katie still says mama and dada quite a bit, but has added a few words now. She loves to say ooohhhh, and we believe she has said no a time or two. She still just jabbers away. We interpret her words to real words a lot of the time and a lot of times it does sound like she is saying things. It is so much fun watching her learn. Also on Monday night, Katie took her first step. It was so exciting. Katie was at an end table she loves to go and stand up at. There is a picture of the three of us on the table and she loves to point at all of us. kShe thn moved to the arm of the couch and let go, taking a step until she fell into my lap. Jason was out working on extreme makeover: home edition but I called him and left him a message. Since then, Katie has stood on her own a few times for a few seconds and then took four steps on her own last night. She was at the same table and did the same thing, left the table to hang on to the couch and then took four steps towards me and my outstretched arms. I started screaming to make sure Jason saw it and ended up scaring Katie. We will try and get some picture soon to post.

Summer Learning

Yummy yogurt.

Decided to sit in the basket with the books while she read.
Just can't resist this smile.
Trying so hard, but always seems to get the shoe upside down.
Chilling in my chair.
Ready to ride.
Talking to daddy on the phone.

Well, the summer is over and school is in and I miss my time with Katie so much. She learned so much over the summer and had so much fun. Katie has learned how to feed herself using utensils, to brush her hair, put on her shoes, to walk on her knees, to throw her cup down when it's empty, to walk really well holding on to furniture and pushing her car around, to climb on to her car to sit, to place things on her car to push around, to point with her thumb and then her pointer finger, what kitchen cabinet to get into, to throw balls, to pet Quillow gently, and to talk on the phone. There are lots of other exciting things that she is doing. For about the past month and a half she has really been interested in her books. She crawls over to her basket of books all the time, picks one out, crawls over to me, hands me the book and crawls into my lap. She likes to repeat this process several times. Sometimes she will get books out and flip through the pages and read to herself. Of course, I love this time because she is sitting still for a little while. Katie has become very interested in Quillow again. She screams with delight when she sees them and will fly out of our arms to get down by him. She has learned to pet him very gently and loves to get down face to face and look at him. Katie is able to recognize when we pull into the driveway and are home. She squeels with joy when we pull into the driveway. She loves to try and help us get her dressed. She often ends up pulling her bottoms down instead of up be she has the idea. She still loves to put everything in her mouth. Katie is such a delight and we love her tremendously.

Playdate!

One of our last Friday's together before school starts, Katie and I met Setler and Susan in Maumelle for lunch and some play time. It was a great time and they had a blast together. Katie hated leaving but she was out before the car even left the driveway.