What's new with Katelyn?

9 months and 1 week old
Here is the latest update on Katelyn: She now easily pulls herself up on anything. She can also walk while holding on to something. She loves to crawl all over the place and explore every inch of her surroundings. She especially likes crawling under and over things (everything is one big jungle gym to her).

She still says DaDa and BaBa repeatedly and sometimes a sound that resembles "Hi", but today was the first time I also heard what sounded like MaMa ... it's about time Katelyn :) I am not sure if it will become a regular thing yet ...but it was definitely wonderful to hear!!

It is also amusing to watch her play. She clearly has favorite toys. She digs through her boxes of toys, tossing the ones that she doesn't care for to the side, until she gets to the one that she was looking for. It is amazing to watch her develop and literally everyday there is something new she does or that she discovers.

Katelyn can also tell us, non verbally, that she wants "Up". She will come over to us, pull herself up on our legs and reach her arms up...letting us know she wants to be picked up. This I find to be too cute for words. She is growing up way too fast...It seems like just yesterday we were waiting to see when she would roll over for the first time and now she is on the verge of walking...

Here are some random video clips of Katelyn in action:









These are just some recent pictures of Katelyn looking cute...










Is this baby up to something or what? Check out that mischievous grin!

Swinging

9 months old
We took Katelyn to the park to go on the swings. She loves the swings, and right before I took out the camera she was smiling and laughing. But of course when I go to capture this cuteness on video she starts staring at the child swinging next to her and all I get is a blank expression. Figures huh!

Rocking Horse

Katelyn was given this rocking horse as a gift when she was first born from Todd's Uncle Bob and Aunt Sonja. Now that Katelyn is mobile she has been eyeing the horse for awhile now. She is not quite old enough for it yet ... but that didn't stop her...so with a little help from her daddy she was rocking away. Once she got used to the horse and galloping noises it made she seemed to really enjoy it.

Relaxing in the grass

8.5 months old. Katelyn was having alot of fun at the park yesterday. She was practicing standing with her daddy and I am sure she is looking forward to when she is old enough to play on the playground.

Da Da

For a few weeks now Katelyn has been babbling the same two words over and over, "Ba Ba" and "Da Da". I know she doesn't really know what they mean yet but it is really funny because anything she sees, hears, or touches she says "Da Da". When I go into her room in the morning the first sounds out of her mouth are "Da Da" and when she is playing with toys or riding in the car she is constantly saying "Da Da". It is really cool to hear real sounding words coming out of her mouth, whether she understands them at this point or not it is amazing how fast she is growing and developing.

Standing already?

8 months and 1 week old

Katelyn has reached another one of her developmental milestones or from her point of view more fun stuff she can now get into. She has just started to pull herself up on things. She has done it a few times so far and likes being able to stand but hasn't figured out how to get down yet, as you will see from the video clip.

Snoring

8 Months old

**You'll want to make sure the volume is on for this next video clip.**

It is Monday morning and I had to wake Katelyn up so I could bring her to her Grandma's house. As you can see and HEAR from the first clip she was in a nice, deep sleep. (and yes, that weird, animal sound in the background would be our daughter snoring... she must get that from her daddy ;)

Jumping and Bouncing

One of Katelyn's favorite activities is playing in her "Activity Center". She absolutely loves jumping up and down in it and making as much noise as possible!

Good Morning!

Katelyn is just about 8 months old in this video clip.

This is what I see as I go into Katelyn's room in the morning. She is usually wide awake and kneeling in her crib. She looks like a little prisoner in jail, all she needs is a tin cup to bang back and forth across the crib rails. It is however very cute now that she can pull herself up to her knees. (We had to lower her crib and take the mobile out a little over a week ago.)

Random video clips of Katelyn

Here are some clips of Katelyn over the past two weeks, she is about 7.5 months in the videos. As you can hear from some of them she can be quite loud.

Laughing

Katelyn is definitely ticklish and loves to laugh and giggle. She was a little over 6 months old when this clip was taken.

The video below was taken at the park when Katelyn was 7 months old and she was loving the grass!



This video clip of Katelyn was taken when she was about 7.5 months old and she is still easily amused by most things.

Loving Carrots

As you can see from the video clip Katelyn loves carrots...she actually likes all her baby food. I have not found any foods that she dislikes yet. She also eats very nicely now... she used to love giving raspberries with her mouth full of food and spraying food EVERYWHERE. Luckily she is past that phase!

Crawling!

Almost 8 months old...

Katelyn just started to figure out the whole crawling thing about a week ago, everyday she is getting better and better at crawling, which means she keeps finding more things for me to baby proof!