Walking

Up until now, Kaitlyn has only been taking a couple steps here and there. She loves to walk all around the house while holding on to someones hands. Occasionally, she has been turning loose of the furniture to venture out on her own, but the most she has walked at one time  has been four steps this past weekend.

This evening, Paul and I were both busy washing dishes and getting dinner ready while Mom was entertaining Katie. All of a sudden, she was calling for us, and Kaitlyn was walking halfway across the kitchen. I didn't get a count the first time, but the second, she did a total of TWELVE steps before sitting back down!!! Our baby is growing up right in front of our eyes......

First Steps

While Paul and I were out of town visiting Katie's godmother, she took her very first step (September 5, 2010). Tara and Katie were playing on the floor, and Tara let go of her waist, and Katie balanced by herself for a few seconds. She stepped forward with her left foot very steadily until Tara and I both screamed with disbelief. We were only just talking about how she'd be walking soon moments before!! Startled, Katie Bug sat back down and has not taken steps unassisted since. She has, however, been cruising all around the house while hanging on....

Kaitlyn Can Stand!!!

Kaitlyn's First Haircut

Today, my mom needed to get her hair cut, and we thought we would ask Miss Janet if she would be able to trim Katie's hair while we were there. It's about four inches long already and her "bangs" are in her eyes. She doesn't really have a "hairstyle" at this point as her hair is long in patches and growing back in others. She has very long bangs though, and a couple of "wisps" of long hair in the back.

Janet was able to trim up her bangs and "soften" the wisps in the back. Katie did fairly well. She didn't quite know what Janet was up to, but she enjoyed playing with Janet's necklace and she certainly liked all the attention! :o) She looks so cute!!!

Before

Playing with a comb

Playing with the sparkly necklace

Katie with Miss Janet!

First Solids: Rice Cereal

We fed Kaitlyn her first cereal today. I have been waiting to start her on solids based on the current recommendations by the AAP of six months exclusive breastfeeding. And, I am happy to say that we met that milestone!! Woohoo!!! (Most know this has been challenging for us).

She has been showing signs that she is ready for solids for a couple of weeks now:

*She sits upright

*Can support her head upright

*"Mouths objects"

*Watches us eat

*Mimics our eating

*Tries to eat/drink all of our food...

Some of this has been rather interesting, like say when she wants to share Uncle Jon's glass of wine.

Gimme that Uncle Jon!

Don't worry, we didn't actually let her drink any.

And she was rather determined to help Grandpa eat his birthday cake.

That is until Daddy came along and took all the frosting off her hands. She didn't like that part very much.

So tonight when I got home from work, we decided to make her some cereal. Everyone was there to see how the Doodlebug did, and I am happy to report she got about half of the cereal actually in her mouth!

Ready for Dinner!

I want the MILK!

She didn't like eating in the high chair at first, so I had to hold her....

Then Grandma was able to get her to eat some; she wanted to help.

Grandma and Katie

She got a bunch of it on her face and bib.

My turn!

Daddy started off feeding her, and then took another turn at the end. By this point she was done eating and she knows that Daddy is a sucker for her alligator tears! :o)
Our little girl is growing up!

Trying to Crawl

Our little goober is trying to crawl....she is not quite there yet, but she sure is trying. :o)

Kaitlyn Learns to Roll!

Kaitlyn rolled from her back to her tummy tonight! We were so surprised that she has already reached this milestone. Fortunately, we were both at home and were able to watch her reach this special milestone first hand!