Katherine is 12 Months!

Birthday Girl!

I took off for Katherine's birthday thinking we would have her 12-month well visit.  But, I forgot Dr. P is off on Fridays so we just played hooky instead!  We started the morning with breakfast at MacDonald's which was Luke's choice.  We took Luke to school after that and Paul went to work.  Katherine and I spent the day together doing errands, playing, eating and taking naps. 

Katherine continues to be an easy-going baby.  Her sleeping and eating are basically the same.  We dropped her afternoon bottle at school this week and she did not seem to notice.  For now she gets a bottle when she wakes in the morning, has fruit for breakfast mid-morning, bottle before lunch, lunch which is usually a baby food veggie or table food, an afternoon snack, supper at home with us then she nurses at bedtime. 

Mobility: This is where we have noticed the biggest difference in Katherine the past month.  She is not walking on her own yet but she loves to be pushing on anything that will go!  She is also quite the adventurer.  Her favorite thing right now is climbing -- she will climb up and down any steps, stools, chairs or basically anything else she can find.  She would much rather be roaming around on the ground as to be held. 

Happenings: She has two more teeth now.  That brings the total to four - two on top, two on the bottom.  You can not really see the top ones good unless you hold her back and get her to laugh really big so she opens her mouth.  She still  babbles on and on but very few intelligible words.  She has started some cute noises with her tongue.  We remember when Luke did that.  We think she likes to hear herself because she will do something then grin really big. She has also started pointing at things she wants which is cute.

We are so blessed to have Katherine in our lives.  I know I say it all the time but she truly is a joy and is such a fun little girl!  We are excited about watching her grow and mature every day!