My little girl with a big, beautiful smile. Petite, but active. A great eater. A big lover. A snuggler. I love that she shows us more of her personality each day. She is getting so mobile. Around Christmas time, she started standing. She is picking up speed in her crawling. Last week (to my dismay), she started climbing the stairs!
She is finally getting teeth. Her first bottom tooth is about half in and a second bottom tooth is cutting through. She won't be toothless forever, I guess.
One of the cutest things that Kate does is her "flop," as Bob calls it. It's her way of cuddling. She'll just be sitting there and then all of a sudden she quickly thrusts herself onto you. To me, it looks like suddenly she finds that her head weighs 100 pounds and she can no longer hold it up, so she has no choice but to fall into you head first. It's really hard to explain but once you've been the recipient of the Kate Flop, you know it is a sign of love.
Her biggest, most consistent sound that she's making is...drum roll, please....Mama! Reed and Cora both went for Dada first, but this girl likes her M sounds. Hooray for me!
I want to say that she puts much more stuff in her mouth than Reed or Cora ever did, but I think, in reality, there is probably just more crap on the floor now with two preschoolers in the house. I don't even know how many stickers I have pulled off the roof of her mouth or even where these stickers are coming from.
Kate finds Reed and Cora increasingly interesting and they both make her laugh. They have so much to teach her.
I'd say we are in a challenging phase with three active kiddos. Kate's moving around more, Cora's potty training, and Reed is just an inquisitive boy. Besides factoring in the potty training, alone each is not too much trouble, but they all seem to need something at once. That's when one feels, shall we say, challenged.
They do drive me crazy, but every single day after I have them all sleeping in their beds, I reflect on what great kids they are. From frazzled to blessed, it's amazing how your perspective can be transformed in one short hour.
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