Sooooo Big!

I can't believe it. One day my baby is learning to crawl, and just a few short days later, she is pulling up on furniture to stand. I captured a few pictures of her new milestone.

Oh yeah...and she's also cutting her first two teeth! It took a while, but both bottom middle teeth decided to come through at the same time. She's handling it pretty well.

Funny Story about Shoes

We've been bringing Katelyn to the nursery on Sunday mornings for the past couple of months. It feels so good to be back at church on a regular basis. Anyway, I had her dressed in a cute outfit my mom had given her a few weeks back. I also had put her in some cute gold sandals. When I went to pick her up I didn't notice her sandals were missing, but on the way to the car I realized it. I looked in her bag but I didn't see them there, so I went back to see if they were in the nursery. I asked the lady in the nursery if she had seen the sandals, and she got a funny look on her face. She started laughing and said that she thought the sandals belonged to this other baby because she had them in her mouth! So she had put the sandals on her. Ha! I thought that it was too cute that somehow Katelyn's shoes were taken off (either by her or the other baby) and the other baby was playing with them. That sneaky little baby just wanted those cute gold sandals. Who could blame her?

Worn Out!

Katelyn and I stayed home this afternoon after church, while Justin went to play golf. We played and played and she played by herself, then we played some more. Did I mention that she is a pro at rolling a ball back and forth! Anyway, about 6:30 she started showing signs of being tired. She would try to crawl, but her head just wouldn't stay up.

Too Many Toys

Now that Katelyn is a crawling machine, she can entertain herself for a long time. It's nice to just sit and watch her. I bought a basket at Target that is the perfect height for her to be able to reach in and get toys out of. The basket starts out full of toys, and just a little while later, toys are everywhere. I think my child has too many toys.
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9 months!

I want time to slow down but speed up all at the same time. With only 4 weeks left of school, I am so excited to get to the end so I can spend more time with my girl. However, she is growing so fast and learning so many new things, that I want her to slow down just a little, or just stay like this for a while. Here are some things about her at 9 months.

* She still does not have any teeth. We always think they are coming any day now, but nope, none yet.

* She started crawling May 4th. She would only go very short distances, and then the next few days she didn't do much crawling. Then May 8th and 9th, she really started going. Now she is starting to figure out that there are different rooms in the house that she can crawl to.

* When I tell her to say "ma ma" she immediately says "da da". No kidding. It happens every time.

* The sounds that she makes are "da da" "ba ba" "ya ya" and "pa". No "ma ma" yet. She also has a wide range of happy screams and noises that she makes when she is talking with people.

* She recognizes the following words: kitty cat, ball, jump (She loves her jumperoo and if we ask her if she wants to jump, she gets all giddy), Elmo (she loves her little Elmo doll), and bye bye.

* She waves hi and bye now. First she started with bye. She will open and close her little fingers and say "ba ba". This past Sunday she started waving hi to people at church.

*Her eating is different each day. Some days she will eat fruits and veggies for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and some days she wants nothing to do with solid food. We will ask the doctor about that but I'm sure he will tell me that is normal for babies this age.

*She loves my cell phone, I guess because it lights up when she pushes buttons. If she gets her hands on it, and we take it away, she will throw a fit!

Mother's Day

This was my first Mother's Day. It was such a great day. I couldn't ask for a more wonderful family. Here is a picture of Justin and Katelyn and the flowers they sent me.

Mother's Day morning at church was so special. Justin and I got baptised together in our church (It was his first time and mine was a rededication and a symbol of our family committing ourselves to the Lord together.) Then we dedicated Katelyn to God and promised to raise her in a Godly home and teach her the ways of the Christian faith. (pics to come!)

I will Blog Again Someday

I've been busy with life and it seems the last thing on my list of things I get to do is play on the computer. I do have a lot of cool things to share though, mainly about Katelyn. Hopefully this weekend, I will have some time to update.