Back to Work

Last week, I officially returned to work.  I thought about Katie a lot, but I knew she was in good hands with my mom.  As far as Katie goes, she has now straightened out her crawl and has increased the speed of her crawl. She still uses her wacky crawl on the wood floors.  Her foot that she swings to the side usually provides more traction on that floor than her knee. I love to watch that crawl though. 

Katie has also re-discovered her "scary face." For a while it was happening less frequently, and I sort of missed laughing at it. Now she is back to doing it a lot. Sometimes, I think she realizes it makes people laugh because she'll smile after the scary face, but other times, she'll just make her scary face and then go on with life like she has done nothing weird.

Katie still has a lot of things she loves, and  one of those things is books. She loves listening to books, looking at books, playing with books, unstacking books, and pulling books off the shelves. One of her favorite books is "Pat the Bunny." My principal gave Katie that book along with the Pat the Bunny stuffed animal at one of my showers, and Katie can't get enough of that. The other day, she went over to choose her toys. She stopped first at the newspaper to take an ad with her. Then she stopped at her toy basket and got the Pat the Bunny stuffed animal. Then she went to her books and chose "Pat the Bunny" and "Goodnight Moon." I hope she continues to love books throughout her life!

Katie's Dress from Hawaii. Thanks Uncle Jeff and Aunt Grace!

  

Scary Face Returns

Still enjoying the dress!

Katie's Choice of Toys

 Katie's First Postcard from Grandma Noreen and Grandpa Joe

Katie "Reading" Her Postcard

A Busy Week

Jennifer had the week off to celebrate her birthday, and while she was home, we kept Katie pretty busy. She had her first visit to the zoo. Just like when she's in any new situation, she was pretty quiet and serious at the zoo as she took everything in. She did like waving to the animals when she saw them which was pretty funny!

At the zoo



Later in the week, Katie had her first picnic at a lake. We chose a picnic table right next to the lake, so she could keep her eye on any action. She loved watching the people swimming and fishing in the lake and also enjoyed waving to the people passing by. She really, really likes being outdoors, so it was easy for my parents to sit with her at the picnic table while Jennifer and I walked around.

In other news, Katie has started crawling. She has a really wacky crawl. She crawls normally except for her right leg. Instead of keeping her right leg bent, she swings that leg straight out to her side, and stands on her toes to move forward. Her left leg stays bent. I'm not sure what is going on with the right leg, but she gets where she needs to go!  She has also learned to pull herself up on her feet when she is next to a piece of furniture. The learning continues.



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