I am the worst mom ever! I can't believe how little I have blogged this year - anywhere - here or the vacation site!
Miss Katie:
SO now that she has the walking thing down, she is just growing more confident with her motor skills. She loves to climb things, and she recently learned how to climb up the stairs. Climbing down was more challenging, but she's getting the hang of that - too. SHe has trouble when she gets to the landings. She's also started climbing the stairs at the park, too, but she's not quite ready to go down slides by herself.
Speech:
Katie is taking her time with talking. At her 15 month visit, we really didn't feel like she had many words - she signs more, and she would say "foo" for food and point to her mouth, and she would repeat mama, dada, and oh wow. Around 14 months, I wasn't too worried because I felt she was really focusing on her walking, but I wouldn't mind picking up more words soon.
Now, well, she has a few. Definitely mama, dada, shoes, and ball. She seems to be imitating things more, too. (uh oh, good girl, uncle, granma She keeps pointing at my ear and saying "I (eye)." She makes lots of sounds, and babbles and definitely understands when you say things to her.
When she falls (not hurting herself, just unexpected) she says "oh!" It is very cute.
She loves to play. She likes balls - at the kids museum in Palm Springs she was having a blast playing with all of the different sized balls in the courtyard. She has been putting Geoffrey's ring toss rings on her head and walking around. She also loves to ask us to put on her shoes. She loved her Violet dog. She loves to take things in and out of boxes and move things around. She still loves TV and singing, especially certain songs. She also loves when Geoffrey plays with her. SHe thinks he is hilarious!
Food: She eats anything now, although she LOVES bread. I don't know how she survives on just bread - seems like it, anyway! (cereal, crackers, noodled...) Carb girl! She still nurses, and drinks lots of water and milk.
She is so adorable. She still has fat rolls on her legs.
We are going to get the bump in her mouth checked out soon. She got her incisors on top two weeks ago (again, at the same time - almost all of her teeth have come in pairs) and the bump has gotten much bigger - so we are afraid she is going to chew on it!
