Eleven Months Gone By...

Well, time seems to be flying by as mom and dad remember that eleven months ago, they were waiting for Miss Kate to arrive.

These days, Kate is ALMOST walking on her own two feet. She's learning how to crawl up stairs (with some very close supervision) and when she climbs up on the fireplace hearth, mommy and daddy rush to grab her, which she finds hilarious. She's never at a loss for "words" and while she throws out "Dada" during her conversations, we're working on "Mama".

The house is a baby proofing work in progress, which has the pets really confused. They do love to gather around her high chair at mealtime though, when food mysteriously falls from above.

Here are a few brand new pictures and a shot of a recent play date. (She has a much more active social life than mommy or daddy...)

Enjoy!



Mommy and Kate
hug it out.










Just plain CUTE!











Kate and her friend
Noah have some
quality toy time.

TEN MONTHS AND STILL HOPPIN'!

Kate just turned ten months old and continues to amaze mommy and daddy daily with her sweet disposition and sense of humor. She finds the littlest things fascinating, which fascinates mom and dad in return! Just last night, we put in an animated movie as Kate was going off to bed. She looked at the TV and started to laugh and reach out to the characters, while "talking" to them. We found it hilarious and much more entertaining to watch than any movie...

She's still making attempts at walking and will be there before we know it. Her cousins from Ohio were in town for Easter, so she got to hang out with them while mommy and daddy were slaving away at work (sigh...) She loved watching the bigger kids do their thing and was taking notes the whole time. On their last day here, we all got to hang out at Mimi and Poppy's place. We finished off the day with a photo shoot in the back yard.

Here are some Easter pics for you to enjoy.




"What's so funny?..."









"356, 357, 358..."







Kate (10 mo.),
Emma (6),
Gwen (17 mo.)
and Mary (4)
say "CHEESE!"







And we're done!