Monday, May 24, 2010

14 months and walking

In this video, Kate is walking! I had a better video but it would not load, oh well. Kate is watching her favorite movie the Hangover, I think she has a crush on baby Carlos. You will also notice how Blake runs from her because he is getting tired of getting his tail pulled or the way she tries to pet him. She also falls in the video because she has not yet perfected the art of walking and she gets ahead of herself thinking she can move fast!

Vamos a la playa!

Kate went to the beach for the first time over the weekend. We went to visit our family in Puerto Penasco Mexico. The last time Kate was there was when she was in my belly and I was 7 months pregnant! She had a pretty good time at the beach and lasted longer than we all anticipated. The waves were crashing pretty loudly that day so that MAY have had something to do with the fact that she was intimidated by the water, OR it simply could have been because it was her first time at what I imagine a new and strange place for her. Kate preferred to hang out under the shade playing with sand and putting shells and seaweed in her mouth.



"I don't know about this Papa..."



"Nope, don't like this at all!"



Dad says, "Kate don't put that in your mouth, seaweed yucky" - Kate says, "ok, I won't".



Kate thinks to herself, "hmmm, let me try it".



Kate says, "you were right, this is yucky! kinda salty".



Lovin' the sun!

She REALLY enjoyed all of the attention she received from her great-grandmother! Kate had her wrapped around her little finger. She usually falls asleep between 5-6 pm and doesn't like to be cuddled or rocked; when she is tired she wants to be left alone in her crib and soother herself to sleep. Not this time! The first night she was out of her element and didn't go to sleep until 8-9pm, then woke up at 2:30am and wanted to play. My grandmother was kind enough to get up to hang out with Kate so that I could go back to sleep. She said that Kate played 'till 4 in the morning! Then slept with my great-grandmother and cried if she tried to put her in her playpen. The next day she took a nap with my great-grandmother. I am shocked by this because Kate NEVER wants to sleep with us. My grandmother does have the magic touch! The second night Kate fell asleep in her playpen in my grandmother's room and she did not want to wake Kate so she slept on the couch. That girl is so spoiled! Kate also enjoyed all of her great-grandmother's cooking, which we all do...she did not eat the jars of food or snacks that we brought for her. Kate ate homemade tortillas and all of the other yummy food that she made for all of us over the weekend - who could blame her right?! Kate also perfected her walk over the weekend and isn't tumbling as much. She even learned how to work the steps all over the house!