Ok, first off, yes, this video is sideways and I am not computer savvy enough to figure out how to rotate it. But the video is really cute so just watch it with your head tilted!
In this video I am asking Kate to say "mama" since that is her new favorite word - and of course am her favorite parent! I kid, I kid. You can kind of hear her say it. Also I ask her where her daddy is and it looks like she turns and points away because he was out of town that day (hunting with Uncle Ryan). I then ask her when daddy is coming home and she starts clapping. Is her receptive language developing or what?! Ok, so maybe she just happened to turn the other way AND clap when I asked her specific questions and it was all a coincidence...but the proud mommy in me thinks not!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
BUSTED...Caught in the Act!
So this is about Blake, and not Kate - even though this blog is about her life. Blake is a big part in Kate's life so it is only fair that he is mentioned too.
Last week I posted that I am no longer feeding Kate with a spoon. Don't get me wrong, I still do feed my child with a spoon to get her used to the idea and familiarize her that people eat food with utensils. But along with that I am cutting up her food so that she can feed herself, because frankly it is easier and she eats more. I think...no, I know, Blake must love this idea because he helps himself to the leftovers! He usually stands around waiting for a morsel (or more) to come falling to the floor so that he can sample (devour) Kate's dinner, or breakfast, or lunch, etc. Yesterday when she had enough of eating we were playing on the floor in the living room (so I couldn't really see what was going on in the background). I get up and see Blake helping himself! Of course I thought it was funny, and cute, so I grabbed the camera to take a shot.
Don't worry people I sanitized the high chair.
Last week I posted that I am no longer feeding Kate with a spoon. Don't get me wrong, I still do feed my child with a spoon to get her used to the idea and familiarize her that people eat food with utensils. But along with that I am cutting up her food so that she can feed herself, because frankly it is easier and she eats more. I think...no, I know, Blake must love this idea because he helps himself to the leftovers! He usually stands around waiting for a morsel (or more) to come falling to the floor so that he can sample (devour) Kate's dinner, or breakfast, or lunch, etc. Yesterday when she had enough of eating we were playing on the floor in the living room (so I couldn't really see what was going on in the background). I get up and see Blake helping himself! Of course I thought it was funny, and cute, so I grabbed the camera to take a shot.
Don't worry people I sanitized the high chair.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Kate loves Pizza!
I have been attempting to feed Kate at least 3 meals and 2 snacks, when we are together on full days which are weekends. During the weeknight I am lucky to get a spoonful or two of baby food in Kate's mouth. Most of the time the routine is something like this. I put her in her high chair which is ready to go with Cheerios or Kix on the tray. That way while I am preparing her meal, which consists of me opening a jar of baby food and putting some in a bowl, she has something to snack on. I then sit down and make the airplane sound or make funny faces to get her to open her mouth to get some food in. 99.9% of the time she pushes the spoon away or whines and screams turning her face from me. She also loves to grab the spoon from me which causes such a mess, but luckily Blake is around to lick it all up! So my new thing is to cut up chicken nuggets, 1/2 of a nugget, and put it on her tray because I have found that Kate is very independent (a nice word for stubborn) and likes to feed herself. This evening we went through the whole routine. Sit. Cheerios. Baby Food. Scream. Repeat. So I take her out of her highchair and she starts doing her thing when she spots me eating a piece of Pacific Veggie pizza from Domino's (PLUG - very delicious by the way). She starts doing her bouncing on the knees and clapping. I think, 'oh how cute', then she starts crying, so I pick her up and she grabs the pizza from me and starts sucking on it. I tried giving her a piece but NOOOOOOO, she wants to do it herself. So I put her in her highchair with her own piece of pizza and she totally loved it! She was actually taking little bites and tried an olive, spinach, a red pepper - see Grandma's she gets her veggies! So anyhow, our new thing is going to be me cutting up teeny pieces of food so she can feed herself, that way we are all happy.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
She likes to move it, move it!
Ok, so I promised some videos of Kate walking with her sit-to-stand toy and here it is! She received this toy for Christmas and that morning when she tried it she had no control with it and fell on her face. Since then I haven't really let her play with it unless I am right behind her guiding her myself. Yesterday was the first time I finally let her walk by herself with it and you can see she has total control. It is really cute to see this tiny person walk around the house! Happy viewing!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
No news is good news!
Molly Mac's mom and I sure do think alike. I was just thinking to myself all day that I needed to update the blog but kept thinking what can I write about?
Really, there is nothing new to report at this time. She has been saying "la la" for a while now. It started right before Christmas. Once in a while we hear "ma" and "da" or we just think we hear it because we so badly want to hear "mommy" and "daddy"! Though she doesn't have too many "words" down, we hear her babbling and communicating in her own way. It's amazing that I can understand her every cry and gesture. "I'm tired" is rubbing her ear or eye or grabbing her hair. "I'm hungry" is pursing her lips or making the fish lips and hearing the sucking sound. "Excited" is on her knees bobbing up and down with that big goofy grin waving her arms in hysterically. "Cranky" is the plain ol' cry and kind of whining "muh muh muh" that goes along with it. I have tried to expose Kate to sign language so that she knows the basics such as mom, dad, more, tired...but she has no interest in the DVD. But for now at least we know how to communicate with one another.
Other news in Kate's world. She is learning how to wave. I notice that when I say "hi" to people I do the baby wave to people, I really need to watch myself. She is not consistent with it, but she is getting there. I am trying to get her to give a high five. She is also becoming a pro with her sit-to-stand walker she received for Christmas. I will have to upload a video one of these days - she LOVES my cell phone so each time I pull it out to take a picture or video she usually stops what she is doing to get to my phone. My mom tells me that she mimics a lot now too. For instance when my mom combs her hair, Kate will grab the brush from her and try to do it herself. Usually Kate takes the brush from me and puts it in her mouth. That's something else she always does, grabs. When it is your hair or earring it is not so cute. Kate also loves to bite down on the spoon when she is eating so it turns into a tug of war. Here is picture her grandpa Gary took of her doing her thang. So hang in there for more updates, I am sure the next one will be that she took her first steps!
Really, there is nothing new to report at this time. She has been saying "la la" for a while now. It started right before Christmas. Once in a while we hear "ma" and "da" or we just think we hear it because we so badly want to hear "mommy" and "daddy"! Though she doesn't have too many "words" down, we hear her babbling and communicating in her own way. It's amazing that I can understand her every cry and gesture. "I'm tired" is rubbing her ear or eye or grabbing her hair. "I'm hungry" is pursing her lips or making the fish lips and hearing the sucking sound. "Excited" is on her knees bobbing up and down with that big goofy grin waving her arms in hysterically. "Cranky" is the plain ol' cry and kind of whining "muh muh muh" that goes along with it. I have tried to expose Kate to sign language so that she knows the basics such as mom, dad, more, tired...but she has no interest in the DVD. But for now at least we know how to communicate with one another.
Other news in Kate's world. She is learning how to wave. I notice that when I say "hi" to people I do the baby wave to people, I really need to watch myself. She is not consistent with it, but she is getting there. I am trying to get her to give a high five. She is also becoming a pro with her sit-to-stand walker she received for Christmas. I will have to upload a video one of these days - she LOVES my cell phone so each time I pull it out to take a picture or video she usually stops what she is doing to get to my phone. My mom tells me that she mimics a lot now too. For instance when my mom combs her hair, Kate will grab the brush from her and try to do it herself. Usually Kate takes the brush from me and puts it in her mouth. That's something else she always does, grabs. When it is your hair or earring it is not so cute. Kate also loves to bite down on the spoon when she is eating so it turns into a tug of war. Here is picture her grandpa Gary took of her doing her thang. So hang in there for more updates, I am sure the next one will be that she took her first steps!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Play Date!
Molly and Grayson came over today for a play date. We spent most of the time trying to get them to look at the camera, play together, or just catch-up on motherhood! Kate was so excited to see kids since she has been away from the sitter and all of her "friends" for 2 weeks. She smiled when she saw Molly and Grayson. She also did her "excited" gesture (all of you who know Kate know what I am talking about). She clenches her fists and makes this grunting noise, it is much cuter than it sounds. Like I said previously, she doesn't know how to initiate play or tell somebody she is excited - she is 9 months old for heaven's sake - so when she saw Molly she tried to pull her hair. That must be baby speak for "I like you, let's play," well at least for Kate it is. I think Grayson was overwhelmed with the female to male ratio so he pretty much stuck close to his mom. There weren't too many tears shed and for the most part I think they had a good time together, all 30 minutes of it. Sometimes I think play dates are really for the parents, because it gives you some time while you watch your kids try to play together, and it is a chance to share parenting stories with other mom's! Let's do it again soon ladies (oh, yeah, and I am sure the kids would like it too)!
"C'mon kids, look at the camera"
"Molly look at the lollipop inside of this ball"
"Grayson, let me show you how to use this"
"Where is she going? Maybe she has another cool toy over there"
Monday, January 4, 2010
What a Year it has been!
Happy New Year! We survived Christmas and the New Year with our little trouble-maker, Kate. I cannot believe it is already 2010 and we are close to celebrating Kate's 1st Birthday. Chris and I always reflect on the day she was born and how terrified we were of being parents. We did not know the first thing to do despite listening to everybody's advice, reading EVERY book out there, and attending all of those classes at the hospital. None of the info sunk in. We remembered nothing. Because, it is different for everyone and you end up doing what works best for you and your own baby!
I can't get over that our little baby is not, well, really, a baby anymore. It is amazing what a 9-month old person can do. I have loved watching her learn how to do everything! She was once a "blob" (I am quoting Angelina Jolie) that just laid there and couldn't roll; couldn't do anything really. Now she is this wonderful little person, with so much character that MOVES everywhere (she is a fast crawler, pulls herself up on/and gets into everything, and is trying to walk along anything that gives her support)! I laugh when I say "character" because that is what her pediatrician said about her. I think that is his code word for "little shit." Kate was laying on the table while her pediatrician examined her, for her 9-month appointment, and he said something to us about her and she laughed at him. His response was, "oh, she's a little character." Hmm, I know what that means.
Speaking of her appointment, she was 29 inches and 19 pounds at her visit. He said she was in the 91st percentile for height and 60-something percentile for her weight. She was described as "long and lean," which pleased me because those are two words that have NEVER described me!
So, needless to say, Kate is doing great. We had such a good time for her FIRST Christmas. I took Kate to the children's mass at St. Francis on Christmas Eve but that lasted all of 5 minutes. As soon as she saw her cousin Bella she got so excited that she started screaming in delight. Kate doesn't know how to socialize appropriately, yet. When she saw Bella she grabbed her cardigan to pull her closer and then started yanking on her hair. Not good. Then when the priest was talking I think Kate was trying to see who could "speak" louder because she started yelling every time the priest spoke. Therefore, we took off.
(Kate on Christmas Eve)
(Our First Christmas Eve)
Christmas morning was awesome. The new tradition is that we host a Christmas Breakfast/Brunch while we watch Kate open gifts, because really, that is what it is all about now, Kate. Of course it was the same cliche, she loved the cardboard and tissue paper more than her gifts. But, she did get some cool stuff. She received so many gifts, it is not even funny. Our house looks like Toys r Us now...my once "perfect" living room is now the play place. Kate also got her two upper front teeth for Christmas. She was teething pretty badly a couple of days before, which is no fun at all. But now we get to see that gap toothed smile of hers!
(Look at her bum, "My First Christmas" - too cute)
(Kate and her rockin' Moose)
We look forward to what the new year will bring us and we wish your families a healthy and happy new year!
Here are some pics of what Kate learned over Christmas break:
How to use the dog-door
How to eat spaghetti
Mastering the art of the pincer grasp eating cheerios
And here are more photos because I love my kiddo so much and think she is too cute!
(playing with her Christmas loot)
(gangsta)
(sleeping beauty)
I can't get over that our little baby is not, well, really, a baby anymore. It is amazing what a 9-month old person can do. I have loved watching her learn how to do everything! She was once a "blob" (I am quoting Angelina Jolie) that just laid there and couldn't roll; couldn't do anything really. Now she is this wonderful little person, with so much character that MOVES everywhere (she is a fast crawler, pulls herself up on/and gets into everything, and is trying to walk along anything that gives her support)! I laugh when I say "character" because that is what her pediatrician said about her. I think that is his code word for "little shit." Kate was laying on the table while her pediatrician examined her, for her 9-month appointment, and he said something to us about her and she laughed at him. His response was, "oh, she's a little character." Hmm, I know what that means.
Speaking of her appointment, she was 29 inches and 19 pounds at her visit. He said she was in the 91st percentile for height and 60-something percentile for her weight. She was described as "long and lean," which pleased me because those are two words that have NEVER described me!
So, needless to say, Kate is doing great. We had such a good time for her FIRST Christmas. I took Kate to the children's mass at St. Francis on Christmas Eve but that lasted all of 5 minutes. As soon as she saw her cousin Bella she got so excited that she started screaming in delight. Kate doesn't know how to socialize appropriately, yet. When she saw Bella she grabbed her cardigan to pull her closer and then started yanking on her hair. Not good. Then when the priest was talking I think Kate was trying to see who could "speak" louder because she started yelling every time the priest spoke. Therefore, we took off.
(Kate on Christmas Eve)
(Our First Christmas Eve)
Christmas morning was awesome. The new tradition is that we host a Christmas Breakfast/Brunch while we watch Kate open gifts, because really, that is what it is all about now, Kate. Of course it was the same cliche, she loved the cardboard and tissue paper more than her gifts. But, she did get some cool stuff. She received so many gifts, it is not even funny. Our house looks like Toys r Us now...my once "perfect" living room is now the play place. Kate also got her two upper front teeth for Christmas. She was teething pretty badly a couple of days before, which is no fun at all. But now we get to see that gap toothed smile of hers!
(Look at her bum, "My First Christmas" - too cute)
(Kate and her rockin' Moose)
We look forward to what the new year will bring us and we wish your families a healthy and happy new year!
Here are some pics of what Kate learned over Christmas break:
How to use the dog-door
How to eat spaghetti
Mastering the art of the pincer grasp eating cheerios
And here are more photos because I love my kiddo so much and think she is too cute!
(playing with her Christmas loot)
(gangsta)
(sleeping beauty)
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