Hanging in there...

It has been a hard week and a half. This week was harder than last because I think it really hit me. I've told many people this now, but its different for me leaving her in daycare, having been with her 11 months because I know what I'm missing...I know what our days were like and the time that I have lost now. I think it would have been easier to leave her at 12 weeks because at least then I wouldn't know what it was like to stay at home with her. Saying that, its not easy leaving your baby at anytime, whether she is 12 weeks or 12 months or 12 years ;). Its just hard! She is having fun though, hardly napping, which creates a VERY tired child, but she is happy and I'm grateful to God for that. She is pulling up to her knees on everything now and trying to stand up. She rocks on her knees and pull herself up to sit up, but she continues her main mode of transportation, the slither :). I included a couple pics here of her reading in her new fav chair from her Mimi. It is her birthday present and we all love it!

PS I might have heard a "ma ma" this week, but I'm not sure. I'm waiting patiently to see if another one pops out!

So You Think You Can Dance

Dancing queen...young and sweet, only 11 months... :) Enjoy!

My Bookworm

Love this picture of Kate! We were getting ready for the pool and she was all lathered up in sunscreen and in her bathing suit and I put her down on the floor and as usual, she gravitated towards a book. The teacher in me LOVES this :)!

Kate turns 11 months on Monday. Its hard to believe our Baby Kate is growing up! She will also start "school" next week as I prepare to go back to teaching. We are anxious about her starting and I told Mike that my heart hurts just thinking about leaving her, but we both know that she will have so much fun there and all the interaction will be good for her. Please keep us in your prayers as we make this huge transition.

still making 'the face'

such a big girl :)

"Aren't those mine Dada?"

Favorites!

A few of Kate's favorite things:

• The girls LOVES to point and points at everything, as you will notice in the first picture. So cute and I talk to her all the time trying to figure out where she is pointing :)
• She is an army crawling expert and her clothes act like a mop on my floor...they pick up everything! Nice!
• She is an amazing eater and will eat anything. I even gave her a small bite of my cheese enchilada that we made the other night and she liked it, but we then all realized maybe it was too spicy considering the face she made. Ooops mom!
• She is talking a lot, saying "waaaa" and other noises, but nothing that is an actual word yet.
• She adores Tucker and will crawl after him and chase his tail. She also likes the vacuum and will scoot as fast as possible towards it while I'm vacuuming so that she can hit it with her hands. She likes to bang on anything, the floor, the table, whatever!
• She loves to dance and it is one of the funniest things ever to watch her when music comes on...she starts to rock back and forth and will shake her head side to side. We taped her doing it and will debut it very soon!

Pointing at Dada

Nat, love the cute tennies! She looks adorable in them!
Best of friends, well Tucker doesn't look that happy, does he? :)