I have to first apologize for our talking in the background. Mike was embarrassed by his excited, little kid voice and I am cheesy, but isn't that what parents do...make fools of themselves! I also apologize for the big safety net that we have placed around her...could my hands be any closer to her?! After many, many falls, and bloody noses and lips and big bumps on her forehead, we are a bit protective. Also, you know, we have been waiting for these steps a LONG, LONG time. We've come to terms that Kate moves to the beat of her own drum and have been comforted by our great Dr. that her fine motor, speech, and cognitive skills are above board and that her gross motor skills are still occurring in the acceptable time frames. Although, we are guilty of looking at the "scoreboard" and wondering why Kate hasn't take those specific "steps" in her physical development; so nonetheless, we are super excited for this stage even though we know it opens up a whole new world to her and adds chaos to our already hectic lives! T-minus 2 months to get in shape to walk the aisle at Aunt Alleycat's wedding (or maybe we want to ride in a wagon...).
P.S. The "Michael Jordan" tongue wag comes from her father as he still employs it when he is really concentrating. Just another reason people can say, "she really looks/acts like her Dad"
