This is the most fun baby stage for me! Kate is so sweet and happy and easy (of course she has her moments, though). God has given us an immeasurable gift. 
-Kate is crawling fast, cruising well, and walking while we hold her hands. She is making no progress towards standing well or taking steps because she sits down as soon as she's put in a standing position.
-She eats almost any kind of table food now...we're not holding anything back. It's so much easier now that both girls are eating pretty much the same things. Sometimes I'm afraid she's going to get sick from eating so much. She's feeding herself well but I'm usually embarrassed in restaurants by the mess she leaves under the highchair.
-She "dances" to music in the car or on a DVD. Her favorite DVD is Cantarima (animal puppets).
-She is starting to sit still for me to read books. I can usually get through half of a book before she tries to eat it or squirms to get down.
-She starts crying toward the end of her bath at night, and doesn't stop until after her pjs are on. It's a difficult 10 minutes of drying her off, diapering, dressing, and brushing her hair because she's screaming the whole time. It's weird! I can't figure it out!?! It's the only time of the day she's consistently like this. She isn't crazy about regular diaper changes, but I can always distract her with a toy or a song and it's no big deal. Not during this time, though...she cries and cries!
-She is an awesome napper...I am starting to make sure she's up from her first nap by at least 10:30 so that her afternoon nap is extended. So far it's working...her afternoon nap is about 2 hours, sometimes longer.
-She has 7 teeth (that I know of).
-If I'm on the floor playing with them, there is no toy more fun for her than climbing on Mommy. She gets so excited when she sees me getting on the floor to join her.
-She kisses us when we ask her to.-She can sort of wave...she just moves her whole arm up and down in response to someone waving at her.
-She's starting to point at things.
-She definitely recognizes Papa, Gramme, and Tillie.
-She loves to swing doors open and closed.
-Her noises and babbling are more purposeful and strong. "d", "n", "m", "b", "p", "g" are some of the sounds I've heard her make. Vivian loves it when Kate talks to her, which mostly happens when they're eating a meal.
-Besides climbing on mommy, another favorite activity for her is climbing stairs.
-I'm going to start working on weaning her from formula, starting maybe this week. The plan is to try and drop the 3pm feeding first, offering whole milk instead. ?? This is unknown territory for me because Vivian was so different when it came to bottle feedings.
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