1st Sentence!

Kate said her first full sentence today. I felt bad because I basically tortured her into it. She had gotten a really cute pair of hand-me-down shoes and I really wanted her to be able to wear them, even though they are not wide and I should know better. So, I thought, since we were going to walmart and she would barely walk, we'd see how she did. Well part way through walmart she started asking to walk. She never does this but was very insistent. So I told her as long as she stayed with me, she could walk. She did great! But when we got to the front of the store, she sat down and said "Take shoes off, PLEASE!" Hehehe. So I removed them and put her back in the cart. Feeling bad and proud all at once. The joys of motherhood!

Little Lady

Kate has been so good this week. It's been so fun just hanging out with her. She will stop and just give me this cheesy grin until I smile back and then continue with what she's doing. Don't get me wrong, she's been into a lot in the last seven days, from pouring powder eye shadow on the carpet to getting stamp pad ink all over her hands, but she's been good-natured about everything. Today, we went to the gym, the grocery store and the chiropractor and she happily went along with it all. Then after her nap, I immediately put her back in the car to get her haircut(above) and she was content to just sit in my lap and allow it to happen, no big deal. What a little lady!

Mess!

Kate's favorite new word and action is "mess". She says "made mess" very appropriately. She came out of the bathroom the other day with my toothpaste. She had a little in her mouth and it was coming out the tube. Thankfully, we headed off that mess! But, she got me later that same day. I found her sitting at my vanity playing with my makeup. Unfortunately, she wasn't playing with regular eye shadow. She had the powder kind and it was on the carpet! Luckily, most of it came up with the vacuum.

Last night, after dinner, she said "peas-mess" and proceeding to pick up the peas she had dropped on the floor and put them in the trash. At least she's cleaning up after herself! :-)

Texan to the core

I was trying to do a photo shoot with Kate today to get a cute picture for her birthday invitation. I held out my two fingers and said, "say you're gonna be two!" She immediately did "hook 'em horns" and I caught her! She's my little Texan. Maybe she'll go to UT someday. hehehe

Little Mommy

After visiting our friend's new baby, Kate has taken an increased interest in her baby. She likes to sit on the sofa and feed her. She was holding her face and cramming the bottle in her mouth. Here she is after I showed her how to hold a baby. Doesn't she look so proud?