Hanging around the house.....

I decided to post some pictures from today, because I have not blogged in awhile. It has been a crazy three weeks to say the least. I captured some pictures of little Miss Katelyn doing what she does best.....pulling herself up on everything and climbing the stairs!

Looking at myself in the mirror

Smile

Climbing up the stairs

Katelyn is nine months

Katelyn turned nine months about three weeks ago. I know I am a little late. We were extremely busy with one last vacation and then school starting. WOW, nine months, I can not believe that she is that big. When people say it goes by fast, they are so right. At nine months Katelyn is all over the place. She is a very active little girl. She does not sit longer than 30 seconds. She is crawling like crazy and pulling herself up. Lately, she has been going from couch to table. I think she will be trying to walk really soon. She still continues to love to eat EVERYTHING. There is not one thing, we have tried, that she did not like. I am sure that time will come. She now understands how to use her sippy cup, but also likes to throw it on the floor. Her sleeping is ok. She usually gets up once during the night, either to be held or she wants to drink some milk. There are some nights when she sleeps through the night. She has started babbling and she is a drool pit. We still only have two bottom teeth at nine months. Her favorite books to read are the Spot books. When the stories are over, she cries because she wants us to keep reading them. For the most part, she is still a very happy baby girl. She only cries when she gets tried around nap time and bed time, other than that, she is smiling like crazy. I can not wait to see what the next couple of weeks bring!!!

9 Month Pictures

I wish she would have smiled more, but she was impossible to make smile and sit still. Oh, well that is what I get from a nine month old.

Table Food!!!

Katelyn finally had some "real" food for dinner. She ate some noodles and cooked carrots. I think she got more of it on her clothes and highchair, but it was her first time and she enjoyed it!

Working really hard to get it into my mouth

YUMMY

Dinner time with noodles and carrots

Skyping with Oma

Every few weeks, we are around and Oma is around and we Skype with her. Katelyn was very interested in Skyping this time. She was looking at the screen....she was smiling and "talking" to Oma.  We will see you in a few days Oma!!!

Brookfield Zoo

My Uncle Don works at the Brookfield Zoo, so whenever we want to go, we can just call him up and he gets us in for free! We decided to go today with my mom, dad, grandma, and uncle. The weather was beautiful all day long and perfect for walking around the zoo. We were able to see a bunch of the animals and a lot of the exhibits. I think Katelyn enjoyed watching the little otter and the goats in the petting zoo the best. It was fun to spend the day all together at the zoo. Thanks Uncle Don!!!

Family Picture on the lion

Mom, Kately, and Uncle Don

Papa and Katelyn

In the petting zoo........not to sure about the goats

Love this one......look at Katelyn

Matt eating a fried caterpillar.......YUCK!

Grammie, Great Grandma and Katelyn

Katelyn's new trick

Katelyn's new trick is to pull herself up. She grabs hold of the tables, stools, couches, and anything else she can and pulls herself up. I caught her the other day just standing and looking out the back window. I think she was there for about twenty minutes. I wonder what will be next?

Look at me, I am so BIG