Day 6

For all my Chicago friends.... Now that the Cowboys are done, Chris shouldn't be too upset with this picture!

Day 5

Katelin playing with Aunt Jen & Uncle Scott's dogs.

Day 4

It isn't ALL about Katelin! My growing belly at 29 weeks.

Day 3

Katelin in one of her cloth diapers :). My little green baby!

Day 2

Katelin "building" with her Christmas blocks from grandma & grandpa!

Picture A Day.. Day 1

Several blogs I read are doing a picture a day for a year so I thought I'd put a blogging app on my phone and give it a try. I'm not going to fool myself into thinking I can actually do this for an entire year, but it is worth a shot!
The pictures will probably always be coming from my phone so they might not be the best and will probably be a little blurry.

I worked today so I don't get to see Katelin much so I snapped a couple pictures during dinner. This one cracked me up. She was screaming about something!

My Baby is no longer a Baby!

I can't believe how big Katelin is getting! She amazes me every day. She is learning more and more new words, new body parts, new animal sounds, new things to get into, and new actions to mimic. This post is probably more for me so when I look back, I'll remember what she could do at this age. I'm horrible at keeping her baby book updated!

She's 16-1/2 months and she can (I may be missing some here):
Identify body parts - head, hair, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, belly, toes, and sometimes cheek, knee, and elbow.

Animal sounds - dog, cat, cow, horse, pig, duck, sheep, bird, lion, and sometimes chicken

Says - hi, bye, mama, dada, ra-ra (roscoe, our dog), light, belly, no, ball, milk cheese, shoe, fish (although these three all sound the same), 'ane' (for airplane), bath, night-night, tweet (when she sees a bird), water, mmmmm (when she's hungry) and she'll repeat even more if you say them but I'm not sure she really knows what she's saying (hot dog, backpack, outside)

She can now climb onto the futon and the 2nd shelf of the entertainment center in the game room and just this weekend, she pulled a chair out from the kitchen table and climbed into it! She still can't get onto the couch by herself though.


If you ask her if she needs her diaper changed, she'll walk over to the changing table or if it is time for "night-night", she'll walk towards the stairs or her room. If she's hungry, you can tell her to go to the kitchen and she will walk over and stand at the fridge, waiting for her milk. If she does something she's not supposed to do (like turn the tv on/off), she'll do it and then shake her finger at you and say "no no no".

She has her 4 front teeth on the top & bottom and she's working on her molars (skipping the canines is the "normal" order). Her bottom left molar is almost through (3 points are) and I think we're about to get a point to break through on the top right. The bottom right and top left could also make an appearance at any time!


Well, that is my "little" Katelin in a nutshell! As I said, I'm sure I'm forgetting things here.