Just to catch up...

I have been slack enough about posting pictures, but even worse at updating everyone on everything Kate has been learning! I wish I had exact dates for all things, but this is everything she can do as of 13 1/2 months:

SIGN: more, all done, eat, book, and please

SAY: ball, book ("boo"), bath, bubble, ba-ba (for bottle), juice, shoes, more, please, banana ("nanana"), eye, bye-bye, go, uh-oh, and her own version of all done (which sounds like "gun-gun")

Dada, Mama, Cayman ("Nay-nay"), Papa, Nana, Uncle Ryan ("Ry-Ry"), PatPat, and Uncle Dustin ("Dut-Dut")

sheep: baa, horse: neigh, cow: moo, dog: pant, monkey: ah-ah-ah, bird: tweet, car: brrrmmm

FIND: eye, nose, mouth, ear, hair/head, and is getting pretty good at belly button (is better at doing these on other people than herself)  

HELP: brush her teeth, wash her hair, wash her tummy, put on her shirt/shoes/pants, put a clip in her hair, and clean up (obviously, she is not self-sufficient in these things, she just knows what to do and tries to do it when you tell her to)              

                                 

Now she is pretty much walking (YAY!!!), although sometimes she decides to revert to crawling, she can walk anywhere she wants to go! She can also climb on and off the couch, in and out of the stroller, and up and down stairs (climbing is one of her FAVORITE things). She loves to read books and loves it if you ask her to go get a book and bring it to you (she'll walk all the way across the room, pick out the same book every time - "Where is Baby's Belly Button?" - and walk all the way back and give it to you). She likes to do this with her other toys, too, but especially books. She also loves pushing her baby around in her little stroller, swinging, and riding to the park in her wagon (she sits still the whole time). She also loves to get lipstick (either mine or her play one) and "put it on" (which consists of putting the lipstick IN her mouth, moving it back and forth, and saying "Mmmmm") as well as putting on bracelets. She gives kisses and snuggles, which are Mommy and Daddy's favorites! She is also finally drinking plain milk out of a sippy cup, so we are officially done with bottles (at least for another 3 months)! It is SOOO cute, too, when she gets excited, she says "OOooo!!" in this adorable little high-pitched voice! I THINK that is everything! :) We definitely LOVE our precious little girl and have the most fun watching her discover new things - it's crazy how quickly she picks up on the world around her and CRAZY how quickly she's growing!!