Baby & Me

Kate & I had so much fun at Baby & Me today. She is such a smart little baby; every Baby & Me session starts with all of us sitting in a circle, where we all grab onto a big strip of fabric that lines the circle. We then "bounce" the fabric, row with it, shake it, etc. Well, today as soon as we sat down (we were there about 5 minutes early, so it hadn't started yet), Kate picked up the fabric and started bouncing with it, just like we're supposed to! What a smarty pants.

Afterward, there is always time for free play, and Kate plays so nicely with the other kids. There is this little boy, Brevin, who is 9 months but Kate's size, and he seems to like her, which is funny. Today, during free play, Kate grabbed these two "shakers" (kinda like maracas) and was standing there shaking them... without holding onto anything! She had such good balance; I was amazed. Normally I'm proud if she can stand on her own for any length of time at all, so this was exceptionally good that she was standing there AND shaking her maracas. She'll be walking in no time!

Here are a few shots of her before we left for Baby & Me today; I love this purple outfit she's wearing.






Look how long she is in this car seat now! (Don't worry, she still is within the height/weight limits). But still, she looks like she'll outgrow it any day now! As a comparison, look how little she was LAST March; the car seat looked like it was going to dwarf her!