Suction

Kate spent the morning yesterday hanging out by the sliding glass door. It's the first time that she's noticed it. Since she's working on standing, she had to try to stand up against the glass - but there isn't anything to hold on to!

After much glee at pressing her head against the glass, she decided to try to hold on with her LIPS - yep, our little girl tried to use suction to help her out. Kate really makes us laugh sometimes. (No, it didn't work).

And how is the crawling going? Daddy left for work yesterday, and Kate was on the other end of the house when he called out his final goodbye to her. Well, she wanted to see her daddy one more time so SHE JUST SWITCHED to coordinated crawling to get to him faster. No signs of the old inchworm any more. Boy, that was quick!

Standing

Kate is still working on pulling herself up to standing.
All.Day.Long. On any surface, anywhere, any time, all the time. Whew!

It's hard to watch her fall so often. We try to put the items that she wants to climb on on a soft surface, but she still is having some spectacular bonks on the head. She screams, Anissa picks her up, she stops after some rocking, and we do it all over again. Aren't babies supposed to be quick learners?

What happened to crawling?

I went into Kate's room after her morning nap to find her standing in her crib, with both hands on the rails! This from a baby who is still working on crawling - how dare she keep growing!

Later, she was cruising around the kitchen, and apparently needs more water - there she was, standing over the flat of water looking cute as a button!