Look who's walking now!

Last night Katie crawled confidently over to the couch, pulled herself up to standing and then walked away from the couch. That's right folks, Katie is walking! Just before this video, she took about 8 or 9 steps. When she feels too unsteady, she sinks gracefully to the ground. I bet in a couple of weeks, she'll be walking all over the place. Part of me is so excited that she's (finally) hit this important developmental milestone. The other part of me is a little terrified - she's now going to be super-mobile! Yikes!

Enjoying b-day cake

Katie & Sam are enjoying their cakes together. It took Katie only a couple of minutes to demolish what took us hours to decorate.

Birthday Hula Bear

It took three of us several hours to create this masterpiece. And it was tasty...

Birthday cake!

Here are the fab four with their birthday cakes. Katie & Chloe, Sam & Adam are enjoying their cakes!

The fab four

Here are all four birthday kids 'round the ole birthday ice bucket.

I is for ice!

At Katie's group birthday party, the main attraction was the bucket of ice. Watch Katie in action along with her buddy Sam.

Tentative splashing

Katie is doing a little splish splashing. Getting warmed up & getting used to the water. And then...

Katie swimming

Katie & Daddy took swimming lessons here in Sunnyvale. Here's a quick movie of Katie doing some great splashing. She's turning into a regular mermaid! Too bad she doesn't like her baths right now.

Peek a boo!

It's been ages since I last posted anything on this blog - over two months! In the past eight weeks, Katie has been up to all sorts of great adventures.


In the spirit of starting somewhere, I think this is the cutest video ever. This clip was taken by Grammy on our way to visit the Flewells in Salinas. Katie & Grammy are playing a lively game of peek-a-boo. Katie has long enjoyed playing peek-a-boo but only recently does she do the peeking herself. Or is it the booing?