Katelyn's first time eating by herself

Ashley making Katelyn laugh

Ashley playing princess dress up

Ashley loves to play dress up. She has a treasure chest of pricess dresses, shoes and crowns. For her 3rd birthday Indira (our au pair) gave Ashley a beautiful princess Belle dress. It's a little tight on her and it sheds glitter like crazy, but she loves it!

Ashley and Katelyn outside (Feb. 7th)

Winter Fun Time

We got an unusually large amount of snow so far this winter. Ashley has been really enjoying playing in the snow. I hope this is a memory that she remembers when she gets older. She's spent a lot of time building Snow Forts with Mike, a skill that Mike has that I didn't know about.. it's really cute. Mike is so into it he even researched it on line to get some ideas for how to make it better. The snow fort in the picture is so big that it can fit two adults or 3 little ones! And it also doubles as  a slide!

This week Katelyn said Dada and Mama for the first time!

Data was first, followed by Mama couple days later. Ashley said Mama first around the same age, but refused to say Dada. We tried to get her to say Papa, but the best she could do was Mapa. She eventually said Dada, but it wasn't right away.

One last video of Katelyn - showing off her sittings skills :)

Another Katelyn Video Clip - 7 1/2 months

Katelyn in action - 7 1/2 months video clip!

What's new with Katelyn

Katelyn is already 7 months old. She's a very curious little girl. She has been crawling in her elbows and knees for a few weeks already, but sitting on her tush she hasn't yet mastered to perfection.

Also, Katelyn has 1 tooth so far, which she cut on Jan 11th (at 6 1/2 months). I thought she'd have more teeth by now, since Ashley had 6 teeth by this age, but this certainly hasn't slowed Katelyn down. She loves to eat my home made baby food, and is always eyeing whatever we are eating.