So excited about cereal

She was so excited about cereal that she jumped as every bite approached her mouth. By the end we had cereal everywhere.

May 9th - she learned to crawl

We went out for coffee with a couple of other moms and their babies. One of them was about Katya's age and already crawling like crazy. I hadn't seen a baby her age before who could move as much as she could but he even pulled himself up on one of my knees and took a couple of steps!

The two of them played on the floor, in green onsies they looked like mirror images. Katya had been trying for weeks and weeks to crawl and was pretty good at going backwards. I looked down and realized she had gone forwards! It was like a light went on, she watched the other baby and said, I can do that.

When we got home we tried it again. Her crawling for the remote is something we'll have to work on though, I should have animated in a good book.

End of April - struggling to crawl

With a sleeeeeepy daddy when he was still working 9 shifts a week!

Beautiful bathtime

Bathtime has become magical. She can sit up, she can play, and we have light up ducks.

Trying to get to the cat - End of April

Katya is obsessed with the pets, Stanzi in particular. Here she is before she could crawl, trying to get to Stanzi.

Beginning of May - squirming backwards under the chair

Cool new toy

Katya exploring a cool new toy from the yardsale today.

Sitting up on her own.

Katya learned to get up and sit up on her own today! I came into the living room and Dan was on the phone watching her sit next to the living room door. I couldn't figure out how she got up there without him right next to her. A few minutes later she took a toy out of my hand and didn't need to lean on the floor at all.

(really cheap) New Glasses

My new glasses from www.zennioptical.com came.
The top ones cost $12.95
The bottom ones cost $23.95 (such a spendthrift :))
Plus $4.95 shipping.
Two pairs of prescription glasses including shipping and coatings for $41.85.

There's also a great website with reviews of cheap glasses places online http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com. Click on store summaries for some coupons. Thank you to Susan for pointing me to zenni.

I'm ecstatic. I love them. Only thing about silver glasses though is that they really show off silver hair, I didn't think of that!

Peaceable Kingdom

Sage's childhood cat, Stanzi, has come to live with us. As you can see she and Phoebe have got along just fine. They share a common interest, obsession actually. Stanzi will eat anything even things the dog won't.

A little video snapshot of baby in her highchair

Dan and Katya hanging out in living room end of April

Baby Einstein

I know it is for babies -- but Digby loves Baby Einstein.

Phoebe and the cats

Katya is in love with the animals now and kind of hard to hold while she is squirming away to see them.

Katya in January with Sage's Mom

She thought the dog was hillarious this day. Mom held her and Katya just cracked up everytime Phoebe came closer. She never showed any interest in the dog again...until now...

Ready for Summer

Yesterday in her sunglasses.

Dan and Katya spitting...raspberries...April 21

Mid-december Katya begins to play

This blanket was Katya's first real toy. I would cover her up in it when the kitchen was cold and she started to play by kicking it off. She looked so happy and it became obvious this was a game.

waaaaaaay late Christmas Photos

Ok - we are really behind in posting photos... I had some idea of getting caught up in chronological order but that's not going to happen. But we will give it a little bit of a try.
Here are some photos of Christmas at Tom and Donna's house.