The Katester

Ada is officially 3 1/2 today, which means that Kate became 1 1/2 twelve days ago. I am way behind. There is a lot to report on little Kate, so I better get crackin':

On the day of the 10th, I FINALLY felt a third tooth poking out of Kate's gums. We're slowly getting there. Maybe one day she'll be able to eat like a normal person. She loves to talk, and she's good at it. I can't believe how many words she says and how many she can put together. It's adorable, but it makes her seem so darn old! Every day she grabs all the Sesame Street books she can find (we have a lot) and brings them to me so she can sit on my lap and identify all the characters. She loves to be read to. Poor little thing has been sick a few times this winter. When she's not feeling well, she likes to cuddle with Mom. I love it, except that it makes it hard to get anything done. For a while (like right after Daylight Savings) she was waking up at ridiculous hours. She slowly started sleeping longer and then was consistently waking up between 7:00 and 8:00. Now she's been waking up in the night and the wee hours of the morning, but she's been going back down and sleeping until 8:30 or 9:00. She is a crazy climber. We have to fold up all chairs so she doesn't drag them around the house and climb onto things. She especially loves to stand on chairs so she can turn the lights on and off. She is so sweet and happy. She loves to play, laugh, and have fun. She dances whenever she hears music and often prefers to run instead of walk. She loves going to Nursery. We took her a few times before she was official because she was getting so hard to take to class. I was a little nervous about her going, but she does well and has no problem leaving us. She comes home and tries to sing the 'Hello' and 'Sunbeam' songs. So cute! Her hair is now long enough for pigtails! It can be a chore to do, but it's adorable. She loves to give kisses. We'll be reading a book and she'll suddenly bend down to kiss someone on the pages. She kisses the toys she plays with and people she sees. I love it! Now for the best news of all: Kate doesn't have to take her antibiotics anymore! If anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about, you can read here and here. We took her to Primary Children's last Friday for another VCUG. It was an unpleasant experience for little Kate. She did much better when she was five months old. She cried the whole time and Tyler and I had to try and comfort her while she laid on a table hooked up to a catheter, with dye being pumped into her bladder and an x-ray machine over her. After the whole ordeal they gave a her a little teddy bear and told us they'd let us know the results. On Sunday I got a message from her doctor saying that everything was normal and she didn't have to take antibiotics anymore. Hallelujah! I hated giving those to her every day, and getting refills every month. The only plus is that she has never had an ear infection. Anyway, we're thrilled because we know other kids with the condition have had it a lot longer, and if it hadn't have gone away on its own then she would have had to have surgery.






We just love this sweetie!