Kate's Busy May

At the beginning of the month Kate was mobile, but just barely. Her best move was commando creeping across the floor. My how quickly that all changed! Sometime during the first week of May I noticed she was trying to stand up. She would put her hands down on the floor and poke her butt up in the air. She knew she was onto something! By the middle of the month, she had figured out that it was easier to stand if she pulled up on something. It started w/ Jackson's truck, which he thought was a horrible idea. She'd creep over to it and try to pull up and he'd hop back on and 'drive' it off, leaving her in his dust. Next was the musical table. At first, he wasn't a fan of her playing w/ it either, but he eventually got over it.

Not quite standing, but she's trying. Just so proud of herself!
She wanted to get up on that right foot so bad, but just wasn't quite ready.

Because she knew there was something pretty cool to play w/ if she were just a little taller.

I've read that some kids work on mastering one skill at a time. Not Kate. She's a multi-tasker. While learning to stand, she was also learning how to drink from a sippy cup. AND feeding herself. Those are little pieces of sweet potato there. And she LOVES Cheerios! I'm pretty sure she's still just a fan of food.

About a week ago, she decided to hang up her Army hat and get on with the full out crawling. She still drops back down commando style every once in a while, but for the most part she's on all four....

...Until she gets where she's going. Then it's UP UP UP! For a few days, this box was her favorite thing to pull up on. I realized that she was mastering this standing up thing WAY too quick!

And then, just in the past few days, she got herself all the way up. And is apparently now getting cocky and showing off her one-handed skills.

Needless to say, there have been a few more tears (and bumps) around here lately, b/c she is pulling up to everything! When I first noticed her interest in standing, Sean went ahead and lowered her crib and it's a good thing. Because she was standing up in there last week. And today she pulled up to Jackson's train table. His thoughts: NOT COOL! Let the sibling battles begin! Mine! No, mine!

But wait, that's not all of Kate's May milestones... A few weeks ago, she started babbling, 'mamamamama'. She said it every once in a while for a couple of days, then stopped. Until the last week or so. I'm pretty sure it's Ma-ma that she's saying. That's what I'm gonna believe at least! :-)

It's already looking like June is going to be a busy month for her, too. Today she started showing signs of teething. Not necessarily a fun milestone, but a milestone nonetheless!!!