Official Walker...Maybe

I don't know exactly when you can say a child can officially walk, but Catherine has got to be close! Today for the first time, she stood up by herself without pulling up on anything and took off walking. Of course, she gets about 20 steps in then sits down, or falls down, but today, she kept getting back up. Official walker? I think maybe so! I have some videos to post, then you can be the judge.

Videos

Finally I have managed to upload some videos from our visit with Grandma Trish and Evy. This laughing one is probably my favorite. I watch it on days when she is being less than smiley to remind myself that it isn't always bad...so far today, I've watched it three times!






And here are a few more playing dress up.





What you can't hear in the last one is the garage door opening while she was sitting in the rocking chair. She knows that sound means Daddy is home, and she will go to the door leading to the garage and bang on it until he makes it inside. =)

Football has started

Last weekend we went over to Jacob and Andrea's to watch Ohio State play some football. We've not yet acquired any OSU gear for Catherine this fall, so we decided the next best thing was to dress her in scarlet and gray. She looked like such a toddler. This outfit is way too cute. It also works great as pjs we discovered. =)

Playing Dress Up

My mom bought this costume for Catherine, because in her words, "she just had to have it!" Honestly, it is something I would have never, ever, ever picked out, nor would I have ever approved the purchase of such a thing. Luckily for Catherine, she has Grandma Trish looking out for her because she LOVES this costume. She will go over to the closet and bang on the door to let me know she wants it open, then she will pull out the costume and try to put it on. I call her the Pepto Princess.

There are a bunch of new photos on the Flickr page, too. I'm still working on videos...