Our Darling Daughter

Kateri has learned to say "Momma!" She can say this word with many variations. "Mom! MaMom!! and Mamamamamama!!" Are all quite common. She no longer cries at night, just stands up in her crib, and yells ongoing combinations of this magical word until somebody comes to her.

She continues to be a happy, sweet little girl, curious and cheerful. And quite mobile! She scoots and crawls, and pulls herself up on almost everything. I am constantly running around the house trying to 'childproof' things before she gets to them. everything everything EVERYTHING goes in the mouth. and boy does she get mad if you take it out. Her face gets all intense and her head sort of shakes from anger, and she BITES your finger. and then grins at you and giggles while you wince and say sternly "NO NO Kitty!" (or in my case, Nej! nej!- trying to speak Swedish whenever possible)

Lately she has not really been interested in her own toys, but much prefers Laska's toys. Laska sometimes looks at me and wines as Kitty scoots around gleefully with his stuffed animal or pull rope... and the last few days Kitty has been putting our socks in her mouth just like Laska does. (her own as well, every time we take her out in the stroller, after a longish period of silence we peak in on her, and her previously socked and shoed foot is bare and exposed to the chilly weather, and both socks are in her mouth)

We both continue to be madly in love with her. Delighted, charmed, proud, and amazed.