Little Kate is developing quite the personality. She is such a joy!! Even though babies are such hard work, it is SO WORTH IT! She makes me so happy (as each and every one of my children has and does). I love children!! Don't get me wrong, we definitely have our days, but I believe in the Old Testament Scripture that says, "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them"
(Psalm 127:3-5).
Kate has learned to go up and down the stairs safely, so we were able to remove all the gates and she now has free reign of the house. It is so nice! During the transition, she fell twice down the entire flight of stairs, but was just fine after a minute or so of crying. My cousin-in-law recently told me of a study she read about children and falls down stairs. She said it is highly unlikely that a child would be injured by a fall down the stairs, so that made me be less worried. Babies tend to just let their muscles relax if they fall and they are really flexible and bouncy anyway, so they don't usually get hurt. Adults, on the other hand, would tend to tense up and cause themselves more injuries. Both our flights of stairs are carpeted with carpet on the bottom, so no worries!
Kate has taken 8 steps! She is going to be walking all around by her first Birthday, I think. Way earlier than any of the other children. This week I also had to move her into the booster seat at the table because I can strap her in. I don't know where the high chair straps are and she was climbing out at every meal. None of the other children ever did that!! And Grant was in the high chair until he was 3 years old!
Kate was providing us all with quality entertainment this afternoon. We were all sitting on the couch except for her and she was crawling around the circle from our family room into the front hall and then into the living room, which connects back to the family room. She crawled back and forth playing peek-a-boo and laughing and smiling and rolling around on the floor. She is so sweet.
Here is a video of Grant teaching Kate to be a crazy person:
Cute! I hate stairs so much! I had one break a leg falling down a flight, but mostly, everyone has been fine. Only one more little one to teach! But OH how sad. I hate the littlest ones growing up. How do we stand it?
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