3/17/08 (Adoption Day)
3/16/09
What a difference a year makes! I can’t get over how much Catherine has changed in just a short 12 months. Looking at the two photos above takes my breath away. I now understand why parents give their toddler’s age by months instead of by years. She grows by leaps and bounds every single month. Actually every day she changes bit by bit. I do have to laugh a little because her expression hasn’t changed too much when we pose for the camera. I am just happy she didn’t fight us for our family shoot like she normally does.
Catherine is 22 months old and here is what she is doing:
- Reads to her baby dolls.
- Tries to steal our spot on the couch. When we start heading that way, she will run as fast as she can to beat us there.
- Is climbing on everything.
- Is starting to sing (in baby language)
- Her favorite books are pop-up books (I think she gets that from my Mom)
- Likes to dress up the dogs by putting necklaces on them.
- Adds ‘io’ to Mommy and Daddy. We are now Mommyio and Daddyio
- Hides when she wants to do something she knows she’s not supposed to do
- Doesn’t want to sit in the high chair anymore, especially at restaurants
She is a beautiful baby so full of life, love and happiness. She loves people, animals, and all things active. She’s a girly girl with a bit of tom-boy mixed in. She is a techie at heart but still loves art. I can’t wait to see how her personality develops over this next year. And I can’t wait to see who she becomes as she grows older. She enriches our lives deeply and she completes our family.
