A New Friend

Yesterday, I got to spend some time with Anne, a dear friend since college, who is visiting Nashville for a few days. We haven't seen each other in about a year and a half, and in that time, we each had a baby! It was really special having Ryan and Kaitlyn meet for the first time. Ryan is 14 months old and spent most of his time running around and checking out Kaitlyn's toys. Since she's still not very mobile, Kaitlyn was content to watch his energetic motions with fascination. It gives me a glimpse of what life will be like for us in a few months! There was a little incident involving a toy cell phone that they both wanted, but it was resolved without too many tears. And somehow, Anne and I managed to have a little adult conversation in between all the madness. I'm learning that moms have an amazing ability to multitask!

In other Kaitlyn news, she has become a rocking maniac. She rocks when she's in her Exersaucer and somehow manages to move it all the way across the floor. She loves rocking back and forth in my lap or when I'm holding her in a standing position. Yesterday, we put her in her jumper for the first time (the kind that hangs in the doorway). She was in heaven as she was bouncing around to her heart's content.

Kaitlyn's still just thinking about crawling. She gets up on all fours many times throughout the day but hasn't figured out how to coordinate the arms and legs into any meaningful forward motion. She still scoots around Army style to get wherever she wants to go. But that's just fine with me! She's pretty easy to supervise right now :)