Kate has turned from my happy baby into my loud, screaming, always on the go, happy baby. She plays all the time and is always on a mission of some kind, either plotting how to can get Bella or one of the cats close enough to play with or how to get a crossed the room. She got Rusty, the fat cat, pretty good the other day. Kate and I were playing on the floor and Rusty came over to me wanting me to pet him. I did for awhile and when I stopped he thought he would be brave and check out Kate. He got just close enough to smell her and Kate grabbed him by the side of the head. Rusty meowed in his high pitched meow and took off leaving behind a hand full of hair. Of course he made such a scene when he ran away that Bella tackled him as he ran by. I don't think Rusty will be brave anytime soon.
Kate is still rolling over every chance she gets. Ive even had to start getting her dressed after her bath on the floor instead of on the kitchen island. The weird thing is she only rolls from her back to her tummy even though Ive seen her roll the other way and she only rolls to her left. This week she has started wanting to sit up more and more. She can sit by herself for just a short time before she slouches over or takes a nose dive.
She is more excited about her exersaucer. She actually grabs onto the toys and even puts them in her mouth when she can. It seems like everything she can put in her mouth she does. Kate even likes to share. The other day she was sitting on my lap sucking on her fingers, I started talking to her and she decide that maybe I would like a taste too and put her drool covered fingers in my mouth. I didn't appreciate it as much as she thought, but she still got a good laugh out of it.
I have bought her a few new toys this week. It seems like she is harder to entertain than she was before. I also got her some new teething toys to help sooth her poor gums.

Can I put this in my mouth?

She loves to listen to her puppy sing

Kate still loves to watch the Reds games with her daddy. It is funny how contently she sits and watches the game. Jeff will be heart broken if she doesn't like to watch the Bengals as much as she likes to watch the Reds.
Feeding her cereal is going well. We feed her about two tablespoons twice a day. She loves the rice cereal and even says "Mmmm" every time she takes a bite, probably because I say "Yum" most of the time. This week we started giving her oatmeal cereal as well to give her a little variety. I'm not sure that she likes it. The first time she had it she was so excited but as soon as she had her first bite she looked so disappointed and spit it back out. Ever since then sometimes when she takes a bite she gets a disgusted look on her face and actually shutters but still eats it. Its like she forgets that she doesn't really like it. I think we will give it a week or so before decided that she doesn't like it, maybe it will grow on her. Next week we will start solid foods! First we will start with green beans then bananas. Hopefully, the bananas will make the oatmeal cereal more appealing.

We still seem to have the same hurdles to over come. Kate never wants to go to bed when it is bedtime. She has been going to bed between 9 and 10 pm. If she goes to bed after 10 pm it is a pain to say the least. She cries and has started throwing herself around and even grabbing and waving at my face. Not fun! She also will fall asleep and wake up about a half of a dozen times before finally going to sleep. As you might of guessed going to sleep before 10 pm is the goal every night.

She also is still camera shy. The camera comes out and all the smiles seem to fade away into blank stares or not looking at the camera at all.

What's going on?

No pictures please