You Can't Keep Kathleen Down

Leaning Tower of Leenie
Originally uploaded by the golbys.

Now that she's figured out how to pull herself up, Kathleen's practicing her stand everywhere. She pulls herself up on the sofa, the toy basket, in the pack 'n play, on Mommy's legs -- just about anything that will stand still. She's still awfully wobbly, but she's getting better every day. She doesn't really crawl, although she has all the right motions down. She rolls, instead. She can get pretty much wherever she wants to that way. And this afternoon she used her crawling/rolling skills to get over to the television armoire, where she pulled the drawer open!

Get Me Up!

In addition to becoming increasingly mobile, Kathleen has become increasingly vocal. She's making noise all the time now, and her ability to do so delights her. She says something that sounds surprisingly like "hi" -- the inflection is almost exactly like Mommy's.