Zoo

I haven't done a good job posting so far this year seeing as how it is January 27th and this is my first blog!  Seems like time just keeps going by faster and faster and Kate keeps learning and growing daily.  She is now pretending, and it is the cutest thing!  She pretends to pick things up and pretends to put them in my hand...she will even grab my hand, open it and put her pretend thing in.  She is also paying attention to things that I/we do and then doing them herself, such as washing her hands or putting on lotion.  She will get the lotion bottle pretend shake some lotion on her hands, set the bottle down and rub her hands together!  Adorable!!  She has started giving closed mouth kisses (instead of the open mouth slobbers :) and even tries make the mmmmm sound then smack, its cute!  She loves to be outside and we go out as much as we can but the weather hasn't been very cooperative lately.  We did however spend last week in Lufkin and the weather was perfect for playing outside so Kate got to run all over Mom and Larry's 5 acres and loved every minute of it!!  She picked up pine cones, rode the 4-wheeler, chased Jake, climbed up and down off the deck, kicked her new big red ball all over the place (Thanks Jessica!) and just had a blast!  We took her to the Zoo while we were there.  I really thought she would like to see the animals but she was much more interested in running around on the sidewalks and playing in the water fountain!  A peacock caught her attention for a brief moment, she glanced at the monkeys, listened to the tiger roar and then off she went!  The Zoo was short lived so we walked over to the park where she had a great time playing, running and going down the slide!  Here are a few pictures I took at the Zoo.

 Kate spotted the peacock!  It's to her right and in the shadows, kind of hard to see.

 

 the peacock

 

 Nana and Kate at the water fountain.

 

One day she will be scared of this lion, at one point we all were!!