Spoiled Rotman: 48 Weeks!

This week, Anna Kate's legs are the star of the show. That sounds funny, but it is true!

For a few weeks now, she has been using her legs little by little to stand without holding onto something. Most of the time it seemed that she didn't know she was doing it. Daddy has been training her again, and now she knows when she is standing and gets quite proud of herself, laughing and giggling. Over the weekend, while playing in the toy kitchen, Anna Kate decided to show off her skills as she inspected some of Avery's play food and we all watched as she kept standing, and standing, and standing.

It is also time to (seriously) figure out our baby gate situation. We have been avoiding it, as the dogs sleep upstairs in the bonus room and we didn't want to disturb them any more... since Anna Kate took "their room" in the first place. This week, AK learned how to really climb stairs. She has had an interest in them for a while, but never made it further than hands on the second step. She crawled up four this week, with a watchful Momma!

Cruising is also becoming more and more real. She has to be motivated, but now, Anna Kate will walk sideways along the coffee table or window ledges to get where she wants to go. We have gotten out her walker, but she is more interested in the toys on it than using it to move and when you walk with her she still isn't terribly motivated.

Last thing for the week, which melts Mommy's heart each time, Anna Kate has learned how to "share". At mealtimes, she finds it fun to share handfuls of food with Mommy (both when prompted and when she is done with what she is eating). She also thinks it is HILARIOUS when she has a spoon and Mommy lets AK "feed" her. She can also "share" her books and toys by bringing them over to Mommy and putting them near her hands. This one gets tiring, but is still sweet. She could read all day long. Like mother, like daughter! She will fit in someday at the lake, right Daddy?