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title = "Happy Easter!"
slug = "2007-04-08-happy-easter"
published = 2007-04-08T07:47:00.001000-07:00
author = "Emil"
tags = []
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Time flies, and we can't believe Kathryn is already 9 months old!  
  
She now has two teeth, both on the bottom (February 10th and March
27th). We aren't sure if it's the teeth or not, but Kathryn is
definitely a drooler. She wears bibs most of the time now or else we
need to do an outfit change.  
  
Probably the biggest change is just how \*big\* Kathryn has grown. Today
at her check-up we learned she is 19lbs and 29 inches long. Thus she's
in the 50% for weight and 75% for height.  
  
We are well on our way with solid foods. I think Kathryn has had almost
every type of size 2 food Gerber makes. She has also recently mastered
picking up small pieces of food (like Cheerios) and feeding herself.
She's been a pro-bottle holder for several weeks now, which has been
really helpful!  
  
Kathryn still doesn't crawl, but we keep thinking it could be any day!
She can get from a sitting position down on her tummy, and even pushes
up on her hands, but alas, she only makes backwards progress - which she
isn't too happy about! While she hasn't mastered crawling, she has been
swimming! She completed her first Baby & Me swim class and by the end
was really loving splashing, riding the kickboard, and floating in her
own life vest.  
  
Always a social one Kathryn loves going to playgroup and seems to enjoy
daycare. However, since many of her friends are crawling she has learned
that they can quickly take her toys away. So she's developed an
interesting skill to keep her toys - she hides them behind her back!
It's pretty cute. When she's not hiding the toys she's banging them
together. She especially likes measuring cups.  
  
Kathryn's a pretty vocal kid. She does lots of talking, especially when
she's tired. She also just yells sometimes for fun - which is \*not\*
fun for Mom and Dad. When she's excited she will flap her arms up and
down and if she's really excited she gets her legs kicking as well!
She's got a great laugh. Check out [this
video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZE4t-31X1M) of her laughing.  
  
The weather in Oregon has been really nice the past few weeks. Spring is
here and the flowers are blooming! With the nice weather we've been
heading to the park most days after work. Kathryn enjoys looking at the
ducks and loves going on the swing!  
  
We are looking forward to our upcoming Mexico trip! Kathryn has already
requested a sombrero.  
  
Pictures from
[February](http://kathrynmarie.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b32a228d65ec)
and
[March](http://kathrynmarie.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b32b72a6c493)
are available, so if you haven't yet checked them out, take a look!  
  
New Videos we've added (we've been busy, so some are a bit older):  

-   [Baby's first Christmas  
    ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cad7kZBxH5Q)
-   [Kathryn plays in her
    excersaucer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN-keW6E-U4)  
-   [Kathryn gives us a
    raspberry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czdBv0r77M0) (this is a
    skill she quickly lost, but she still likes receiving them!)
-   On January 17th, we had snow in Portland, and caught [Kathryn and
    Mom playing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb5flrrqhec)
-   [A short game of
    peekabo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHdzkUAskEM) that got
    Kathryn laughing
-   [Kathryn got to play with a
    flashlight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nxdtlvx30I), and in the
    words of Kathy Meier, "discovered the force"
-   We [played with Kathryn and tried to get her to demonstrate moving
    from sitting to crawling position...but
    failed](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VhYjlLe6OM)
-   [Kathryn and dad played the "hand
    game"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZE4t-31X1M) where she bangs
    on the table and dad follows suit. She loved it!
-   We got some video of [Kathryn at swim
    class](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOm-c_UbDnI)