You do the hokey pokey

Cate's teachers from school informed me that she really likes the hokey pokey.

And that's what it's all about!

ABC and M is for mama!

Learning overload!

Video catch up

Little miss has been doing so much lately, she's such a little person now. I haven't been able to post from my phone because the app was messed up, so I re downloaded it, so enjoy the video catch up;)
Here she is helping me fold laundry...

Big girl

Just riding her trike...

Best dime EVER spent!

Last Friday we made a quick day trip back home, stopped in a local shop, and spent the best $.10 EVER!!

(and she rode it three times, so we actually spent $.30=)

16 months

I'm pretty sure we have the smartest 16 month old on. the. planet! (I'm her mama so I can say that right?!?)

Just see for yourself...

(I put a play list back on the blog, so scroll down to the bottom and pause it to watch the videos...)

So what do you think? We better start putting a lot more $$$ into her college fund...

Anyways, enough bragging...(well who knows I may brag a bit more in this post before it's all over with!) I just wanted to document a few of Cate's new things she is doing. It seems like I just wrote about her 15 month update. How on earth has another month flown by? I wasn't going to do another update until 18 months, but these things are just too cute not to tell y'all about!

As you saw, matching is her new favorite game. Her Jojo found her the Melissa and Doug Noah's Ark puzzle, about a month ago and Cate loves it. When Cate first started playing with it she would put the pieces in the holes on top. Then, after a while, we would lay the puzzle pieces out on the floor, and since there are two of each animal, etc. we just started picking one up, like the monkey, and asked Cate to find the monkey match. She got that down, then we just kept on with all of the animals, and now she can do them all! Pretty amazing!!! 

While we were at my parents this past weekend, my dad found her a Sesame Street character matching game at Wal-Mart. We thought what the heck, we will see if she can match a few out of the box. Ya...Sista could match ALL of the cards in the box! We are just SO proud!

Another BIG highlight...Cate now says "MAMA"!!! I must admit, I'm a little sad that I am no longer "Vava," but it's the sweetest thing when she looks at me and says "Mama." melts. my. heart.

Other than that, she is babbling away...just babble babble babble, and explore explore explore. She can find the tiniest piece of something on the floor and bring it to me...at least she doesn't eat it=)
Another thing she has been doing that I probably shouldn't say so I don't jinx it, is that she pretty much tells us when she is ready to go nap or go to bed. She will grab her little doll and monkey that she sleeps with, sometimes will point up the stairs, other times we will just ask her if she is ready to go lay down or go take a bath...and she's ready...grabs her friends and goes. AND she doesn't fight it either when we put her in her crib!!!! UNBELIEVABLE! It's like she just knows she needs to rest and recharge, she starts her music and off to dreamland she goes!!!
Such a sweet sweet 16 month old! 

Make ya laugh Monday...again

I'm pretty sure this will make you laugh...

As you can see...someone has had the giggles lately;) I could not help myself...I just had to share!;) happy Monday!

Make ya laugh Monday!

Here's a good laugh to start your week!;) You'll also see how she says "please"...

Baby giggles=priceless moments!!

Make ya laugh Monday!

Dada's car crashing is pretty funny...

Riding in style

So our last trip to the grocery store, we caved, and Cate got to ride in style!

















She loved driving around the store...

I'm sure I will regret this decision to have such a fun outing, because next time we go to the store, Cate will probably only want to ride in style... not like pushing/maneuvering the cars cart, Cate, and a FULL load of groceries is hard...right?!? Daddy may be going shopping with us more often...;)

Sing it sista!

Cate was just a singing to us on our trip to Rockport this past weekend! (Posts on that to come)
But for now, enjoy this sweet serenade!

"Ahhhh" means "Yes, please!?"

What do you think?!

So for the past couple of weeks, we've noticed that Cate is answering us with this "Ahhhhhh" sound when we ask her pretty much any question pertaining to what she would like to do.
Examples:
As you saw in the video,
"Cate, would you like to go take a bath?"
Cate - "Ahhhh!"

"Cate, would you like to go outside?"
Cate - "Ahhhh!"

"Cate, would you like to go bye bye?"
Cate - "Ahhhh!"

"Cate, would you like to eat?"
Cate - signs eat and says "Ahhhh!"

"Cate, would you like to go for a wagon ride/or ride your trike?"
Cate - "Ahhhh!"

"Cate, would you like to go lay down/take a nap?"
Cate - "Ahhhh!"

So as you can imagine, it's pretty comical. Definitely seems to be her response, meaning "yes, please mama and dada!" to what we ask her. Pretty amazing!!;)

Sharing with dada

Flight of the ball popper

Jojo sure finds some great garage sale deals...

Birthday presents are FUN!!

Just enjoying a lil trike ride...even if it's only for 10 minutes because it's 103* out...



Even though these pics may not look like it, Cate LOVES her trike!!!



She was just wasn't too happy we were stopping to take pics;)



She even says "bye bye" when we start going down the street!! TOO cute!

We also love pushing dolly around...



And here she is on her first wagon ride!



Now if only fall would arrive so we can spend more time outside...

Don't stop believin'

Made you think of the song, didn't I?!
Well, I guess Cate was around 10 months or so and I was trying to work on a few signs, such as more, all done, eat, etc. She seemed to do all done for more, so she seemed to be getting it, but mixing it up, so I just kinda gave up. It wasn't a big deal for me if she learned any or not, and I had read mixed reviews about teaching them, so if she picked up a few, fine, it not, it was nothing worth stressing over!;)
I haven't been doing them in a while, and the other day my dad was up visiting, and he was feeding Cate her snack, and she signed more...(7/21)

Then today, (7/27), I asked her if she was ready for lunch? Ready to eat? and she signed "eat"! It was crazy! The I got her in her high chair, and stalled a little bit so I could try to get a video...

SO smart!;) It's so crazy that she's had things stored up and now using them;) SO fun! even little things we say now like, "let's go bye bye" (like leaving the house out the garage door) or "go outside", (which means out the back door,) she will look at the appropriate door, and reach for you to pick her up because she is ready to GO!!!;) Love it! Now I know not to underestimate her smartness and keep teaching her everything I can!!!

Dancie dance

She's a walkin'

This is where we are...

Don't think I can quite say she is a professional yet...but she takes about 11-15 steps at a time now!

Breakfast and bye bye

NO time to talk

As you could see, she definitely recognized the words I was trying to get her to say, however, eating meals and snacks are pretty serious stuff around here, and apparently it is not the time to work on our words;)
Side note...I thought about taking another video and seeing how many peas she would eat in one minute...but she had already eaten a TON. Maybe next time;)