11 months and counting...

Caitlyn has started a couple of ‘classes’ this Fall. On Monday, Jaety takes her to the YMCA for swimming. We’re not quite sure what her feelings are on swimming – she seems anxious to get in the water but once in, she puts on a very stoic face. She’s definitely not a big fan of lying on her back in the pool– with every attempt, Caitlyn’s legs are straight up in the air in the pike position as if she didn’t want to get them wet. But she has yet to cry or really fuss much when she’s in the water.

Caitlyn is demonstrating a real love for music and bops to the beat of the alphabet song nearly every time. (Uncle Peter would be very proud of the video below.) We play her music class CD in the car every time (God help us) and she seems to be recognizing the tunes. Her particular favorite is “Itsy Bitsy Spider” – she even tries to make the coordinating hand motions though at this point, all she does is raise her hands in the air.




The cuteness quotient has bumped up the past couple of months as Caitlyn is really into ‘hugging’ her stuffed animals and people. (See videos below.)







While she’s not running any sprints yet, I think we can say that Caitlyn has legitimately started to walk. She has grouped a few steps together – at first, this seemed to be happening once every 3-4 days but now, it’s happening 3-4 times a day. Just the other day, she walked from our oven to the fridge like a pro. Unfortunately, it’s been tough to catch on film since she seems to be more interested in the camera than anything else. We’ll try again next month.

September pics