22nd Week Birthday

Daddy and a sleepy Katy

Hittin' the (water) bottle on a HOT NC day! (caption just for you, Pop-Pop Tinkey ;-P)

Playing with Lumpy at the Diner

Power nap in the stroller

Today you are 22 weeks old, Katy.

After your fun week at home with Grandma Tinkey, you are back at King's Keep with Miss Silvia, Miss Megan and Miss Nancy. You certainly don't nap as well at daycare as you do at home. The teachers also commented that you've been a lot more "clingy" lately. Perhaps you are experiencing some separation anxiety?

You continue to teeth, this week. Daddy went out to buy more teethers so that there is always a cold teether in the freezer for when you need one. You seem to find some relief when you gnaw on something cold. Or, in a pinch, a finger will do!

Your big accomplishment for the week is the fact that you are starting to "scoot" around (separate blog post). Your legs are getting stronger and you are able to move around more by either scooting around or by rolling over until you get somewhere.

You love to grab your toes and put them in your mouth. Babies are so flexible- despite all of that cute chub!

You love studying faces and you take your cues off of your caregivers. For example, if I smile really wide and talk to you in a sing-songy voice, you smile, coo and giggle. If Daddy gets all squinty-eyed and smiley, you get all squinty-eyed and giggly.

Not only are you studying faces, but you are studying how things work and the world around you. When Daddy bathes you at night, you not only notice the water dripping down, but you notice the cup that the water comes from and you try to reach for it.

After our evening out last week at Union Street Live, we noticed that you got several bug bites on your face, legs and arms. They've been slowly healing this week. I guess you are so sweet that even the bugs think so! We'll have to be more careful about the bugs when we go out, from this point forward.

We ended your 22nd week with a case of the sniffles (separate blog post).