Still no crawling, but LOTS of talking!

We are fast-approaching the ten month mark and Kate is still my little immobile sweetheart!! She does a lot of rocking in a seated position, crawls her hands out diagonally to the side, spins herself around in circles while on her belly, but still has yet to put two and two together. We leave for Halifax next week and I'm hoping that a week with her cousin Anna will inspire Kate to try a little harder!! Here's a picture from our last trip up in June...hopefully the kids will have a little more interest in each other now, otherwise I fear it's going to be a rough road for little Kate!

On the bright side of the things, she is doing LOTS of talking and pointing. A few of her favorite things to point at are the fan (as in "Kate, where's the fan?"), trees, windows, Daddy and Mommy. She can also say, "button," "tree," and "all done." Here's a little video...

Another favorite pass time is peek-a-boo! She's really very good at it, and starts most mornings playing this game with the sheets on our bed. Here she is playing in the laundry basket!

One very exciting thing has occurred since my last post and deserves to be mentioned here. Our dear friends Aaron and Jenny Stevens received their adoption referral. Sometime in December (hopefully!) they will be welcoming their beautiful little son Tesfahun (which means "be my hope") into their lives and hearts. As I'm sure you know, the road to adoption is long and trying and Aaron and Jenny are elated to finally be so close to meeting their first child!!! They will be traveling to Ethiopia to pick him up as soon as all the legal legwork is complete. Praise God! (I do have a picture of this cute little guy, but for legal reasons it can not be posted online until the adoption is complete...)

This past weekend was Homecoming at Gordon and after a valiant battle with a horrible stomach bug, I was able to join Brian and Kate for a very fun weekend. We met up with all our friends at Gordon (congrats to the newly-engaged Erin and Eric!!) and spent the afternoon together, catching up and watching Kate and Sydney in all their baby cuteness. It's always such a good time when we can meet up as a big group and pick up where we left off back in '05/'06 when we all went our separate ways!

A big thanks to Bridget and Steve Hunt for their hospitality, too! It was such a treat to spend a weekend away with great friends and an awesome place (and baby-friendly!) to stay!