I’ll be home for Christmas

by chuckofish

Darling Katie has had quite the week. It started out with a trip to the pediatrician’s office, where she was declared a very healthy 6-month old, “or a small 9-month old.” She continues to be a long baby and has a “very proportionate head.” (I truly love our doctor’s commentary.) She received 5 vaccines with just the slightest quiver of her lip. Having mastered eating oatmeal and baby food, Katie’s next hurdle is sipping water from a cup. Honestly, she will probably do better at this than I do, given that I mindlessly drink iced coffee until approximately 4:30 p.m.

In other news, she tried on and outgrew these overalls in one go.

She really took some time to reflect on her self-image.

So you agree, you think you’re really pretty?

And now as the week concludes, we are gearing up for a big road trip home to St. Louis on Friday. We will attempt to make the drive straight through, loaded up with meals for the road and every rest stop along the way mapped out by DN. Katie has given us little reason to think she can’t handle this, but who knows… Either way, I think the trip will call for drinking iced coffee with purpose until at least 4:30 p.m.!