Pretty Perfect

Those were our doctor's exact words when describing Kate at her pediatrician appointment today (although Brian and I both say it nearly every day!), and it was music to our ears!  (I think she is trying to get some brownie points...) Our Baby Girl is progressing just as she should be and it appears that we are doing something right!  She weighed 18 lbs. 9.5 oz which put her in the 90th percentile for weight and was 26 3/4 inches long which put her in the 75th percentile for height.  Trust me when I say her noggin' has been a-growing too. Again, I didn't write down what exactly her head circumference was, but it was good.  She's absorbing information about the world around her and that little brain of hers is expanding!

More interestingly though was the paper that Kate sat upon while waiting for the pediatrician to do the check-up.  Kate could not get enough of the crinkly material that was sooo much fun to rip apart. And Brian and I couldn't get enough of watching Kate play!

We thought bringing a little teether would occupy Kate...
Boy, were we wrong.

Once she discovered that she sat upon a long sheet
of paper that teether saw no love.

"Look, Mama!  I can pull it!"

And then she figured out she could rip it...

"It's just so much fun to tear it to pieces!!"

"Can we get some of this at home, Mama?"

This is what the pediatrician saw when she came in...
...We promise we are responsible parents.

See Kate in action below!

For the record, we apologized to the pediatrician for the mess and we cleaned up after our child ourselves.  Our pediatrician did not mind one bit.  After all, a girl's gotta explore, right?!