Deja Vu

Kinley is quite the helper these days. She will gladly help clean up after dinner by sweeping the floor under the table on her hands and knees. Why go around the table and chairs when you can go through them?

She will load the dishwasher (and attempt to unload it, too).

Jill had posted a photo of Kinley at the dishwasher on Facebook a couple weeks ago. When we saw it, we asked if her parents had placed her there. We thought they were perhaps overzealous in their attempts to train a good helper.

But this past weekend, we babysat Kinley while her Mommy and Daddy celebrated their third wedding anniversary. We discovered that Kinley can get into these helpful positions all by herself. If given the chance, she will crawl into the dishwasher.

And then I remembered another little girl who was pulling up and getting into things at about the same time.

Jill - About 8 months old- complete with toilet paper in her mouth.

There may have been a little deja vu going on as I chased Kinley from one room to the other.

Kinley - 7 1/2 months old

There is a difference: These days,  I'm considerably older.

I won't be a bit surprised if Kinley follows in her Mommy's footsteps - literally. Jill was walking at 9 1/2 months old. I retrieved her from on top of the dining room table sometime not long after that.

Forget trying to get her to sit still for a photo. Here she comes for the camera. Grandma missed her forehead and her hands - but look at those beautiful eyes and eyelashes, so I had to share it anyway.

Gone are the days when we lay Dolly down and see how much she's shrunk.

January 1, 2012

 Watch out Dolly! You are about to be thrown out of the toy basket.

August 12, 2012

It's good Kinley's parents are young.