Kate is Growing Up! Videos!

Chris and I are amazed at how quickly Kate has grown over the past couple of years. It feels like only yesterday she was a babbling, waddling toddler, and now she's a full-fledged preschooler. Lately, her growth rate seems to be picking up speed.

The other day, she was talking to me on the cell phone while at the grocery store (I was at home), and after she told me all about her day at preschool and the delicious bagel chip she was eating, she said, "Mom, I gotta go." And hung up. She's not my "baby" anymore, sniff, sniff.

Here is a medley of some of my favorite videos of Kate, then and now.

Kate at 19 months, pretending to read before a large, captivated audience:

Kate two years later, at 3.5 years, pretending to chat on the phone:

Kate at 21 months, joyfully singing the notes of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy":

Kate, two years later, singing with clearer diction and a lot more posturing, but no less joy:

Kate at 15 months, dancing to her favorite song:

Kate at 19 months, doing "Head, Shoulders" with Mom:

And Kate at 3 years, rocking out to "Mickey." Her dance moves have gotten a little more sophisticated:

And finally, Kate at 12 months, laughing:

Kate may no longer be my little baby, but she hasn't changed at all.