From birth, Kassie had personality. She was friendly, and she was always happy. She smiled at everyone, and was not afraid of strangers. We could be at the grocery store, and as I was holding her with one hand, and using my free hand to put the groceries on the belt, she would reach out to the cashier to hold her, or whoever was in line in back of me. Most of the time, people would reach out for her too. She just had this magnetic personality that drew people to her.
Kassie was developing just fine. She was doing everything that the book "What to expect the first year" was saying. She had a binky that I took from her at six months. She was a little early in walking in my opinion. She started walking at just eight months. I could have waited a little longer. Once that happened, there was no stopping her. She was all over the place. She was a climber and she liked to hide. She was non stop, and it was exhausting. Fortunately, we decided that I would not go back to work after she was born. So her schedule, became my schedule.
Kassie managed to get into any kind of trouble that she could. I could not take my eyes off of her for one second.
On the morning of her first birthday party, I prepared her last bottle. As she drank it, I grabbed all of the bottles from the cabinet and threw them out. When she finished her bottle, I added that to the garbage as well. She never asked or wanted a bottle again. Yes, it was that easy. No tears. The transition was easy from bottle to sippy cup.
At her birthday, Kassie was a host. She walked from table to table and sat with whoever called for her. We constantly had to look for her and see where she had landed. When it came time to hit the pinata, she loved the attention that was being given to her. She liked the applause and was smiling ear to ear as she was cheered on to hit it one more time. Cutting her cake was no different. She loved being the center of attention. She had no problem running to the center of the room and dancing when music came on. She was not shy, one bit.
In my opinion, she was extremely smart. She had rhythm and was very coordinated. She could feed herself with accuracy and she LOVED food.
Kassie was a quick learner when it came to certain things. She could follow and watch people do things, and she would remember.
She did have some temper tantrums, who doesn't? Even then, I laughed at how smart she was. The first tantrum she threw, she dropped to the floor, and threw her head back. Although it was carpet, it still hurt her head. The next time she did it, as she threw her head back, she made sure to brace her arms to prevent her head from hitting the floor. She had a good memory.
There was no indication that anything could be wrong. She was perfect....to me.
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