As of 10:45 a.m., this is what Kate has done with her day besides getting up, eating breakfast and getting dressed:

Talked to daddy on the phone. He calls us every morning to check in since he leaves for work before we're up. Kate knows he does this and therefore assumes that if the phone rings sometime in the morning, it's Dan and she is entitled to talk to him. She demands this by going "Dadadadada!" until I give her the phone. This is cute unless, for example, someone else happens to call before 9 a.m.

Dan's phone call distracted Kate from her ongoing goal of eating this mirror from our bathroom. I think this is about teething, but possibly she just likes how it tastes.

Then it was time to try to grab the camera. End of photo session.

This next series of photos illustrates a series of things Kate did while I ate some cereal. First, she managed to get a lot of Cheerios on the floor, which is pretty impressive considering that she had to pull them out of one of those snack trap things that are supposed to prevent babies from spilling their Cheerios on the floor. She tossed the bowl and her pacifier aside and went to get her push toy. Then she rounded the corner and saw all those Cheerios lying defenseless on the ground. I just went ahead and got my broom out after I took the picture.

Once she had crushed a suitable number of Cheerios, she stopped to snack on the leftover ones.

And then immediately turned around to see what might be in the cabinet behind her. Nothing, as usual, because I moved all the cleaning supplies except for a spray bottle of water out of there a long time ago, but that doesn't stop her from checking every single day. Like maybe there will suddenly be some awesome loot in there.

And that is our day so far.Now it's time for lunch. Got to go.