Maggie's B-day Pics

Finally found our real camera cord. Hopefully that means more decent pictures being posted. Here are 2 from Maggie's b-day.

The Birthday girl on her birthday blow-up throne


Gramps and Kate


blogger post issues...will try to get this second one up later. Time for bed.

Darn Tired

Mama Lin, Papa Ger and Ma Myrt came to visit today! Katelyn had a great time with them! This is what she looked like about an hour after they left... PASSED OUT!
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Mummy-licious

To get in the Halloween mood, mommy made mummy dogs for lunch today.

Here is my version against the picture from the recipe. I haven't done the faces yet, but I'm guessing it won't be pretty. I'll repost an updated pic if the faces turn out okay.

We'll post pics tomorrow or Monday of Halloween!! Katelyn's excited to be a _____. You'll have to tune back in to fill in the blanks!

Happy birthday Maggie!!

Today cousin Maggie turned 3!! We celebrated on Friday and wore this cute cupcake outfit in her honor.

Happy birthday sweet Maggie. Katelyn can't wait to play "babies" with you soon!

happy anni

Happy Anniversary to uncle tripper and aunt holly. I wish we were in vegas at the bellagio reliving your fantastic wedding. tequila shot anyone? Piano bar? Gonzalez y Gonzalez? Giant slot machine a minute to late?

Such great memories!

OUCH!!

Katelyn had her 2 month check-up today. That means this was the big vaccination appointment, 4 shots for our baby girl. We'll get to that, but first for the check-up and stats. Katelyn is growing ask predicted and is still much longer and heavier than most 2 month olds (our over-achiever).

Head Circumfrence: 15.75 (80%...up from last time which must mean she's going to be smart)
Weight: 12 lbs, 8 oz (90%, same as last month)
Height: 24.25 inches (95%, same as last month)

Overall, Katelyn got a good report. Now for the tough part...the shots! Everyone warns you how bad it'll be and that the shots are harder for mom than baby. I didn't sleep much last night in anticipation. The nurse gave the shots. First of all they made me "restrain" her and hold her still and pin her arms down. That alone made me upset. Then came the first shot. After a 5 second delay the screams started. Poor thing!!!!!!!!!!!! Once the screams started she finished the shots with rapid fire. The nurse says "okay here's your reciept" and basically runs through the door and quickly closes the door behind her. There I am left to console Katelyn who is screaming. She's never really cried like that before. It lasted about 10 minutes and then she feel asleep. Crying like that must have taken its toll and knocked her out. She was fussy a little, but smiled some later in the day. We gave her Tylenol to soften the soreness.

I'm so glad that is over!!! Katelyn you did such a great job considering. Dr. G was very proud of you! you have hit all of your milestones, keep up the good work!

Happy 2 Months!

Happy 2 month birthday Katelyn. Mommy owes you a 2 month letter, but hasnt gotten a chance to write it yet. You are such a big girl and are growing everyday!

Happy sunday

We had a rough night last night, but I've been very happy this morning. Here's proof in my giant smile :)

It's going to be a good day because I will meet auntie Laura today. She lives in DC and is in town. She is one of mommy's BFFs from high school.

Katelyn Allen #2?

My boss just forwarded me an email from a sales rep. Her name is Katelyn Allen. Weird!!

There is a grown up out there with the same name. Her mom has very good taste in names :)

Wide eyes

Fun times...

GREAT visit

Scott, Katelyn and I went for a visit to katelyn's great grandmother. It was great to see you Mom Myrt. Katelyn told us she can't wait until she's old enough to eat your cookies. We hope to stay longer next time. Thanks for having us over! See you next time!

After the visit we headed to a park in Roswell to meet up with uncle Tripper, aunt holly and cousins max and Alex. We are trying to get good pics for the birth announcement and a Christmas note and they have an SLR camera.

Hopefully we got some good ones.

Happy Birthday Grammy!!

Today was Grammy Prather's birthday, so we had a girl's lunch. It makes me so happy to see Katelyn with Grammy. I think katelyn looks like her and Grammy is so good with her. Grammy, we hope you had a great day!!

We also got to go visit aunt Sarah who is expecting her second baby. Sarah is on bed rest and we hadn't seen her in over 3 weeks. It was great to see you Sarah! You are looking great. Keep up the good work!! We can't wait to meet her (or him). Scott thinks boy, I think girl by the way. Hope to come visit again soon!

A great day on all accounts!

This sucks

Someone just found her thumb this morning. Until now she has liked to suck on her hand, but always tucked her thumb under the other fingers.

At least she can soothe herself on her own with the thumb. She LOVES the pacifier, but can't stop spitting it out.

Mommy and daddy are okay with both... They make her so happy!

Aware and Dramatic

Kate has changed so much in the last week. The cold seems to be on the way out, but she gave it to mommy. I'll take that trade any day!

As you saw on the other posts from this week she started smiling regularly. Before now we would get a one-off smile here and there...but yesterday she started smiling like crazy. it melts my heart!! She is one cutie pie!! Hopefully the good mood from yesterday will become an everyday thing.

The other main change to Katelyn is that she is suddenly aware of her surroundings and that her cries mean more attention from Mommy and Daddy. Katelyn has two cries: 1) I'm really hungry or pissed off and I'm letting you know and 2) I'm maybe getting upset but really I just want mommy or daddy to pay me more attention

Exhibit A: When we put her down for bed she'll cry (cry #2), then we'll walk into her nursery and she'll stop

Exhibit B: when she's playing on the mat and mommy is in the kitchen or laundry room she'll cry (cry #2) and when I come in because she's crying she'll stop when we make eye contact.

Is this normal this early? She's 7 weeks today. Does this mean we already have an aware baby that will cry just for attention? We're suckers...and it's working. When we put her to bed we give her 5 minutes to see if she'll stop crying on her own. Do we need to let her cry it out this early? Last night scott went up and ended up rocking her to sleep, which does NOT need to become habit.

Scott and I have also decided Katelyn will be dramatic. The only reason is how dramatic she is with her "I just woke up" stretches, how over the top excited she gets when her mouth gets wiped clean after eating and some of her hand movements. Many times her arms end up over her face like a southern dame who is in desparate need of shade, you know the "whoa is me" look. I'll see if I can snap a pic of it.

Take 2...smiles!!!

I think someone is finally feeling better!

Pretty girl smiles

We are having a very smile filled morning!!