Hat snack

Katelyn has been beating up daddy today. Stiff arms, hooking the mouth, and even eating his hat. Daddy likes the rough housing.

Fancy Feet

Katelyn loves to hold her feet. She gets very excited as shown in this video! She's very proud of herself too.

Rock and Roll

Oh my gosh!!! Katelyn had quite the milestone this morning. SHE ROLLED OVER. She's been rolling into her side for about a week. She keeps getting stuck on her arm. so she'll have her whole body rolled over except for her shoulder...daddy and I are sticklers and wouldn't give her credit for an official roll over. THEN... she rolled over in her crib this mornign with Dad. We are so proud and mommy can't wait to see it for herself.

Even better- daddy snapped a pic just after since I wasn't there. In this pic you can see the "What in the heck just happened" look. After a bunch of claps and praise from daddy, she grinned ear to ear and was very pleased with herself. So exciting, here's our little roller! It's a little blurry from all the action. Way to go Kate!

Cousins

Katelyn sure loves her cousins. She had so much fun with max & Alex on Christmas and had fun with Maggie and Coleman today. Coleman and Maggie had fun making faces and watching katelyn smile a huge ear to ear grin. Here is a pic of Coleman in action.

Holly and Tripper got some great photos on Christmas that I'll post asap! We had a great Christmas. Life seems to be such a whirlwind these days. Hopefully I'll be a better blogger in 2011 than I have been lately. That'll be one of our new years resolutions.

Our cozy little sleeper

Kate sure does get comfy when she sleeps. Here's proof.



We had our 4 month visit today. Katelyn got an A+. Dr. G kept commenting how strong she was (yep...that's our girl). She's still in 90-95th percentile for height @ 25.5 inches. For weight, she scaled back from 90th percentile to 75th % coming in just under 15 lbs. Dr G said this is fine. She is eating so much these days and is starting to teeth (fun stuff, let me tell you). Dr. G gave us the okay to start rice cereal so we had our first big girl meal tonight. As expected she spit most of it out b/c of her tounge reflex. It will take her a while to learn how to use a spoon. WE gave her the rest in her bottle and she took it like a champ! Hopefully she sleeps hard tonight. She's been mainly sleeping through the night, but she normally wakes up once b/c she's gotten out of her swaddle which wakes her up.

Today was also her next round of shots. She did MUCH better than last time. Daddy came this time, so he helped to distract her. She cried more for the oral one than anything. She's been a little fussy today until we were allowed to give her the first Tylenol dose. Then she was a happy camper.

Other than that news we have been laying low and working on our christmas cards, shopping, wrapping, car shopping, etc. We need an SUV to cart Kate around in.

We've got a holiday party tomorrow night and have hired our first sitter. We'll let you know how that goes.

Blog Speed Bump

My work internet blocker decided to classify my blog as an "adult" site while I was on maternity leave. This means I can't access my blog as easily as before Katelyn arrived. I'm sorry in advance if it takes a while between posts.

We've been having a GREAT time watching Katelyn grow. She's almost 4 months and is such a big girl. She officially sleeps through the night now. She love to hold her hands (fist style), so she looks like she's praying all the time. She loves making bubbles and blowing rasberries. We feel like she'll walk any day now.

I've got SO many pics to post, we just are bad about downloading the pics. I'm about a month behind on posting our cutie in photos. Sorry!

More to come, but since it's been so long since I've posted I thought I'd write a quick note.

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!

It's amazing

It's amazing what up'ing your daughters food will do. Earlier this week we started giving her 6 ounces per feeding. She has slept through the night for 2 nights in a row. She still wakes up b/c she breaks out of the swaddle around 2 or 3am, but that's a quick 5 minute break in the middle of the night instead of an hour! We'll keep you posted but mommy and daddy think we may have passed the hurdle!!!

Hooray! We hope...

Pretty Girl

Katelyn is all smiles these days. Here is a shot of our cutie on Thanksgiving. She is usually camera shy, so catching the smiles on camera is a rare thing. I can read her mind in this picture: "Don't I look pretty in my dress?"