The Slacker Update

Yep, that's me, the slacker. I can't believe that I have let this much time pass without updating. I'm guessing it has to do with that I keep everyone pretty updated through Facebook. I know that there are some of you who are not regulars of Facebook so I will try harder to post more often.

Katelyn turned 5 months on 6/21 and her 6th month birthday is quickly approaching on 7/21. Can anyone believe that she is almost 6 months old? I look forward to getting her 6 month photos taken. Since professional photos are so darn expensive, we decided to only do them at 6 months and then maybe once a year after that. My sweet little baby is almost half a year old! There are still some days I can't believe that she is mine. After everything I went through health-wise in 2007, it is an absolute miracle that Katelyn is here and completely healthy. Or maybe it is more of a miracle that as I sit here today my biggest complaint is doing the laundry or figuring out what to make for dinner. I feel so fortunate and try to remind myself of these things when some days life seems just a little too much.

Katelyn is reaching all of her milestones. She can now roll over both ways (tummy to back and back to tummy). It seems though once she accomplishes something she isn't too interested in doing it anymore. She just moves on to the next thing. She also is sitting up like a champ. If I sit her on a blanket, she will sit there for quite awhile before she topples over, which will sometimes get a chuckle from her and Mama. She can even give kisses now! If you open your mouth, she will open hers up wide and slobber all over you. It is a little gross but completely adorable at the same time.

I am posting a video of Katelyn in one of her "crazy" moods which seem to happen much more frequently these days. The title "When Wild Monkeys Attack" says it all, trust me!

Until next time...

And here's the happy baby....

An update and then some...

Sorry to the few of you that keep up with this thing. I've been slacking on the weekly updates. Officially, Katelyn turned 2 months on Saturday the 21st, but she turned 8 weeks last Wednesday. Yeah, it's about as confusing as the whole 9 month pregnancy that really lasts for about 10 months.

I have started to pack up little monkey's newborn clothes as she is getting entirely too long for them. Katie is growing so fast - too fast! I get overwhelmed sometimes because I don't want to miss a single moment of her sweet life. She had her 2 month check up on Thursday and received her first set of vaccines. Poor baby had to have 5 shots, but she took it like a champ. She gets that from me, of course. haha. She weighed in at a healthy 10 lbs. 10 oz and was 21 inches long. Katie is still a little peanut according to all the charts but absolutely perfect to me.



I took this one on the way to her first garage sale at Nana's. She doesn't care much for Mama, I guess. I don't know what it is about that finger.

Katelyn loves her swing!

Katelyn rolls over @ 7 weeks!

Katelyn's Birthday - Our first video

Finally, I am posting the video of Katelyn taken the day she was born. I tried to do this once before on my old PC laptop - did not work at all. On my new MacBook it was easy :) Enjoy!

Target + coffee + sleeping baby = a happy Mama!

Today Katie turned 6 weeks. After her morning ba-ba, Katie and I headed off to Target. I needed some supplies to ship out my eBay auctions, and monkey needed a dress to wear to Aunt Stephanie's wedding in April. Oh, have I mentioned how much I love eBay? I sold a maternity shirt for more than I paid for it! Back to my story, Katie was on her best baby behavior and dozed for most of the trip. Some random lady chatted with me about babies. The weirdest part is that she only came down the aisle when she saw Katie. Not sure that I would do that. No, I KNOW I wouldn't do that.

Here is monkey's 6-week pictures...

Another week...

Another week has gone by and Katie will be 5 weeks tomorrow. I know I keep repeating myself but time is just flying by. She seems to be changing by the minute. Now when she looks at me, I can tell that she's starting to put it all together. It is so amazing to watch her grow, but I keep telling her to slow down just a little for Mama. She is not listening.

Katie may have some visitors this weekend other than the usual suspects. Hopefully, Luke's family will make it up for a long overdue visit. They haven't seen the little monkey since we got home from the hospital. Here are some pictures from today. Everyone says that she looks a lot like me in the second picture. I am still having a hard time seeing it. You be the judge.

Katie turns 4 weeks old!

Katelyn is 4 weeks old today.

In the last couple of weeks she's become more aware of what's going on and she is getting bigger (also eating more). She also likes to give Dad a hard time about going to sleep - something that she doesn't do so much for Mom. Don't ask me why.

I love the time I get to spend with her each night when I come from work - she always wakes up around dinner time for her evening bottle and says hi to Dad. Yes, life has changed and it's definitely for the better.

Here are a couple of cute pictures that Steph took of her today.

We did it!

So I survived my first week alone with Katelyn. It wasn't nearly as terrifying as I had made it out in my mind. More importantly though, Katelyn survived her first week alone with me. I can't believe she is already 3 weeks old. Where does the time go? Today we baked a cake for Lukas for Valentine's Day. Well, I baked the cake and Katie-poo sat in her bouncer seat and watched. I love that she is awake more during the day. She just hangs out and takes everything in. I am such a lucky girl - I have two Valentines this year.



Katelyn - 3 weeks old