Happy 12 Week Birthday Baby Kate!

I woke up this morning after sleeping a very long time because Kate gave me the wonderful gift of sleep last night :). Love those nights! I wanted to do a quick post before we head home for Christmas for a few weeks. Kate and I have her first plane ride very early Saturday morning to Texas and I am anxious and ready to get that over with and just get there. If anyone has any advice for me, bring it on...

Kate is smiling all the time and giggling and is so much fun to watch and play with. Here are a couple of new pics of her. If I don't get to do any posts before Christmas, I hope that each of you has a blessed holiday and gets to enjoy the comforts of home, family, friends and good food and most importantly, the love of our Savior.

A bookworm already...she's got her parent's genes for sure!

A Bad Hair Day

I had to post this picture so everyone could see Kate's funky hairdo. She has started having this hair stick up on her head everyday and its so funny. Here is a great picture of it and also of her being so strong and holding her head up on her tummy...it only lasted a minute before she started to fuss!

Baby Kate's a big girl!

Kate is 11 weeks old today! Wow! I wasn't sure I would make it past 11 days and look where we are :). She is a joy to watch as she smiles at us all the time, laughs and talks to us. Her favorite place in the house is her changing table where she lays there and smiles and laughs at the blank wall. We laugh and say that she's looking at her angels. Its so funny what can entertain a baby...I don't think as adults we find blank walls very interesting to stare at ;)! She also is entertaining herself these days with sucking on her hands. She is constantly putting them in her mouth, yet she hasn't figured out that sucking her thumb or fingers can actually soothe her. She still loves her pacifier and we actually had to introduce her to a new kind last week. She acted like it tasted bad at first, but after mom shoved it into her a mouth enough, she decided to take it and now loves this new one.

We had a great Thanksgiving here in Richmond with friends. We missed our families, but know that we'll see them very soon. Enjoy the new pictures of our darling girl!

Her mouth is open because she was trying to suck on the hood :)

All bundled up for our walk

She grabbed on (with a little help)

Playmates

Sitting in her bumbo seat (she leans a little...)

This is how Kate spent her 1st Thanksgiving...in a turkey coma :)!

Dressed up for mom's birthday

Looking cute!

Tis the Season!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

It's Deer Season!

Kate was staying warm on our walk yesterday in her deer bunting from her Papa. She looked so adorable and cozy that we had to capture the moment with a picture!

A Healthy Report!

Today Kate had her 2 month check-up and AHHH lots of shots! Her appointment began well with her doctor telling us how healthy and strong she looks. She weighed 12 pounds even today and was 22 1/4 inches long. So she has gained 4 pounds in 2 months and 2 1/4 inches in length. Then the appointment went downhill as the nurse took her down the hall (we went with the doctor into his office) and it wasn't long before we could hear the shreiking. But the moment she was back in daddy's arms, she was better and smiling again. We'll see if our little miss sunshine has a rough night or not.

Kate got a visit from two very good friends of ours from Fort Worth this past weekend and she loved meeting them. We also loved having them here and showing them this beautiful city. Mike also ran a 1/2 marathon (he set a new PR!) this past weekend... though, no pics of him completing it, but we all were there to see him finish, including Kate in the great baby bjorn with her hair blowing in the wind! Enjoy the new pictures of Kate at 9 weeks old!

Lovin' Life!

Kate is doing great and its the most wonderful thing in the world to see her face light up as she smiles. She does it all the time now and even when she is falling asleep, we'll lock eyes and she'll grin and those dimples will pop out (or rather in :)). She got a visit from her Linny and Grandpa this weekend and I know that they loved seeing how much she had grown and all the neat things that she does now as opposed to the last time they saw her. We had a great visit and Kate loved getting bounced by Grandpa all weekend in the bouncy chair. He is a world-class bouncer and has been for a long time since he rocked all 3 of us to sleep growing up. I got to weigh Kate this morning and she weighed 11 pounds, 11 ounces!! Next week I will update after her 2 month check up. Today she is 8 weeks and here are some of the latest pics of her this past week.

Linny, Grandpa, Kate and Tucker

Hmmm..what color will that hair be?

So cute!

The first of many bows in my hair
Showing off for Grandpa
Bouncy seat again

Loving Linny
Look at that face

Looking like a little doll (wearing one of my mom's dresses)

Hanging out with daddy

Perched in my crib

tummy time

My first real bath in my bathtub (I outgrew the kitchen sink!)

Say Cheese!!

Kate was all smiles this week as she has become much more social! She is the queen of fighting her sleep during the day as well, but thankfully she is much better at night! Actually, she slept throught the night for the first time Monday night!! She slept from 10:00 to 6:00 and we were amazed! Now she didn't do it again last night, but we weren't expecting for her to do that again. We also got a visit from our friend Julie this past weekend and Kate really took to her and slept in her arms for days. We loved having you here Julie and miss you already!

I also took a few pictures on our walk the other day of the beautiful colors of the trees around here. Its the prettiest its been since my first fall here. Enjoy!

Say Cheese!

down the street

our street

a signature face of hers

family photo (our first taken)

yummm..candy..Happy Halloween!

best buds

another signature look

lovin' the pack-n-play

In Julie's arms

Baby Kate is 6 weeks old!

Kate has had a big week! She got to meet a friend from Texas who was in Richmond for business and she got to meet her new friend, Charlotte. My friend, Jill and I were due a few days apart and our girls ended up both being born on the 17th. Today was the first day they met and we had such fun catching up and holding eachother's babies! They were so different, it was so neat to see. I included a picture of Kate wearing the same outfit on day 3 of her life and at 6 weeks...a BIG difference. Milk does a body good!!!

3 days old (she has her legs pulled up inside the onesie)

6 weeks old (she has filled out her onesie now!)

...Thanks Hilary and Carson, we have LOVED this sleeper!

More 6 weeks pics

Tights are way too long :)..JB, the dress is precious on her!

Very content :)

Kate and Charlotte She wasn't too sure about this bonnet, but her other hats wouldn't stay on her head and it was very cold outside

Meeting her friend Michael