Bath Time Again

Staff Sgt. wanted to give Katie a bath, so he and Dave gave her a sponge bath to calm her down... Once again, decide for yourself if she finds baths from Mimi and Staff Sgt. soothing ;)

Valentines Weekend

Me and Grammie hung out in the kitchen this weekend. Look how well I hold my head up!!!

We had a busy weekend! Grammie and Grandpa and Mimi and Staff Sgt spoiled me all weekend! I had special visitors too! I saw the Brights, Debbie and Steve, Cousin Aislinn and Uncle Uncle Ruben this weekend. I still like to sleep during the day and play at night, but I give mommy and daddy a break sometimes!!! (if they are good)

Monday, I was in daddy daycare while mommy ran errands and I was very good for him all day, then was fussy with mommy at night;)

Today, mommy and I went to the dr. I weight 7 lbs. 6 oz - a whole pound and 6 oz more than when I came home last month. I got my first shot today and I only cried for 5 seconds:)

Let's see if I feel like sleeping tonight;)

My new vibrating chair

All the blogs say that this vibrating chair is supposed to work wonders on soothing babies and putting them to sleep - here is what Katie thinks of it!!!!

Week 4

I'm such a big girl now!

It's a little dark, but I love the look on her face in this pic! She's saying... You talkin to me?

Here's Kaitlyn and Pooh relaxing in the Boppy - which she will do sometimes for about 10 - 15 minutes at a time...

This is me in my car seat on my first long trip in the car. We went to Danbury to meet Mimi cause she left some stuff at our house by mistake and we met up to deliver it. I like the car seat and usually sleep the whole time - I don't like when we slow down or stop though....

I still think I'm a college student and stay up at night and sleep during the day and I'm still hungry ALL the time - I'm a regular little miss piggy! So mommy spend lots of time feeding me - which is hard cause some days and nights she doesn't get much of a break at all:( but it's ok - we're dealing with it and just have to try to sleep more during the day during my naps if she can.

Staff Sgt. (Grumps as mommy calls him) came to see me from Canada yesterday and we went to Walmart and Target to run errands:) He can't get enough of me! I already have him wrapped around my tiny little finger!!! He even thinks my poops are cute!!!

Mommy and Daddy have been giving me bottles at night - one of breastmilk and one of formula to try to let mommy have some sleep too... So, here I am getting my first bottle from daddy. He's good at burping me:)

This weekend, we are going to Mimi and Grumps house and Grammie and Grandpa from Maine are coming to visit and Uncle Uncle Ruben and Aislinn and Will are coming to meet me too! It's going to be a busy weekend, so I have to try really hard not to want to eat all day long so that I can be polite and social like mommy wants me to be.

Tuesday is my 1 month appointment and we will post our new weight after we're done:)

Thanks for reading!

Mimi Comes To Visit and Kaitlyn's First Bath

This past weekend Mimi came to visit. Kaitlyn's cord fell out last weekend and we decided it was time for her first bath in her bath tub. Annie and I were somewhat apprehensive about the first bath because thus far Kaitlyn has not enjoyed her sponge baths very much. Mimi insisted that baby's find the bath soothing and calming, so we decided to let Mimi give Kaitlyn her first bath. Annie captured the experience on film. We will leave it up to the viewer to decide how soothed she looked.

At the beginning of Mimi's visit we sent a picture up to Grandpa Inigo aka Staff Sergeant. Since he is in Canada and unable to visit as easily as Mimi he informed her that she can visit but can't hold Kaitlyn. Well as you can see she did not listen. When we sent this picture we did not carefully look it but there is something that Staff Sergeant was quick to point out that makes this picture very amusing. See if you can find it.

Week 2

Katie and daddy playing in her AWESOME jungle gym that Alaina bought for her.

Only family photo we have where Dave doesn't look like he's the one that had the baby;)

Tummy Time with daddy!

Another week, another update.

Katie gained another 4 ounces and got gold stars from the doctor today - so we continue to press on with the breastfeeding. It's VERY tough on me, as she has taken to wanting to eat every hour for about 30 to 45 minutes at a time, and then is ready to start all over again an hour after she last started. So, Mommy hasn't been getting much sleep at all at night.

I try to get naps during the day when she's sleeping and Dave can watch her - so cross your fingers that she breaks this habit by the end of next week when Dave goes back to work, leaving us home alone.

When she is awake these days, she's much more alert and she's definately calmed down in terms of temperature issues - so she is regulating her own temperature much much better!!!!

Our days are still flying by- I feed her, Dave feeds me, and we try to sleep when we can - it's tough - but very manageable considering how bad some other people have it their first few weeks.

I'm doing VERY well - the recovery is going remarkably well, I'm just very tired and feel some pains every once in awhile which I'm guessing are my organs moving back into their pre-pregnancy locations:)

Hope all is well with u all! We'll keep you posted as more stuff happens and we get more sleep!!!

What a busy week!!!

Little Kaitlyn has had a busy first week of life!

From battling the cold weather to come home, to having many wondedrful visitors to learning how to eat and sleep and burp and her first doctors appointment.

She lost a whole pound from when she was born and so we had to take her for a weigh in Thursday. We are happy to report that she gained 4 ounces after 2.5 full days of breast milk so we are very, very happy about that. The next weigh in is next thursday to be sure her progress continues.

We are having an amazing time learning all about our daughter and can already see so many changes in her. One of our favorite things about Kaitlyn is that she sneezes in multiples (3's) just like daddy!!!

Mom and dad are doing well although mom has developed some hives so we are going to watch them closely.

Daddy was a trooper and let mommy sleep as much as possible last night between feedings to help them get better. (hes napping now)

Grammie and Grandpa from maine are on their way down for a visit today. We are glad they can visit and help us out with her for a few days....they get to spoil her and we get more naps:)

Here is a picture of me about 1.5 hours after she was born. You can't really tell but I'm taking a pic of myself in the recovery room after all our family abandoned me to go see her at the nursery!!!! I got wheeled in to the room, the nurse asked them to step out so she could get me in bed and i mentioned she was in the nursery and they all ran out while waving hello on the way out! It was comical to say the least!!!

Grammie and Grandpa from maine are on their way down for a visit today.

Staff Sergeant (he's going to need to pick a realistic name - we are pusing for grumps instead) is head over heels for this little girl and can't seem to get enough of her!!!

Mimi is a pro - too bad she won't fit like that for long:(

We will update more later - she can't wait to meet you all - we get clearance to travel and go in public places in 4 - 6 weeks.