The sun came out!!! and Thank you Grandpa!!!

The sun came out in Michigan today... it's miraculous!! So Kat and I took a family vote and decided that the housework could go hang because we wanted to play outside! We went for a walk to the park and watched the dogs play, then we got the blanket out and rolled around in the yard for awhile. Kat and I always win the family vote, because we outnumber Daddy :) All part of our evil female plan to rule the world! Using her bib to play peek a boo with Mommy

Here I am!!!

Enjoying the sunshine. Poor little winter baby hasn't seen it yet!

Also last week Kat's Grandma and Grandpa went to Florida for the week, so Grandpa decided to leave the good (ie. all the bells and whistles) jumper that they normally keep for Kat at their house with us so she could play with it for the week they were gone. Well... Kat got a little spoiled by it, and when we tried to put her back in her old exersaucer she jumped twice, looked confused, pushed the music button, and busted out crying and reaching over her exersaucer at the Jumperoo. So Grandpa was super nice and decided to let us keep the good Jumperoo here at the house so Kat would play with it. We decided he needed a BIG thank you!! So here is Kat saying thank you... well actually squealing and jumping, but I'm sure she really means:

Thank you! You're the Best Grandpa in the Whole Wide World!

New pictures...

Bright eyes...

Playing with her ball

Mmmmm carrots...

First Solids

Yes- I caved and gave her rice cereal before my self imposed 4 month deadline. I've been nursing her every half hour today, and she isn't seeming to get full. We had picked up little bowls, spoons, and rice cereal pre-emptively intending to start next week at the earliest. She's been trying to grab food off our plates for 2 weeks now, crying when she sees me eating, playing with her own little spoon and bowl, and seeming to be constantly starving. It was her time.

So Kat kind of enjoyed her first rice cereal, by the end she was shoving my hand to get the spoon in her mouth. She got a little messy as you can see below. I guess the first time was as successful as it could've been... she enjoyed the food, she even swallowed some of it, and she loves the spoon. We've been letting her play with little plastic bowl and a baby spoon for about a week now (it was the only way to keep her from yelling while we ate) so she was all about feeding herself tonight. As you can see, she was trying to grab that spoon and do it herself. It was actually pretty funny after we stopped rolling camera because she kept leaning forward with her mouth open making insistent little grunt noises :) Not wanting to overdo it, I'll likely give her a little more cereal tomorrow morning, but none tonight until we see how she digests it!

Couch potato

Kat relaxing on the couch, sitting up all on her own like a big girl! She loves sitting up now and checking out her feet... until she tumbles forward :)

We finally found something she likes!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Kat wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day... but especially her Grandma who isn't feeling well. Kat said she hopes Grandma feels better soon so she can come over and cuddle some more :)

Aside from that, Happy V-day everyone!

Today we aren't really doing much. Our anniversary (of when we started dating) is the 16th of February, so we just lump the two holidays together (see what a nice wife I am?)... we'll likely be having our anniversary festivities on Monday. In the meantime I'm spending the day with my most special Valentine- WeeKat.

Oh- and you know how I posted yesterday she's showing interest in food? Last night I had dinner with some girlfriends, and Kat was sitting in my lap. All of a sudden everyone was giggling and I didn't know what was going on... apparently everytime I took a bite of my soup, Kat was leaning in with her mouth open towards the spoon and watching me eat it and looking put out. Sure enough, she did for the entire rest of my bowl of soup! If I didn't know better I'd have said this was a kid already eating solids... she had the baby bird face down. Today she watched me eat my lunch and kept sticking out her tongue and opening her mouth and making insistant little grunt noises...

I'm not sure we'll make it to 6 months for cereal if she keeps up, she wants food and she wants it NOW! :o) I'm still going to try to wait as long as I can... at the very least one more month!

Kat's 3 Month Pictures! Part 2

Kat's 3 Month Pictures! Part 1

First Dresses

Aunt Jen sent 2 pretty summer dresses when she heard we were having a little girl this past summer. Unfortunately it's Michigan and Kat will have grown out of them (and the dear little shoes) before she's able to wear them this summer... so I had to take a few pictures. Kat kept trying to scoot down and out of them though! LOL, I think she's not a fan of dresses....

Here's my pretty girl!! Thank you Aunt Jen!

"Plastic is tasty!" says one local baby...

Kat's newest skill, grabbing things and putting them in her mouth. I'm sure this will come in handy far through her toddler years! She's teething and those frozen teethers don't seem to make her too happy, but these linky ring things seem to do the job just fine! Right now she's playing in her playpen with a ring in each hand and talking to herself. I wish I were this easily entertained...

Tasty...

She was more interested in the camera than eating plastic here...


Smiley and Drooley... two of her main moods all at the same time. That's multitasking at it's finest!

Along with this new skill she's needing to learn that she can't shove the whole thing in her mouth! She was doing this and then trying to smile around it! Silly girl!



And just for fun: The plastic eating baby has a sleepy play doh face!

Loveable...

My newest hobby... digital scrapbooking

Not only is it free :o) but I can do it one handed while Kat nurses or sleeps on me... here are my first few attempts...

This one is a 12x12 print, and the quote (in case it's too small to read) is: "My fingers may be small, but I've got my Daddy wrapped around them!" These are all of Tim's favorite pics of him and Kat...

This one is a 5x7 image, and it's actually a signature I'm using on my message boards.

The Sun will come out tomorrow...

Okay, so I lied... I live in Michigan... where the sun only shines 2 weeks out of the year. So sad...

Today is a better day than yesterday, Kat's little fever is allll gone and she slept all night last night, and only woke up once to nurse from 10:30-9am! That's my good good girl.

While I'm dreaming of a tropical vacation... Now for some more pictures!

Daddies are good for napping on...

And they tell good stories...


Then we nap some more...

Then we cry because we're hungry!! (Note the words on the bib- hahaha!)