Kate is 6 Months Old!

Kate Alaina, You turned 6 months old on the 11th. 

   The one word that best describes you would be sweet.  You are such a sweet happy baby.  90% of the time you are content and easy.  You only fuss when you are hungry or sleepy.  

   You found your feet this past month and you think they are pretty swell.  Anytime you are laying down you are playing with them or if you are barefoot you are sucking your toes.  

 

    You also went through a thumb sucking spell this past month.  You got pretty attached to it, which Momma wasn't liking!  At the suggestion of a sweet friend, (Thank you, Mrs. Bonnie) we went through a two week period of putting socks on your hands when you slept and in the car.  Thankfully this broke you.  Now you will even suck on a pacifier for short periods.  

   Your six month checkup isn't until next week so I don't know your height/weight stats right now.

   You have become very curious over the past few weeks.  And extremely grabby!  You will grab anything that is within your reach.  

   You are trying to roll from your back to your stomach, but you can't quite do it yet.  

   You are still a nursing champ.  This month we also have started cereal and oatmeal.  Truth be told, you are not a huge fan.  And you haven't totally mastered eating off a spoon.  Your tongue wants to push everything back out.  Baby food is in your near future.  And I think you are going to like it!

     No signs of any teeth yet.  

      You can set up on your own for 10 to 15 seconds at a time. 

   Your schedule still is not set in stone.  Typically you will take a long morning and afternoon nap ( an hour and a half or longer).  Then a shorter evening nap (45 minutes or so).  You go to bed for the night around 7 or 8 but still wake in the middle of the night for at least one feeding.  You wake for the day at 7:30.  You are no longer swaddled at night.  I'm anxious to get you moved into the nursery this next month.  I think that'll help both of our sleeping.  

   You are wearing size 3 diapers, size 2 shoes, and 12 month clothes.

    You are unbelievably ticklish.  Just trying to put lotion on you is hilarious because you cackle the whole time. 

   Your sister is still your favorite person.  You love watching her and when she plays with you.  I pray you will always have a special bond with her. 

 

It's hard to believe we are half way to the big one year old birthday.  You are so special and so very loved!

 

2, 3, 5, and 6 months

Easter 2015 Part One

    Easter is one of my favorite holidays.  I love celebrating and meditating on the resurrection of my Savior.  I'm so thankful to serve a living God.  I can't wait until my girls are big enough to understand.


Friday Evening we dyed Easter Eggs with the girls.  Kendall had already had a bath and was in her pajamas.  And My Kitchen was kind of a wreck because I was fixing lunch the next day for our families.  (Just felt like I needed to clarify all that).  :)

     Saturday we had both sides of our family, along with a few friends over for lunch.  I love family days. (Too bad I didn't get a picture of my clean(ish) kitchen on this day. 

 
The guys cut down a leaning tree in the back yard during the festivities.  Kendall rode in the back of the truck with Uncle Steve.
 

Another clarification... the rain boots were Kendall's addition to her outfit.

Kate's First Cereal

   Yikes, It's been over a month since I last blogged. In my defense my laptop is dying a slow and painful death. Posting anything is very time consuming, and well...painful.  But being the trooper I am, I'm going to try to catch up this week.  

   So to accompany the incredibly original and creative title of this post, I'm posting pictures of Kate's first time to eat cereal.   These are from about a month ago.  I drug my heals on feeding her the first time because I needed a day when Michael was around to take pictures.  

She is still not a very big fan on the creamy goodness!
 
Kendall's first time to eat cereal was posted here.  

 

Kate is 5 Months Old!

Kate turned five months on March 11.  I took these pictures the next day but haven't been able to post because of laptop problems.


Kate, you are five months old. 

   You are a pretty easy going baby.  Although we've seen a few "fits" this past month.  You are very attached to Momma but have also decided that you like dad alright too.  

Momma has bought cereal for you.  We are just waiting on a day that dad can be around to take pictures of you eating your first solid foods.  I think you are ready for something a little more that just milk.  

You are absolutely not a fan of naps!  You fight sleep with the best of them.  At this point, your sister was taking a couple of 2 hour naps a day.  We are lucky if you sleep 45 minutes to an hour twice a day.  You'd just rather be awake with the rest of the family.  

You are wearing size 2 diapers.  We'll be moving up to size 3 very soon.  You are wearing 12 month clothes.  And some of them are getting to small.  You are growing like a weed!

  
     This month you've gotten really good at grasping what you want.  You love playing with toys, and bringing them to your month to chew on.  You have also decided that you like sucking your thumb.  We are still swaddling you for sleep so hopefully that won't become a habit.  You will suck on a pacifier to go to sleep but not really during the day.  

     You are waking up once during the night to eat but go back to sleep during eating.  You wake up for the day between 7 and 8.  

   You love your sister and she loves you.  She loves to give you kisses and hugs several times a day.  When you are fussing, I'll tell Kendall to talk to you.  You always stop when she's giving you attention.  

     You are ticklish.  You laugh the hardest when daddy is "getting you".  

    You like the car as long as it is moving.   You are not a fan or redlights or other stops.

   We love you so much.  I can't imagine our family without you!

I promise when I get some of my computer problems resolved, I'll come back and add comparison pictures from earlier months.  

    

March Goals

Here we are at March 1st.  Time for me to post my goals for the month.  But first lets recap February goals...

1. Read 4 books--Triple check.  I finished 11 of the 12 (the 12th is a year long devotional) that I was reading and I've started a new batch.  I am on a reading kick. 

2. Finish Quiet Book-- Hanging my head on this one...I didn't even touch it..

3.  Clean out and Paint Spare bedroom--It's cleaned out and Michael has started painting.  (I'm not allowed to paint because I STINK at it). 

4.  Bless 3 people--Check

5.  Finish off "mega cleaning and organizing list"--I honestly only lack like 2 or 3 things in my utility room.  So close. 

6.  Doctors Appointment--Check

7.  Blog 2 times a week (or 8 times for the month)--I blogged 7 times.  So close.

8.  Attempt Potty Training--We attempted!  We hit it head on.  For two solid days we lived on the potty.  I even posted this picture on Instragram.  

She did use the potty a couple of times but in the end she's not ready.  So we stopped.  We may attempt it this month during the days that the farmers almanac says to.  My mom claims it's the only way to go.  We'll see.  You'll notice it's not on my march list.  :)

Ok now for my March Goals.

 

1.  Decorate and Organize Kendall's new room.  Then move Kendall and Kate into the nursery.   

2.  Organize my recipes.  They are a big mess.  I have a notebook and box full and then tons of printed out recipes from online.  I'm tired of it being so disorganized!

3.  Bless 3 people.

4.  Move more and eat better.  

5.  Take girl's Easter Pictures.  I use to be so much better at taking pictures through the week.  I want to go ahead and purpose to get some decent shots of them this month.  Hopefully we'll have a couple of warm days.  

6.  Photo Shop Course. I purchased a cheap online course that has been setting in my inbox for weeks now.  This is the month.  

Here's to a productive month.