One month old!

 These are 2 pictures of Katie at 11 days old.  She was wide awake one morning and so I had fun taking her pictures. 
   I had her 2 week appointment to meet the real pediatrician and follow up on her blood work that was done in the hospital.  She weighed in at 7 lbs 12 oz. and was 20.5 inches long.  I really don't think her length was correct in the hospital because that means she grew 2 inches in 2 weeks!  She was such a good baby and let the doctor examine her without too much screaming. 

 I love how chunky she is getting.  She has some cheeks on her.  She was sleeping so peacefully.  I love how her little arms barely reach the top of her head. (17 days old)

 She LOVES the bathroom counter.  This is definitely her happy place.  She just lays there and kicks her feet and looks around.  I just love her belly! (19 days old)

 Isaac adores her and will come up and talk to her.  He loves to giver her kisses too!

 

 Of course Sarah had to check her out too! Lots of kisses for baby Katie. Sarah calls her, my Katie sister! These pictures were taken at 3 weeks old.

 So Katie woke up with an eye infection and so we had to take her back to the doctors for drops.  So at 3 weeks and 2 days old she now weighed 8 lbs 13 oz.  Let's just say she loves to nurse and apparently I have some good stuff!  This is Katie back on the counter in her happy place.

 Snuggled with Grandpa!  She is definitely being spoiled by him. (25 days old)

 We went to Gary's sisters house last weekend to celebrate Chad's birthday and of course Katie needed her diaper changed, well I left my purse at home since Gary was driving and that is where I put Katie's extra diapers, so she ended up in one of Sarah's.  Love the size 5 diaper that took up most of her body.

 Look who is ONE MONTH OLD already.  She is getting bigger every day.  It has been so much fun having another sweet baby girl around. 

 She loves the binky too!  What a lifesaver for me.

Starting to enjoy bathtime.

Pics of Katie

One day old

 First day home from the hospital

 One week old

Daddy and his girls!

 Two weeks old

It is sad how fast they change!

Introducing....

Miss KATIE ANN!  Our sweet baby girl made her arrival on Feb 6th.  She weighed in at 7 lbs. and was 18.5 inches long. 
      I started having contractions just before the superbowl so I knew the baby would be here soon.  We went to Gary's parents to watch the game and see his family.  The entire time my contractions stopped so I had a feeling she was going to come during the night. Well I woke up around 12:30 with contractions.  By 4am I hopped in the shower to get some relief and by 5am I told Gary it was time to head to the hospital.  We arrived at 6 and they admitted me to Labor and Delivery.  By 7am I was asking for the epidural since my contractions were coming every 3-4 minutes and were pretty strong.  My doctor ended up breaking my water around 9:30 and the biggest surprise came at 10:55am.  At our 19 week ultrasound they told us we were having a boy.  But when my doctor pulled the baby out she announced, It's a GIRL!  Gary and I just looked at eachother in dead silence.  The doctor then said, Isn't that what you were expecting?  We replied No they told us it was a boy.  She then gave the baby another look and said, That's a girl.  I just laid there crying and laughing for about 10 minutes.  It was such a shock and I am so happy to have another little girl.  I think this is why I couldn't find a boy's name for 18 weeks and we had her name within a day!  She has been such a wonderful blessing and she is such a good baby. 

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Isaac's expression.  He has been so sweet with her.

My three cute kids.  Sarah is really good to her, but we are still working on being SOFT.

Her poor face was pretty bruised but I am amazed at how quickly it went away.

She is one week old in these pictures.

After the first night home I had her in a pack and play, but she didn't sleep well. So the next day my dad put our cradle together and she slept much better.  It is kind of fun having her sleep in the same cradle that I did!

More pictures to come.

Recent Pictures

For Christmas Santa brought Sarah a Repunzel doll and Sarah loves to put the crown on her head.  While I was folding the laundry, Sarah decided that the basket was her tower.  It was great entertainment for her so I could get somethings done. 

This is what I found when I walked into Isaac's room yesterday.  I think every piece of lego he has was spread out over the floor.  He played in his room for about and hour and a half, which I love, but when I asked him what happened, his response was, "Sorry, mom"  I then responded by letting him know if he wanted to go to Clara's birthday party, every lego must be picked up.  It took him about an hour and he did a great job.

Pictures 2011

 Here are the pictures I had taken of the kids in December.  I know most of you saw them on our Christmas Card, but wanted to post all of the poses.  Isaac LOVES having his picture taken.  He chose most of his poses and suggested poses for Sarah.  Too funny.  It took Sarah a little bit before she cooperated and the big winner was bubbles.

Gary's Website

So  Gary has been designing his own website for quite a while and he has finally finished and published it.  If anyone wants to check it out go to www.foot-ankledoctor.com I am so proud of him and all he has done to make his own business up and running.  I am looking forward to things settling down so we can see him too!

2011 Goal

So I made an exercising goal last year to do at least 26.2 miles on the treadmill each month. It seemed very doable and was going very easily till I reached August.  When we went on vacation to Utah in September I slacked off and then when everything happened with Gary's job, moving and a growing belly I stopped keeping track of my workouts.  So I am happy to say I logged 245.27 miles on the treadmill this past year.  Who knows how many I actually did since I didn't write anything down for the months of Sept, Oct. and Nov.  I will have to come up with a new goal for 2012 but till the baby comes in February my treadmill time is slowing down.