Finally!

After 5 weeks of hanging on strong, Katelyn's umbilical cord finally fell off last night!! This darn cord was the ONE thing Tim and I were dreading all throughout the pregnancy because it just seemed so gross and ugly. It was ugly but it wasn't near as bad to take care of as we thought it would be...but 5 weeks, that's just stubborn?! The hospital says that if you rub alcohol on it after each diaper change it should fall off in 7-10 days. Our pediatrician even tried to help things along by putting silver nitrate on it, twice!!! Well, after alcoholing the heck out of it 8-10 times a day for the past 5 weeks, it finally fell off with a little help from Tim! We walked that little sucker over to the toilet and flushed it goodbye forever!!! YAY! Check out her cute little inny!





In other news, Katelyn seems to be holding her head up a lot better these days!! Check her out!






We also read that babies start discovering their hands around this time and that we should hold her hands in front of her eyes so she can see and feel them at the same time. That will be really cool when she knows those things flailing around her are actually attached to her body! :)

Here are just a couple more pictures of Katelyn doing her normal everyday activities: