Miss Pie Update

Phew, finally back to blogging!!! We have been so busy with work (Lindsey started a new job mid September), family activities and our first road trip with Miss Pie that we haven't had the time or energy to write a new post...but here we go!

Let's see…I guess the best way to get you all caught up is by another "Katelyn is" list:

Katelyn...
• is laughing regularly
• is eating rice cereal (which she LOVES) before bedtime
• is trying new veggies (peas, green beans and squash so far) - I (Lindsey) tried to record her the first time we gave her peas, but, since I'm such a spaz with the camera, nothing turned up :(
• is loving her new high chair
• is drinking apple juice occasionally
• is putting her feet in her mouth
• has been sleeping in her own room for about a month

• is sitting up on her own!!! She just started this today!!
• is teething
• is babbling a lot
• has gotten her first cold (boo-hoo!)
• is a great traveler
• is sleeping through the nights (well, she was before this whole teething/cold thing)
• watches the dogs when they run around like crazy animals
• plays shy when she gets excited
• tries to crawl sometimes
• likes to play peek-a-boo

• sat on Santa's lap and was very intrigued by his beard!

We took our first road trip with Katelyn to Gatlinburg for Thanksgiving and we almost had to rent a uhaul (kidding!) for everything we brought, but, Tim came to the rescue!! He is an expert packer and got everything packed away nice and neat in the Xterra...even the turkey frier!! It took us about 5.5 hours to get there and Katelyn slept most of the way! She was so good the entire time we were in G'burg...thank goodness because there were 18 of us under one big cabin roof!! Normally the Wilson side of the family get together the weekend before Christmas, exchange Dirty Santa presents and eat like maniacs! But this year, Thanksgiving worked out better for everyone...so we played a mean game of Dirty Turkey (we even had a Turkey Tree!), played Rock Band til the wee hours of the morning and still stuffed ourselves silly. And, of course, Katelyn was spoiled rotten by all her doting relatives!

Open wide!!


Obviously Daddy fed her :)

so precious!

She wasn't so sure about the green beans...

But, she decided she liked them after all.

I like squash, too!

She looks so mesmerized!


All packed for Gatlinburg!

The Dirty Turkey Tree

The Dirty Turkey players (with the Turkey Tree)

Katelyn with her Grandpa

Man, if that don't make your heart melt!


In front of her first Christmas tree


Lounging with the reindeer-bears


Smile!


Sweet little thing!

Sitting up all by herself!

The Parade

Well, we found a heckofa deal on a Katelyn's first Halloween costume...nine bucks at the local kids consignment shop! Can't beat that for 20 minutes of enjoyment!!

Katelyn's Halloween parade was hilariously adorable! All the moms and two dads (Tim was sooo relieved to see another dad walk through the door) showed up at the daycare around 3:00 to start the festivities. We zipped our little ones into their costumes, took a bunch of pictures, then pranced our little characters in and out of each classroom for all to admire...or not really...none of the little kids in the other classrooms paid a bit of attention to us, but we all ooohed and awwwwed at each others kids, and that's all that matters! Katelyn's class consisted of two cows, a skunk, a hot red pepper and of course, a lion! They were all adorable and we're sooooo glad we participated! It was a great first "holiday" event to spend with our little booger.

Katelyn's a little unsure about her "helmet"

Her mane had the windblown look!


Here we are prancing throught the hallways!

Don't you just love the little PINK bow?!!

Check out that lion gut!

"Can we go now?!"

What a good Daddy to show up for the parade!

Mommy and her little lionette.


Lindsey didn't want to leave the pups out...but they would have rathered I did!

Tallie-lion!

Tucker-lion!

Boooo Whoooo

We hadn’t planned on shelling out the moolah for a Halloween costume this year for Katelyn because she’s only four months old…she’ll never know she “missed” her first Halloween, right? WRONG! Yesterday daycare sent home a note saying, “Please let us know if your child will be participating in the Halloween Party Parade”. What in the world??? How can a four month old participate in a parade? The first thing her teacher asked this morning was if Katelyn was going to be in the parade…the daycare will dress all the children up in their costumes, wheel them around to each classroom to show off their outfits, invite the parents for pictures, and afterwards, they’re going to create a picture collage for the hallway…I felt like a horrible mother as I told her that Katelyn doesn’t have a costume. OMG, is our child going to be the only one not participating in the parade?? Will her little picture be the only one missing from the hallway collage? Hell no! Our child is not going to be the only one left out because her parents were too cheap to buy her a costume!! So now we’re frantically trying to find an infant Halloween costume, one week before Halloween. Sigh. Good luck to us!!

Katelyn is...

- 16 weeks old

- Rolling over like a champ

- Babbling a lot

- Studying our faces in great detail

- Smiling a lot

- Still not sleeping through the night, sigh

- Loving bath time

- Getting chunky thighs!

- Losing her hair where she sleeps on it

- Going through a phase where she likes to be held all the time

- Making us smile more than anything else in the world

- Making our dogs a bit jealous

- Spitting up less

- Using an excersaucer

- Using her Bumbo

- Using her Baby Bjorn

- Holding her bottle for brief moments

- Supporting her weight

- Still sucking her thumb, fingers and hands like crazy

- Grabbing for things (dangly toys)

- An awesome baby!!

Here she is sitting in her little Bumbo : )

Katelyn's sporting a mowhawk and big britches!

Her best Elvis impression!

Smiley Baby

Sorry it's been a while since we last posted!! We've been really busy lately and haven't had much down time to post!! But as you can see in the pictures below Katelyn is developing more of a personality these days and loves to smile!!! She's holding her head up all on her own (with a little help now and then) and starting to look like a big girl! I guess we were a little optimistic last time when we said she was sleeping through the night because she doesn't really do that anymore :( That little phase was short-lived, but I think she'll get there in a few more weeks! She's also started cooing and talking more which means a giggle is sure to come soon!!

We took Katelyn to the doctor's office last week and she had gained one pound in a month!! The doctor was very impressed! I think most of the weight went to her little chunky thighs!

She loves bath time!

Here she is all dressed for school!

Swaddles, Hands & Sleeping through the Night

Katelyn has officially decided she prefers to sleep sprawled out in her little bed rather than rolled up like a little burrito baby in her swaddle. Those little swaddles are the best darn invention and we highly recommend them to any new parent!! We've been letting her sleep in her jammies for the last 2 weeks and she seems to really like the flailing freedom! I just have to say...doesn't she look so dang cute in her little pink PJs?!!







She also really LOVES to suck on her tiny hands! In fact, we've been "gloving" them at night so she won't suck on them and wake us up with slurrrrrping noises.








And last but definitely not least...Katelyn slept for 8 straight hours last night! Hallelujah!!!! We hope it wasn't a fluke, but if it was, it was a beautiful nights sleep!! Here are a few shots of Katelyn looking mighty refreshed after her full night of sleep!

So Right!

Don't you just love it when your tough decisions are somehow validated and are screaming "You got it right!"?

When we dropped Katleyn off at daycare this morning this is what we saw:

Aubie made an appearance at daycare!

Then we were greeted by the owner, Mrs. P, who was sporting a bright orange Auburn shirt and talking friendly "smack" to a Bama parent. We proudly pointed down to Katelyn who was wearing her own AUsome Auburn outfit and joined in on the "smack talking"! What a glorious way to kick off the first Friday of football season!




Yep, we got this daycare decision sooooo right! :) Not that being a fellow Auburn fan was mandatory on the looong list of "must haves" for a daycare, but it certainly didn't hurt!!

In all seriousness, we wanted a daycare that was calm, focused on family, focused on child happiness and well-being, one that felt familiar and warm and when we walked into our daycare center, five months pregnant, that is exactly what we found. Warm, friendly, genuinely good people who cared about each and every child who became a part of their extended family. Each morning Mrs. P walks around to each classroom and chats with the parents and talks to the children and ooohhs and awwwwws with them...just makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside! I'm glad we bugged the heck out of her until she made a spot available for us!

side note: when we decided on this daycare we were number 14 on a list to get in...but after months of calling and bugging Mrs. P to death, she had an opening for us!

War Eagle!!

Nine week update

Seems like a lot has happened in the past week so here's a little update:

- Katelyn's first week at daycare went pretty well and no real tears were shed by anyone. I hate to admit that it gets easier to drop her off, but it does. Katelyn's "teachers" are wonderful and they always seem to have the room under control, which is awesome!!

- Katelyn has been having a 5-6 hour sleeping stretch for the past several nights...Yay Katelyn! Thank you baby!! She has also been nursing a bit longer so I think she is going through a little growth spurt. It's so hard to know how much milk to put in her bottles because I don't really know how much she gets when she nurses. We've been giving her 3 ounces for about a month or so so we increased it to 3.5 ounces yesterday and we'll see how she does. We might need to give the little "thunder thighs" a bit more, we'll see.

- We're slowly getting the hang of the new morning routine (I drop Katelyn off in the mornings and Tim picks her up in the afternoons.) I still haven't made it to work by 8:00 yet, but we are getting closer!

- She has really started making eye contact and smiling a lot in the past week! Tim is so good at making her smile wide-mouthed and grunting while I try endlessly for a little smidgen of a smile. She really loves her Daddy!!

- She has also really discovered her hands lately and she looooooves to suck on them. We've woken up several times to smacking/sucking sounds and discovered that her little hands have escaped from her swaddle and have made it into her mouth!

- She can almost hold her head up completely by herself. She'll hold it up for a minute or two and then get tired, but she's well on her way to bobbleheadlessness. I'm so excited to try out the Baby Bjorn Baby Carrier when she does get complete control of her neck!

- We bought a new car yesterday so Katelyn rode home in style in her new Xterra! She was swimming in all the room in the back seat! We are going to love having an SUV with all of our baby contraptions and now there is room for Katelyn, Tallie AND Tucker in the back seat!!

- She finally outgrew her "newborn" size clothing and is fitting nicely into her 0-3 months wardrobe (thank you friends and family!). It's so much fun playing dress up with the little munchkin!

- Tomorrow she goes in for her first set of baby shots :( She has to get FOUR shots all in one sitting!!! Tim is a trooper and is going to take her because I wussed out and didn't think I could handle seeing her get poked that many times!