Kate Found Her Thumb!

As the title indicates, Kate has found her thumb. She's been working on it for about a week and has finally mastered it without getting any help from me, although it sometimes takes a few tries. As you can see from these pictures, she hasn't quite figured out what to do with her other fingers. Jeff and I are hopeful that this will help soothe her when she wakes up in the middle of the night or on a long car ride, we'll see if it becomes the substitute pacifier...here's to hoping.

Great Grandma Mary and Tea Time

Great Grandma was here visiting from New York this past week. She helped to babysit Kate and took her to her first tea. Kate loved spending time with her! We went to the new Umstead Hotel in Cary on the SAS campus for their afternoon tea. It was pretty fancy and Kate did a great job sleeping through the whole thing. Daddy was even able to join us before his soccer game. As Jeff said-he was the only man in the room not playing the harp-so thanks for joining us! We were also able to celebrate Easter with Nana this Sunday since she was in Indianapolis with Uncle David during Easter. Thanks for the fun book-Kate is delighted with it.

Shower for Scarlett

I think Kate has been to more parties in her two months of life than I have all year. This weekend we gave Aunt Jennifer and Scarlett a baby shower. Kate can't wait for her cousin to get here! Kate enjoyed watching Jennifer open her gifts and looking at all of Scarlett's new clothes.


Kate let Uncle Dan practice for Scarlett's arrival by hanging out with him for a few minutes. She took it easy on him and they both enjoyed getting to know each other better. They both look so happy!

Two Month Check

Over Easter weekend, Kate turned two months old and had a doctor's visit on Tuesday where she received 4 vaccinations. She did great, giving big smiles and coos to the nurses and doctor. She didn't cry too much after the shots and seemed to have no side effects. We are quite proud of her. She now weighs 10 lbs, 3.5 oz and is a little over 21.5 inches long.

Happy Easter!

Jeff, Kate and I went to my parents' church and house for Easter Sunday. We had a wonderful time. We put Kate in the nursery for the first time-she did great! Kate seemed excited about her bunny and Little Mermaid DVD.

Kate also participated in her first Easter egg hunt at my parents house. She mostly spent the time in her Grandma's arms, while Jeff and I had all the fun!

Dad did all the egg hunting for Kate and she, in turn, shared all of her chocolates with him.

Kate was pretty tired from all the day's activities, which was just fine with us. Something tells me next Easter will be very different.

Spring Break

Jeff has been home this week on spring break, so he has had lots of time to work in the yard-he went on a huge shopping spree for trees, bushes, and mulch-and time to play with Kate!


Our neighbors' daughter, Natalie, spent Monday and Tuesday with us while her parents were at work (Natalie had spring break from school too). Kate had fun playing with her friend. Here Natalie is teaching Kate her ABC's. Kate even repeated some of the sounds back to Natalie-which made Natalie really happy. Maybe she's a future teacher in the making and shows that Kate is one smart girl!

The Costa Spa

Ever since Kate has begun having tub baths-she really seems to enjoy bath time. Here are a few bath pics for your viewing pleasure.
What?!? You mean bath time is over!

Party Girl

Kate and I went to my parents' home this weekend to attend a Southern Living party, celebrate Uncle Dan's birthday and Grandma's birthday-it was quite a lot of excitement and attention for this baby girl.
Jeff was out of town with one of his soccer teams, so it was just us girls having all the fun.

HAPPY BIRHDAY UNCLE DAN!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!

Thanks for playing with me Grandma-I enjoyed your party!

Kate quickly found the most comfortable pillow in the place-Grandaddy!

Playing on the floor!

Kate's new favorite thing is playing on the floor or on her changing table with Mom or Dad close by. Other than Mom and Dad, her favorite things to look at are sunbeams or lights and she loves kicking those legs!

Comforting Arms

When Kate is bit fussy and needs some down time-nothing is better than being in Daddy's arms like this:
I wonder what she's thinking?

Carolina Girls

We had fun watching the ACC tournament. Kate and I dressed in our finest (okay, not really our finest) Carolina blue and enjoyed seeing the tarheels win. On to the NCAA tournament! Kate's been reading up and is ready to make her predictions.

FUD

FUD-FUN UNCLE DAVE-came to visit us last week from Indianapolis. He surprised his mom by coming home for her birthday-it was great fun. Kate loved meeting David and can't wait until he comes back.

Kate's Aunts also came to visit this past weekend-she's quite the popular little girl.










Our friends Tab and Rachel also came too-how cute are those little girls!

Happy One Month Birthday!

Kate turned a month old yesterday. It has gone by so fast! She and her mom have been under the weather this week. Kate has been fighting a cold since last Thursday and Monday I caught the dreaded stomach illness that has been going around. It has been a tough week, but Jeff has done a great job taking care of his girls. A special thank you to Nana Costa, Grandma Matthews, and fun Uncle David for helping us out-I don't know what we would have done without you! More pictures coming soon!

Tummy Time

Kate enjoy's being on her stomach, if only for a few minutes at a time, unless she's asleep on her Daddy's chest. Here she is doing a push up. She averages about one a day, she's working on improving her upper body strength!