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!

Daddy's Girl

Kate's Favorite Pillow-

Gina "The Great"

Kate's Great Aunt Gina came to visit this past weekend. She is a great cook and made lobster stuffed filet mignon for us while she was here. As Jeff said-it was probably the finest meal that has ever been served in our home. She also gave Kate a new video camera, so hopefully we will figure out how to post videos very soon. Kate loved meeting Gina, although she slept most of the time!

Heather Flythe and her son Drew also came to visit this past week. Luckily they have been in town for a couple of weeks, so they were able to meet baby Kate. Drew is only three months older than Kate! I can't believe that they grow so quickly!

Kate's Visitors

I'm sorry it has been over a week since we've updated. Our daughter has kept us very busy! Kate is two weeks old as of Wednesday. Some of her clothes now actually fit her instead of swallowing her! Over the last couple of weeks she has had lots of visitors and she has thoroughly enjoyed being held and cuddled and loved by everyone! Here are a few of her favorite people!

Grandaddy:
Grandma:
Nana:
Aunt Heather:
Uncle Dan and Aunt Jennifer:
Kate is very lucky to have four great grandmothers still with us. Three of them have had the opportunity to see her. Hopefully Great Grandma Costa will be able to visit soon.
Great Grandma Mary:
Great Grandma Hurtarte:
Great Grannie:

Happy Valentine's Day-Kate is a week old!

We had a great time celebrating Kate's one week birthday and Valentine's Day at the same time. Jeff is still on paternity leave and it was wonderful to celebrate the whole day together. We send our love to all our family and friends!

Daddy surprised Mommy with a beautiful amethyst necklace and matching earings (Kate's birthstone) that one day will be passed on to Kate.

Kate and Jeff had a date that evening watching the Duke basketball game. Seems like she was more interested in watching her Daddy.

First Bath and First Outing

Kate has had a lot of firsts the last few days. She didn't exactly love her first bath, but she liked when Dad held her on her stomach to get her back washed.












To the doctor we go!


Kate had her first doctor's appointment on Monday. She did so well, we were so proud. No crying and she passed everything with flying colors-Kate has gained two and a half ounces since leaving the hospital on Saturday, which is a pretty good jump from weighing 5 lbs. 10 oz. She also looked so darn cute! Thanks for the outfit Grandma and Grandaddy!
Can you see Jeff's scowl above?




Jeff loves this picture because, as you can see, she is practicing her kicking. She kept holding her legs up in the air for several seconds, maybe she was getting some ab work in too!