1 month/Friends/Pictures

I absolutely can't believe that Kaitlynn is already 1 month old. Wow! The time has flown by. We went for her 1 month check-up today and my guess was that she weighs around 8 lbs. but she flew past that and is actually 8 lbs. 11.5 ounces!! Her weight is in the 25th percentile and she has only grown from 19 inches to 20 1/4 inches. She's in the 10-25th percentile for that. Although, her head size is in the 50th percentile. So...she may be small everywhere but she has a HUGE brain in her head!

She's definitely filling out and the doctor said to just feed her whenever she acts hungry at this point. That girl does love her food!

Here she is in her stylin' outfit. This was the very first outfit I ever bought her on the day we found out we were having a girl!

Check out the crossed feet as usual!

This was what her hair looked like the other morning when I got up with her. The picture doesn't really do it justice. It was sticking out everywhere!

Last Friday a couple of teachers I work with came over with their kids for pizza. Lisa's girls loved to hold and help take care of Kaitlynn. They were even more excited when they found out that Kristi was bringing over Brock and Drake. There were babies everywhere! Drake was born about 2 weeks after Kaitlynn.

Here she is with her first boyfriend!Look at how much longer Drake is then Kaitlynn. He's even 2 weeks younger!

Here's Maggie helping out

Luci even got to feed her once! I wish I had their help everyday.

Here are the girls after Courtney's blessing yesterday. Can't you just see it in Courtney's face-she's saying..."Somebody please feed me!"

We had Kaitlynn's pictures taken a couple of weeks ago and we went on Saturday to pick them out. We couldn't believe how great they turned out! It was just about impossible to choose. They are at www.abundantmoments.com and then click on on-line viewing, portraits and our name. You can even order some for yourself if you want!!

Weekend with the Hardie's/3 Weeks

My parents came down to visit this weekend and Ryan and Sarah were able to come over for a while on Saturday, too. I think everyone had a great time playing with Kaitlynn and we loved having the extra help!

Here's Kaitlynn with Uncle Ryan and Aunt Sarah!

**Please note Kaitlynn's double layered look today. She is quite into fashion already at 3 weeks!
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Burp time with mom

So sweet!

Uncle Ryan feeding Kaitlynn even though he wasn't too sure about it he did a great job! We love to use Ana's burp rag and blanket!
Here is Uncle Ryan trying VERY hard not to get spit up on. She'll break him in eventually!
We took Tucker to Camp Bow Wow for a couple of days when Matt first went back to work this week. One of his sergeants at work and his wife opened up this business and Matt has helped a lot with painting and getting it ready. Their website is www.campbowwow.com if you want to check it out. It's pretty hilarious! You can even get on and watch your dog during the day on their website. Tucker had a great time and was so tired out from all of his playing that he spent the weekend moving around from place to place sleeping. Here are a few pics of his favorite places!

I guess he didn't want to be left out!

Kaitlynn Update/Pictures/New Job

We thought this hat was so cute on her that we had her wear it most of the day yesterday!! It's still kind of big even though it's newborn size so I took it off a couple of times to feed her, etc. and Matt kept putting it on her because he liked it so much!
Here are Kaitlynn and Courtney all ready for our lunch date last week!

Matt's aunt Mary and her kids came to visit a friend last weekend and were able to stop by to visit.
Asha loved to hold her. She's going to have an adjustment to not being the "baby" cousin anymore!


Here's her second cousin, Stephen.

Kaitlynn is doing awesome! She is happy most of the time unless she needs something. We weighed her a couple of days ago and she was up to 6lbs. 12 oz. We're almost back to her birth weight...yay!!! I am still pumping some but she is mostly on formula now. I've decided that as long as she's happy and growing then I'm happy too.

We went this afternoon to get her pictures taken. She did so good and was awake for most of them. The photographer was great and so patient with her. She even laid down heating pads underneath Kaitlynn so she would stay warm. We go back on Monday to see the proofs and start our order. We have a $200 gift certificate to use there that I won at a craft show last year. I can't wait to see them!!!

Since we haven't had enough changes lately I guess God felt that I needed another one. I found out yesterday that I'm going to have to teach kindergarten next year...aaaahhhh!!! I still have to call my principal and figure out the details but it looks like I'm going to have to pack up my classroom now and move to the other side of the building.

More house problems...

We can't believe it! Matt turned on the outside faucet yesterday afternoon when we got home from our lunch outing and he noticed that there wasn't much water pressure and that water was running along side of the house. Due to our experience with frozen pipes last winter, he quickly came downstairs and discovered a new place that had a slight drip of water coming from the ceiling. Unbelievable!

I guess good news is that we are prepared this time and have "people" to call. He called the same plumber that was here last year and he helped Matt over the phone to check to see if the water was still running or if it stopped once the faucet was turned off. Thankfully it was only leaking when the water outside was turned on so the plumber waited until this morning to come over to look at it.

Of course this is right on the wall that Lindsey and I spent so much time painting...uhh!!! The plumber said that we obviously have some serious cold air that is coming in somewhere because he had put extra insulation up last year. He is here right now and him and Matt are discussing police stuff and I don't think a whole lot of work has happened yet other than cutting a hole in the ceiling.

At this point it doesn't seem like there is much damage (at least compared to last time!) so we are thankful for that. We're REALLY hoping to not have to turn it into insurance because we had 3 claims last year and our payment just went up quite a bit. I guess we'll find out soon...

Our first week at home...

We've had a great time and also stressful time being home our first few days with Kaitlynn. Here's a brief review...

Monday- came home from hospital

Tuesday- saw cardiologist and were told she might have tumors or a very serious virus but found out she is doing very well and does have an irregular heartbeat but it should clear up in a few months. I almost passed out walking through the hospital and had to sit in a pediatric wheel chair...fun times!

Wednesday- took her to pediatrician because she was getting much more yellow colored and hadn't pooped in over 2 days. We found out her weight had dropped down from 7.1 to 5.12. We started supplementing with formula and within an hour she was a whole new baby. She had been screaming constantly and now she was all of a sudden content and calm. We also had to go get her jaundice level checked again and it had went up since she lost so much weight.

Thursday- We had to go get her level checked again, but it had gone down 1 pt. which was great. She started to only want her bottle and not breast feeding any more.

Friday- Took her back to pediatrician to get her weight checked and it was up to 6.2.

Saturday- Decided to finally give up breastfeeding because she didn't want anything to do with it and I was getting too stressed out and she was getting frustrated, too. I continued to pump and wasn't getting much. I have had a really rough time with having to make that decision.

Monday- Went back to pediatrician and her weight is back up to 6.9. We are still giving her formula and I'm pumping as well. I have a very low milk supply so she only gets about 1 oz. every other feeding, but the doctor said that it will be very helpful if I at least keep doing that for the next couple of weeks. I'm definitely going to do that and then we'll see how we feel.

Tuesday- We had our first outing with Dan, Dana and Courtney to go eat lunch at Panera. It was fun to do something other than going to the doctor!