10 weeks old

Last week I had Kaitlynn and I both ready for church on time and of course my dear husband was not! So...that gave us girls some time to play with the camera. She is usually very happy in the mornings as you can tell from these adorable pictures! We've been amazed at how much more alert she has been this week. She loves to watch people and look around at everything. She is also cooing and trying to "talk" to us all the time!




Aunt Annie stayed with us this last week to take care of Kaitlynn during my last week of school. I think they had a great time playing and cuddling together!

2 Month Check-Up:
We took Kaitlynn to her 2 month check-up last week and our tiny little baby now weighs 11 lbs. 10 oz. She gained 3 pounds in the last month!!! She is in the 75th% for her weight now, but she is still only 21 inches long so she's in the 10th% for her height. We love our short and chubby baby!

I finished me last day of school yesterday and have my ENTIRE classroom packed up and ready to be moved to kindergarten. I can't wait to spend the next 8 weeks with Kaitlynn!

Grandma/Work/Car

My mom came and stayed with us to watch Kaitlynn when I went back to work this week. I think she had a great time hanging out and playing with her favorite granddaughter! Here are some of the pictures my mom took while I was at school. I did survive my first week back and only got a little teary eyed once! Thank goodness I only have 8 more days left until summer break!

Lots of smiles!!Relaxin' on the deck in my adorable hat!

Nap Time

Believe it or not...Kaitlynn is already 2 months old! Wow!! I can't believe how much she has already changed. She has been sleeping through the night (most of them!) for over a week now. We started giving her a bath before her last feeding and then she falls right to sleep after she eats. Granted she is sleeping on her tummy which EVERYTHING says DO NOT LAY THEM ON THEIR STOMACH!!! If she wasn't as strong as she is holding her head up and moving around then I would probably worry more. I do worry though and check on her quite often. We have also moved her into her crib in her room which I think has helped because she doesn't hear us and the dog moving around.

When she starts to get fussy and angry she can kick off with her legs and scoot all the way around in a circle! She even rolled over in her crib the other day. I'm sure it was just a fluke as it hasn't happened again but I still thought that was pretty amazing!

We go this week for her 2 month check up. I'm anxious to see how much she weighs.

Car Issues:

The transmission went out on my car on my way home from work Wednesday evening. Thank goodness Matt was off work so he was able to come pick me up after AAA towed it. I tried to keep on driving because I wasn't sure what was wrong but it was jerking so much it reminded me of the time I went with Jodi and her dad to teach her how to drive a stick shift! I could only go about 30 mph. down the highway and finally decided I better pull over. We're hoping it should be covered under warranty but I'm without a car until Tuesday. I hate being trapped at home so it's REALLY frustrating!!

Annie's Graduation

We drove 5 hours up to Cedar Falls, Iowa for Aunt Annie's graduation from UNI. We are so proud of you and know that you'll be an amazing teacher!!

Thankfully, Kaitlynn slept through most of the graduation.

Our first "good" family picture!
You can tell Kaitlynn already loves her uncle Jake!


Hanging out with Grammy. She even spent the night in their hotel room. I only cried for about 5 min. Aren't you proud of me?!?It sure has been a long day.

New Blogs

Some of my best friends have decided to join the baby/family blog fun! I put links over on the right side if you want to check out their adorable pictures, as well.

Smiles

Here are some pictures of Kaitlynn smiling this morning! I just think they are precious! Does she look like her daddy or what??

She also slept for 7 HOURS last night. Yay!! I think I checked on her about 20 times and Matt kept rolling over and asking me if she was still alive. She slept a 5 hour stretch the night before so maybe we are making some progress?!?

Smiles/Graduates/Lunch

Kaitlynn had her first REAL smile yesterday!!!! I was getting her dressed for church and talking to her and she looked right at me and gave me a huge smile! After she did it again later in the day I knew it was the real thing, although Matt didn't quite believe me. That was...until she smiled at him this morning!

I finally presented my portfolio last Wednesday and am now officially done with my Master's Degree. YAY!!! I decided not to walk at my graduation but Matt and I are planning on going out to dinner later on this week to celebrate. We all went out after our presentations as a class. Here are Callie, Dana and I showing off our pins which is all we have to show after our year and half of hard work!

After church yesterday Kaitlynn and I went out to lunch with the Lee family to Red Robin.
Here's Emma singing Twinkle Twinkle and ABC's to her "sister" Kaitlynn!
Of course she didn't miss her good-bye kiss. How sweet!

Iowa Trip

I took Kaitlynn for her first trip to Iowa this past weekend. Overall I thought everything went pretty well. It did take us almost 5 hours to get there but that was my fault because I wanted to try to go pick up her pictures before we left since I knew we would be seeing everyone. That was a big mistake because that ended up taking an extra hour and the photographer wasn't even there to get our pictures. Oh...I'm learning quickly! Adding the extra hour in completely threw off Kaitlynn's schedule and then we ended up having to stop 2 times along the way. The good news is that she slept the ENTIRE trip home on Monday!

Kaitlynn had a very busy weekend but she got to see almost all of her aunts, uncles, grandparents and even great-grandparents!

Here she is snuggling with Grandpa Ken

Kaitlynn with Grandma Jean and Great-Grandma Wiese
This picture just ended up being good timing on my part. How can you say no when she makes a face like this??
Just chillin' with Grandma Cindy

Her great Aunt Diane, Uncle Mark and cousin Spencer even got to come out for dinner Friday evening!
She loves her Aunt Annie. The whole point of us going up to Iowa was for Annie's bridal shower on Saturday. Unfortunately, I think a lot of the attention was on Kaitlynn more than Annie. We are so excited for Annie and Jake's wedding in June. It will be here soon!

Yes...ALL of the aunts faught over her for about 3 hours during the shower. It was a little crazy!
Even cousin Jenna got to hold her 3 times. She thought she would be able to fight off the aunts to even hold her once!!

Here she is with Great-Grandma Clouse


Great-Grandma and Great-Grandad Clouse