Visit to Atlanta

Justin, Katelyn and I went to Atlanta over the weekend to visit his brother Shad and his family. We had a great time and enjoyed seeing family we haven't seen in a long time!

Shad's fiance Devon bought Katelyn some ADORABLE outfits and accessories, so we dressed her up for a fashion show. She looks like a little diva!

Katelyn got to meet her 3 cousins, Parker, Pation and Preston:

And her Aunt Devon:

Pation was so comfortable with her!

She looks like such a big girl in this picture!

Katelyn had a big weekend meeting new people and she was a trooper. She hardly fussed all weekend, but she was exhausted. She fell asleep in the most awkward position, but I guess she was comfortable!

 She also got to meet her Aunt Tami Jo at her (and my) first Lacrosse game:

We had a wonderful time and need to go back to visit again soon!

Katelyn is 2 months old!

Actually, Katelyn is two months and one week old, but it's taken me a week to blog about it! We went for her two month check up last Friday and she is growing and healthy!

Weight: 12 lb, 9 oz (94th percentile)
Length: 23.5 in (96th percentile)

We have settled into a little bit of a routine, although her nap/wake schedule still hasn't fallen into a rhythm. She's been sleeping very well at night, so I figure she can do whatever she wants to during the day if she'll keep sleeping at night! She started sleeping 6 hours straight around 6 weeks, and the past two nights she has slept almost 8 hours straight! After I feed her, I can put her back in the crib awake and she falls right to sleep on her own. So I have no complaints about sleep!

Katelyn loves smiling at us, and especially loves smiling at herself in the mirror on her activity mat! She is getting better and better at lifting her head during tummy time, and seems to really enjoy it. We've been reading to her, but she doesn't have much patience for that yet! She also likes to put weight on her legs - I think she'll be an early walker if she keeps that up!

Justin got her to roll over one night from belly to back - here is the video to prove it!

We are taking monthly pictures in a rocking chair that was mine when I was a baby. I know this seems like overkill since I'm taking weekly pictures too, but I think it's fun! Katelyn wasn't really into it this month, but we still ended up with a couple good pictures despite her not being in a great mood.

This is the one that I think she would choose, because it shows how she felt about the whole picture-taking process!

Here is the a month picture in the chair, for comparison. She's definitely more alert now, although equally excited about being propped precariously in a chair!

Katelyn is so much fun and we love her more and more each day, even though it doesn't seem possible to love her any more!

Getting Crafty (or just being cheap!)

I decided last week that Katelyn needs a warm hat, so I've been on the lookout for one. I thought surely I'd find something at Merry Marketplace, but there was nothing. I really want one of those cute crocheted hats, but something knit would do. After minimal effort at buying one, I decided to take matters into my own hands. A few years ago I decided I wanted to learn to knit. I had a kit that I'm pretty sure Jessica gave me for Christmas, then I went and bought a second kit. Naturally, since I try to be organized but don't ever throw anything away, I have a box labeled "knitting" in Katelyn's closet. I looked to see if I had yarn and needles to get started, and I found an almost finished baby bonnet! I'd completely forgotten that I started it! I was hoping way-back-when to make something homemade and meaningful for my friends' babies. Obviously that didn't happen, but I'm glad I found it in time to use it for my own baby! I re-taught myself how to knit and finished up the bonnet!

Even though it was plenty cute, it wasn't exactly what I wanted, so I looked at the other kit that had a gray hat with a sparkly white rim. That sounded good to me, so I got started on it! The pattern was for an adult head, so I modified it with no real method to the madness, so I ended up with a hat (with a lot of mistakes) that didn't cover her ears. 

'

Knowing how much bigger it needed to be, I tried again and this one turned out great! I'm really proud of it! For the record, this is the kind of picture you get when you stop a sleeping baby's swing in order to put a hat on her and take a picture: 

The other "crafty/cheap" thing I did today was hem my own jeans. I've been meaning to get them hemmed for, like, a year. They don't look perfect, but I'm pretty sure they look better than having them rolled up, and it's done and was free! Yay!

And I don't think this classifies as "crafty", but definitely "cheap"...

This happens to be the same costume that one of my dogs wore on past Halloweens. Whatever works, right?! It's still super-cute! :)