Make that Seven

Katherine's two front teeth and her second lateral incisor are starting to come through the gums. So she went from 2 to 7 teeth in the span of about a week! Tylenol, orajel, and cold teethers seem to help with some of the pain. All in all, Katherine has handled all of the teeth very well. Bring on the steak!

Unconventional Teething

Katherine has been completely miserable for the past week. She had a runny nose, was very irritable, and generally needy. We suspected that she was teething. All of the experts (Pediatricians, Mothers, etc.) say that the next to come in should be the top two front teeth. They look like they may pop anyday. In the meantime, a third tooth has started coming in on the bottom. And with all of the attention focused on her gums in the front, we managed to miss a tooth coming in up top. It's her lateral incisor (the one next to her front tooth). So much for the expected order of things! As of today, she has 4 teeth!

First Snow

It's January 18th and this is the first real snow of the season. The whole day was exciting for Katherine. Grandpa stopped by on his way through New Jersey and took us to lunch at McDonald's. Katherine sat like a big girl next to me in the booth and sucked the life out of two french fries. How is it possible that she smells like a french fry now? "Eu du fry oil"

And when we were walking out of McDonald's, the snow started. Dad got back on the road headed south and Katherine ate her lunch. The snow didn't look like it was stopping, so I bundled up Katherine in her snowsuit and headed outside. Who knows when the next snow will be! She had a blast! She particularly liked it when a snowflake landed on her nose. A picture of her in her suit is below. I call it "I can't put my arms down!" Thanks go out to the Swanholm family for the snowsuit.















The snow has continued off an on all afternoon. Mason has the right idea and is curled up snoozing on our bed. I on the other hand feel like baking. Why is it that I feel like baking when the weather turns cold? Anyway, I thought I'd also include a picture of "Little K" from the other day.

7 Months Old!

Is Katherine 7 months old already? It's amazing how much she has grown and how quickly she has learned new skills and abilities. She's trying to form letter sounds with her mouth and is currently making a "pah" type of P sound. We're not sure if she's mimicking a pop sound that we make to her alot, or the word "poopie", which also comes up a lot in our house. That would be a fun first word!

I fear we're going to have our hands full with this little girl. She is quite a flirt and party animal. She was awake to ring in the new year and had an absolute ball! If there is socializing going on, she wants to be a part of it.

Here are two pictures from this week.

Updates

I know, I know, it's been way too long since the last update. Cut me some slack, Jack! I have a 6-month old daughter, it's Christmas season, and I just finished my semester of school...among other things.

This blog is updated and I also updated the pictures on the website. Included in the website pictures are some sleeping pictures, a naked bath picture (can we say Buddha belly?), and some nice "bed head".